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| Soyuz 4 (7K-OK(A) #12) |
January 14, 1969 (07:30 GMT) |
January 17, 1969 (06:50 GMT) |
Commander: Vladimir Shatalov (1st Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 2) |
USSR | M | Perigee: 173 km Apogee: 225.3 km Inclination: 51.72° 48 orbits |
| Site-31 (Launch Pad 6) Baikonur Cosmodrome |
40 km NW of Karaganda (50° N, 72° E) |
1st Backup: Georgi Shonin | USSR | M | Time 2 days 23 hours 20 minutes |
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| Launch Vehicle Soyuz |
Docked with Soyuz 5 January 16, 1969 (08:20 GMT) |
Undocked with Soyuz 5 January 16, 1969 (12:55 GMT) |
2nd Backup: Georgi Dobrovolsky | USSR | M | |
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| Soyuz 5 (7K-OK(P) #13) |
January 15, 1969 (07:04 GMT) |
January 18, 1969 (07:59 GMT) |
Commander: Boris Volynov (1st Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 1) |
USSR | M | Perigee: 198.7 km Apogee: 230.2 km Inclination: 51.69° 49 orbits 1 spacewalk |
| Flight Engineer: Aleksei Yeliseyev (1st Flight) (TsKBEM Detachment - Group 1) (Down - Soyuz 4) (1 day 23 hours 39 minutes) |
USSR | M | ||||
| Research Engineer: Yevgeni Khrunov (1st Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 1) (Down - Soyuz 4) (1 day 23 hours 39 minutes) |
USSR | M | ||||
| Site-1 (Launch Pad 5) Baikonur Cosmodrome |
200 km SW of Kustani (49° N, 71° E) |
1st Backup Crew: Anatoli Filipchenko | USSR | M | Time 3 days 0 hours 54 minutes |
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| 1st Backup Crew: Valeri Kubasov | USSR | M | ||||
| 1st Backup Crew: Viktor Gorbatko | USSR | M | ||||
| Launch Vehicle Soyuz |
Docked with Soyuz 4 January 16, 1969 (08:20 GMT) |
Undocked with Soyuz 4 January 16, 1969 (12:55 GMT) |
2nd Backup Crew: Anatoli Kuklin | USSR | M | |
| 2nd Backup Crew: Vladislav Volkov | USSR | M | ||||
| 2nd Backup Crew: Pyotr Kolodin | USSR | M | ||||
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| Apollo 9 | March 3, 1969 (16:00 GMT) |
March 13, 1969 (17:00 GMT) |
Commander: James McDivitt (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 2) |
USA | M | Perigee: 190 km Apogee: 192 km Inclination: 32.6° 152 orbits 1 spacewalk |
| Command Module Gumdrop (CSM-103) |
Command Module Pilot: David Scott (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 3) |
USA | M | |||
| Lunar Module Pilot: Russell Schweickart (1st Flight) (NASA Group 3) |
USA | M | ||||
| Lunar Module Spider (LM-3) |
Launch Pad 39A Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
290 km E of the Bahamas Atlantic Ocean (27° 12.5' N, 67° 56' W) |
Backup Crew: Charles Conrad | USA | M | Time 10 days 1 hour 0 minutes |
| Backup Crew: Richard Gordon | USA | M | ||||
| Backup Crew: Alan Bean | USA | M | ||||
| Launch Vehicle Saturn V #AS-504 |
Support Crew: Jack Lousma | USA | M | |||
| Support Crew: Edgar Mitchell | USA | M | ||||
| Support Crew: Alfred Worden | USA | M | ||||
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| Apollo 10 | May 18, 1969 (16:49 GMT) |
May 26, 1969 (16:52 GMT) |
Commander: Thomas Stafford (3rd Flight) (NASA Group 2) |
USA | M | Earth Orbit Perigee: 184 km Apogee: 190 km Inclination: 32.5° 1.5 orbits |
| Command Module Charlie Brown (CSM-106) |
Command Module Pilot: John Young (3rd Flight) (NASA Group 2) |
USA | M | |||
| Lunar Module Pilot: Eugene Cernan (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 3) |
USA | M | ||||
| Lunar Module Snoopy (LM-4) |
Launch Pad 39B Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
E of American Samoa Pacific Ocean (15° 2' S, 164° 39' W) |
Backup Crew: Gordon Cooper | USA | M | Lunar Orbit Perilune: 109.1 km Apolune: 113.9 km 31 orbits |
| Backup Crew: Donn Eisele | USA | M | ||||
| Backup Crew: Edgar Mitchell | USA | M | ||||
| Launch Vehicle Saturn V #AS-505 |
Entered Lunar Orbit May 21, 1969 (20:44 GMT) |
Left Lunar Orbit May 24, 1969 (10:25 GMT) |
Support Crew: Charles Duke | USA | M | Time 8 days 0 hours 3 minutes |
| Support Crew: Joseph Engle | USA | M | ||||
| Support Crew: James Irwin | USA | M | ||||
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| Apollo 11 | July 16, 1969 (13:32 GMT) |
July 24, 1969 (16:50 GMT) |
Commander: Neil Armstrong (2nd Orbital Flight) (NASA Group 2) |
USA | M | Earth Orbit Perigee: 183 km Apogee: 186 km Inclination: 32.5° 1.5 orbits 1 moonwalk |
| Command Module Columbia (CSM-107) |
Launch Pad 39A Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
1600 km SW of Honolulu, Hawaii - Pacific Ocean (13° 19' N, 169° 9' W) |
Command Module Pilot: Michael Collins (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 3) |
USA | M | |
| Lunar Module Pilot: Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 3) |
USA | M | ||||
| Lunar Module Eagle (LM-5) |
Entered Lunar Orbit July 19, 1969 (15:21 GMT) |
Left Lunar Orbit July 22, 1969 (04:55 GMT) |
Backup Crew: James Lovell | USA | M | Lunar Orbit Perilune: 101 km Apolune: 122 km 30 orbits |
| Backup Crew: William Anders | USA | M | ||||
| Backup Crew: Fred Haise | USA | M | ||||
| Launch Vehicle Saturn V #AS-506 |
Lunar Landing July 20, 1969 (20:17 GMT) |
Lunar Liftoff July 21, 1969 (17:54 GMT) |
Support Crew: Thomas Mattingly | USA | M | Time 8 days 3 hours 18 minutes |
| Support Crew: Ronald Evans | USA | M | ||||
| Support Crew: John Swigert | USA | M | ||||
| Lunar Landing Site: Sea of Tranquility | Support Crew: William Pogue | USA | M | |||
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| Soyuz 6 (7K-OK #14) |
October 11, 1969 (11:10 GMT) |
October 16, 1969 (09:52 GMT) |
Commander: Georgi Shonin (1st Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 1) |
USSR | M | Perigee: 186.2 km Apogee: 222.8 km Inclination: 51.68° 80 orbits |
| Flight Engineer: Valeri Kubasov (1st Flight) (TsKBEM Detachment - Group 1) |
USSR | M | ||||
| Launch Vehicle Soyuz |
Site-31 (Launch Pad 6) Baikonur Cosmodrome |
180 km NW of Karaganda (51° N, 71° E) |
1st Backup Crew: Vladimir Shatalov | USSR | M | Time 4 days 22 hours 42 minutes |
| 1st Backup Crew: Aleksei Yeliseyev | USSR | M | ||||
| 2nd Backup Crew: Andriyan Nikolayev | USSR | M | ||||
| 2nd Backup Crew: Georgi Grechko | USSR | M | ||||
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| Soyuz 7 (7K-OK(P) #15) |
October 12, 1969 (10:44 GMT) |
October 17, 1969 (09:25 GMT) |
Commander: Anatoli Filipchenko (1st Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 2) |
USSR | M | Perigee: 207.4 km Apogee: 225.9 km Inclination: 51.68° 80 orbits |
| Flight Engineer: Vladislav Volkov (1st Flight) (TsKBEM Detachment - Group 1) |
USSR | M | ||||
| Research Engineer: Viktor Gorbatko (1st Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 1) |
USSR | M | ||||
| Launch Vehicle Soyuz |
Site-1 (Launch Pad 5) Baikonur Cosmodrome |
155 km NW of Karaganda (51° N, 71° E) |
1st Backup Crew: Vladimir Shatalov | USSR | M | Time 4 days 22 hours 40 minutes |
| 1st Backup Crew: Aleksei Yeliseyev | USSR | M | ||||
| 1st Backup Crew: Pyotr Kolodin | USSR | M | ||||
| 2nd Backup Crew: Andriyan Nikolayev | USSR | M | ||||
| 2nd Backup Crew: Georgi Grechko | USSR | M | ||||
| 2nd Backup Crew: Pyotr Kolodin | USSR | M | ||||
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| Soyuz 8 (7K-OK(A) #16) |
October 13, 1969 (10:19 GMT) |
October 18, 1969 (09:09 GMT) |
Commander: Vladimir Shatalov (2nd Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 2) |
USSR | M | Perigee: 204.5 km Apogee: 223.7 km Inclination: 51.68° 80 orbits |
| Flight Engineer: Aleksei Yeliseyev (2nd Flight) (TsKBEM Detachment - Group 1) |
USSR | M | ||||
| Launch Vehicle Soyuz |
Site-31 (Launch Pad 6) Baikonur Cosmodrome |
150 km N of Karaganda (51° N, 72° E) |
Backup Crew: Andriyan Nikolayev | USSR | M | Time 4 days 22 hours 50 minutes |
| Backup Crew: Vitali Sevastiyanov | USSR | M | ||||
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| Apollo 12 | November 14, 1969 (16:22 GMT) |
November 24, 1969 (20:58 GMT) |
Commander: Charles Conrad (3rd Flight) (NASA Group 2) |
USA | M | Earth Orbit Perigee: 181 km Apogee: 185 km Inclination: 32.5° 1.5 orbits 2 moonwalks |
| Command Module Yankee Clipper (CSM-108) |
Launch Pad 39A Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
735 km SE of Pogo-Pogo Islands - Pacific Ocean (15° 47' S, 165° 9' W) |
Command Module Pilot: Richard Gordon (2nd Flight) (NASA Group 3) |
USA | M | |
| Lunar Module Pilot: Alan Bean (1st Flight) (NASA Group 3) |
USA | M | ||||
| Lunar Module Intrepid (LM-6) |
Entered Lunar Orbit November 18, 1969 (03:47 GMT) |
Left Lunar Orbit November 21, 1969 (20:49 GMT) |
Backup Crew: David Scott | USA | M | Lunar Orbit Perilune: 100.6 km Apolune: 122.5 km 45 orbits |
| Backup Crew: Alfred Worden | USA | M | ||||
| Backup Crew: James Irwin | USA | M | ||||
| Launch Vehicle Saturn V #AS-507 |
Lunar Landing November 19, 1969 (06:54 GMT) |
Lunar Liftoff November 20, 1969 (14:25 GMT) |
Support Crew: Gerald Carr | USA | M | Time 10 days 4 hours 36 minutes |
| Support Crew: Edward Gibson | USA | M | ||||
| Lunar Landing Site: Ocean of Storms | Support Crew: Paul Weitz | USA | M | |||
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