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The year 1969 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

[edit] Astronomy and space exploration

January 15 - The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 5.
March 3 - Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module.
March 13 - Apollo program: Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.
May 16 - Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet spaceprobe, lands on Venus.
May 17 - Venera program: Soviet Venera 6 begins to descend into Venus', atmosphere sending back atmospheric data before being crushed by pressure.
May 18 - Apollo program: Apollo 10 launches.
May 22 - Apollo program: Apollo 10's lunar module flies within 15,400 m of the Moon's surface.
May 26 - Apollo program: Apollo 10 returns to Earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the upcoming first manned Moon landing.
July 20 - Apollo program: The human race, represented by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, lands on the Moon. Apollo 11 lifted off for the Moon on July 16 and returned safely on July 24.
August 5 - Mariner program: Mariner 7 makes its closest fly-by of Mars (3,524 kilometers).
November 14 - Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second manned mission to the surface of the Moon (landed on the Moon on November 19).
November 19 - Apollo program: Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean land at Oceanus Procellarum ("Ocean of Storms") and become the third and fourth humans to walk on the Moon.

Thomas D. Brock and Hudson Freeze of Indiana University publish their findings on hyperthermophilic bacteria, most notably Thermus aquaticus, a thermophilic bacterium species living at a temperature of 60-80°C in a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park.^[1] T. aquaticus (Taq) later becomes a standard source of enzymes able to withstand higher temperatures than those from E. Coli. See also: History of polymerase chain reaction

April 7 - RFC 1, the first Request for Comments document from the Internet Engineering Task Force is published.
November 21 - The first ARPANET link is established.