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7,076 records

1960s

50 records

  1. 1968

    1. 1968-10-20 launch

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      Tsiklon-2A launched on the Kosmos-249 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC90/20. Launch vehicle success.

    2. 1968-10-25 launch

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      Soyuz 11A511 launched on the Soyuz-2 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    3. 1968-10-26 launch

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      Soyuz 11A511 launched on the Soyuz-3 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    4. 1968-10-30 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-250 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

    5. 1968-10-31 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-251 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    6. 1968-11-01 launch

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      Tsiklon-2A launched on the Kosmos-252 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC90/20. Launch vehicle success.

    7. 1968-11-03 launch

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      Thorad SLV-2G Agena D (?) launched on the CORONA 129/1105 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC3W. Launch vehicle success.

    8. 1968-11-06 launch

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

    9. 1968-11-08 launch

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

    10. 1968-11-10 launch

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      Zond 6 was a formal member of the Soviet Zond program, and an unpiloted version of the Soyuz 7K-L1 crewed Moon-flyby spacecraft.

    11. 1968-11-13 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-253 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    12. 1968-11-16 launch

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      Proton-K launched on the Proton-4 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC81/24. Launch vehicle success.

    13. 1968-11-21 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-254 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    14. 1968-11-29 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-255 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    15. 1968-11-30 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-256 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

    16. 1968-12-03 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-257 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

    17. 1968-12-03

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      : Rescue Agreement

      Rescue Agreement — enters into force (1968-12-03).

    18. 1968-12-04 launch

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

    19. 1968-12-05 launch

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      Thor Delta E1 launched on the HEOS 1 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17B. Launch vehicle success.

    20. 1968-12-07 launch

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      Atlas SLV-3C Centaur launched on the OAO 2 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC36B. Launch vehicle success.

    21. 1968-12-10 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-258 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    22. 1968-12-12 launch

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      Thorad SLV-2G Agena D launched on the CORONA 130/1049 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC3W. Launch vehicle success.

    23. 1968-12-14 launch

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

    24. 1968-12-15 launch

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

    25. 1968-12-16 launch

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

    26. 1968-12-19 launch

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

    27. 1968-12-19 launch

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

    28. 1968-12-21 launch

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      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.

    29. 1968-12-24 human spaceflight

      Apollo 8’s crew photographed Earth rising above the lunar horizon.

    30. 1968-12-26 launch

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

  2. 1969

    1. 1969 Year only

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      Ubik () by Philip K. Dick

      Ubik: publication.

    2. 1969 Year only

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      Stand on Zanzibar () by John BrunnerAward: Hugo Award — Best NovelRole:

      Stand on Zanzibar — 1969 Hugo Award, Best Novel (1969).

    3. 1969-01-05 launch

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

    4. 1969-01-10 launch

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

    5. 1969-01-12 launch

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

    6. 1969-01-14 launch

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

    7. 1969-01-15 launch

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

    8. 1969-01-20 launch failure

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

    9. 1969-01-22 launch

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

    10. 1969-01-22 launch

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

    11. 1969-01-23 launch

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

    12. 1969-01-30 launch

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

    13. 1969-02-01 launch failure

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

    14. 1969-02-05 launch

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

    15. 1969-02-06 launch

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

    16. 1969-02-07 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-265 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

    17. 1969-02-09 launch

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      Titan IIIC launched on the Tacsat flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC41. Launch vehicle success.

    18. 1969-02-19 launch failure

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      Luna E-8 No.201, also known as Luna Ye-8 No.201, and sometimes identified by NASA as Luna 1969A, was a Soviet spacecraft which was lost in a launch failure in 1969.

    19. 1969-02-21 launch failure

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      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.

    20. 1969-02-25 launch

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

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