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1960s

50 records

  1. 1969

    1. 1969-02-07 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-265 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

    2. 1969-02-09 launch

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      Titan IIIC launched on the Tacsat flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC41. Launch vehicle success.

    3. 1969-02-19 launch failure

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      Luna E-8 No.201, also known as Luna Ye-8 No.201, and sometimes identified by NASA as Luna 1969A, was a Soviet spacecraft which was lost in a launch failure in 1969.

    4. 1969-02-21 launch failure

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      Zond L1S-1 was a Zond capsule to be placed into orbit around the Moon by the first launch of the N1, a Soviet-made super heavy-lift launch vehicle designed to land crewed Soviet spacecraft on the Moon.

    5. 1969-02-25 launch

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      Mariner 6 was a NASA robotic mission launched on February 25, 1969 to study Mars during a close flyby.

    6. 1969-02-25 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-266 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    7. 1969-02-26 launch

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      Thor Delta E1 launched on the ESSA 9 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17B. Launch vehicle success.

    8. 1969-02-26 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-267 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    9. 1969-03-03 launch

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      Saturn V launched on the Apollo 9 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.

    10. 1969-03-04 launch

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      Titan IIIB launched on the KH-8 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC4W. Launch vehicle success.

    11. 1969-03-05 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-268 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad LC86/4. Launch vehicle success.

    12. 1969-03-05 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-269 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

    13. 1969-03-06 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-270 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    14. 1969-03-15 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-271 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    15. 1969-03-15

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      Dragonrider () by Anne McCaffreyAward: Nebula Award — Best Novella

      Dragonrider won Best Novella.

    16. 1969-03-15

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      The Planners () by Kate WilhelmAward: Nebula Award — Best Short Story

      The Planners won Best Short Story.

    17. 1969-03-15

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      Rite of Passage () by Alexei PanshinAward: Nebula Award — Best NovelRole:

      Rite of Passage — 1968 Nebula Award, Best Novel (1969-03-15).

    18. 1969-03-15

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      Mother to the World () by Richard WilsonAward: Nebula Award — Best Novelette

      Mother to the World won Best Novelette.

    19. 1969-03-17 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-272 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

    20. 1969-03-18 launch

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      Atlas F launched on the OV1-17/18/19 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad ABRESA2. Launch vehicle success.

    21. 1969-03-19 launch

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      Thorad SLV-2G Agena D launched on the CORONA 132/1050 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC3W. Launch vehicle success.

    22. 1969-03-22 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-273 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    23. 1969-03-24 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-274 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    24. 1969-03-26 launch

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      Vostok 8A92M launched on the Meteor flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    25. 1969-03-27 launch

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      Mariner 7 was a NASA robotic spacecraft launched on March 27, 1969 as a companion to Mariner 6.

    26. 1969-03-27 launch failure

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      Mars 2M No.521, also known as Mars M-69 No.521 and sometimes identified by NASA as Mars 1969A, was a Soviet spacecraft which was lost in a launch failure in 1969.

    27. 1969-03-28 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-275 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

    28. 1969-04-02 launch failure

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      Mars 2M No.522, also known as Mars M-69 No.522 and sometimes identified by NASA as Mars 1969B, was a Soviet spacecraft which was lost in a launch failure in 1969.

    29. 1969-04-04 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-276 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    30. 1969-04-04 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-277 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

    31. 1969-04-09 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-278 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    32. 1969-04-11 launch

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      Molniya 8K78M launched on the Molniya-1 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    33. 1969-04-13 launch

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      Atlas SLV-3A Agena D launched on the AFP-827 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC13. Launch vehicle success.

    34. 1969-04-14 launch

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      Thorad SLV-2G Agena D (?) launched on the Nimbus 3 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2E. Launch vehicle success.

    35. 1969-04-15 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-279 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    36. 1969-04-15 launch

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      Titan IIIB launched on the KH-8 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC4W. Launch vehicle success.

    37. 1969-04-23 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-280 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    38. 1969-05-02 launch

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      Thorad SLV-2G Agena D (?) launched on the CORONA 133/1051 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC3W. Launch vehicle success.

    39. 1969-05-13 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-281 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    40. 1969-05-18 launch

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      Apollo 10 (May 18–26, 1969) was the fourth human spaceflight in the United States' Apollo program and the second to orbit the Moon.

    41. 1969-05-20 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-282 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    42. 1969-05-22 launch

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      Thor Delta M launched on the Intelsat III F-4 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17A. Launch vehicle success.

    43. 1969-05-23 launch

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      Titan IIIC launched on the Vela 5A/5B flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC41. Launch vehicle success.

    44. 1969-05-27 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-283 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

    45. 1969-05-29 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-284 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    46. 1969-06-03 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-285 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

    47. 1969-06-03 launch

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      Titan IIIB launched on the KH-8 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC4W. Launch vehicle success.

    48. 1969-06-03

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      Star Trek () by Gene Roddenberry

      Star Trek — series finale (1969-06-03).

    49. 1969-06-05 launch

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      Thorad SLV-2H Agena D launched on the OGO 6 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2E. Launch vehicle success.

    50. 1969-06-14 launch failure

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      Luna E-8-5 No.402, also known as Luna Ye-8-5 No.402, and sometimes identified by NASA as Luna 1969C, was a Soviet spacecraft under Luna programme which was lost in a launch failure in 1969.

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