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On May 18 , 1969, Nasa
launched Apollo 10 as a final dress rehearsal for the moon landing. Thomas
Stafford, John Young , and Eugene Cernan were to take photographs for
landing sites and use the lunar module to simulate how the next Apollo
mission was to go about landing on the moon. The Saturn 5 rocket launched Apollo
10 at 12:49 pm on May 18th. 3 days later the lunar module and the
command service module went into a 60X170 nautical mile orbit around the
moon.
When in orbit the lunar module descended
to less than 10 miles above the lunar surface. The astronauts took pictures
of the moon and sent 5 hours and 25 minutes of color transmissions to
Earth. After successfully docking with the command and service module the
astronauts in the lunar module joined back with the command/ service
module. Soon the astronauts ejected the lunar module into the moons orbit
and on May 24th Apollo 10 began It's journey home.
Apollo 10 splashed down on May
26th at 12:52 pm. The mission had been a complete success.
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Quick
Facts
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| Height |
363
feet tall |
| Weight |
6,100,000
pounds (2.7 million kg) |
| Crew |
Eugene
Cernan, Thomas Stafford, and John Young |
| Launch
Date |
May
18, 1969 |
| End
Date |
May
26, 1969 |
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