Portal:Spaceflight/On This Day/20 January

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• 1969 - A Proton-K fails to launch an unmanned Soyuz spacecraft, due to a second stage engine failure.
• 1970 - A Kosmos-2I launches a DS-U2-MY scientific satellite.
• 1971 - A Vostok-M launches a Meteor weather satellite.
• 1972 - A Titan IIID launches two spy satellites, a KH-9 and an SSF.
• 1973 - A Kosmos-3M launches a Tselina spy satellite.
• 1976 - A Kosmos-3M launches a Parus navigation satellite.
• 1977 - A Soyuz-U launches a Zenit-2M spy satellite.
• 1977 - A Kosmos-3M launches a Tsyklon navigation satellite.
• 1978 - A Soyuz-U launches the first Progress spacecraft to resupply Salyut 6.
• 1981 - A Soyuz-U launches a Yantar spy satellite.
• 1982 - A Soyuz-U launches a Zenit-6U spy satellite.
• 1983 - A Vostok-M launches a Tselina spy satellite.
• 1988 - A Soyuz-U2 launches a Progress spacecraft to resupply Mir.
• 1990 - Space Shuttle Columbia lands at the Edwards Air Force Base, completing STS-32.
• 1994 - A Proton-K/DM-2M launches the Gals communication satellite.
• 1996 - Space Shuttle Endeavour lands at the Kennedy Space Center, completing STS-72.
• 2005 - A Kosmos-3M launches a Parus navigation satellite, and a student experiment.