Close-Up John W. Young in Spacesuit

(Original Caption) 1969-Kennedy Space Center, FL- Apollo 10 astronaut John W. Young, command module pilot of Apollo 10, scheduled for launch May 18th by the NASA will be a lunar orbit mission in which two astronauts will descend to within 50,000 ft. of the Moon's surface. The 8-day Apollo flight is scheduled for launch from Kennedy Space Center with astronauts Thomas P. Stafford as spacecraft commander; John W. Young as command module pilot; and Eugene A. Cernan as the lunar module pilot. The purpose of the flight is to provide additional experience in combined system operation during the 3-day trip to the Moon's vicinity and in lunar orbit.