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Apollo 10

The Apollo 10 mission was the first flight of a complete, crewed Apollo spacecraft to operate around the Moon. It included all aspects of a lunar landing, except for the landing.

s69-31959: The shield-shaped Apollo 10 crew patch features the names of its prime crew: Stafford, Young and Cernan.
Apollo 10 patch
S69-25979 (December 1968) --- The ascent stage of Lunar Module-4 is moved from work stand into altitude chamber in the...
The ascent stage of the Lunar Module-4 is prepared for testing
Teams lift the first stage of the Apollo 10 Saturn V rocket by crane inside High Bay 3 of the...
The Apollo 10 Saturn V's rocket first stage lifted inside High Bay 3 of the VAB
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The first stage of the Apollo 10 Saturn V space vehicle is hoisted above the transfer...
The first stage of the Apollo 10 Saturn V space vehicle is hoisted above the transfer aisle in preparation for erection on a mobile launcher within High Bay 2 of the Vehicle Assembly Building.
S69-30252 (27 March 1969) --- Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, wearing a protective hat, participates in pad egress training at the...
Tom Stafford wearing a hardhat at KSC
S69-32613 (April 1969) --- The prime crew of the Apollo 10 lunar orbit mission sits for photograph while at the...
Portrait of the Apollo 10 crew
S69-32618 (April 1969) --- Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, prime crew commander of the Apollo 10 lunar orbit mission.
Portrait of Apollo 10 astronaut Tom Stafford
S69-32617 (April 1969) --- Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, prime crew lunar module pilot of the Apollo 10 lunar orbit mission.
Portrait of Gene Cernan taken in front of a lunar background
S69-32616 (April 1969) --- Astronaut John W. Young, prime crew command module pilot of the Apollo 10 lunar orbit mission.
Portrait - Astronaut John W. Young in white space suit
S69-34385 (13 May 1969) --- These three astronauts are the prime crew of the Apollo 10 lunar orbit mission. Left...
Portrait of the Apollo 10 prime crew wearing their space suits in front of the Saturn V rocket that will take them to space. They are Eugene A. Cernan, lunar module pilot; John W. Young, command module pilot; and Thomas P. Stafford, commander.
Apollo 10 rollout from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to Launch Complex 39B. This mission launched on May 18, 1969....
Saturn rocket rolls out from the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center
The 363-foot-high Saturn V rocket for the Apollo 10 mission towers over the crawlerway during its rollout from the Vehicle...
The 363-foot-high Saturn V rocket for the Apollo 10 mission towers over the crawlerway during its rollout from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B, four miles away.
Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, Apollo 10 lunar module pilot, is suited up at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for...
Eugene Cernan is suited up in preparation for his Apollo 10 flight
S69-34485 (18 May 1969) --- Astronaut John W. Young, Apollo 10 command module pilot, adjusts strap on his communications cap...
Astronaut John Young during final suiting operations for Apollo 10 mission
Astronaut Gordon Cooper's secretary, Jamie Flowers, holding Snoopy plush figure, as astronaut Tom Stafford ( followed by astronauts John Young...
Apollo 10 Commander Tom Stafford gives a Snoopy plush toy a pat on the nose on launch day.
S69-34327 (13 May 1969) --- Aerial, high-angle, view of the Apollo 10 (Spacecraft 106/Lunar Module 4/Saturn 505) space vehicle at...
View of the Apollo 10 rocket on the launchpad.
S69-34328 (17 May 1969) --- Ground level view of the 363-feet tall Apollo 10 (Spacecraft 106/Lunar Module 4/Saturn 505) space...
View of the Apollo 10 rocket on the launchpad
S69-34039 (18 May 1969) --- Overall view of activity in the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center,...
The Mission Control Room on the first day of the Apollo 10 mission
When Apollo 10 launched on May 18, 1969, it was the fifth launch of the Saturn V.
Apollo 10 launch. The Saturn V lifts from the launch pad in a blaze of fire.
The Apollo 10 (Spacecraft 106/Lunar Module 4/Saturn 505) space vehicle with crew members Eugene Cernan, John Young and Thomas Stafford...
Apollo 10 Saturn rocket streaks diagonally across blue sky just after launch
A view of Earth from 36,000 nautical miles away as photographed from the Apollo 10 spacecraft during its trans-lunar journey...
Earth is seen from a distance in the blackness of space as photographed from Apollo 10 capsule
An Apollo 10 photograph of Earth taken from 100,000 miles away. Visible are many areas of Europe and Africa. Among...
Photograph of Earth from 100,000 miles away by Apollo 10 crew
S69-33994 (18 May 1969) --- The Apollo 10 Lunar Module, still attached to the Saturn IVB stage, is seen in...
View of the Apollo 10 lunar module in the Saturn IVB stage before its extraction
S69-34076 (19 May 1969) --- Astronaut John W. Young, Apollo 10 command module pilot, displays a drawing of Snoopy in...
John Young holds up a photo of Snoopy while on the Apollo 10 flight.
S69-34478 (21 May 1969) --- An oblique view of Barbara Mesa on the lunar nearside is seen in this color...
Oblique view of the Moon's surface
After dropping down to 47,400 feet above the moon's surface, Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan aboard the ascent stage of...
The Apollo 10 Lunar Module Ascends toward the Command and Service Module, backdropped by the Moon's surface.
The Apollo 10 command module with John Young aboard, named "Charlie Brown," is seen from the lunar module "Snoopy" with...
The Apollo 10 Command Module is seen backdropped by the Moon as seen by the astronauts in the lunar module.
AS10-27-3907 (18-26 May 1969) --- Apollo 10 westward view across Apollo Landing Site 3 in the Central Bay. Apollo Landing...
View of the pockmarked Apollo Landing Site 3 on the Moon as seen from orbit.
AS10-34-5162 (18-26 May 1969) --- An Apollo 10 view of crater Schmidt which is located at the western edge of...
View of Schmidt Crater on the Moon as seen from orbit.
S69-36594 (26 May 1969) --- The Apollo 10 spacecraft, with astronauts Thomas P. Stafford, John W. Young and Eugene A....
The Apollo 10 capsule approaches splashdown in the Pacific
S69-20621 (26 May 1969) --- A member of the Apollo 10 crew is hoisted into a helicopter from the prime...
Helicopter hovering over the Apollo 10 capsule floating in the South Pacific
NASA managers applaud the successful splashdown of the Apollo 10 mission from the back row of consoles in the Manned...
NASA managers applaud the successful splashdown of the Apollo 10 mission from the back row of consoles in the Manned Spacecraft Center's Mission Control Center. Pictured are (from left) MSC Director of Flight Operations Christopher C. Kraft, MSC Deputy Director George Low, MSC Director Robert R. Gilruth, and NASA Administrator Thomas Paine. (26 May 1969)
S69-36593 (26 May 1969) --- The Apollo 10 astronauts Thomas P. Stafford (center), John W. Young (left) and Eugene A....
The Apollo 10 astronauts wave as they exit the recovery helicopter on the USS Princeton
S69-35502 (June 1969) --- Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan (left), lunar module pilot of the Apollo 10 lunar orbit mission, confers...
Gene Cernan works with Buzz Aldrin during an Apollo 10 debrief