Apollo 10
fourth crewed flight of the United States Apollo program
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Summary
Apollo 10 is a human spaceflight[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of human spaceflight entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,396 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: United States[3]
- Operator: National Aeronautics and Space Administration[4]
- Follows: Apollo 9[5]
- Followed by: Apollo 11[6]
- Part of: Apollo space program[7]
- Commons category: Apollo 10[8]
- Space launch vehicle: Saturn V[9]
- Type of orbit: lunar orbit[10]
- UTC date of spacecraft launch: May 18, 1969[11]
- UTC date of spacecraft landing: May 26, 1969[12]
- Significant event: rocket launch[13], splashdown[14]
- Topic's main category: Category:Apollo 10[15]
- Commons gallery: Apollo 10[16]
- Crew members: Thomas P. Stafford[17], John Young[18], Eugene Cernan[19]
- Maximum capacity: 3[20]
- Location of landing: Pacific Ocean[21]
- Orbits completed: 31[22]
- Start point: Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B[23]
- Official name: Apollo 10[24]
- Vessel: Apollo 10 Command and Service Module[25], Snoopy[26]
- Orbital inclination: 1.2 degree[27]
- Duration: 691,403 seconds[28]
- Mass: 44,576 kg[29], 4945 kg[30]
- Orbital period: 2 hour[31]
- Apoapsis: 113.0 km[32]
Why It Matters
Apollo 10 has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]