What space & flight looked like in the 1960s
Launch towers, white rockets and mission control rooms full of desks and dials.
The decade ends on the Moon itself: grey dust, black sky and a lander on spindly legs.
1960s moments in the game
- Dag Hammarskjöld Plane Crash in Northern Rhodesia1961
- Leonov's First Spacewalk1965
- The First Boeing 747 Rolls Out1968
- Apollo 7 Lifts Off1968
- Destination: The Moon1969
- First Flight of the Concorde1969
Dating a space & flight scene
- Wings
- Fabric biplanes are 1903–1930; shiny metal monoplanes after the 1930s; swept-back jet wings after 1950.
- Lighter than air
- Balloons are possible from 1783; giant airships belong mostly to 1900–1937.
- Launch pads
- Rockets, gantries and control rooms full of screens are the late 1950s onward; colour TV monitors and computers place you later still.