Today marks the 50th anniversary of NASA's Apollo 10 launch. These astronauts reflect on the space program's past 50 years — and look to the future. | Bloomberg Originals | Facebook

It’s the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 10! 🚀🌕 The Apollo 10 mission launched into orbit from the Kennedy Space Center on May 18, 1969. Astronauts Eugene Cernan, Thomas Stafford, and John W. Young were chosen to pilot the Apollo 10 spacecraft. The mission served as the “dress rehearsal” for Apollo 11—the mission that would land the first men on the Moon. Following NASA tradition, the Apollo 10 crew had the honor of choosing the call signs for the mission. The Lunar Module was dubbed Snoopy, inspir

“You can tell the world that we have arrived!” 👨‍🚀 Fifty years ago, Apollo 10 launched to rehearse all the steps and reproduce all the events of the Apollo 11 Moon landing mission, with the exception of the lunar touchdown, stay and liftoff. Blast back to the past: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration