On May 18, 1969, Apollo 10 launched on a mission to the moon. 🛸 Learn more about space history! 👉 https://trib.al/ZeX2uhi Apollo 10 was considered a "dress rehearsal" for a lunar landing. It did everything the same as a real lunar landing mission, except for the part where the lander actually touches the lunar surface. The commander was Tom Stafford. Eugene Cernan piloted the lunar module, which was nicknamed "Snoopy," and John Young piloted the command module nicknamed "Charlie Brown." They l

On May 18, 1969, the Apollo 10 mission lifted off from Kennedy Space Center. In many ways a dress rehearsal for the Apollo 11 mission, astronauts Thomas Stafford, John Young and Gene Cernan did just about everything the later Apollo 11 astronauts would do except for actually landing on the moon. During the mission, this film of Earth seeming to rise over the lunar surface was taken. Video Credit: NASA/Johnson Space Center | The Museum of Flight