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6,207 matching records

1. 1969 57 years ago

   L-1S No. 3 11F92 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: L-1S No. 3 11F92

   • Space transportation

   Zond L1S-1 was a Zond capsule to be placed into orbit around the Moon by the first launch of the N1, a Soviet-made super heavy-lift launch vehicle designed to land crewed Soviet spacecraft on the Moon.

2. 1969 57 years ago

   Mariner 6 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Mariner 6

   • Space transportation

   Mariner 6 was a NASA robotic mission launched on February 25, 1969 to study Mars during a close flyby.

3. 1969 57 years ago

   Kosmos-266 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-266

   • Space transportation

   Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-266 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

4. 1969 57 years ago

   ESSA 9 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: ESSA 9

   • Space transportation

   Thor Delta E1 launched on the ESSA 9 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17B. Launch vehicle success.

5. 1969 57 years ago

   Kosmos-267 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-267

   • Space transportation

   Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-267 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

6. 1969 57 years ago

   Apollo 9 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Apollo 9

   • Space transportation

   Saturn V launched on the Apollo 9 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.

7. 1969 57 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.

8. 1969 57 years ago

   Kosmos-268 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-268

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-268 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad LC86/4. Launch vehicle success.

9. 1969 57 years ago

   Kosmos-269 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-269

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-269 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

10. 1969 57 years ago

    Kosmos-270 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-270

    • Space transportation

    Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-270 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

11. 1969 57 years ago

    Kosmos-271 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-271

    • Space transportation

    Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-271 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

12. 1969 57 years ago

    Kosmos-272 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-272

    • Space transportation

    Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-272 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

13. 1969 57 years ago

    OV1-17/18/19 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: OV1-17/18/19

    • Space transportation

    Atlas F launched on the OV1-17/18/19 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad ABRESA2. Launch vehicle success.

14. 1969 57 years ago

    CORONA 132/1050 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: CORONA 132/1050

    • Space transportation

    Thorad SLV-2G Agena D launched on the CORONA 132/1050 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC3W. Launch vehicle success.

15. 1969 57 years ago

    Kosmos-273 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-273

    • Space transportation

    Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-273 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

16. 1969 57 years ago

    Kosmos-274 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-274

    • Space transportation

    Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-274 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

17. 1969 57 years ago

    Meteor — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Meteor

    • Space transportation

    Vostok 8A92M launched on the Meteor flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

18. 1969 57 years ago

    Mariner 7 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Mariner 7

    • Space transportation

    Mariner 7 was a NASA robotic spacecraft launched on March 27, 1969 as a companion to Mariner 6.

19. 1969 57 years ago

    2M No. 521 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: 2M No. 521

    • Space transportation

    Mars 2M No.521, also known as Mars M-69 No.521 and sometimes identified by NASA as Mars 1969A, was a Soviet spacecraft which was lost in a launch failure in 1969.

20. 1969 57 years ago

    Kosmos-275 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-275

    • Space transportation

    Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-275 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.