Apollo 10

https://www.nasa.gov/mission/apollo-10/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nn202620 Last week, we asked how close the Apollo 10 Lunar Module “Snoopy” came to the Moon during its low‑altitude operations completed on May 22, 1969. The answer? Approximately 9 miles. Commander Tom Stafford and Lunar Module Pilot Gene Cernan guided Snoopy to about 47,000 feet from the lunar surface—an important step that verified guidance, navigation, and control procedures used just weeks later on the Apollo 11 mission. In comparison, the Artemis II Orion spacecraft’s closest approach this April was about 4,067 miles above the Moon’s surface.