Concorde Lifts Off for the First Time
On March 2, 1969, the supersonic airliner Concorde took to the sky for the first time, flying a 27-minute test flight from Toulouse, France.
Tales from the year 1969
RFC 1: The Memo That Became the Internet
On April 7, 1969, UCLA graduate student Steve Crocker published the first "Request for Comments," the humble memo series that would define how the internet is built.
Liftoff: The Day Apollo 11 Left for the Moon
On July 16, 1969, a 363-foot Saturn V carried Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin off Launch Complex 39A, beginning the first mission to land humans on the Moon.
'The Eagle Has Landed': One Giant Leap
On July 20, 1969, the lunar module Eagle touched down in the Sea of Tranquility, and that night Neil Armstrong stepped onto the lunar surface — the first human on another world.