On May 18, 1969, Apollo 10 launched on a mission to the moon. Apollo 10 was considered a "dress rehearsal" for a lunar landing. It did everything the same as a real lunar landing mission, except for ...

CAPE KENNEDY, Fla. (WHNT) — 56 years ago today, the Apollo 10 “dress rehearsal” mission launched into space to set up the Apollo 11 moon landing mission a month later. Apollo 10 launched from Cape ...

While the crew of Apollo 9 was still orbiting Earth on this day in 1969, preparations were already underway on the ground for the next critical step in the race to the Moon.

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 ...