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Command Module Heat Shield Mission: Apollo 10 CM: Charlie Brown LM: Snoopy   Crew: Thomas P. Stafford John W. Young Eugene A. Cernan Launch: May 18, 1969   Landing: May 26, 1969   Duration: 8 days, 3 minutes   Comment: Record for the highest speed ever attained by man This charred heat shield segment was removed from the Charlie Brown following its Apollo 10 mission to the Moon and 24,790 mph reentry. The Command Module's aft heat shield was made from brazed stainless steel honeycomb filled with phenolic epoxy resin as an ablative material; it varied in thickness from 0.7 to 2.7 inches (1.8 to 6.9 cm). Prepared by and sourced from the Kansas Cosmosphere. back to Artifacts © 1999-2008 collectSPACE.com All rights reserved. Questions? E-mail contact@collectspace.com