On May 18, 1969, Weatherford native, General Thomas P. Stafford, was tasked to command one of the most important missions in spaceflight history, the historic Apollo 10 mission. As Stafford sat atop a 36 story Saturn V rocket, this small town kid from western Oklahoma would leave the surely bonds of Earth on a journey that would take him to the moon. Tickets Adults $20.00 USD Child 12 and under $10.00 USD Stafford, along with his crewmates, Gene Cernan and John Young, would perform a full “dress rehearsal” for the first Moon landing on this critical flight.  They would conduct the last check of literally thousands of procedures and millions of parts and pieces that had to work perfectly before an actual lunar landing could be attempted. Without the success of Apollo 10, Neil Armstrong would not have been able to set foot on the moon just two short months later. This May marks the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 10, and the Stafford Air and Space Museum is excited to host An Afternoon with General Thomas P. Stafford on May 19, 2019 in honor of his flight! As Stafford’s first public appearance in Weatherford in nearly 10 years, this will ...