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1969 in spaceflight

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1969 saw for the first time humanity step onto another world. On July 21, 1969 Apollo 11 deployed the Eagle LM to land on the moon's surface. The success of Apollo 11 saw the efforts of over 500,000 engineers, scientists and technicians. There were other successes with the Soviet space programme docking of two manned spacecraft and the success of their Venus and Lunar probes. Still the Soviet lunar programme suffered problems with the N1 rocket exploding on the launch pad.

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Launches

This is a list of spaceflights launched in 1969.

Deep Space Rendez-vous in 1969

  • May 16 — Venera 5 atmospheric probe worked for 53 min in the Venerian atmosphere
  • May 17 — Venera 6 atmospheric probe worked for 51 min in the Venerian atmosphere
  • May 21 — Apollo 10 completed 31 lunar orbits (15,4 km)
  • July 20 — Apollo 11, 22 kg from Mare Tranquillitatis (sample return mission)
  • July 21 — Luna 15 impacted at Mare Crisium (sample return mission)
  • August 5 — Mariner 6 flyby of Mars, 25 close-up pictures (3,412 km)
  • August 5 — Mariner 7 flyby of Mars, 33 close-up pictures (3,543 km)
  • August 11 — Zond 7 circumlunar flight (1,984 km)
  • November 19 — Apollo 12, 34 kg from Oceanus Procellarum (sample return mission)

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