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Space history in 1986

115 records

1980s

50 records

  1. 1986

    1. 1986 Year only

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      Ender’s Game () by Orson Scott CardAward: Hugo Award — Best NovelRole:

      Ender’s Game — 1986 Hugo Award, Best Novel (1986).

    2. 1986-01-08 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1715 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    3. 1986-01-09 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-1716/1723 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

    4. 1986-01-12 launch

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      Space Shuttle launched on the PAM-D Deploy/MSL-2 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.

    5. 1986-01-15 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1724 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    6. 1986-01-16 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-1725 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/1. Launch vehicle success.

    7. 1986-01-17 launch

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      Tsiklon-3 launched on the Kosmos-1726 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC32/1. Launch vehicle success.

    8. 1986-01-17 launch

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      Proton-K/DM launched on the Raduga flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/40. Launch vehicle success.

    9. 1986-01-23 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-1727 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/1. Launch vehicle success.

    10. 1986-01-24 planetary flyby

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      Voyager 2 became the first spacecraft to fly past Uranus.

    11. 1986-01-28 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1728 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    12. 1986-01-28 launch failure

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      Space Shuttle launched on the TDRS-B/Spartan flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39B. Launch failure.

    13. 1986-02-01 launch

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      Chang Zheng 3 launched on the DFH-2 flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC3. Launch vehicle success.

    14. 1986-02-01 launch

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      Molniya 8K78M (2BL) launched on the Kosmos-1729 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC16/2. Launch vehicle success.

    15. 1986-02-04 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1730 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    16. 1986-02-07 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1731 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    17. 1986-02-11 launch

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      Tsiklon-3 launched on the Kosmos-1732 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC32/2. Launch vehicle success.

    18. 1986-02-11

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      Frank Herbert: death.

    19. 1986-02-19 launch

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      Proton-K launched on the Mir flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. Launch vehicle success.

    20. 1986-02-19 launch

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      Tsiklon-3 launched on the Kosmos-1733 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC32/1. Launch vehicle success.

    21. 1986-02-22 launch

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      Ariane 1 launched on the Spot/Viking flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA1. Launch vehicle success.

    22. 1986-02-26 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1734 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    23. 1986-02-27 launch

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      Tsiklon-2 launched on the Kosmos-1735 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC90. Launch vehicle success.

    24. 1986-03 Month only human spaceflight

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      Leonid Kizim and Vladimir Solovyov began the initial occupation of Mir.

    25. 1986-03-13 launch

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      Soyuz-U2 launched on the Soyuz T-15 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    26. 1986-03-14 flyby

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      ESA's Giotto spacecraft flew past Halley's Comet.

    27. 1986-03-19 launch

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      Soyuz-U2 launched on the Progress-25 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    28. 1986-03-21 launch

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      Tsiklon-2 launched on the Kosmos-1736 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC90. Launch vehicle success.

    29. 1986-03-25 launch

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      Tsiklon-2 launched on the Kosmos-1737 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC90. Launch vehicle success.

    30. 1986-03-28 launch

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      Ariane 3 launched on the Gstar 2/Brasilsat 2 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA2. Launch vehicle success.

    31. 1986-04-04 launch

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      Proton-K/DM launched on the Kosmos-1738 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/40. Launch vehicle success.

    32. 1986-04-09 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1739 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

    33. 1986-04-15 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1740 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC16/2. Launch vehicle success.

    34. 1986-04-17 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-1741 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/1. Launch vehicle success.

    35. 1986-04-18 launch

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      Molniya 8K78M (ML) launched on the Molniya-3 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    36. 1986-04-23 launch

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      Soyuz-U2 launched on the Progress-26 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    37. 1986-04-26

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      Ender’s Game () by Orson Scott CardAward: Nebula Award — Best NovelRole:

      Ender’s Game — 1985 Nebula Award, Best Novel (1986-04-26).

    38. 1986-04-26

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      Sailing to Byzantium () by Robert SilverbergAward: Nebula Award — Best Novella

      Sailing to Byzantium won Best Novella.

    39. 1986-04-26

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      Portraits of His Children () by George R.R. MartinAward: Nebula Award — Best Novelette

      Portraits of His Children won Best Novelette.

    40. 1986-04-26

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      Out of All Them Bright Stars () by Nancy KressAward: Nebula Award — Best Short Story

      Out of All Them Bright Stars won Best Short Story.

    41. 1986-05-03 launch failure

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      Delta 3914 launched on the GOES G flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17A. Launch failure.

    42. 1986-05-14 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1742 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC16/2. Launch vehicle success.

    43. 1986-05-15 launch

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      Tsiklon-3 launched on the Kosmos-1743 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC32/1. Launch vehicle success.

    44. 1986-05-21 launch

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      Soyuz-U2 launched on the Soyuz TM flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    45. 1986-05-21 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1744 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

    46. 1986-05-23 launch

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      Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-1745 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/1. Launch vehicle success.

    47. 1986-05-24 launch

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      Proton-K/DM launched on the Ekran flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. Launch vehicle success.

    48. 1986-05-27 launch

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      Tsiklon-3 launched on the Meteor-2 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC32/1. Launch vehicle success.

    49. 1986-05-28 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1746 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    50. 1986-05-29 launch

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      Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1747 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.

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