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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