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National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationLaunch SuccessfulHuman ExplorationSaturn V
Launched 1969-05-18 16:49 UTCLaunch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Success
Reached Lunar Orbit
Worldwide
50th
orbital launch attempt in 1969
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
2nd
launch this year
Launch Complex 39B
1st
launch from this pad this year
Apollo 10 was Command by Thomas P. Stafford, Command Module Pilot John W. Young, and Lunar Module Pilot Eugene A. Cernan. This mission was a F Mission which means a dress rehearsal for the upcoming Apollo 11 Mission that would be the first crewed mission to land on the moon.
Launch Provider
Government · United States of America · Founded 1958 · Administrator Jared Isaacman
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Launches
142
Successful
122
86%
Upcoming
5
scheduled
Height
110.6m
Diameter
10.1m
To low Earth orbit
140,000kg
Liftoff thrust
35,100kN
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