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1969 in spaceflight

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FieldValue
year1969
imageBuzz salutes the U.S. Flag.jpg
imsize280px
captionHumanity's first crewed lunar landing (Apollo 11)
firstsatWest Germany
maidens{{plainlist
retired{{plainlist
orbital9
totalcrew22
  • Delta L
  • N-1
  • Thorad-SLV2H Agena-D
  • Tsyklon-2
  • Apollo LM ascent stage
  • Delta C1
  • Molniya M/Blok VL
  • Tsyklon-2A

1969 saw humanity step onto another world for the first time. On 20 July 1969, the Apollo 11 Lunar Module, Eagle, landed on the Moon's surface with two astronauts aboard. Days later the crew of three returned safely to Earth, satisfying U.S. President John F. Kennedy's challenge of 25 May 1961, that "this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth."

There were four Apollo missions in total in 1969, three of which traveled to the Moon, with Apollo 12 also landing on the surface. The success of the Apollo program was a testament to the efforts of over 500,000 American engineers, scientists and technicians.

In 1969, the Soviet Union's space program had success with the docking of two crewed spacecraft as well as the success of their Venus and Lunar probes. The Soviets, however, suffered severe blows to their crewed Lunar aspirations when their N1 rocket failed twice during two 1969 launches.

Orbital launches

January

|-

|d-date = 16 May 1969

|d-date = 17 May 1969

|d-date = 20 January 1969

|d-date = 17 January 1969 |d-date = 18 January 1969 |d-date = 20 January 1969

|d-date = 2 April 1984

|d-date = 3 February 1969

|d-date = 5 February 1969

|d-date = 23 January 1969

|d-date =

February

|-

|d-date = 1 February 1969

|d-date = 24 February 1969

|d-date =

|d-date = 1 May 1969

|d-date = 19 February 1969

|d-date = 21 February |d-date = 21 February

|d-date = 5 March 1969

|d-date =

|d-date = 6 March 1969

March

|-

|d-date = 13 March 1969 |d-date = 13 March 1969

|d-date = 18 March 1969

|d-date = 9 May 1970

|d-date = 21 October 1978

|d-date = 14 March 1969

|d-date = 23 March 1969

|d-date = 5 March 1970 |d-date = 24 March 1969 |d-date = 28 August 1972 |d-date =

|d-date = 24 March 1969 |d-date = 6 December 1971

|d-date = 30 March 1969

|d-date = 1 April 1969

|d-date = 26 March 2012

|d-date = 27 March 1969

|d-date = 7 February 1970

April

|-

|d-date = 2 April 1969

|d-date = 11 April 1969

|d-date = 6 July 1969

|d-date = 17 April 1969

|d-date = 17 April 1974

|d-date = 23 April 1969

|d-date = 30 April 1969

|d-date = 6 May 1969

May

|-

|d-date = 23 May 1969 |d-date = 16 February 1970

|d-date = 21 May 1969

|d-date = 26 May 1969 |d-date =

|d-date = 28 May 1969

|d-date =

|d-date = 10 December 1969

|d-date = 6 June 1969

June

|-

|d-date = 7 October 1969

|d-date = 14 June 1969

|d-date = 12 October 1979

|d-date = 14 June 1969

|d-date = 23 June 1969

|d-date =

|d-date = 2 July 1969

|d-date = 5 July 1969

|d-date = 7 July 1969

July

|-

|d-date = 2 July 1969

|d-date = 3 July 1969 |d-date = 3 July 1969

|d-date = 15 July 1969

|d-date = 20 July 1969

|d-date = 24 July 1969 |d-date =

|d-date = 30 July 1969

|d-date = 18 June 1971

|d-date =

|d-date = 23 July 1969

|d-date = 23 August 1969

|d-date = 14 October 1988

|d-date = 4 January 1973

August

|-

|d-date = 8 September 1969

|d-date = 13 August 1969

|d-date = 7 March 1981 |d-date = 28 April 1977

|d-date = 28 August 1969

|d-date = 27 August 1969

|d-date = 1 December 1969

|d-date = 7 September 1969

|d-date = 27 August 1969 |d-date = 27 August 1969

|d-date = 6 September 1969

September

|-

|d-date = 10 September 1969

|d-date = 15 September 1969

|d-date = 22 September 1969

|d-date = 22 September 1969

|d-date = 13 October 1969 |d-date = 16 May 1971

|d-date = 27 September 1969

|d-date = 2 October 1969

|d-date = Cone: In orbit Cylinder: 14 February 2023

October

|-

|d-date = 20 August 2002

|d-date = 16 October 1969

|d-date = 16 October 1969

|d-date = 16 October 1969

|d-date = 2 January 1970

|d-date = 25 October 1969

|d-date = 23 January 1970

|d-date = 5 November 1969

|d-date = 30 December 1970

|d-date = 8 November 1969

November

|-

|d-date = 4 January 1970

|d-date = 20 November 1969

|d-date = 24 November 1969 |d-date = 20 November 1969

|d-date = 23 November 1969

|d-date =

|d-date = 10 March 1970

December

|-

|d-date = 15 December 1969

|d-date = 10 January 1970

|d-date = 22 March 1970

|d-date = 25 March 1979

|d-date = 28 August 1970

|d-date = 5 January 1970

|d-date = 7 June 1970

|}

Suborbital flights

January-March

|- |d-date = 17 January

|d-date = 21 January

20:00 |d-date = 23 January

23:00 |d-date = 23 January

21:00 |d-date = 25 January

21:05 |d-date = 3 February

21:09 |d-date = 11 February

22:15 |d-date = 14 February

21:20 |d-date = 15 February

11:48 |d-date = 20 February

16:33 |d-date = 25 February

21:37 |d-date = 25 February

23:50 |d-date = 25 February

17:55 |d-date = 15 March

20:54 |d-date = 15 March

22:31 |d-date = 15 March

18:05 |d-date = 16 March

00:04 |d-date = 17 March

18:10 |d-date = 17 March

18:23 |d-date = 17 March

18:16 |d-date = 18 March

05:37 |d-date = 20 March

20:00 |d-date = 29 March

April-June

|- 09:54 |d-date = 1 April

00:35 |d-date = 3 April

20:38 |d-date = 9 April

00:33 |d-date = 13 April

18:15 |d-date = 14 April

11:03 |d-date = 15 April

|d-date = 16 April

05:05 |d-date = 17 April

21:48 |d-date = 17 April

03:31 |d-date = 22 April

|d-date = 1 May

02:44 |d-date = 14 May

05:52 |d-date = 24 May

19:28 |d-date = 5 June

22:58 |d-date = 27 June

July-September

|- |d-date = 5 July

|d-date = 6 July

|d-date = 11 July

|d-date = 13 July

|d-date = 14 July

|d-date =15 July |d-time = |d-span = |o-span =

|d-date = 16 July

|d-date = 24 July

|d-date = 25 July

|d-date = 29 July

|d-date = 5 August

|d-date = 11 August

|d-date = 11 August

|d-date = 29 July

|d-date = 12 September

October-December

|- 22:28 |d-date = 5 October

20:01 |d-date = 10 October

18:46 |d-date = 15 October

09:15 |d-date = 17 October

22:27 |d-date = 17 October

07:28 |d-date = 20 October

06:10 |d-date = 22 October

|d-date = 23 October

05:44 |d-date = 13 July

|d-date = 8 November

21:00 |d-date = 10 November

02:17 |d-date = 18 November

00:30 |d-date = 20 November

00:38 |d-date = 26 November

23:32 |d-date = 26 November

05:29 |d-date = 27 November

06:31 |d-date = 27 November

02:58 |d-date = 30 November |d-date =6 December |d-time = |d-span = |o-span = |d-date = 9 December

|d-date = 22 December

|d-date = 23 December

|}

Launches from the Moon

|d-date = |d-date = 20 November |}

Deep-space rendezvous

Date (GMT)SpacecraftEventRemarks
16 MayVenera 5Atmospheric entry in VenusAtmospheric probe worked for 53 min in the Venerian atmosphere
17 MayVenera 6Atmospheric entry in VenusAtmospheric probe worked for 51 min in the Venerian atmosphere
21 MayApollo 1031 orbits around the MoonAltitude ~15,4 km
20 JulyApollo 11Moon landing22 kg from Mare Tranquillitatis (sample return mission)
21 JulyLuna 15Moon impactImpacted at Mare Crisium (sample return mission). Primary mission failed.
5 AugustMariner 6Flyby of MarsPeriapsis: 3,412 km. 25 close-up pictures.
5 AugustMariner 7Flyby of MarsPeriapsis: 3,543 km. 33 close-up pictures.
11 AugustZond 7Circumlunar flightPeriapsis: 1,984 km.
19 NovemberApollo 12Moon landing34 kg from Oceanus Procellarum (sample return mission)

Extravehicular activities (EVAs)

Start date/timeDurationEnd timeSpacecraftCrewRemarks
6 January
12:236 hours
31 minutes18:54Expedition 50
ISS *Quest*{{plainlistThe crew completed the installation of new batteries on the Station's power channel 3A, and then executed a series of tasks to get ahead for the next EVA. Kimbrough collected photos of the AMS-02, then they removed a broken light on the S3 truss and routed Ethernet cables on the Z1 truss.

Orbital launch statistics

By country

CountryLaunchesSuccessesFailuresPartial
failuresstyle="text-align:left;"style="text-align:left;"style="text-align:left;"style="text-align:left;"World
1010
1010
8268140
413722

By rocket

By family

FamilyCountryLaunchesSuccessesFailuresPartial failuresRemarks
Atlas5500
Blue Streak1010
Kosmos222020
Lambda1010
N-12020First flight
R-7444310
R-364310
Saturn4400
Scout2101
Thor222020
Titan8701
Universal Rocket10280

By type

RocketCountryFamilyLaunchesSuccessesFailuresPartial failuresRemarks
Atlas-AgenaAtlas1100
Atlas-CentaurAtlas3300
Atlas E/FAtlas1100
DeltaThor11920
EuropaBlue Streak1010
Kosmos-2Kosmos151410
Kosmos-3Kosmos7610
Lambda 4Lambda1010
MolniyaR-74400
N-1N-12020First flight
ProtonUniversal Rocket10280
R-36R-361100
Saturn VSaturn4400
ScoutScout2101
SoyuzR-7373700
Thor-BurnerThor1100
Thorad-AgenaThor101000
Titan IIITitan8701
TsyklonR-363210
VostokR-73210

By configuration

RocketCountryTypeLaunchesSuccessesFailuresPartial failuresRemarks
Atlas-SLV3A Agena-DAtlas-Agena1100
Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-DAtlas-Centaur3300
Atlas F-OV1Atlas E/F1100
Delta C1Delta1100Last flight
Delta E1Delta3300
Delta LDelta1010First flight
Delta MDelta4310
Delta NDelta2200
Europa-1Europa1010
Kosmos-2IKosmos-2151410
Kosmos-3MKosmos-37610
Lambda 4SLambda 41010
Molniya-M/Blok VLMolniya2200Last flight
Molniya-M/Blok MLMolniya2200
N1/L3N-12020First flight
Proton-K/DProton10280
R-36OR-361100
Saturn VSaturn V4400
Scout BScout2101
Soyuz (11A511)Soyuz5500
Thor-LV2F Burner-2Thor-Burner1100
Thorad-SLV2G Agena-DThorad-Agena7700
Thorad-SLV2H Agena-DThorad-Agena3300First flight
Titan IIIBTitan III6501
Titan IIICTitan III2200
Tsyklon-2Tsyklon2200First flight
Tsyklon-2ATsyklon1010Last flight
Voskhod (11A57)Soyuz323200
Vostok-2MVostok3210

By spaceport

SiteCountryLaunchesSuccessesFailuresPartial failuresRemarks
Baikonur3827110
Cape Canaveral151320
Kapustin Yar3300
Kennedy4400
Plesetsk413830
Kagoshima1010
Vandenberg222002
Woomera1010

By orbit

Orbital regimeLaunchesAchievedNot AchievedAccidentally
AchievedRemarks
Low Earth858131
Geosynchronous / transfer7610
Medium Earth3210
High Earth14770including highly elliptical and Molniya orbits and Trans Lunar trajectories
Heliocentric7430

References

References

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  3. Wade, Mark. "Venera".
  4. Wade, Mark. "Plesetsk".
  5. McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page.
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  7. Wade, Mark. "Cape Canaveral".
  8. Wade, Mark. "Vandenberg".
  9. Krebs, Gunter. "KH-8 Gambit-3 (Block 1)". Gunter's Space Page.
  10. Wade, Mark. "Kapustin Yar".
  11. Wade, Mark. "Lambda 4S".
  12. (14 February 2023). "SOICAL (CYLINDER)". N2YO.com.
  13. Krebs, Gunter. "Interkosmos 1, 4, 7, 11, (14) 16 (DS-U3-IK)". Gunter's Space Page.
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  15. Wade, Mark. "Woomera".
  16. Wade, Mark. "Veronique".
  17. Wade, Mark. "Andoya".
  18. Wade, Mark. "Terrier Sandhawk".
  19. Wade, Mark. "Rigel".
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