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Apollo 10 was the closest any Apollo spacecraft came to crashing and losing its crew.
Apollo 10 was a May 1969 dress-rehearsal for the Apollo 11 landing in July, and as such astronauts Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan took the Lunar Module Snoopy down to within 8.4 miles of the Lunar surface before levelling off and ascending to rendezvous with John Young in the Command Module.
A misunderstanding between Stafford and Cernan resulted in Stafford accidentally setting the Lunar Module radar to lock on the moon. Cernan had already re-set the radar to lock on to John Young in the Command Module but had failed to inform Stafford, who then leant back and flicked the same switch into the mode it had been in moments before.
When the radar computer was activated it therefore flipped the Lunar Module onto its back and began powering it down toward the moon rather than upward toward the orbiting Command Module. Stafford and Cernan spent 10 seconds tumbling head over heels before realising their mistake and recalibrating the computer. Had the spinning lasted for a second longer it was later calculated Snoopy would certainly have crashed and killed both Cernan and Stafford.
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How many moon missions were there?
9 Apollo 8 Apollo 10 Apollo 11 Apollo 12 Apollo 13 Apollo 14 Apollo 15 Apollo 16 Apollo 17
Who has made most Apollo flights?
There is a three way tie: Jim Lovell, Gene Cernan, and John Young all made three flights on or around the moon. Lovell: Apollo 8, Apollo 13 Young: Apollo 10, Apollo 16 Cernan: Apollo 10, Apollo 17
How many Apollos were there?
There were 18 Apollo missions. # AS-201 # AS-202 # AS-203 # AS-204 (Failure) # Apollo 4 # Apollo 5 # Apollo 6 # Apollo 7 # Apollo 8 # Apollo 9 # Apollo 10 # Apollo 11 # Apollo 12 # Apollo 13 (Partial success) # Apollo 14 # Apollo 15 # Apollo 16 # Apollo 17
What were the names of all the Apollo lunar modules?
Apollo 9 - Spider Apollo 10 - Snoopy Apollo 11 - Eagle Apollo 12 - Intrepid Apollo 13 - Aquarius Apollo 14 - Antares Apollo 15 - Falcon Apollo 16 - Orion Apollo 17 - Challenger
When did Apollo 1 land on the moon?
it never landed. The first 10 Apollo were test flights. Apollo 1 had a fire.
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Why was Apollo 10 renamed Apollo 11?
It wasn't. Apollo 10 was a real Apollo mission, they were the "dress rehearsal" for the Apollo 11 flight that took place 2 months later.
What missions have not reached the moon?
Apollo 13, Apollo 1, Apollo 8, Apollo 10 and maybe some other ones. But missions Apollo 8 and Apollo 10 weren't planned to go to the moon. They were just preparing for Apollo 11.
How many moon missions were there?
9 Apollo 8 Apollo 10 Apollo 11 Apollo 12 Apollo 13 Apollo 14 Apollo 15 Apollo 16 Apollo 17
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When was Live at Manchester Apollo created?
Live at Manchester Apollo was created on 2008-10-10.
Who has made most Apollo flights?
There is a three way tie: Jim Lovell, Gene Cernan, and John Young all made three flights on or around the moon. Lovell: Apollo 8, Apollo 13 Young: Apollo 10, Apollo 16 Cernan: Apollo 10, Apollo 17
When did Apollo 10 come back to earth?
Apollo 10 was the fourth manned mission in the American Apollo space program. It was an F type mission - its purpose was to be a "dry run" for the Apollo 11 mission.
An Apollo 10 astronaunt?
Thomas Stafford, John Young and Eugene Cernan were the 3 astronauts on Apollo 10.
What Apollo mission came close to the moon?
The Apollo 8 and Apollo 10 came close to the moon but did not land on it.
How many Apollos were there?
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Where did Apollo ten launch from?
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