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6,207 matching records

1. 1967 59 years ago

   Explorer 34 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Explorer 34

   • Space transportation

   Thor Delta E1 launched on the Explorer 34 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2E. Launch vehicle success.

2. 1967 59 years ago

   Molniya-1 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Molniya-1

   • Space transportation

   Molniya 8K78 (M) launched on the Molniya-1 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

3. 1967 59 years ago

   ESRO 2A — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: ESRO 2A

   • Space transportation

   Scout B launched on the ESRO 2A flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC5. Launch failure.

4. 1967 59 years ago

   POPPY 5/NRL Comp 6 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: POPPY 5/NRL Comp 6

   • Space transportation

   Thor SLV-2 Agena D launched on the POPPY 5/NRL Comp 6 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2W. Launch vehicle success.

5. 1967 59 years ago

   Kosmos-162 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-162

   • Space transportation

   Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-162 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

6. 1967 59 years ago

   AFP-206 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: AFP-206

   • Space transportation

   Atlas SLV-3 Agena D launched on the AFP-206 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC4E. Launch vehicle success.

7. 1967 59 years ago

   Kosmos-163 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-163

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-163 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad LC86/1. Launch vehicle success.

8. 1967 59 years ago

   Kosmos-164 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-164

   • Space transportation

   Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-164 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

9. 1967 59 years ago

   Venera-4 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Venera-4

   • Space transportation

   Venera 4, also designated 4V-1 No.310, was a probe in the Soviet Venera program for the exploration of Venus.

10. 1967 59 years ago

    Kosmos-165 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-165

    • Space transportation

    Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-165 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

11. 1967 59 years ago

    Mariner 5 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Mariner 5

    • Space transportation

    Mariner 5 (Mariner V or Mariner Venus 1967) was a spacecraft of the Mariner program that carried a complement of experiments to probe Venus's atmosphere by radio occultation, measure the hydrogen Lyman-alpha (hard ultraviolet) spectrum, and sample the solar particles…

12. 1967 59 years ago

    Kosmos-166 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-166

    • Space transportation

    Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-166 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad LC86/1. Launch vehicle success.

13. 1967 59 years ago

    CORONA 118/1042 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: CORONA 118/1042

    • Space transportation

    Thorad SLV-2G Agena D launched on the CORONA 118/1042 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC1W. Launch vehicle success.

14. 1967 59 years ago

    Kosmos-167 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-167

    • Space transportation

    Kosmos 167, or 4V-1 No.311, was a 1967 Soviet spacecraft intended to explore Venus.

15. 1967 59 years ago

    KH-8 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: KH-8

    • Space transportation

    Titan IIIB launched on the KH-8 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC4W. Launch vehicle success.

16. 1967 59 years ago

    Zenit-4 No. 32 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Zenit-4 No. 32

    • Space transportation

    Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Zenit-4 No. 32 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch failure.

17. 1967 59 years ago

    Tselina-O GVM — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Tselina-O GVM

    • Space transportation

    Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Tselina-O GVM flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch failure.

18. 1967 59 years ago

    IDCSP — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: IDCSP

    • Space transportation

    Titan IIIC launched on the IDCSP flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC41. Launch vehicle success.

19. 1967 59 years ago

    Kosmos-168 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-168

    • Space transportation

    Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-168 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

20. 1967 59 years ago

    Surveyor 4 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Surveyor 4

    • Space transportation

    Surveyor 4 is the fourth lunar lander in the American uncrewed Surveyor program sent to explore the surface of the Moon.