The Apollo 10 crew enters the Command Module prior to launch. NASA. For one thing, the Lunar Module had never flown in lunar gravity, nor had it been tested in actual descent or ascent trajectories.

Lost tapes reveal Apollo 10 astronauts heard strange whistling sounds while they were traveling on the far side of the moon nearly 47 years ago.

“The Apollo 10 crew is very used to the kind of noise that they should be hearing,” Apollo 15 Command Module Pilot Al Worden said in a clip from the episode.

The Apollo 10 mission launched May 18, 1969 with the goal of simulating a descent to the lunar surface. The mission's crew of Thomas Stafford, Eugene Cernan and John Young went through the steps ...

Apollo 10 was the first and last time NASA would send three men to the moon with the express intention of getting them as close as possible to the lunar surface without actually touching it.

It fell to the crew of Apollo 9 in March 1969, to fly the first test mission of the lander into space, spending 10 days in Earth orbit. The stage was set, then for a full dress rehearsal by the ...

Yes, the Apollo 10 crew heard strange noises over their radios while passing over the far side of the moon, beyond the reach of any earthly signals, and the astronauts were clearly startled, ...

But the way NASA and other Apollo astronauts tell it, the mystery was solved soon after Apollo 10’s crew returned from their 1969 round-the-moon trip: They say the “woo-woo” music was VHF ...

The Apollo 10 crew questioned whether anyone on Earth would believe them in a recently released transcript of the mission. Skip to Article. Set weather. Back To Main Menu Close.

Heroes of the Space Age take center-stage this week, on the 50th anniversary of one of the most dangerous, but least-remembered space missions of all time: Apollo 10.