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Space Rocket History #197 – Apollo 10 – Ascent Stage Rendezvous, Docking & Jettisoning
As the lunar module approached, Young saw it through his sextant at a distance of 259 kilometers. Stafford and Cernan got a radar lock on the command...
Space Rocket History #196 – Apollo 10 – Lunar Module Out of Control
The abort system had two basic control modes, “attitude hold” and “automatic.” In automatic, the computer would take over the guidance and start...
Space Rocket History #195 – Apollo 10 – Lunar Module Testing
When Stafford and Cernan were ready for undocking they discovered the Lunar Module had slipped three and a half degrees out of line with the command...
Space Rocket History #194 – Apollo 10 – Acquisition of Signal & Lunar Orbit
The six-minute retrograde maneuver seemed interminable, just as it had to Borman’s crew on Apollo 8, but the engine kept firing and the Apollo 10...
Space Rocket History #193 – Apollo 10 – Coasting to the Moon & Loss of Signal
Stafford, Cernan, and Young were the first Apollo astronauts to be free from illness during the mission, although Cernan experienced a slight vestibular...
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