Portal:Spaceflight/On This Day/8 January
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- 1966 - A Thor-Burner launches a DMSP satellite
- 1973 - A Proton-K/D launches Luna 21.
- 1986 - A Soyuz-U rocket launches a Zenit-8 spy satellite.
- 1990 - An EVA is performed by the crew of Mir to install star tracking equipment.
- 1991 - A Delta II rocket launches a NATO communication satellite
- 1994 - Soyuz TM-18 is launched to Mir, carrying three cosmonauts to the space station
