Apollo 10 (May 18–26, 1969) was the fourth human spaceflight in the United States' Apollo program and the second to orbit the Moon. NASA, the mission's operator, described it as a "dress rehearsal" for the first Moon landing (Apollo 11, two months later [4]).

2024年7月11日 · The Apollo 10 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 around the Moon.

The Apollo 10 mission, which lifted off on May 18th, 1969, was a complete staging of the Apollo 11 mission without actually landing on the Moon. The liftoff marked the fourth crewed Apollo launch in the short space of seven months.

On May 22, 1969, almost four days and six hours after leaving the Earth, the crew of Apollo 10 was enjoying a delightfully uneventful mission.

2018年9月18日 · Although Apollo 10 stopped short of landing on the moon by about 50,000 feet (15,000 meters), it was a key test ahead of the successful Apollo 11 landing of July 20,1969. The astronauts of...

Apollo 10’s success was a critical step toward the historic Apollo 11 mission, validating the systems and procedures necessary for a safe lunar landing and return.

Apollo 10 was the dress rehearsal for humanity's first Moon landing. It successfully demonstrated all major objectives of the upcoming Apollo 11 mission except the landing and moonwalk itself.

Apollo 10 Lunar Module "Snoopy" Photographic Studies - Experiment Description Data Sets Apollo 10 Mission Overview - Lunar and Planetary Institute Apollo 10 Mission Summary - Apollo by the Numbers, NASA History Office Apollo 10 Press Kit (PDF) More details on Apollo lunar landings Return to Apollo page Return to Lunar home page Author/Curator: Dr. David R. Williams, [email protected] ...

2019年5月11日 · That was the plan for Apollo 10. Tom Stafford, Gene Cernan, and John Young ran a fun simulated lunar landing at the Moon, orbiting just nine miles (or 14 kilometres) from the Moon's surface.

The Apollo 10 mission was the tenth in a series of flights using Apollo-specification hardware and was the first lunar flight of the complete spacecraft. It was also the fourth manned flight of the command and service modules and the second manned flight of the lunar module.