Apollo 10 facts for kids

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Apollo 10 was a manned F-Type mission of NASA's Apollo program to land a man on the surface of the Moon. It was the fourth manned mission and was a full rehearsal for the actual landing by Apollo 11. It was launched on May 10, 1969. The three astronauts,Tom Stafford, John W. Young and Eugene Cernan went into orbit around the Moon. Stafford and Cernan flew the Lunar Module to just 14.5 km (9 mi) above the Moon's surface. The Apollo 10 crew reached the farthest point in their orbit around the far side of the Moon. They have been the farthest any human has traveled from the Earth's surface.

Images for kids

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  En route to launch, Stafford touches a "Snoopy" doll

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  Apollo 10 space-flown silver Robbins medallion

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  Stafford (right) and Cernan in the lunar module simulator, April 1969

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  Launch of Apollo 10 on May 18, 1969

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  Lunar orbit profile of the Apollo 10 mission, as artist-depicted in the NASA press kit for the mission

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  Photograph of ALS-2 taken by Apollo 10

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  LM Snoopy containing Stafford and Cernan, as inspected by Young after separation from Charlie Brown

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  Post-splashdown crew recovery operations in the Pacific Ocean

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  Command module at London's Science Museum (May 2009)

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  The S-IC first stage in the VAB

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  Apollo 10 during rollout

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  The crew poses with their launch vehicle; left to right, Cernan, Young, Stafford.

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  Crew boarding the command module before launch

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  Apollo 10 view of Earthrise

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  CSM Charlie Brown

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  Lunar module about to dock with the command module

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  Necho crater on the far side of the Moon

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  High-albedo swirls within unnamed crater east of Firsov

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In Spanish: Apolo 10 para niños