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56 years ago, Huntsville-designed Saturn V rocket sent Apollo 10 into space for ‘dress rehearsal’ mission
CAPE KENNEDY, Fla. (WHNT) — 56 years ago today, the Apollo 10 “dress rehearsal” mission launched into orbit, to set up the Apollo 11 moon landing mission a month later. Apollo 10 launched from Cape ...
The commander of 1969’s Apollo 10 died on Monday in Florida at the age of 93 Bettmann Archive/Getty NASA astronaut Thomas Stafford has died at the age of 93. The commander of 1969’s Apollo 10 died on ...
HOUSTON—U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. (ret.) Thomas Stafford, who commanded NASA’s May 1969 Apollo 10 mission to the Moon and led the Apollo crew that participated in a historic linkup with Soviet ...
This Smithsonian Snapshot marks the May 18, 1969, launch of the Apollo 10 mission. The Apollo 10 spacecraft launched from Cape Kennedy at 12:49 p.m. EST with commander Thomas Stafford, command module ...
ALSO, JUST INTO THE NEWSROOM HERE AT NINE, GENERAL THOMAS STAFFORD, THE NAMESAKE OF THE STAFFORD AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM IN WEATHERFORD, HAS REPORTEDLY PASSED AWAY AND THE MUSEUM HERE ANNOUNCING THAT HE ...
Recently discovered recordings of the Apollo 10 mission reveal the astronauts in 1969 were hearing mysterious music, declassified transcripts reveal. When the spacecraft was around the dark side of ...
This Aug. 23, 1965 photo provided by NASA shows astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, near the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever in the Gulf of Mexico during training. Stafford, who commanded a dress rehearsal ...
(CNN) — Here’s a look at the first moon landing on July 20, 1969. The moon landing was watched by an estimated 600 million people around the world. July 20, 1969 – [4:17 p.m. EDT] Apollo 11 becomes ...
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