Fine TOM STAFFORD (APOLLO X astronaut) signature on an album page

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(APOLLO10) Thomas Stafford (1930- ) American Air Force Lieutenant General and NASA astronaut. Stafford piloted Gemini VI in December 1965 during the first rendezvous in space (with its sister craft, Gemini VII) and in June 1966 commanded Gemini IX with Eugene Cernan when prime crew members Charlie Bassett and Elliot See died in a plane crash. From August 1966 to October 1968, Stafford headed the mission planning analysis and software development responsibilities for the astronaut group for Project Apollo. He was the lead member of the group which helped formulate the sequence of missions leading to the first lunar landing. He demonstrated and implemented the theory of a pilot manually flying the Saturn booster into orbit and the translunar injection manoeuvre. Stafford also was largely responsible for NASA adopting colour television rather than the planned slow-scan black and white for its space flights. He was determined to let the American public share in the beauty of the missions they were funding. Stafford was commander of Apollo 10 in May 1969, which included the first flight of the lunar module, a Moon orbit and rendezvous while in orbit – everything bar the actual landing. He also did reconnaissance and evaluation of future landing sites for Apollo 11. Stafford and his crewmates, John Young and Gene Cernan are cited read more

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