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In which mission did Stafford descend to an altitude of nine miles from the Moon?
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Apollo 11
Apollo 10
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
Answer
Apollo 10 was a United States human spaceflight mission in the Apollo program. The spacecraft was launched on 18 May 1969, and entered lunar orbit on 22 May. The mission was the second manned test of the Apollo Command/Service Module (CSM) and Lunar Module (LM), and the first to fly the LM in lunar orbit.
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