Preceded by:
Apollo 9 - Followed by:
Apollo 11
Apollo 10: NASA was the fourth manned mission in the
Apollo program. Second crew to orbit the moon. Test of the
lunar module in lunar orbit. The module came to within 50,000 feet of the lunar surface during practice maneuvers.
On May 22, 1969 Apollo 10's lunar module flew within 15,400 m of the moon's surface.
- Launched: May 18, 1969
- Returned: May 26, 1969
- Crew members: Tom Stafford[?], commander; John Young, command module pilot; Gene Cernan, lunar module pilot
- Command module: Charlie Brown
- Lunar module: Snoopy
