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1970s

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  1. 1972

    1. 1972-07-29 launch failure

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      Proton-K launched on the DOS 2 (17K No. 122) flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC81/23. Launch failure.

    2. 1972-08-02 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-513 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    3. 1972-08-16 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-514 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

    4. 1972-08-18 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-515 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    5. 1972-08-21 launch

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

    6. 1972-08-21 launch

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      Tsiklon-2 launched on the Kosmos-516 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC90/19. Launch vehicle success.

    7. 1972-08-30 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-517 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    8. 1972-09-01 launch

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      Titan 24B launched on the KH-8A flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC4W. Launch vehicle success.

    9. 1972-09-02 launch

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      Scout B-1 (F) launched on the Triad flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC5. Launch vehicle success.

    10. 1972-09-02 launch failure

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Zenit-4M flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/4. Launch failure.

    11. 1972-09-15 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-518 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    12. 1972-09-16 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-519 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    13. 1972-09-19 launch

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      Molniya 8K78M (2BL) launched on the Kosmos-520 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    14. 1972-09-23 launch

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      Delta 1604 launched on the Explorer 47 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17B. Launch vehicle success.

    15. 1972-09-29 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-521 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

    16. 1972-09-30 launch

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      Molniya 8K78M launched on the Molniya-2 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    17. 1972-10-02 launch

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      Atlas Burner 2 launched on the P72-1 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad BMRSA1. Launch vehicle success.

    18. 1972-10-04 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-522 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    19. 1972-10-05 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-523 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

    20. 1972-10-10 launch

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      Titan IIID launched on the HEXAGON SV4 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC4E. Launch vehicle success.

    21. 1972-10-11 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-524 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

    22. 1972-10-14 launch

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      Molniya 8K78M launched on the Molniya-1 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    23. 1972-10-15 launch

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      Delta 0300 launched on the NOAA 2 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2W. Launch vehicle success.

    24. 1972-10-17 launch failure

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Strela-2M flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/1. Launch failure.

    25. 1972-10-18 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-525 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    26. 1972-10-25 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-526 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

    27. 1972-10-26 launch

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      Vostok 8A92M launched on the Meteor flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    28. 1972-10-31 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-527 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    29. 1972-11-01 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-528/535 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

    30. 1972-11-03 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-536 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/1. Launch vehicle success.

    31. 1972-11-10 launch

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      Delta 1914 launched on the Anik A1 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17B. Launch vehicle success.

    32. 1972-11-23 launch failure

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      N-1 11A52 launched on the Mockup LK flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC110L. Launch failure.

    33. 1972-11-25 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-537 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    34. 1972-11-30 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Interkosmos-8 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

    35. 1972-12-02 launch

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

    36. 1972-12-07 launch

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      Apollo 17 (December 7–19, 1972) was the eleventh and final crewed mission of NASA's Apollo program, the sixth and most recent time humans have set foot on the Moon.

    37. 1972-12-07 human spaceflight

      Apollo 17’s crew photographed the fully illuminated Earth while traveling toward the Moon.

    38. 1972-12-11 launch

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      Delta 0900 launched on the Nimbus 5 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2W. Launch vehicle success.

    39. 1972-12-11 landing

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      Moon landing.

    40. 1972-12-12 launch

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      Molniya 8K78M launched on the Molniya-2 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    41. 1972-12-14 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-538 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    42. 1972-12-20 launch

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      Atlas SLV-3A Agena D launched on the AFP-827 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC13. Launch vehicle success.

    43. 1972-12-21 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-539 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

    44. 1972-12-21 launch

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      Titan 24B launched on the KH-8A flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC4W. Launch vehicle success.

    45. 1972-12-25 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-540 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

    46. 1972-12-27 launch

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      Soyuz 11A511M launched on the Kosmos-541 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    47. 1972-12-28 launch

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      Vostok 8A92M launched on the Kosmos-542 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

  2. 1973

    1. 1973-01-08 launch

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      Luna 21 (Ye-8 series) was an uncrewed space mission, and its spacecraft, of the Luna program, also called Lunik 21, in 1973.

    2. 1973-01-11 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-543 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    3. 1973-01-15 landing

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      Moon landing.

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