Thus, at 11.49 A.M. May 18, 1969, Apollo 10’s crew of John Young, Thomas Stafford, and Eugene Cernan bolted into low-Earth orbit were soon on their way to our little sister in the sky.

Then came the moon’s far side: “The Earth disappears. There’s this big black void.” Apollo 10’s return to Earth set the world record for fastest speed by a crewed vehicle at 24,791 mph ...

Early Apollo Missions: Earth Orbit Apollo missions flew unmanned ... Once both modules were known to function, Apollo 10 tested the equipment in the moon's orbit. During the eight-day mission ...

which was 10 kilometers in diameter, but it can do some serious damage,” Burdanov said about 2024 Y4R. In the unlikely chance the asteroid is on a path to hit Earth in 2032, Burdanov said ...

in Earth orbit. May 18-26: Apollo 10 utilizes both the command-service module and the Lunar Module around the moon. Americans Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan descend to within 50,000 feet of the ...

If you fancy learning more, Apollo 10 ½ is now streaming on Netflix ... collected 21.5kg of lunar material for testing back on Earth. The video recording was transmitted back to Mission ...