Apollo 10 astronauts still hold the fastest human spaceflight speed record. Their return journey from lunar orbit reached nearly 40,000 kilometers per hour. No crewed mission has traveled far enough ...
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In 1969, Apollo 10 hurtled past the moon at a speed no human has matched in more than half a century
On 26 May 1969, the command module of Apollo 10 hit Earth’s atmosphere travelling at 36,397 feet per second, or 39,937.7 kilometres per hour. Guinness World Records lists that moment as the fastest ...
This Smithsonian Snapshot marks the May 18, 1969, launch of the Apollo 10 mission. The Apollo 10 spacecraft launched from Cape Kennedy at 12:49 p.m. EST with commander Thomas Stafford, command module ...
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