Apollo 10’s job was to iron out as many kinks as possible before Apollo 11 attempted an actual landing. This included detailed scouting of Apollo 11’s landing site; testing Snoopy’s descent ...

Apollo 10's lunar module, Snoopy, is still out there, drifting aimlessly around the solar system, waiting for some future exo-archaeologist to snatch it up for display at the Smithsonian.

Audio clip: Charlie Brown was selected by the astronauts as the codename for the Apollo 10 command module and his friend Snoopy was the call sign for the lunar module. Mosher: NASA launched 10 of ...