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18-26 May 1969 > USA > NASA > Apollo 10

 

Testing the Lunar Module in lunar orbit

 

 

“It looks like

we’re getting so close

all you have to do is put your tail hook down

and we’re there,”

said Mr. Stafford

during the Apollo 10 mission.

 

Photograph: JSC/NASA

 

Why Apollo 10 Stopped Just 47,000 Feet From the Moon

In a year when we’ll celebrate Apollo 11’s 50th anniversary,

it’s worth remembering the pathfinders

who completed the same mission with one critical order:

don’t actually land on the moon.

NYT

May 13, 2019

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/13/
science/apollo-10-moon-nasa.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An Earthrise taken by Apollo 10.

 

Photograph: JSC/NASA

 

Why Apollo 10 Stopped Just 47,000 Feet From the Moon

In a year when we’ll celebrate Apollo 11’s 50th anniversary,

it’s worth remembering the pathfinders

who completed the same mission with one critical order:

don’t actually land on the moon.

NYT

May 13, 2019

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/13/
science/apollo-10-moon-nasa.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apollo 10

18 - 26 May 1969

 

 

https://www.npr.org/2019/05/18/
724656389/50-years-later-looking-back-at-apollo-10-precursor-to-the-moon-landing

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/13/
science/apollo-10-moon-nasa.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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