On May 18, 1969, the Apollo 10 mission lifted off from Kennedy Space Center. In many ways a dress rehearsal for the Apollo 11 mission, astronauts Thomas Stafford, John Young and Gene Cernan did just about everything the later Apollo 11 astronauts would do except for actually landing on the moon. During the mission, this film of Earth seeming to rise over the lunar surface was taken. Video Credit: NASA/Johnson Space Center | The Museum of Flight

It’s the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 10! 🚀🌕 The Apollo 10 mission launched into orbit from the Kennedy Space Center on May 18, 1969. Astronauts Eugene Cernan, Thomas Stafford, and John W. Young were chosen to pilot the Apollo 10 spacecraft. The mission served as the “dress rehearsal” for Apollo 11—the mission that would land the first men on the Moon. Following NASA tradition, the Apollo 10 crew had the honor of choosing the call signs for the mission. The Lunar Module was dubbed Snoopy, inspir