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1. 1972 54 years ago

   Kosmos-480 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-480

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-480 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

2. 1972 54 years ago

   Kosmos-481 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-481

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-481 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

3. 1972 54 years ago

   Venera-8 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Venera-8

   • Space transportation

   Venera 8 was a probe in the Soviet Venera program for the exploration of Venus and was the second robotic space probe to conduct a successful landing on the surface of Venus.

4. 1972 54 years ago

   Liability Convention — opened for signature

   Category: Programs, Policy, and Governance › Type: Treaty signed

   • Space policy
   • Space law

   International: Liability Convention

   Liability Convention — opened for signature (1972-03-29).

5. 1972 54 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.

6. 1972 54 years ago

   Kosmos-482 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-482

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 482 was an attempted Soviet Venus probe.

7. 1972 54 years ago

   Kosmos-483 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-483

   • Space transportation

   Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-483 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

8. 1972 54 years ago

   Molniya-1 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Molniya-1

   • Space transportation

   Molniya 8K78M launched on the Molniya-1 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

9. 1972 54 years ago

   Kosmos-484 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-484

   • Space transportation

   Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-484 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/3. Launch vehicle success.

10. 1972 54 years ago

    Interkosmos-6 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Interkosmos-6

    • Space transportation

    Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Interkosmos-6 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

11. 1972 54 years ago

    Kosmos-485 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-485

    • Space transportation

    Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-485 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

12. 1972 54 years ago

    Prognoz — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Prognoz

    • Space transportation

    Molniya 8K78M (SOL) launched on the Prognoz flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

13. 1972 54 years ago

    Kosmos-486 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-486

    • Space transportation

    Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-486 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/3. Launch vehicle success.

14. 1972 54 years ago

    Apollo 16 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Apollo 16

    • Space transportation

    Apollo 16 (April 16–27, 1972) was the tenth crewed mission in the United States Apollo space program, administered by NASA, and the fifth and penultimate to land on the Moon.

15. 1972 54 years ago

    CORONA 144/1116 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: CORONA 144/1116

    • Space transportation

    Thorad SLV-2H Agena D launched on the CORONA 144/1116 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC3W. Launch vehicle success.

16. 1972 54 years ago

    Kosmos-487 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-487

    • Space transportation

    Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-487 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

17. 1972 54 years ago

    Apollo 16: lunar landing

    Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Landing

    Mission: Apollo 16

    Moon landing.

18. 1972 54 years ago

    DS-P1-Yu No. 51 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: DS-P1-Yu No. 51

    • Space transportation

    Kosmos 11K63 launched on the DS-P1-Yu No. 51 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch failure.

19. 1972 54 years ago

    The Missing Man: Best Novella

    Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

    • Science fiction
    • Science fiction literature

    The Missing Man (Novella) by Katherine MacLean · Award: Nebula Award — Best Novella

    The Missing Man won Best Novella.

20. 1972 54 years ago

    The Queen of Air and Darkness: Best Novelette

    Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

    • Science fiction
    • Science fiction literature

    The Queen of Air and Darkness (Novella) by Poul Anderson · Award: Nebula Award — Best Novelette

    The Queen of Air and Darkness won Best Novelette.