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Apollo 10
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, testing all of the procedures and components of a Moon landing without actually landing on the Moon itself. The mission included the second crew to orbit the Moon and an all-up test of the lunar module in lunar orbit...
Timeline of Events
1969
5.18.1969
Apollo program: Apollo 10 is launched.
5.22.1969
Apollo 10's lunar module flies within 8.4 nautical miles (16 km) of the moon's surface.
5.26.1969
Apollo program: Apollo 10 returns to Earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the forthcoming first manned moon landing.