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Space history in 1966

117 records

1960s

50 records

  1. 1966

    1. 1966-01-07 launch

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      Vostok 8A92 launched on the Kosmos-104 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    2. 1966-01-19 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.

    3. 1966-01-22 launch

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      Vostok 8A92 launched on the Kosmos-105 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    4. 1966-01-25 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-106 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad LC86/1. Launch vehicle success.

    5. 1966-01-28 launch

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      Scout A launched on the NNS O-7 (N-6) flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad PALC-D. Launch vehicle success.

    6. 1966-01-31 launch

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      Luna 9 (Луна-9), internal designation Ye-6 No.13, was an uncrewed space mission of the Soviet Union's Luna programme.

    7. 1966-02-02 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 105/1029 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad PALC1-1. Launch vehicle success.

    8. 1966-02-03 launch

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

    9. 1966-02-03 landing

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      Moon landing.

    10. 1966-02-09 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the OPS 1439 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-2. Launch vehicle success.

    11. 1966-02-10 launch

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      Vostok 8A92 launched on the Kosmos-107 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    12. 1966-02-11 launch

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      Kosmos 63S1 launched on the Kosmos-108 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad LC86/1. Launch vehicle success.

    13. 1966-02-15 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.

    14. 1966-02-19 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-109 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    15. 1966-02-21 launch failure

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      Kosmos 63S1 launched on the DS-K-40 No. 2 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad LC86/1. Launch failure.

    16. 1966-02-22 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-110 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    17. 1966-02-28 launch

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      Thor Delta E launched on the ESSA 2 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17B. Launch vehicle success.

    18. 1966-03-01 launch

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      Kosmos 111, E-6S No.204, was the first Soviet attempt to orbit a spacecraft around the Moon.

    19. 1966-03-09 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 106/1030 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-4. Launch vehicle success.

    20. 1966-03-16 docking

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      Neil Armstrong and David Scott docked Gemini VIII with its Agena target vehicle.

    21. 1966-03-17 launch

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      Vostok 8A92 launched on the Kosmos-112 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    22. 1966-03-18 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.

    23. 1966-03-21 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-113 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    24. 1966-03-24 launch failure

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      UR-500 launched on the N-4 No. 3 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC81/23. Launch failure.

    25. 1966-03-26 launch

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      Scout A launched on the NNS O-8 (N-7) flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad PALC-D. Launch vehicle success.

    26. 1966-03-27 launch failure

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      Molniya 8K78 (M) launched on the Molniya-1 11F67 No 5 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch failure.

    27. 1966-03-30 launch

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      Atlas D launched on the OV1-4/OV1-5/Pod 28 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad ABRESB3. Launch vehicle success.

    28. 1966-03-31 launch

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      Luna 10 or Lunik 10 was a 1966 Soviet lunar robotic spacecraft mission in the Luna program.

    29. 1966-04-06 launch

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-114 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    30. 1966-04-07 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 107/1031 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad PALC1-1. Launch vehicle success.

    31. 1966-04-08 launch

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      Atlas Centaur D launched on the SM-2 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC36B. Partial launch success/failure.

    32. 1966-04-08 launch

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      Atlas SLV-3 Agena D launched on the OAO A1 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC12. Launch vehicle success.

    33. 1966-04-19 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.

    34. 1966-04-20 launch

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      Vostok 8A92 launched on the Kosmos-115 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    35. 1966-04-22 launch

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      Scout B launched on the OV3-1 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad PALC-D. Launch vehicle success.

    36. 1966-04-25 launch

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      Molniya 8K78 (M) launched on the Molniya-1 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    37. 1966-04-26 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-116 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad LC86/1. Launch vehicle success.

    38. 1966-05-03 launch failure

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 108/1032 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-5. Launch failure.

    39. 1966-05-06 launch

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      Vostok 8A92 launched on the Kosmos-117 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    40. 1966-05-11 launch

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      Vostok 8A92M launched on the Kosmos-118 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    41. 1966-05-14 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.

    42. 1966-05-15 launch

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

    43. 1966-05-17 launch failure

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      Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Zenit-4 No. 18 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch failure.

    44. 1966-05-19 launch

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      Scout A launched on the NNS O-9 (N-8) flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad PALC-D. Launch vehicle success.

    45. 1966-05-24 launch

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      Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 109/1033 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad PALC1-1. Launch vehicle success.

    46. 1966-05-24 launch

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      Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-119 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad LC86/1. Launch vehicle success.

    47. 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.

    48. 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).

    49. 1966-06-02 landing

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      Moon landing.

    50. 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.

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