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[i]Apollo 10 was the second crewed flight into lunar orbit and the first to include all components of the Apollo spacecraft. The eight-day mission was a dress rehearsal for the first human lunar landing, scheduled for July 1969, to meet President John F. Kennedy's goal of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth. The flight duplicated all aspects of the landing mission with the exception of the landing itself, with Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan aboard their Lunar Module (LM) "Snoopy" coming within 50,000 feet of the surface while John Young waited aboard the Command Module (CM) "Charlie Brown." In addition to gaining experience navigating two spacecraft in lunar orbit, the astronauts would take the most detailed photographs yet of the Apollo 11 landing site.[/i]
[i]This week Peanuts is celebrating the 50th anniversary of NASA's Apollo 10 Mission. Follow along for all things Astronaut Snoopy.[/i]
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