1969 in spaceflight 1969 in spaceflight 1969 saw humanity step onto another world for the first time. On 21 July 1969, the Apollo 11 Lunar Module, "Eagle," landed on the moon's surface with two astronauts aboard. Days later the crew of three returned safely to Earth, satisfying U.S. President John F. Kennedy's 1962 challenge of 25 May 1961, that "this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth." There were four Apollo missions in total in 1969, three of which traveled to the moon,
On the First Warm Day My All" and "One Love Affair" (both are also on Portia Nelson's album), featured one of the musicians from Rosemary Clooney's 1952 session, guitarist Mundell Lowe. The LP, "Chris Craft" (catalog number 1290/SD-1290), had a November release solely in monaural form, with a stereo version issued two years later, in 1960. Eydie Gormé's LP, "Love Is a Season", which has "First Warm Day" as track 4, was released by ABC-Paramount Records (catalog number Abcs-273) and, in her notes regarding the album, she reminisces that Bart Howard "was a great friend" whose "Fly Me to the Moon" she recorded under its