1968 in spaceflight

[edit] Launches

This is a list of spaceflights launched in 1968.

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Launch Date/Time	Rocket	Launch Site	Launch Contractor	Payload	Operator	Orbit	Mission/ Function	Re-Entry/ Destruction	Outcome	Remarks
January 22 22:48 GMT	Saturn IB (C-1B)	LC-37B Cape Canaveral	NASA	Apollo 5	NASA	LEO	Test Lunar Module	February 12, 1968	Successful	Minor malfunction of LM Descent stage engine, otherwise successful
April 4 16:12 GMT	Saturn V (C-5)	LC-39A Kennedy Space Center	NASA	Apollo 6	NASA	Intended: Lunar Actual: HEO	Test CSM in lunar orbit	April 4, 1968	Failure	S-IVB failed to re-ignite for TLI
October 11 15:02 GMT	Saturn IB (C-1B)	LC-34 Cape Canaveral	NASA	Apollo 7	NASA	LEO	Manned Orbital Flight	October 22, 1968	Successful	First manned Apollo flight
October 25 09:00 GMT	Soyuz (R-7/A-2)	LC-1 Baikonur	RVSN	Soyuz 2	RVSN	LEO	Docking target for Soyuz 3	October 28, 1968 07:21 GMT	Successful	Soyuz 3 failed to dock
October 26 08:34 GMT	Soyuz (R-7/A-2)	LC-31 Baikonur	RVSN	Soyuz 3	RVSN	LEO	Manned orbital flight	October 30, 1968	Partial Failure	Failed to dock with Soyuz 2
December 21 12:51 GMT	Saturn V (C-5)	LC-39A Kennedy Space Center	NASA	Apollo 8	NASA	Lunar orbit	Manned lunar orbiter	December 27, 1968	Successful	First manned mission to The Moon