Thomas "Tom" Stafford, born September 17, 1930 in Weatherford, Oklahoma, is an astronaut who has flown in two Gemini missions, Apollo 10 and an Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland before being accepted by NASA to be an astronaut September 17, 1962.
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In December 1965, he piloted Gemini VI which performed the first rendezvous in space with Wally Schirra. Less than six months later, he commanded Gemini IX with Eugene Cernan in June 1966.
He commanded Apollo 10 in May 1969 with Eugene Cernan and John Young to the moon. It was considered a 'dry run' for the first lunar landing.
In 1975, he commanded the Apollo spaceship with Vance Brand and Deke Slayton the first rendezvous with the Soviet Soyuz, a milestone in space history.
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