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1960s

50 records

  1. 1968

    1. 1968-01-16 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-199 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    2. 1968-01-17 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D (2) launched on the OPS 1965 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2W. Launch vehicle success.

    3. 1968-01-18 launch

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

    4. 1968-01-19 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-200 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

    5. 1968-01-22 launch

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      Saturn IB launched on the Apollo 5 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC37B. Launch vehicle success.

    6. 1968-01-24 launch

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      Thorad SLV-2G Agena D launched on the CORONA 123/1045 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC1E. Launch vehicle success.

    7. 1968-02-06 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-201 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    8. 1968-02-07 launch failure

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      Luna E-6LS No.112, sometimes identified by NASA as Luna 1968A, was a Soviet spacecraft which was lost in a launch failure in 1968.

    9. 1968-02-20 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-202 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad LC86/4. Launch vehicle success.

    10. 1968-02-20 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-203 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

    11. 1968-03-02 launch

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      Scout A launched on the NNS O-18 (N-13) flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC5. Launch vehicle success.

    12. 1968-03-02 launch

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      Zond 4, part of the Soviet Zond program and an uncrewed version of Soyuz 7K-L1 crewed Moon-flyby spacecraft, was one of the first Soviet experiments towards crewed circumlunar spaceflight.

    13. 1968-03-04 launch

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      Atlas SLV-3A Agena D launched on the OGO 5 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC13. Launch vehicle success.

    14. 1968-03-05 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-204 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

    15. 1968-03-05 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-205 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    16. 1968-03-06 launch failure

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the DS-U1-Ya No. 1 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad LC86/4. Launch failure.

    17. 1968-03-13 launch

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

    18. 1968-03-14 launch

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      Vostok 8A92M launched on the Kosmos-206 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    19. 1968-03-14 launch

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      Thorad SLV-2G Agena D launched on the CORONA 124/1046 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC1E. Launch vehicle success.

    20. 1968-03-16 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-207 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    21. 1968-03-16

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      Gonna Roll the Bones () by Fritz LeiberAward: Nebula Award — Best Novelette

      Gonna Roll the Bones won Best Novelette.

    22. 1968-03-16

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      Aye, and Gomorrah… () by Samuel R. DelanyAward: Nebula Award — Best Short Story

      Aye, and Gomorrah… won Best Short Story.

    23. 1968-03-16

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      Behold the Man () by Michael MoorcockAward: Nebula Award — Best Novella

      Behold the Man won Best Novella.

    24. 1968-03-16

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      The Einstein Intersection () by Samuel R. DelanyAward: Nebula Award — Best NovelRole:

      The Einstein Intersection — 1967 Nebula Award, Best Novel (1968-03-16).

    25. 1968-03-21 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-208 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    26. 1968-03-22 launch

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      Tsiklon-2A launched on the Kosmos-209 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC90/19. Launch vehicle success.

    27. 1968-04-02

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      2001: A Space Odyssey () by Stanley KubrickAFI's 10 Top 10: Science Fiction, rank 1; AFI official Letterboxd list, consulted 2026-10-29.

      2001: A Space Odyssey — film release (1968-04-02).

    28. 1968-04-03 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-210 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    29. 1968-04-04 launch

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      Saturn V launched on the Apollo 6 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.

    30. 1968-04-06 launch

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      Atlas F launched on the OV1-13/14 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad ABRESA2. Launch vehicle success.

    31. 1968-04-07 launch

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      Luna 14 (E-6LS series) was an uncrewed space mission of the Luna program run by the Soviet Union.

    32. 1968-04-09 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-211 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

    33. 1968-04-14 launch

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      Soyuz 11A511 launched on the Kosmos-212 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    34. 1968-04-15 launch

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      Soyuz 11A511 launched on the Kosmos-213 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    35. 1968-04-17 launch

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

    36. 1968-04-18 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-214 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    37. 1968-04-18 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-215 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad LC86/4. Launch vehicle success.

    38. 1968-04-20 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-216 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    39. 1968-04-21 launch

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      Molniya 8K78M launched on the Molniya-1 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    40. 1968-04-22 launch failure

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      Proton-K/D launched on the L-1 No. 7L flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC81/24. Launch failure.

    41. 1968-04-22

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      : Rescue Agreement

      Rescue Agreement — opened for signature (1968-04-22).

    42. 1968-04-24 launch

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      Tsiklon-2A launched on the Kosmos-217 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC90/20. Launch vehicle success.

    43. 1968-04-25 launch

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      R-36O 8K69 launched on the Kosmos-218 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC162/36. Launch vehicle success.

    44. 1968-04-26 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-219 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad LC86/4. Launch vehicle success.

    45. 1968-05-01 launch

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      Thorad SLV-2G Agena D launched on the CORONA 125/1103 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC3W. Launch vehicle success.

    46. 1968-05-07 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-220 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

    47. 1968-05-17 launch

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

    48. 1968-05-18 launch failure

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      Thorad SLV-2G Agena D launched on the Nimbus B flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2E. Launch failure.

    49. 1968-05-24 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-221 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad LC86/4. Launch vehicle success.

    50. 1968-05-30 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-222 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

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