The Apollo 10 mission did not actually land on the Moon. The mission was carried out with the aim of performing a low flight to the Moon's surface to examine the Moon's surface and make the necessary preparations for landing. Astronauts Thomas Stafford, Eugene Cernan and John Young successfully returned from the Apollo 10 mission without landing on the Moon surface. Apollo 10 was a space mission that took place between May 18 and 26, 1969. The purpose of the mission was to complete and test preparations for Apollo 11's manned landing on the Moon. Astronauts experienced flight on the lunar module, which was lowered to the Moon's surface, and successfully returned to Moon orbit.