Apollo 10
Launch vehicle:
Saturn 5
Launch: 18 May
1969
Recovery: 26
May 1969
Crew: Eugene
Cernan, Thomas Stafford, John Young
The mission
of Apollo 10 was to conduct all phases of Apollo spacecraft operations
except the actual lunar landing, including rendezvous and docking between
the CSM and LM in lunar orbit and descent of the LM to within 50,000 feet
of the moon's surface. The Service Module engine was restarted on the 31st
lunar orbit, bringing the mission to a Pacific splashdown after 192 hours
3 minutes.
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