Apollo 10 Saturn V Launch from Kennedy Space Center

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Title - Alternative

Apollo 10 Mission Launch

Keywords

Aeronautics, Apollo 10, John F. Kennedy Space Center, NASA, Saturn V

Photo Description

An Apollo/Saturn V space vehicle carrying Apollo 10 astronauts Thomas P. Stafford, John W. Young, and Eugene A. Cernan lifted off at 12:49 p.m. EDT, May 18, 1969, from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39B. The 363-foot-high vehicle launched the astronauts on the first leg of their 73 hour 240,000-mile journey to the Moon. Apollo 10 is a dress rehearsal for the first manned lunar landing and includes all major aspects except the actual lunar touchdown. During Apollo 10, Stafford and Cernan will descend in a lunar module spacecraft to within eight nautical miles of the Moon's surface while Young pilots the command module at an altitude of 60 nautical miles. Following an eight-and-a-half-hour exercise, Stafford and Cernan will rendezvous and dock their lunar module with the command module and return to the mother ship for the remainder of their 60 hours, or 30 revolutions, in lunar orbit. The astronauts will conduct lunar navigation tasks and will photograph Apollo landing sites in order to provide information for the succeeding landing mission. Several color television transmissions are planned during the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's eight-day mission. (The Saturn V generates a liftoff thrust of 7.7 million pounds.)

Publication Date

5-18-1969

Format

image/jpeg

Number of Images

2

Side of Image

Front of Image

Publisher

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Original Size

8" x 10"

Identifier

DP0057524-0049a

NASA Photo Number

107-KSC-69P-338; 69-H-789

Photo Credit

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Location

John C. Hitt Library

Department

Special Collections & University Archives

Collection

Official NASA Photographs, Vol. 1, October 10, 1960 - July 24, 1969

Call Number

SC 010

Digital Production Specifications

Digitized by the University of Central Florida Libraries, Digital Initiatives Unit. Jpeg images were derived from no less than 600 dpi tiffs scanned on a Copibook scanner.

Use and Reproduction

This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. For permission to reproduce images and/or for copyright information, contact Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, FL 32816, (407) 823-2576.

Additional Rights Statement

This photograph is a government publication – not subject to copyright.

Recommended Citation

"Apollo 10 Saturn V Launch from Kennedy Space Center" (1969). Official NASA Photographs, Vol. 1, October 10, 1960 - July 24, 1969. 44.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/nasa-photographs-volume-1/44