1969 in spaceflight

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[edit] Launches

This is a list of spaceflights launched in 1969.

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Launch Date/Time Rocket Launch
Site		 Launch Contractor Payload Operator Orbit Mission/
Function		 Re-Entry/
Destruction		 Outcome Remarks
January 14
07:30 GMT		 Soyuz (R-7/A-2) LC-31 Baikonur RVSN Soyuz 4, 1 Cosmonaut (Vladimir Shatalov) RVSN LEO Manned Orbital Flight January 17, 1969 Successful First docking between two manned spacecraft (with Soyuz 5)
January 15
07:04 GMT		 Soyuz (R-7/A-2) Gagarin's Start Baikonur RVSN Soyuz 5, 2 Cosmonauts RVSN LEO Manned Orbital Flight January 18, 1969 Successful First docking between two manned spacecraft (with Soyuz 4)
March 3
16:00 GMT		 Saturn V (C-5) LC-39A Kennedy Space Center NASA Apollo 9 CSM Gumdrop
3 astronauts		 NASA LEO Manned Orbital Flight March 13, 1969 Successful
Apollo 9 LM Spider NASA LEO Test spacecraft March 13, 1969 Successful First manned test of Lunar Module
May 18
16:49 GMT		 Saturn V (C-5) LC-39B Kennedy Space Center NASA Apollo 10 CSM Charlie Brown
3 astronauts		 NASA Lunar orbit Manned Lunar Orbital Flight May 26, 1969 Successful "Dress rehearsal" of Apollo Moon Landings
Apollo 10 LM Snoopy NASA Lunar orbit, then Heliocentric orbit Test spacecraft N/A Successful First manned test of Lunar Module in lunar orbit
June 27
22:58 GMT		 Black Arrow Woomera RAE (none) N/A N/A Test launch vehicle N/A Failure Self-destruct activated by RSO after loss of control
July 3 N-1 Soviet Union Soviet Space Program (unknown) N/A N/A Test launch vehicle N/A Failure Exploded due to faulty engines and a bolt that was sucked into a fuel pump.
July 16
13:32 GMT		 Saturn V (C-5) LC-39A Kennedy Space Center NASA Apollo 11 CSM Columbia
3 astronauts		 NASA Lunar orbit Manned Lunar Orbital Flight July 24, 1969 Successful
Apollo 11 LM Eagle NASA Lunar orbit Manned Lunar Landing July 20, 1969 Successful First manned Moon landing
July 20
21:54 GMT		 Apollo LM Ascent Stage Apollo 11 LM Descent Stage
Mare Tranquillitatis
The Moon		 NASA Apollo 11 LM Ascent Stage Eagle
2 Astronauts		 NASA Lunar Orbit Return Apollo 11 astronauts to CSM for journey back to Earth Successful First spacecraft to launch from the Moon
October 11
11:10 GMT		 Soyuz (R-7/A-2) LC-31 Baikonur RVSN Soyuz 6, 2 Cosmonauts RVSN LEO Manned Orbital Flight October 16, 1969 Partial Failure Rendezvous with Soyuz 7 and 8 unsuccessful due to electronic failure.
October 12
10:44 GMT		 Soyuz (R-7/A-2) Gagarin's Start, Baikonur RVSN Soyuz 7, 3 Cosmonauts RVSN LEO Manned Orbital Flight October 16, 1969 Partial Failure Rendezvous with Soyuz 6 and 8 unsuccessful due to electronic failure.
October 13
10:19 GMT		 Soyuz (R-7/A-2) LC-31 Baikonur RVSN Soyuz 8, 2 Cosmonauts RVSN LEO Manned Orbital Flight October 16, 1969 Partial Failure Rendezvous with Soyuz 6 and 7 unsuccessful due to electronic failure.
November 14
16:22 GMT		 Saturn V (C-5) LC-39A Kennedy Space Center NASA Apollo 12 CSM Yankee Clipper
3 astronauts		 NASA Lunar orbit Manned Lunar Orbital Flight November 24, 1969 Successful
Apollo 12 LM Intrepid NASA Lunar orbit Manned Lunar Landing November 18, 1969
GMT		 Successful Recovered parts of Surveyor 3
November 20
04:26 GMT		 Apollo LM Ascent Stage Apollo 12 LM Descent Stage
Oceanus Procellarum
The Moon		 NASA Apollo 12 LM Ascent Stage Intrepid
2 Astronauts		 NASA Lunar Orbit Return Apollo 12 astronauts to CSM for journey back to Earth November 20, 1969
12:17 GMT at Moon		 Successful

[edit] Deep Space Rendez-vous in 1969


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1968		 Timeline of spaceflight
1969		 Succeeded by
1970