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1960s

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  1. 1966

    1. 1966-05-25 launch

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      Thor Delta C1 launched on the Explorer 32 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17B. Launch vehicle success.

    2. 1966-05-30 launch

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      Surveyor 1 was the first lunar soft-lander in the uncrewed Surveyor program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA, United States).

    3. 1966-06-02 landing

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      Moon landing.

    4. 1966-06-03 launch

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      Atlas SLV-3 Agena D launched on the AFP-206 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad PALC2-4. Launch vehicle success.

    5. 1966-06-07 launch

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      Atlas SLV-3 Agena B launched on the OGO B flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC12. Launch vehicle success.

    6. 1966-06-08 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-120 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    7. 1966-06-09 launch

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      Atlas SLV-3 Agena D launched on the FTV 1351 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad PALC1-2. Launch vehicle success.

    8. 1966-06-16 launch

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

    9. 1966-06-17 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-121 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    10. 1966-06-21 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 110/1034 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-5. Launch vehicle success.

    11. 1966-06-24 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the Pageos flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-1. Launch vehicle success.

    12. 1966-06-25 launch

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      Vostok 8A92M launched on the Kosmos-122 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    13. 1966-07-01 launch

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      Explorer 33, also known as IMP-D and AIMP-1, is a spacecraft in the Explorer program launched by NASA on 1 July 1966 on a mission of scientific exploration.

    14. 1966-07-05 launch

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      Uprated Saturn I launched on the AS-203 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC37B. Launch vehicle success.

    15. 1966-07-06 launch

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      UR-500 launched on the Proton-3 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC81/23. Launch vehicle success.

    16. 1966-07-08 launch

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      Kosmos 63S1 launched on the Kosmos-123 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad LC86/1. Launch vehicle success.

    17. 1966-07-12 launch

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      Atlas SLV-3 Agena D launched on the AFP-206 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC4E. Launch vehicle success.

    18. 1966-07-14 launch

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      Atlas D launched on the OV1-7/8/NC20.189 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad ABRESB3. Partial launch success/failure.

    19. 1966-07-14 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-124 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    20. 1966-07-20 launch

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      Vostok-2A 11A510 launched on the Kosmos-125 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    21. 1966-07-28 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-126 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    22. 1966-07-29 launch

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

    23. 1966-08-04 launch

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      Scout B launched on the OV3-3 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC5. Launch vehicle success.

    24. 1966-08-08 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-127 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    25. 1966-08-09 launch

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      Thorad SLV-2G Agena D launched on the CORONA 111/1036 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC1W. Launch vehicle success.

    26. 1966-08-10 launch

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      The 1966 Lunar Orbiter 1 robotic spacecraft mission, part of NASA's Lunar Orbiter program, was the first American spacecraft to orbit the Moon.

    27. 1966-08-16 launch

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      Atlas SLV-3 Agena D launched on the AFP-206 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC4E. Launch vehicle success.

    28. 1966-08-17 launch

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      Thor Delta E1 launched on the Pioneer 7 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17A. Launch vehicle success.

    29. 1966-08-18 launch

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      Scout A launched on the NNS O-10 (N-9) flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC5. Launch vehicle success.

    30. 1966-08-19 launch

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      Atlas SLV-3 Agena D launched on the FTV 1352 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC3E. Launch vehicle success.

    31. 1966-08-24 launch

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      Luna 11 (E-6LF series) was an uncrewed space mission of the Soviet Union's Luna program.

    32. 1966-08-26 launch failure

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      Titan IIIC launched on the IDCSP flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC41. Launch failure.

    33. 1966-08-27 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-128 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1?. Launch vehicle success.

    34. 1966-09-16 launch

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      Atlas SLV-3 Agena D launched on the AFP-206 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC4E. Launch vehicle success.

    35. 1966-09-16 launch failure

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      Vostok 8A92 launched on the Zenit-2 No. 40 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch failure.

    36. 1966-09-17 launch

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      R-36O 8K69 launched on the OGCh No. 05L flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC162/36. Launch vehicle success.

    37. 1966-09-20 launch

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      Surveyor 2 was to be the second lunar lander in the uncrewed American Surveyor program to explore the Moon.

    38. 1966-09-20 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 112/1035 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC3W. Launch vehicle success.

    39. 1966-09-28 launch

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

    40. 1966-10-02 launch

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      Thor Delta E launched on the ESSA 3 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2E. Launch vehicle success.

    41. 1966-10-05 launch

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      Atlas SLV-3 Agena D launched on the FTV 1353 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC3E. Launch vehicle success.

    42. 1966-10-12 launch

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      Atlas SLV-3 Agena D launched on the AFP-206 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC4E. Launch vehicle success.

    43. 1966-10-14 launch

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      Vostok 8A92 launched on the Kosmos-129 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    44. 1966-10-20 launch

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      Molniya 8K78 (M) launched on the Molniya-1 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    45. 1966-10-20 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-130 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    46. 1966-10-22 launch

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      Luna 12 (E-6LF series) was an uncrewed space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 12.

    47. 1966-10-26 launch

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      Atlas Centaur D launched on the SM-3 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC36B. Launch vehicle success.

    48. 1966-10-26 launch

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

    49. 1966-10-28 launch

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      Scout B launched on the OV3-2 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC5. Launch vehicle success.

    50. 1966-11-02 launch

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      Atlas SLV-3 Agena D launched on the AFP-206 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC4E. Launch vehicle success.

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