Tom Stafford Biography

During the flight of Gemini IX American astronauts Tom Stafford and Eugene Cernan make a two-hour EVA

Commands the lunar landing dress rehearsal mission.

Commands Apollo 10 as the Saturn V sends the complete crewed spacecraft toward the Moon.

Commands Apollo 10 during the maneuver that places the spacecraft into lunar orbit.

Commands Snoopy during the maneuver that lowers the lunar module toward the Moon.

Pilots Snoopy to within about nine miles of the lunar surface during the landing rehearsal.

Commands lunar module Snoopy as it separates from command module Charlie Brown.

Commands lunar module Snoopy as it undocks for the lunar landing rehearsal.

Commands Snoopy during rendezvous and return to Charlie Brown after the landing rehearsal.

Commands the burn that sends Apollo 10 from lunar orbit back toward Earth.