Photo: NASA Kennedy Space Center · Public domain (US government)
Mission
Human Exploration · LO
Apollo 10 was Command by Thomas P. Stafford, Command Module Pilot John W. Young, and Lunar Module Pilot Eugene A. Cernan. This mission was a F Mission which means a dress rehearsal for the upcoming Apollo 11 Mission that would be the first crewed mission to land on the moon.
What it put in orbit
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| APOLLO 10 CM 1969-043A | Payload | re-entered 1969-05-26 | |
| SATURN 5 R/B 1969-043B | Rocket body | orbits the Sun | |
| APOLLO 10 LM DPS 1969-043C | Payload | orbits the Moon | |
| APOLLO 10 LM APS 1969-043D | Payload | orbits the Sun |
COSPAR ID 1969-043 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).