1968 in spaceflight

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Contents 1 Launches 2 Deep Space Rendez-vous in 1968 3 References 3.1 Footnotes

Launches

This is a list of spaceflights launched in 1968.

Launch Date/Time	Rocket	Launch Site	Launch Contractor	Payload	Operator	Orbit	Mission/ Function	Re-Entry/ Destruction	Outcome	Remarks
22 January, 22:48 GMT	Saturn IB (C-1B)	LC-37B, Cape Canaveral	NASA	Apollo 5	NASA	LEO	Test Lunar Module	12 February 1968, 09:58 GMT	Successful	Minor malfunction of LM descent stage engine, otherwise successful
4 April, 12:00:01 GMT	Saturn V (C-5)	LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center	NASA	Apollo 6	NASA	LEO	Test CSM heat shield at Lunar return speeds. Test S-IVB re-ignition in LEO.	4 April 1968 21:57:21 GMT	Partial failure	Experienced Pogo oscillation during S-IC first stage assent. S-IVB failed restart test.
11 October, 15:02 GMT	Saturn IB (C-1B)	LC-34, Cape Canaveral	NASA	Apollo 7	NASA	LEO	Manned orbital flight	22 October 1968, 11:11:48 GMT	Successful	First manned Apollo flight
25 October 09:00 GMT	Soyuz (R-7/A-2)	LC-1/5, Baikonur	RVSN	Soyuz 2	RVSN	LEO	Docking target for Soyuz 3	28 October 1968, 07:21 GMT	Successful	Soyuz 3 failed to dock
26 October, 08:34 GMT	Soyuz (R-7/A-2)	LC-31/6 Baikonur	RVSN	Soyuz 3	RVSN	LEO	Manned orbital flight	30 October 1968, 07:25:03 GMT	Partial Failure	Failed to dock with Soyuz 2
21 December, 12:51 GMT	Saturn V (C-5)	LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center	NASA	Apollo 8	NASA	Selenocentric	Manned lunar orbiter	27 December 1968, 15:51:42 GMT	Successful	First manned mission to the Moon

[edit] Deep Space Rendez-vous in 1968

• 10 January — Surveyor 7 lands in the debris from Tycho Crater
• 31 January — Lunar Orbiter 5 deliberately impacted the Moon
• 10 April — Luna 14 enters selenocentric orbit
• 18 September — Zond 5 flyby of the Moon (1,950 km)
• 14 November — Zond 6 flyby of the Moon (2,420 km)
• 24 December — Apollo 8 enters selenocentric orbit
• 25 December — Apollo 8 leaves selenocentric orbit after completing 10 orbits

[edit] References

• Encyclopedia Astronautica
• Gunter's Space Page - Chronology of Space Launches
• JAXA
• Jonathan's Space Report (SatCat.txt and Launchlog.txt)
• Mission Set Database (NASA GFC)
• NASA
• NASA SpaceFlight.com
• Orbital Report News Agency's Launch Logs
• Space Calendar (NASA JPL)
• Southwest Space Archive
• SPACE.com Launch Forecast
• SpaceFlightNow
• Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive
• U.S. Space Objects Registry
• Хроника освоения космоса (Russian)

[edit] Footnotes

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