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6,207 matching records

1. 1967 59 years ago

   Kosmos-189 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-189

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-189 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

2. 1967 59 years ago

   CORONA 121/1044 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: CORONA 121/1044

   • Space transportation

   Thorad SLV-2G Agena D launched on the CORONA 121/1044 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC1E. Launch vehicle success.

3. 1967 59 years ago

   Kosmos-190 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-190

   • Space transportation

   Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-190 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

4. 1967 59 years ago

   ATS 3 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: ATS 3

   • Space transportation

   Atlas SLV-3 Agena D launched on the ATS 3 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC12. Launch vehicle success.

5. 1967 59 years ago

   Surveyor 6 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Surveyor 6

   • Space transportation

   Surveyor 6 is the sixth lunar lander of the American uncrewed Surveyor program that reached the surface of the Moon.

6. 1967 59 years ago

   Apollo 4 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Apollo 4

   • Space transportation

   Saturn V launched on the Apollo 4 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.

7. 1967 59 years ago

   ESSA 6 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: ESSA 6

   • Space transportation

   Thor Delta E1 launched on the ESSA 6 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2E. Launch vehicle success.

8. 1967 59 years ago

   Kosmos-191 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-191

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-191 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

9. 1967 59 years ago

   L-1 No. 5L — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: L-1 No. 5L

   • Space transportation

   Zond 1967B was an uncrewed Soyuz 7K-L1 test mission launched on November 22, 1967 as part of preparations for Soviet circumlunar flights.

10. 1967 59 years ago

    Kosmos-192 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-192

    • Space transportation

    Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-192 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

11. 1967 59 years ago

    Kosmos-193 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-193

    • Space transportation

    Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-193 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

12. 1967 59 years ago

    Kosmos-194 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-194

    • Space transportation

    Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-194 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

13. 1967 59 years ago

    OV3-6 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: OV3-6

    • Space transportation

    Scout B launched on the OV3-6 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC5. Launch vehicle success.

14. 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.

15. 1967 59 years ago

    CORONA 122/1102 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: CORONA 122/1102

    • Space transportation

    Thorad SLV-2G Agena D launched on the CORONA 122/1102 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC1W. Launch vehicle success.

16. 1967 59 years ago

    Pioneer 8 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Pioneer 8

    • Space transportation

    Thor Delta E1 launched on the Pioneer 8 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17B. Launch vehicle success.

17. 1967 59 years ago

    Kosmos-195 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-195

    • Space transportation

    Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-195 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

18. 1967 59 years ago

    Kosmos-196 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-196

    • Space transportation

    Kosmos 63S1 launched on the Kosmos-196 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad LC86/1. Launch vehicle success.

19. 1967 59 years ago

    Kosmos-197 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-197

    • Space transportation

    Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-197 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad LC86/4. Launch vehicle success.

20. 1967 59 years ago

    Kosmos-198 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-198

    • Space transportation

    Tsiklon-2A launched on the Kosmos-198 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC90/19. Launch vehicle success.