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1960s

50 records

  1. 1964

    1. 1964-06-25 launch failure

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      Scout X-4 launched on the ESRS (PL-94, CRL-2) flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC-D. Launch failure.

    2. 1964-06-30 launch failure

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      Atlas Centaur launched on the Centaur R&D flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC36A. Launch failure.

    3. 1964-07-01 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-34 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    4. 1964-07-02 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the OPS 3395 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-5. Launch vehicle success.

    5. 1964-07-06 launch

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      Atlas Agena D launched on the AFP-206 flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC2-3. Launch vehicle success.

    6. 1964-07-10 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 82/1008 flight from Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California, pad LC1-1. Launch vehicle success.

    7. 1964-07-10 launch

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      Vostok 8K72 (K) launched on the Elektron-3/4 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    8. 1964-07-15 launch

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      Vostok 8A92 launched on the Kosmos-35 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    9. 1964-07-17 launch

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      Atlas Agena D launched on the Vela 2A/2B flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC13. Launch vehicle success.

    10. 1964-07-28 launch

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      Ranger 7 was the first NASA space probe to successfully transmit close-up images of the lunar surface back to Earth.

    11. 1964-07-30 launch

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      Kosmos 63S1 launched on the Kosmos-36 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad Mayak-2. Launch vehicle success.

    12. 1964-07-31 impact

      Moon impact.

    13. 1964-08-05 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 83/1009 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-4. Launch vehicle success.

    14. 1964-08-14 launch

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      Vostok 8A92 launched on the Kosmos-37 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    15. 1964-08-14 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.

    16. 1964-08-18 launch

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      Kosmos 65S3 launched on the Kosmos-38/40 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC41/15. Launch vehicle success.

    17. 1964-08-19 launch

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      Thor Delta D launched on the Syncom 3 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17A. Launch vehicle success.

    18. 1964-08-21 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 84/9064A flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-2. Launch vehicle success.

    19. 1964-08-22 launch

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      Molniya 8K78 launched on the Kosmos-41 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    20. 1964-08-22 launch

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      Kosmos 63S1 launched on the Kosmos-42/43 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad Mayak-2. Launch vehicle success.

    21. 1964-08-25 launch

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      Scout X-4 launched on the Explorer 20 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad PALC-D. Launch vehicle success.

    22. 1964-08-28 launch

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

    23. 1964-08-28 launch

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      Vostok 8A92M launched on the Kosmos-44 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    24. 1964-09-01 launch failure

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      Titan IIIA launched on the Transtage flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC20. Launch failure.

    25. 1964-09-05 launch

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      Atlas Agena B launched on the OGO 1 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC12. Launch vehicle success.

    26. 1964-09-13 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-45 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    27. 1964-09-14 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 85/1010 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad PALC1-1. Launch vehicle success.

    28. 1964-09-18 launch

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      Saturn I (Blk2) launched on the AS-107 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC37B. Launch vehicle success.

    29. 1964-09-23 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.

    30. 1964-09-24 launch

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      Vostok 8A92 launched on the Kosmos-46 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    31. 1964-10-04 launch

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      Thor Delta C launched on the Explorer 21 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17A. Launch vehicle success.

    32. 1964-10-05 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 86/1011 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-4. Launch vehicle success.

    33. 1964-10-06 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-47 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    34. 1964-10-06 launch

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      Thor Ablestar (2) launched on the NNS O-1 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-2. Launch vehicle success.

    35. 1964-10-08 launch failure

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

    36. 1964-10-10 launch

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      Scout X-4 launched on the Explorer 22 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad PALC-D. Launch vehicle success.

    37. 1964-10-12 launch

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

    38. 1964-10-14 launch

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      Vostok 8A92 launched on the Kosmos-48 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    39. 1964-10-17 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 87/1012 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad PALC1-1. Launch vehicle success.

    40. 1964-10-23 launch

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

    41. 1964-10-23 launch failure

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      Kosmos 65S3 launched on the Strela-1 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC41/15. Launch failure.

    42. 1964-10-24 launch

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      Kosmos 63S1 launched on the Kosmos-49 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad Mayak-2. Launch vehicle success.

    43. 1964-10-28 launch

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      Vostok 8A92 launched on the Kosmos-50 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    44. 1964-11-02 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 88/1013 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-4. Launch vehicle success.

    45. 1964-11-04 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the OPS 3062 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-5. Launch vehicle success.

    46. 1964-11-05 launch

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      Mariner 3 (Mariner C-2, together with Mariner 4 known as Mariner-Mars 1964) was one of two identical deep-space probes designed and built by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for NASA's Mariner-Mars 1964 project that were intended to conduct close-up (flyby)…

    47. 1964-11-18 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 89/1014 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-1. Launch vehicle success.

    48. 1964-11-21 launch

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      Scout X-4 launched on the Explorer 24/25 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad PALC-D. Launch vehicle success.

    49. 1964-11-28 launch

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      Mariner 4 (Mariner C-3, together with Mariner 3 known as Mariner-Mars 1964) was the fourth in a series of spacecraft intended for planetary exploration in a flyby mode.

    50. 1964-11-30 launch

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      Zond 2 was a Soviet space probe, a member of the Zond program, and was the sixth Soviet spacecraft to attempt a flyby of Mars. (See Exploration of Mars) It was launched on November 30, 1964 at 13:12 UTC onboard…

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