'Looking back on Apollo 10, it’s incredible to think that the crew were carrying out many difficult tasks in space for the first time' | gsc1 🚀
In May 1969, all eyes were on Apollo 10 as its three-person crew carried out almost every step in the complicated and dangerous process of landing on the Moon, all except for the final one.
Apollo 10 launched just five months after Apollo 8 successfully orbited the Moon and unveiled the far side of it to human eyes for the first time. It was also the last mission before Apollo 11’s landing, and Neil Armstrong’s historic “small step” on the lunar surface. Looking back on Apollo 10, it’s incredible to think that the crew were carrying out many difficult tasks in space for the first time. It’s thanks to their hard work and training, the engineering ingenuity, and NASA’s bold vision of landing a man on the Moon “before the decade is out” that there are still human footprints on the Moon’s surface. And what’s more incredible is that soon we’ll be able to watch a similar dress rehearsal all over again.
After launch, the crew will spend 10 days on board their Orion capsule as they orbit the Moon before returning home. This Orion capsule was more recently home to some “moonikins” – human analogues covered in sensors – plus the European Space Agency’s own Shaun the Sheep. All were being used to test out the capsule, and just like Apollo 10 before it, prepare for the missions that will follow. The success of Artemis III depends on lessons learned from Artemis II.
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