On this day in history, May 26,1969, the astronauts from the Apollo 10 mission landed back onto Earth. This flight was one of the multiple test runs for the infamous Apollo 11, America’s first visit to the moon. What made the Apollo 10 Snoopy unique from the other missions is that it was flown within nine miles of the moon’s surface unlike the previous five missions, which all made contact with the moon. Snoopy was later launched into an orbit around the sun, also unlike the other missions. This successful mission helped paved the way for humans to set foot on the moon for the first time, and was a breakthrough for mankind.
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| Source: Smithsonian Magazine |
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| Source: NASA |
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