... Apollos 7 and 8: Flying the Command Module . ... In large measure, of course, the success of the Apollo landing missions was due to lessons learned and experiences gained during the unmanned and manned missions that preceded them. ... When the crew of Apollo 10 - Commander Tom Stafford, Command Module Pilot John Young, and Lunar Module Pilot Gene Cernan - was announced on November 13, 1968, the NASA press release listed possible missions ranging "from Earth orbital operations to a lunar orbit flight...