Air & Space Magazine A Smithsonian Curator Reflects on Apollo 10, the Mission that Made Landing on the Moon Possible Fifty years ago, the astronauts who crewed the “dress rehearsal” for Apollo 11 paved the way for history to be made just a couple months later May 17, 2019 ShareCopy linkEmailSMSFacebookXRedditLinkedInBlueskyPrintAdd as preferred source The Apollo 10 Command Module, "Charlie Brown," as seen from the detached Lunar Module, "Snoopy." NASA You Might Also Like In George Clooney's The Midnight Sky, the Crew of a Planetary Exploration Mission Faces an Impossible Choice December 22, 2020 The Original March 1, 2003 Would a Fighter Pilot Shoot Down a Private Airplane? March 1, 2010 It Came From Another Galaxy January 17, 2018 How to discover asteroids in your spare time January 26, 2011 Get the latest stories in your inbox every weekday. Email Powered by Salesforce Marketing Cloud (Privacy Notice / Terms & Conditions)