Tom Stafford, Gene Cernan and John Young did all but land, leaving that for Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin two months later in Apollo 11. Credit: NASAĪpollo 10 was the one and only all-up test of the entire spacecraft at the Moon. Apollo 10 Command/Service Modules seen from Lunar Module after separation. The Apollo 10 command module that just seven years before had taken three astronauts around the Moon had touched down safely at the Science Museum in London. And then, slowly but surely, all was pushed into the waiting gallery. The suspended object was tilted and lowered very carefully onto the ribbing, its contoured base nestling snugly on the padded supports. Charlie Brown, call sign for the Apollo 10 command module, next to an illustration of Snoopy, another mascot for the mission The top side of each rib was covered with cushioning. These were bolted into place on the frame forming what looked like a rather large and curiously curved toast rack. A large and wheeled steel frame was pushed under the object and the technicians set about measuring its base and cutting the wood carefully into a series of sizes. The object on the lorry was winched carefully into the air and swung around into the open doorway. Arrival of the Apollo 10 capsule at the Science Museum in January 1976 Technicians and curators scurried about and readied themselves with tools, rules, spirit levels and a good quantity of stout wooden panels.
On a chilly January day in 1976 a low loader lorry backed up outside the gallery’s large doors. As we launch our Summer of Space and celebrate 50 years since the Apollo Moon missions, Curator Doug Millard takes us back in time to when the Apollo 10 command module first landed at the Science Museum.
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