The historic flight of Apollo 10

  • Gen. Tom Stafford, right, is pictured with fellow Apollo 10 crew members Eugene Cernan, left, and John Young. Photo courtesy of NASA
  • SNOOPY PROUD: Gen. Tom Stafford holds up a stuffed Snoopy, which he chose to nickname the Apollo 10 lunar module.
  • APOLLO 10 CREW: Ready for the final countdown are the astronauts Eugene Cernan, lunar module pilot, John W. Young, command module pilot and Thomas Stafford, mission commander, far right. May 15, 1969
  • APOLLO 10 ROLL OUT: This is an aerial view at Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, showing the 363-foot Apollo 10 space vehicle on its way to Pad B. The Apollo 10 flight, scheduled to start May 18 as a lunar orbit mission, has as its crew astronauts Thomas P. Stafford of Weatherford, commander, John W. Young, command module pilot, and Eugene A. Cernan, lunar module pilot. May 8, 1969
  • The historic flight of Apollo 10
Today man gets closer to the moon than any man has ever been to another celestial body. Actually two men are to approach within eight nautical miles of the moon’s surface. One is Weatherford’s Tom Stafford. The other is Eugene Cernan. They are members of the Apollo 10 crew that has been in space since Sunday noon. The third member is John Young who will remain in the command module while…

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