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6,209 matching records

1. 1968 58 years ago

   Kosmos-259 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-259

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-259 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad LC86/4. Launch vehicle success.

2. 1968 58 years ago

   ESSA 8 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: ESSA 8

   • Space transportation

   Thor Delta N launched on the ESSA 8 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2E. Launch vehicle success.

3. 1968 58 years ago

   Kosmos-260 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-260

   • Space transportation

   Molniya 8K78M launched on the Kosmos-260 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

4. 1968 58 years ago

   Intelsat III F-2 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Intelsat III F-2

   • Space transportation

   Thor Delta M launched on the Intelsat III F-2 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17A. Launch vehicle success.

5. 1968 58 years ago

   Kosmos-261 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-261

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-261 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

6. 1968 58 years ago

   Apollo 8 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Apollo 8

   • Space transportation

   Apollo 8 (December 21–27, 1968) was the first crewed spacecraft to leave Earth's gravitational sphere of influence, and the first human spaceflight to reach the Moon.

7. 1968 58 years ago

   Kosmos-262 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-262

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-262 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad LC86/4. Launch vehicle success.

8. 1969 57 years ago

   Venera-5 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Venera-5

   • Space transportation

   Venera 5 was a space probe in the Soviet space program Venera for the exploration of Venus.

9. 1969 57 years ago

   Venera-6 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Venera-6

   • Space transportation

   Venera 6, or 2V (V-69) No.331, was a Soviet spacecraft, launched towards Venus to obtain atmospheric data.

10. 1969 57 years ago

    Kosmos-263 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-263

    • Space transportation

    Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-263 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

11. 1969 57 years ago

    Soyuz-4 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Soyuz-4

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz 11A511 launched on the Soyuz-4 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

12. 1969 57 years ago

    Soyuz-5 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Soyuz-5

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz 11A511 launched on the Soyuz-5 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

13. 1969 57 years ago

    L-1 No. 13L — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: L-1 No. 13L

    • Space transportation

    Zond 1969A was an uncrewed Soyuz 7K-L1 mission intended to fly around the Moon and return to Earth.

14. 1969 57 years ago

    OSO 5 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: OSO 5

    • Space transportation

    Thor Delta C1 launched on the OSO 5 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17B. Launch vehicle success.

15. 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.

16. 1969 57 years ago

    Kosmos-264 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-264

    • Space transportation

    Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-264 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

17. 1969 57 years ago

    Isis 1 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Isis 1

    • Space transportation

    Thor Delta E1 launched on the Isis 1 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2E. Launch vehicle success.

18. 1969 57 years ago

    Meteor No. 11 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Meteor No. 11

    • Space transportation

    Vostok 8A92M launched on the Meteor No. 11 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch failure.

19. 1969 57 years ago

    CORONA 131/1106 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: CORONA 131/1106

    • Space transportation

    Thorad SLV-2G Agena D (?) launched on the CORONA 131/1106 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC3W. Launch vehicle success.

20. 1969 57 years ago

    Intelsat III F-3 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Intelsat III F-3

    • Space transportation

    Thor Delta M launched on the Intelsat III F-3 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17A. Launch vehicle success.