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A Rille Runs Through It
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A Rille Runs Through It |
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This oblique view of the Moon's surface was photographed by the Apollo 10 astronauts in May of 1969. Center point coordinates are located at 13 degrees, 3 minutes east longitude and 7 degrees, 1 minute north latitude. One of the Apollo 10 astronauts attached a 250mm lens and aimed a handheld 70mm camera at the surface from lunar orbit for a series of pictures in this area. |
| Date |
05/01/1969 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Apollo 10 launch
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Apollo 10 launch |
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The Apollo 10 (Spacecraft 106/Lunar Module 4/Saturn 505) space vehicle is launched from Pad B, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center at 12:49 p.m., May 18, 1969. |
| Date |
05/18/1969 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Terraced Wall Crater on the
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Terraced Wall Crater on the Lunar Limb |
| Full Description |
This oblique view featuring International Astronomical Union (IAU) Crater 302 on the Moon surface was photographed by the Apollo 10 astronauts in May of 1969. Note the terraced walls of the crater and central cone. Center point coordinates are located at 162 degrees, 2 minutes east longitude and 10 degrees, 1 minute south latitude. One of the Apollo 10 astronauts aimed a handheld 70mm camera at the surface from lunar orbit for a series of pictures in this area. |
| Date |
05/01/1969 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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The Lunar Limb
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The Lunar Limb |
| Full Description |
A high forward oblique view of Rima Ariadaeus on the Moon, as photographed by the Apollo 10 astronauts in May of 1969. Center point coordinates are located at 17 degrees, 5 minutes east longitude and 5 degrees, 0 minutes north latitude. One of the Apollo 10 astronauts aimed a handheld 70mm camera at the surface from lunar orbit for a series of pictures in this area. |
| Date |
05/01/1969 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Long Shadows on the Lunar Su
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Long Shadows on the Lunar Surface |
| Full Description |
This oblique view of the Moon's surface was photographed by the Apollo 10 astronauts in May of 1969. Center point coordinates are located at 16 degrees, 2 minutes east longitude and 0 degrees, 3 minutes north latitude. One of the Apollo 10 astronauts attached a 250mm lens and aimed a handheld 70mm camera at the surface from lunar orbit for a series of pictures in this area. |
| Date |
05/01/1969 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Photograph of moon after tra
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Photograph of moon after transearth insertion |
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This photograph of the moon was taken after transearth insertion when the Apollo 10 spacecraft was high above the lunar equator near 27 degrees east longitude. North is about 20 degrees left of the top of the photograph. Apollo Landing Site 3 is on the lighted side of the terminator in a dark area just north of the equator. Apollo Landing Site 2 is near the lower left margin of the Sea of Tranquility (Mare Tranquillitatis), which is the large, dark area near the center of the photograph. |
| Date |
05.24.1969 |
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Before the induction ceremony of five space program heroes into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, astronaut John Young is warmly greeted as he is introduced as a previous inductee. Co-holder of a record for the most space flights, six, he flew on Gemini 3 and 10, orbited the Moon on Apollo 10, walked on the Moon on Apollo 16, and commanded two space shuttle missions, STS-1 and STS-9. Young currently serves as associate director, technical, at Johnson Space Center. The induction ceremony was held at the Apollo/Saturn V Center at KSC. New inductees are Richard O. Covey, commander of the Hubble Space Telescope repair mission, Norman E. Thagard, the first American to occupy Russia?s Mir space station, the late Francis R. "Dick" Scobee, commander of the ill-fated 1986 Challenger mission, Kathryn D. Sullivan, the first American woman to walk in space, and Frederick D. Gregory, the first African-American to command a space mission and the current NASA deputy administrator. The U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame opened in 1990 to provide a place where space travelers could be remembered for their participation and accomplishments in the U.S. space program. The five inductees join 52 previously honored astronauts from the ranks of the Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, Apollo-Soyuz, and Space Shuttle programs. |
| Release Date |
05/01/2004 |
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Ascent stage of Apollo 10 Lu
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Ascent stage of Apollo 10 Lunar Module seen from Command module |
| Description |
The ascent stage of the Apollo 10 Lunar Module (LM) is photographed from the Command Module prior to docking in lunar orbit. The LM is approaching the Command and Service Modules from below. The LM descent stage had already been jettisoned. The lunar surface in the background is near, but beyond the eastern limb of the moon as viewed from earth (about 120 degrees east longitude). The red/blue diagonal line is the spacecraft window. |
| Date Taken |
1969-05-22 |
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Apollo 10 view of the Earth
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Apollo 10 view of the Earth |
| Description |
An Apollo 10 view of Earth from 26,000 nautical miles photographed from the spacecraft during its translunar journey toward the Moon. While the Yucatan Peninsula is obscured by clouds, nearly all of Mexico north of the Istmus of Tehuantepec can be clearly delineated. The Gulf of California and Baja California and the San Joaquin Valley can be easily identified. Also, the delta of the Rio Grande River and the Texas coast are visible. |
| Date Taken |
1969-05-18 |
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Photograph of moon after tra
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| Title |
Photograph of moon after transearth insertion |
| Description |
This photograph of the moon was taken after transearth insertion when the Apollo 10 spacecraft was high above the lunar equator near 27 degrees east longitude. North is about 20 degrees left of the top of the photograph. Apollo Landing Site 3 is on the lighted side of the terminator in a dark area just north of the equator. Apollo Landing Site 2 is near the lower left margin of the Sea of Tranquility (Mare Tranquillitatis), which is the large, dark area near the center of the photograph. |
| Date Taken |
1969-05-24 |
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Apollo 10 view of the Earth
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Apollo 10 view of the Earth |
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An Apollo 10 view of Earth from 100,000 nautical miles photographed from the spacecraft during its translunar journey toward the Moon. Visible are many areas of Europe and Africa. Among the features and countries identifiable are Portugal, Spain, Italy, Mediterranean Sea, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Black Sea, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Sinai Peninsula, Nile Delta, Lake Chad, and South Africa. |
| Date Taken |
1969-05-18 |
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Artist's concept of Apollo 1
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Artist's concept of Apollo 10 Lunar Module descending for look at moon |
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A North American Rockwell artist's concept depicting the Apollo 10 Lunar Module descending to 50,000 ft for a close look at a lunar landing site. The Command and Service modules remain in lunar orbit. The landing area is Site 2 on the east central part of the moon in southwestern Sea of Tranquility (Mare Tranquillitatis). The site is about 62 miles east of the rim of the crater Sabine and 118 miles west-southwest of the crater Maskelyne. |
| Date Taken |
1969-04-14 |
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Astronaut John Young display
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Astronaut John Young displays drawing of Snoopy |
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Astronaut John W. Young, Apollo 10 command module pilot, displays drawing of Snoopy in this color reproduction taken from the fourth telecast made by the color television camera aboard the Apollo 10 spacecraft. When this picture was made the Apollo 10 spacecraft was about half-way to the moon, or approximately 112,000 nautical miles from the earth. Snoopy will be the code name of the Lunar Module (LM) during Apollo 10 operations when the LM and CM are separated. |
| Date Taken |
1969-05-19 |
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Astronaut John Young display
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Astronaut John Young displays drawing of Charlie Brown |
| Description |
Astronaut John W. Young, Apollo 10 command module pilot, displays drawing of Charlie Brown in this color reproduction taken from the fourth telecast made by the color television camera aboard the Apollo 10 spacecraft. When this picture was made the Apollo 10 spacecraft was about half-way to the moon, or approximately 112,000 nautical miles from the earth. Charlie Brown will be the code name of the Command Module (CM) during Apollo 10 operations when the Lunar Module and CM are separated (34075), Young displays drawing of Snoopy in this reproduction taken from a television transmission. Snoopy will be the code name of the Lunar Module (LM) during Apollo 10 operations when the LM and CM are separated (34076). |
| Date Taken |
1969-05-19 |
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Astronaut Cernan points to A
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Astronaut Cernan points to Apollo Landing Site 2 on lunar map during voyage |
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Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan points to Apollo Landing Site 2 on a lunar map in this color reproduction taken from the fifth telecast made by the color television camera aboard the Apollo 10 spacecraft. When this picture was made, the Apollo 10 spacecraft was approximately 175,300 nautical miles from earth, and only 43,650 nautical miles from the moon. Cernan is the Apollo 10 lunar module pilot. |
| Date Taken |
1969-05-20 |
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Astronaut Stafford gives exa
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Astronaut Stafford gives example of weightless environment during Apollo 10 |
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Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford (left) gives a example of conditions in a weightless environment by literally holding Astronaut John W. Young up by the head in this color reproduction taken from the fourth telecast made by the color television camera aboard the Apollo 10 spacecraft. When this picture was made, the Apollo 10 spacecraft was about half-way to the moon, or approximately 112,000 nautical miles from earth. |
| Date Taken |
1969-05-19 |
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