Apollo 10 launched from Cape Kennedy on May 18, 1969. ... — The prime crew of the Apollo 10 lunar orbit mission sits for a photograph while at the Kennedy Space Center for preflight training.

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the first moon landing on July 20, 1969. The moon landing was watched by an estimated 600 million people around the world. July 20, 1969 - [4:17 p.m. EDT] Apollo 11 becomes ...

In May 1969, Apollo 10 staged a dress rehearsal for the first human landing on the lunar surface. The mission was a success, with the crew of three orbiting the Moon for over 10 hours, and ...

Apollo 10 was also responsible for the first live color TV transmissions to Earth from space. The Apollo 10 Command Module, named Charlie Brown by the crew, splashed down in the Pacific Ocean. The ...

Stafford’s Apollo 10 mission took place from May 18-May 26, 1969 with late members John Young and Eugene Cernan. ... They'll Join All-Female Crew on Next Blue Origin Rocket.

During Apollo 10, Stafford and his crew of Cernan and John Young set the all-time human speed record of 24,791 mph, or nearly seven miles per second as they returned home, ...

During Apollo 10, Stafford and his crew of Cernan and John Young set the all-time human speed record of 24,791 mph, or nearly seven miles per second as they returned home, ...

In May 1969, just two months before Apollo 11, Apollo 10 flew to lunar orbit in a test run of the systems used in the successful lunar landing. The Apollo 11 crew returned to Earth on July 24, 1969.

Eighteen months before the Apollo 10 crew heard music on the dark side of the moon, a 24-year-old Cambridge astronomy PhD student named Jocelyn Bell heard a beat from space.