Talk:Apollo 10

What seismometers on the Moon?

The current article has this line: "All other ascent stages were either left in lunar orbit to eventually crash, intentionally steered into the Moon to obtain readings from seismometers placed on the lunar surface, or else burned up in Earth's atmosphere." But what seismometers would those be? Were there actually seimometers places on the Moon before Apollo 11? Supermagle (talk)— Preceding unsigned comment added by Supermagle (talk • contribs) 2016-01-04T18:47:48?

edit: I think I understand - it means LM ascent stages from other (later) Apollo missions. It is possible that I am the only one confused by that line - otherwise it should be reworked.

Mission timeline

I created a table of Mission Timeline as a summary of Apollo 10 mission.

Mission Timeline

Event	Ground Elapsed Time (hhh:mm:ss.ss)	Date	time	Module layout (x indicates separation)
		(UTC)
Liftoff	000:00:00.00	May 18	16:49:00	LES─CSM─LM─S-IVB─S-II─S-IC
First stage (S-IC) separation	000:02:42.31	May 18	16:51:42	LES─CSM─LM─S-IVB─S-II x S-IC
Launch escape system (LES) jettisoned	000:03:17.08	May 18	16:52:17	LES x CSM─LM─S-IVB─S-II
Second stage (S-II) separation	000:09:13.50	May 18	16:58:13	CSM─LM─S-IVB x S-II
Earth orbit insertion	000:11:53.76	May 18	17:00:53	CSM─LM─S-IVB
Translunar injection	002:39:20.58	May 18	19:28:20	CSM─LM─S-IVB
CSM separated from LM/S-IVB	003:02:42.04	May 18	19:51:42	CSM x LM─S-IVB
Turned around CSM docked with LM/S-IVB	003:17:36.00	May 18	20:06:36	CSM─LM─S-IVB
CSM/LM ejected from S-IVB	003:56:25.07	May 18	20:45:25	CSM─LM x S-IVB
CSM/LM undocked	098:11:57	May 22	19:00:57	CSM x LM
LM closest approach to lunar surface	100:41:43	May 22	21:30:43	LM(ascent)─LM(decent)
LM ascent stage/descent stage separated	102:45:16.90	May 22	23:34:16	LM(ascent) x LM(decent)
Ascent orbit insertion ignition	102:55:02.13	May 22	23:44:02	LM(ascent)
CSM/LM docked	106:22:02	May 23	03:11:02	CSM─LM(ascent)
LM ascent stage jettisoned	108:24:36	May 23	05:13:36	CSM x LM(ascent)
Transearth injection ignition (SPS)	137:36:28.90	May 24	10:25:28	CM─SM
CM/SM separation.	191:33:26	May 26	16:22:26	CM x SM
Splashdown	192:03:23	May 26	16:52:23	CM

References

―― Phoenix7777 (talk) 05:18, 26 November 2022 (UTC)

It seems to me that we're better off referring the reader to that reliable source than reproducing it here. Thanks for the hard work. Wehwalt (talk) 17:57, 26 November 2022 (UTC)

Far side radio recording

Isn't this the mission where crew recorded the so-called space "music" on their radio comms? I can't find mention of it anywhere on Wikipedia. There seems to be a myth that it was unreported for 4 decades before Nasa released the recording, but the transcript has apparently always been available. It would be nice to get some clarity on this. DAVilla (talk) 10:50, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

Why did someone undid my revision?

@Wehwalt you undid my revision because you thought it was not relevant. I added the replacement of Cooper and Eisele on Apollo 13 prime crew so people knows who would fly on Apollo 13. Although it is Apollo 10, there is a future story as the Apollo 10 backup crew did not fly in space and got replaced by other astronauts. Is it okay I add that information back again? Loveheart547 (talk) 21:00, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

There is an article already on Apollo 13 that tells that story. Also one on Apollo 14. We have to be careful not to go too far afield. If we say that Shepard replaced Cooper on Apollo 13, then we have to say why he didn't fly Apollo 13, and why Roosa did not.--Wehwalt (talk) 21:03, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

I did explain why Cooper didn't fly Apollo 13. It was already explained in the page by other people.

Was it Eisele did not? Well, Eisele was replaced by Stuart Roosa when they were rotated to Apollo 13 prime crew. I've seen from other sources that James McDivitt would fly on Apollo 13. If James McDivitt accepted the position, Edgar Mitchell would not rotate to Apollo 13 LMP position. Loveheart547 (talk) 15:03, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

Can someone adjust the notetag?

I've just added a notetag but want to adjust it so it is visible. This notetag has been on wikipedia on previous versions but I added it back in because it was removed. Thanks Loveheart547 (talk) 15:00, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

Run-on sentence

This sentence has too many statements: "After the prime crew of Apollo 2, led by Wally Schirra, went to NASA management with a list of demands concerning their mission, Apollo 2 was cancelled in November 1966, and Stafford was assigned as backup commander for the second Apollo mission under a new schedule, planned to involve the first crewed flight of the lunar module, to be commanded by James McDivitt, with Young as backup CMP and Cernan as backup LMP." I suggest it be broken up. I was paused for too long trying to figure out if the demands were related to the fire. Only later in the article did I learned the fire was after the demands. Rather than trying to sort it out, I stopped reading. After all, the article is about Apollo 10. Timhowardriley (talk) 09:18, 18 May 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for your suggestion. When you believe an article needs improvement, please feel free to change it. We encourage you to be bold in updating pages, because wikis like ours develop faster when everybody edits. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes—they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. You can always preview your edits before you publish them or test them out in the sandbox. If you need additional help, check out our getting started page or ask the friendly folks at the Teahouse. TJRC (talk) 19:45, 18 May 2023 (UTC)

What does "farthest from their homes" mean?

I don't understand the sentence "The Apollo 10 crew also traveled farther than any humans before or since from their (Houston) homes: 408,950 kilometers (220,820 nmi) (though the Apollo 13 crew was 200 km farther away from Earth as a whole)."

Does it want to say that Houston was approximately on the opposite side of Earth so that Apollo 10 travelled farther from Houston (but not from the Moon-facing side of Earth's surface) than any other human crew ever? Glasfaser Wien (talk) 07:01, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

That's my understanding. Remember the Apollo 13 crew were only beyond the Moon for a relatively brief time since they looped around it and did not enter orbit. Houston was presumably not facing away from the Moon at the time, judging by this. Since Apollo 10 spent over a day in lunar orbit, they had plenty of time to have Earth rotate and Houston to face away. You might not get Houston at its furthest point but since a lunar orbit usually took about two hours, you're at most going to be an hour away from that, which isn't going to make much difference to the distance. I do recall that Apollo 10 and 13 were the missions that took place with the Moon the furthest from Earth, which is the other major factor. Wehwalt (talk) 12:33, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

Interesting. Makes sense, thank you. Glasfaser Wien (talk) 17:20, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

Popular culture

Joel Kinnaman playing as the main character in Far All Mankind series is the commander of this mission. Should this be added under the popular culture section? Footy2000♡; 05:07, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

No, I don't think so. We do not need to add chance references such as that. Wehwalt (talk) 12:41, 12 November 2023 (UTC)