This week in 1969, Apollo 10 launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The mission encompassed all aspects of an actual crewed lunar landing, except the landing. It was the first flight of a complete, crewed Apollo spacecraft to operate in lunar orbit. Here, the first stage of the Apollo 10 Saturn V vehicle is hoisted in preparation for erection on a mobile launcher in High Bay 2 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy. NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center designed, developed and managed the production of the Saturn V rockets that took astronauts to the Moon. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage. (NASA)