Apollo 10

As Earth grew ever smaller below his spacecraft, Apollo 10 commander Tom Stafford made an unusual request to mission control. The year was 1969, and his vessel was the first to be equipped with a color camera, which was beaming live…

Did you know that on this day, May 18, 1969, Apollo 10 was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in the United States. The first colour pictures of Earth from space were transmitted from Apollo 10. – info from www.onthisday.co.za