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1970s

50 records

  1. 1971

    1. 1971-12-15 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-465 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

    2. 1971-12-16 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-466 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    3. 1971-12-17 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-467 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

    4. 1971-12-17 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-468 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

    5. 1971-12-19 launch

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      Molniya 8K78M launched on the Molniya-1 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    6. 1971-12-20 launch

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      Atlas SLV-3C Centaur launched on the Intelsat 4 F-3 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC36A. Launch vehicle success.

    7. 1971-12-25 launch

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      Tsiklon-2 launched on the Kosmos-469 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC90/19. Launch vehicle success.

    8. 1971-12-27 launch

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      Soyuz 11A511M launched on the Kosmos-470 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    9. 1971-12-27 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Aureole 1 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

    10. 1971-12-29 launch

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

  2. 1972

    1. 1972 Year only

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      To Your Scattered Bodies Go () by Philip José FarmerAward: Hugo Award — Best NovelRole:

      To Your Scattered Bodies Go — 1972 Hugo Award, Best Novel (1972).

    2. 1972-01-12 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-471 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    3. 1972-01-20 launch

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      Titan IIID launched on the HEXAGON SV2 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC4E. Launch vehicle success.

    4. 1972-01-23 launch

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      Atlas SLV-3C Centaur launched on the Intelsat 4 F-4 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC36B. Launch vehicle success.

    5. 1972-01-25 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-472 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

    6. 1972-01-31 launch

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      Thor Delta L launched on the HEOS 2 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2E. Launch vehicle success.

    7. 1972-02-03 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-473 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    8. 1972-02-14 launch

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      Luna 20 was the second of three successful Soviet lunar sample return missions.

    9. 1972-02-16 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-474 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    10. 1972-02-16 launch failure

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      Titan 33B launched on the OPS 1844 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC4W. Launch failure.

    11. 1972-02-21 landing

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      Moon landing.

    12. 1972-02-25 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-475 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

    13. 1972-03-01 launch

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      Titan IIIC launched on the DSP 3 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.

    14. 1972-03-01 launch

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      Vostok 8A92M launched on the Kosmos-476 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    15. 1972-03-03 launch

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      Pioneer 10 (originally designated Pioneer F) is a NASA space probe launched in 1972 that completed the first mission to the planet Jupiter.

    16. 1972-03-04 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-477 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    17. 1972-03-12 launch

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      Thor Delta N launched on the TD-1A flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2E. Launch vehicle success.

    18. 1972-03-15 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-478 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/3. Launch vehicle success.

    19. 1972-03-17 launch

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

    20. 1972-03-22 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-479 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

    21. 1972-03-25 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-480 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

    22. 1972-03-25 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-481 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

    23. 1972-03-27 launch

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      Venera 8 was a probe in the Soviet Venera program for the exploration of Venus and was the second robotic space probe to conduct a successful landing on the surface of Venus.

    24. 1972-03-29

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      : Liability Convention

      Liability Convention — opened for signature (1972-03-29).

    25. 1972-03-30 launch

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

    26. 1972-03-31 launch

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      Kosmos 482 was an attempted Soviet Venus probe.

    27. 1972-04-03 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-483 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    28. 1972-04-04 launch

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      Molniya 8K78M launched on the Molniya-1 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    29. 1972-04-06 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-484 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/3. Launch vehicle success.

    30. 1972-04-07 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Interkosmos-6 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    31. 1972-04-11 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-485 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

    32. 1972-04-14 launch

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      Molniya 8K78M (SOL) launched on the Prognoz flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    33. 1972-04-14 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-486 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/3. Launch vehicle success.

    34. 1972-04-16 launch

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      Apollo 16 (April 16–27, 1972) was the tenth crewed mission in the United States Apollo space program, administered by NASA, and the fifth and penultimate to land on the Moon.

    35. 1972-04-19 launch

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      Thorad SLV-2H Agena D launched on the CORONA 144/1116 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC3W. Launch vehicle success.

    36. 1972-04-21 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-487 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.

    37. 1972-04-21 landing

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      Moon landing.

    38. 1972-04-25 launch failure

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the DS-P1-Yu No. 51 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch failure.

    39. 1972-04-29

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      The Missing Man () by Katherine MacLeanAward: Nebula Award — Best Novella

      The Missing Man won Best Novella.

    40. 1972-04-29

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      The Queen of Air and Darkness () by Poul AndersonAward: Nebula Award — Best Novelette

      The Queen of Air and Darkness won Best Novelette.

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