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Apollo 10 Command Module ‘Charlie Brown’

The Apollo 10 Command Module is seen backdropped by the Moon as seen by the astronauts in the lunar module.
The Apollo 10 command module with John Young aboard, named "Charlie Brown," is seen from the lunar module "Snoopy" with crew members Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan aboard, after separation in lunar orbit.

The Apollo 10 command module is seen from the lunar module (LM) after separation in lunar orbit. On May 22, 1969, Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan boarded the LM which they had named “Snoopy,” after the Peanuts comic strip character. They undocked from the command module, named “Charlie Brown,” leaving John Young orbiting about 60 miles above the moon.

Image Credit: NASA