EF yt > NEWS NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION — 5215 WO 2-455 N WASHINGTON, OC, 2846 + Wo neat FOR RELEASE: IMMEDIATE May 7, 1969 APOLLO RELEASE NO: 69-68 PROJECT: arotto 10 contents GENERAL "RELEASE-- MISSION OBJECTIVES- 8-10 APOLLO 10 COUNTDOWN. MISSION TRAJECTORY AND MANEUVER DESCRIPTION-. Launch Events-: Mission Events: ‘Translunar Injection. Transposition, Docking and Bjection- Transiunar Coast--~ Lunar Orbit Insertion~ lunar Parking Orbit & IM-Active Rendezvous. Transearth Injection. ‘Transearth Coast- Entry Landing- RECOVERY OPERATIONS - APOLLO 10 ALTERNATE MISSIONS. ABORT MODES~ Deep Space Aborts. APOLLO 10 @0/NO-GO DECISION POINTS. 32 ONBOARD TELEVISION-~-~ =3: APOLLO 10 PHOTOGRAPHIC TASKS. 3 LUNAR DESCRIPTION. 32 Apollo Lunar Landing ~36-37 COMMAND AND SERVICE MODULE -38-39 39-41, 2 He 3 Hl lanar Module Systems Hh HS -more-Contents Continued SATURN V LAUNCH VEHICLE DESCRIPTION & OPERA'TION- First Stage. ‘Third Stage. 50-51 Instrument Unit- 51-52 Propulsion~: Launch Vehicle Instrumentation and Communication- ~ S-IVB Restart: APOLLO 10 CREW. Life Support Equipment - Space Suits. Meals-~-- -57-62 Personal Hygiene: 63 Survival Gear-. “83-64 Biomedical Inflight Monitorin, Rest-Work 64 ~65-66 ~67-72 -73 Prelaunch Preparations “73-75, LAUNCH COMPLEX 39----~. =! Vehicle Assembly Building. 17-78 e Launch Control Center. 78-19 Mobile Launcher-. ~79-80 ‘Transporter-~ -80-81, Crawlerway- -81 Mobile Service Structure ~Bi-82 ~82-83, 83-84 Mission Control Center. 84-8 MANNED SPACE FLIGHT NETWORK. -86. NASA Communications Network. -88-89 Network Computers-- 89-90 ‘The Apollo Ships. 90-91, Apollo Range Instrumentation Aircraft (ARIA) -91 Ship Positions for Apollo 10. 92 APOLLO PROGRAM MANAGEMENT. = 93 Apollo/Saturn Officials- 93-95 Na jor Apollo/Saturn V Contractors. -96-97, APOLLO GLOSSARY-~- ~98-102 APOLLO ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS: -103-104 CONVERSION FACTORS--DNEWS NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Wo 2-4185 Tes. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20546 eerie FOR RELEASE: IMMEDIATE May 7, 1969 RELEASE NO: 69-68 APOLLO 10: MAN'S NEAR! LUNAR_APPROACH wo Apollo 10 astronauts will descend to within eight nautical miles of the Moon's surface, the closest man has ever been to another celestial body. A dress rehearsal for the first manned lunar landing, Apollo 10 18 scheduled for launch May 18 at 12:49 p.m. EDT from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. ‘The eight-day, lunar orbit mission will mark the first time the complete Apollo spacecraft has operated around the Moon and the second manned flight for the lunar module. Following closely the time line and trajectory to be flown on Apollo 11, Apollo 10 will include an eight-hour sequence of lunar module (IM) undocked activities during which the commander and LM pilot will descend to within eight nautical miles of the lunar surface and later rejoin the command/service module (CSM) in a 60-nautical-mile circular orbit. -more- © le len