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6,410 records

1960s

50 records

  1. 1966

    1. 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.

    2. 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.

    3. 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.

    4. 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.

    5. 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.

    6. 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.

    7. 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.

    8. 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.

    9. 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.

    10. 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.

    11. 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.

    12. 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.

    13. 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.

    14. 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.

    15. 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.

    16. 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.

    17. 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.

    18. 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.

    19. 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.

    20. 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.

    21. 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.

    22. 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.

    23. 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.

    24. 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.

    25. 1966-11-02 launch

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      R-36O 8K69 launched on the OGCh flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC162/36. Partial launch success/failure.

    26. 1966-11-03 launch

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      Titan IIIC launched on the Gemini B/MOL flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.

    27. 1966-11-06 launch

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      The 1966 Lunar Orbiter 2 robotic spacecraft mission, part of the Lunar Orbiter Program, was designed primarily to photograph smooth areas of the lunar surface for selection and verification of safe landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo missions.

    28. 1966-11-08 launch

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      Thorad SLV-2G Agena D launched on the CORONA 113/1037 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC1W. Launch vehicle success.

    29. 1966-11-12 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-131 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    30. 1966-11-16 launch failure

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      Kosmos 11K65 launched on the Strela-2 No. 1 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC41/15. Launch failure.

    31. 1966-11-19 launch

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      Vostok 8A92 launched on the Kosmos-132 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    32. 1966-11-28 launch

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      Soyuz 11A511 launched on the Kosmos-133 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    33. 1966-12-03 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-134 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    34. 1966-12-05 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. 1966-12-07 launch

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      Atlas SLV-3 Agena D launched on the ATS 1 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC12. Launch vehicle success.

    36. 1966-12-11 launch

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      Atlas D launched on the OV1-9/10 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad ABRESB3. Launch vehicle success.

    37. 1966-12-12 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-135 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad LC86/1. Launch vehicle success.

    38. 1966-12-14 launch

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

    39. 1966-12-14 launch

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      Thor Delta G launched on the Biosatellite 1 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17A. Launch vehicle success.

    40. 1966-12-14 launch failure

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      Soyuz 11A511 launched on the Soyuz No. 1 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch failure.

    41. 1966-12-19 launch

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      Vostok 8A92 launched on the Kosmos-136 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    42. 1966-12-21 launch

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      Luna 13 (E-6M series) was an uncrewed space mission of the Luna program by Soviet Union.

    43. 1966-12-21 launch

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      Kosmos 63S1 launched on the Kosmos-137 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad LC86/1. Launch vehicle success.

    44. 1966-12-24 landing

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      Moon landing.

    45. 1966-12-29 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the OPS 1584 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2W. Launch vehicle success.

  2. 1967

    1. 1967-01-11 launch

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      Thor Delta E1 launched on the Intelsat II F-2 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17B. Launch vehicle success.

    2. 1967-01-14 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 114/1038 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC3W. Launch vehicle success.

    3. 1967-01-18 launch

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

    4. 1967-01-19 launch

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      Vostok 8A92 launched on the Kosmos-138 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    5. 1967-01-25 launch

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      R-36O 8K69 launched on the Kosmos-139 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC162/36. Launch vehicle success.

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