1973 in spaceflight

none March 2022 January 2014 January 2014 1973 8 January 29 December Timeline of spaceflight 1972 1974 1973 saw the launch of the first American Space station known as Skylab on a Saturn V rocket. right on Launches 1973 |colspan=8| January |- 1 8 January 06:55 USSR 1955 Proton-K USSR 1955 Baikonur Site 81 USSR 1955 Luna 21/Lunokhod 2 MOM Selenocentric Lunar rover 15 January 1973 (At Moon) Successful 1 11 January 10:00 USSR 1955 Voskhod (R-7 11A57) USSR 1955 Baikonur USSR 1955 Kosmos 543 (Zenit 4M) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 24 January 1973 Successful 1 20 January 03:36 USSR 1955 Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M) USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 132 USSR 1955 Kosmos 544 (Tselina-O) MO SSSR Low Earth ELINT 15 June 1980 Successful 1 24 January 11:44 USSR 1955 Kosmos-2I (R-12 11K63) USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 132 USSR 1955 Kosmos 545 (DS-P1-Yu) MO SSSR Low Earth Radar calibration 31 July 1973 Successful 1 26 January 11:44 USSR 1955 Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M) USSR 1955 Kapustin Yar Site 107 USSR 1955 Kosmos 546 (Zaliv mockup) MO SSSR Low Earth Boilerplate Successful |colspan=8| February |- 1 1 February 08:30 USSR 1955 Voskhod (R-7 11A57) USSR 1955 Baikonur USSR 1955Kosmos 547 (Zenit 2M) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 13 February 1973 Successful 1 3 February 05:48 USSR 1955 Molniya-M (R-7 8K78M) USSR 1955 Baikonur USSR 1955 Molniya 1-23 MOM Molniya Communication 23 October 1977 Successful 1 8 February 13:15 USSR 1955 Voskhod (R-7 11A57) USSR 1955 Plesetsk USSR 1955 Kosmos 548 (Zenit 4M) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 21 February 1973 Successful 1 15 February 01:11 USSR 1955 Molniya-M (R-7 8K78M) USSR 1955 Baikonur Site 31/6 USSR 1955 Prognoz-3 MOM Molniya Solar flare detection 31 December 1976 Successful 1 26 February 04:37 USSR 1955 Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M) USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 132 USSR 1955 Kosmos 549 (Tselina-O) MO SSSR Low Earth ELINT 29 June 1980 Successful |colspan=8| March |- 1 1 March 12:40 USSR 1955 Voskhod (R-7 11A57) USSR 1955 Plesetsk USSR 1955 Kosmos 550 (Zenit 4MK) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 11 March 1973 Successful 1 6 March 09:20 USSR 1955 Voskhod (R-7 11A57) USSR 1955 Baikonur USSR 1955 Kosmos 551 (Zenit 4M) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 20 March 1973 Successful 1 6 March 09:30 USA Atlas SLV-3A Agena-D USA Cape Canaveral SLC-13 USA Rhyolite 2 US Air Force Geosynchronous ELINT Successful 1 9 March 21:00 USA Titan IIID USA Vandenberg SLC-4E USA KH-9 NRO / CIA Low Earth Reconnaissance 17 March 1973 Successful 1 20 March 11:20 USSR 1955 Vostok-2M (R-7 8A92M) USSR 1955 Plesetsk USSR 1955 Meteor 1-14 MOM Low Earth Weather Successful 2 22 March 10:00 USSR 1955 Voskhod (R-7 11A57) USSR 1955 Plesetsk USSR 1955 Kosmos 552 (Zenit 2M) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 3 April 1973 Successful USSR 1955 Nauka MOM Low Earth Technology 9 April 1973 Successful |colspan=8| April |- 1 3 April 09:00 USSR 1955 Proton-K USSR 1955 Baikonur Site 81 Depressurised before crew launch could occur USSR 1955 Salyut 2 (Almaz) MOM Low Earth Space Station 28 May 1973 Spacecraft failure 1 5 April 11:11 USSR 1955 Molniya-M (R-7 8K78M) USSR 1955 Plesetsk USSR 1955 Molniya 2-5 MOM Molniya Communications 6 January 1979 Successful 1 6 April 02:11 USA Atlas SLV-3D Centaur USA Cape Canaveral SLC-36B First spacecraft to visit SaturnMaiden flight of Atlas SLV-3D Centaur rocket. USA Pioneer 11 (Pioneer G) NASA Heliocentric to Solar escape Planetary probe Successful 1 12 April 11:49 USSR 1955 Kosmos-2I (R-12 11K63) USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 133 USSR 1955 Kosmos 553 (DS-P1-Yu) MO SSSR Low Earth Radar calibration 11 November 1973 Successful 1 19 April 08:59 USSR 1955 Voskhod (R-7 11A57) USSR 1955 Plesetsk Destroyed in orbit after deactivation USSR 1955 Kosmos 554 (Zenit 4MK) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 7 May 1973 Successful 1 19 April 10:19 USSR 1955 Kosmos-2I (R-12 11K63) USSR 1955 Kapustin Yar Site 86 USSR 1955POL 1928 Interkosmos 9 (Kopernik 500) Interkosmos Low Earth Solar radiation detection Successful 1 20 April 23:47 USA Delta 1914 USA Cape Canaveral SLC-17B USA Anik A2 Telesat Geosynchronous Communications Successful 1 25 April USSR 1955 Tsyklon-2 USSR 1955 Baikonur Site 90 Engine failure USSR 1955 US-A MO SSSR Intended: Low Earth Ocean surveillance 25 April 1973 Failure 2 25 April 10:45 USSR 1955 Voskhod (R-7 11A57) USSR 1955 Plesetsk USSR 1955 Kosmos 555 (Zenit 2M) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 7 May 1973 Successful USSR 1955 Nauka MOM Low Earth Scientific research 9 May 1973 Successful |colspan=8| May |- 1 5 May 07:00 USSR 1955 Voskhod (R-7 11A57) USSR 1955 Plesetsk USSR 1955 Kosmos 556 (Zenit 4MK) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 14 May 1973 Successful 1 11 May 00:20 USSR 1955 Proton-K USSR 1955 Baikonur Site 81 Loss of control in orbit USSR 1955 Kosmos 557 (Salyut / Zarya) MOM Low Earth Space Station 22 May 1973 Failure 1 14 May 17:30 USA Saturn V USA Kennedy LC-39A NASA First American Space StationLast flight of the Saturn V rocketDamaged during launch, but repaired USA Skylab NASA Low Earth Space Station 11 July 1979 Successful 1 16 May 16:40 USA Titan IIIB (24B) USA Vandenberg SLC-4W USA OPS 2093 (KH-8) NRO / US Air Force Low Earth Reconnaissance 13 June 1973 Successful 1 17 May 13:19 USSR 1955 Kosmos-2I (R-12 11K63) USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 133 USSR 1955 Kosmos 558 (DS-P1-Yu) MOM Low Earth Radar calibration 22 December 1973 Successful 1 18 May 11:00 USSR 1955 Soyuz-U (R-7 11A511U) USSR 1955 Plesetsk Maiden flight of Soyuz-U carrier rocket USSR 1955 Kosmos 559 (Zenit-4MK) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 23 May 1973 Successful 2 21 May 08:47 FRA Diamant-B FRA Kourou SEREB Final flight of Diamant-BFairing failed to separate FRA Castor CNES Intended:Low Earth Technology 21 May 1973 Failure FRA Pollux CNES Intended:Low Earth Technology 1 23 May 10:30 USSR 1955 Voskhod (R-7 11A57) USSR 1955 Plesetsk USSR 1955 Kosmos 560 (Zenit 4M) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 5 June 1973 Successful 1 24 May 02:00Wade Mark K63D http://www.astronautix.com/k/k63d.html 2024-08-12 www.astronautix.com USSR K63D USSR Vladimirovka test range, near Kapustin Yar Subscale model of the Spiral spaceplane.Krebs Gunter Dirk BOR-3 https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/bor-3.htm 2024-08-12 Gunter's Space Page Payload fairing failed at about 5 km altitude. Apogee: 20 km USSR BOR-3 No.301 Suborbital Re-entry test for Spiral program 22 May Failure 1 25 May USSR 1955 Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M) USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 132 Failed to reach orbit USSR 1955 Zaliv (Tsiklon) RVSN Intended: Low Earth Navigation 25 May 1973 Failure 1 25 May 13:00 USA Saturn IB USA Kennedy LC-39B NASA Crewed flight with 3 astronauts, first crewed flight to Skylab USA Apollo CSM-116 (Skylab 2) NASA Low Earth, docked to Skylab Crewed orbital flight 22 June 1973 Successful 2 25 May 13:30 USSR 1955 Voskhod (R-7 11A57) USSR 1955 Plesetsk USSR 1955 Kosmos 561 (Zenit 2M) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 6 June 1973 Successful USSR 1955 Nauka MOM Low Earth Gamma ray telescope 20 June 1973 Successful 1 29 May 10:16 USSR 1955 Vostok-2M (R-7 8A92M) USSR 1955 Plesetsk USSR 1955 Meteor 1-15 MOM Low Earth Weather Successful |colspan=8| June |- 1 5 June 11:26 USSR 1955 Kosmos-2I (R-12 11K63) USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 133 USSR 1955 Kosmos 562 (DS-P1-Yu) MOM Low Earth 7 January 1974 Successful 1 6 June 11:30 USSR 1955 Voskhod (R-7 11A57) USSR 1955 Plesetsk USSR 1955 Kosmos 563 (Zenit 4M) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 18 June 1973 Successful 8 8 June 15:50 USSR 1955 Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M) USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 132 USSR 1955 Kosmos 564 (Strela) MO SSSR Low Earth Communications Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 565 (Strela) MO SSSR Low Earth Communications Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 566 (Strela) MO SSSR Low Earth Communications Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 567 (Strela) MO SSSR Low Earth Communications Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 568 (Strela) MO SSSR Low Earth Communications Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 569 (Strela) MO SSSR Low Earth Communications Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 570 (Strela) MO SSSR Low Earth Communications Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 571 (Strela) MO SSSR Low Earth Communications Successful 1 10 June 10:10 USSR 1955 Voskhod (R-7 11A57) USSR 1955 Baikonur USSR 1955 Kosmos 572 (Zenit 4M) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 23 June 1973 Successful 1 10 June 14:13 USA Delta 1913 USA Cape Canaveral SLC-17B USA Explorer 49 (RAE) NASA Selenocentric Astronomy Successful 1 12 June 07:14 USA Titan IIIC USA Cape Canaveral SLC-40 USA DSP F-4 (IMEWS 4) US Air Force Geosynchronous Missile early warning Successful 1 15 June 06:00 USSR 1955 Soyuz (R-7 11A511) USSR 1955 Baikonur Site 1/5 USSR 1955 Kosmos 573 (Soyuz 7K-T) MOM Low Earth Test spacecraft 17 June 1973 06:01 Successful 1 20 June 06:16 USSR 1955 Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M) USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 132 USSR 1955 Kosmos 574 (Zaliv/Tsiklon) MO SSSR Low Earth Navigation Successful 1 21 June 13:29 USSR 1955 Voskhod (R-7 11A57) USSR 1955 Plesetsk USSR 1955 Kosmos 575 (Zenit 2M) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 3 July 1973 Successful 1 26 June 01:22 USSR 1955 Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M) USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 132 Exploded on pad after fuelling error; 9 killed USSR 1955 Tselina-O RVSN Intended: Low Earth SIGINT Never left ground Failure 1 26 June 17:00 USA Titan IIIB (24B) USA Vandenberg SLC-4W Agena upper stage malfunction; Failed to reach orbit USA OPS 4018 (KH-8) US Air Force Intended: Low Earth Reconnaissance 26 June 1973 Failure 1 27 June 11:50 USSR 1955 Soyuz-M (R-7 11A511M) USSR 1955 Plesetsk USSR 1955 Kosmos 576 (Zenit-4MT / Orion) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 9 July 1973 Successful |colspan=8| July |- 1 4 July USSR 1955 Voskhod (R-7 11A57) USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 43 USSR 1955 (Zenit 4M) MOM Intended: Low Earth Reconnaissance 4 July 1973 Failure 1 11 July 09:58 USSR 1955 Molniya-M (R-7 8K78M) USSR 1955 Plesetsk USSR 1955 Molniya 2-6 MOM Molniya Communication 5 August 1978 Successful 1 13 July 20:24 USA Titan IIID USA Vandenberg SLC-4E USA OPS 8261 (KH-9) NRO / CIA Low Earth Reconnaissance 12 October 1973 Successful 1 16 July 17:10 USA Delta 0300 USA Vandenberg SLC-2W Second stage malfunction USA ITOS E NASA / NOAA Intended: Low Earth Weather 16 July 1973 Failure 1 21 July 19:30 USSR 1955 Proton-K USSR 1955 Baikonur Site 81 Retro-rockets failed, did not enter Martian orbit USSR 1955 Mars 4 MOM Intended: Areocentric Actual: Heliocentric Mars orbiter Failure 1 25 July 11:30 USSR 1955 Voskhod (R-7 11A57) USSR 1955 Plesetsk USSR 1955 Kosmos 577 (Zenit 4M) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 7 August 1973 Successful 1 25 July 18:55 USSR 1955 Proton-K USSR 1955 Baikonur Site 81 Computer malfunction a few days after entering Martian orbit USSR 1955 Mars 5 MOM Areocentric Mars orbiter Partial Failure 1 28 July 11:10 USA Saturn IB USA Kennedy LC-39B NASA Crewed flight with 3 astronauts. Thruster malfunction, nearly required rescue mission USA Apollo CSM-117 (Skylab 3) NASA Low Earth, docked to Skylab Crewed orbital flight 25 September 1973 Partial Failure |colspan=8| August |- 1 1 August 14:00 USSR 1955 Voskhod (R-7 11A57) USSR 1955 Plesetsk USSR 1955 Kosmos 578 (Zenit 2M) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 13 August 1973 Successful 1 5 August 17:45 USSR 1955 Proton-K USSR 1955 Baikonur Site 81 Disappeared shortly before landing USSR 1955 Mars 6 MOM Heliocentric Mars lander 12 March 1974 Failure 1 8 August 17:00 USSR 1955 Proton-K USSR 1955 Baikonur Site 81 Missed planet due to premature separation USSR 1955 Mars 7 MOM Heliocentric Mars lander Failure 1 17 August 04:49 USA Thor-LV2F Burner-2A USA Vandenberg SLC-10W USA DMSP 5B F-4 US Air Force Low Earth Weather Successful 1 21 August 12:30 USSR 1955 Voskhod (R-7 11A57) USSR 1955 Plesetsk USSR 1955 Kosmos 579 (Zenit 4M) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 3 September 1973 Successful 1 21 August 16:07 USA Titan IIIB (33B) USA Vandenberg SLC-4W USA OPS 7724 (Jumpseat 3) NRO / US Air Force Molniya SIGINT Successful 1 22 August 11:24 USSR 1955 Kosmos-2I (R-12 11K63) USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 133 USSR 1955 Kosmos 580 (DS-P1-Yu) MO SSSR Low Earth 1 April 1974 Successful 1 23 August 22:57 USA Atlas SLV-3D Centaur USA Cape Canaveral LC-36A USA Intelsat IV F7 Intelsat Geosynchronous Communication Successful 1 24 August 10:59 USSR 1955 Voskhod (R-7 11A57) USSR 1955 Baikonur USSR 1955 Kosmos 581 (Zenit 4M) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 6 September 1973 Successful 1 28 August 10:08 USSR 1955 Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M) USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 132 USSR 1955 Kosmos 582 (Tselina-O) MO SSSR Low Earth ELINT 5 September 1980 Successful 1 30 August 00:07 USSR 1955 Molniya-M (R-7 8K78M) USSR 1955 Plesetsk USSR 1955 Molniya 1-24 MOM Molniya Communication 5 December 1979 Successful 1 30 August 10:30 USSR 1955 Voskhod (R-7 11A57) USSR 1955 Baikonur USSR 1955 Kosmos 583 (Zenit 2M) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 12 September 1973 Successful |colspan=8| September |- 1 6 September 10:40 USSR 1955 Voskhod (R-7 11A57) USSR 1955 Plesetsk USSR 1955 Kosmos 584 (Zenit 4M) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 20 September 1973 Successful 1 8 September 01:50 USSR 1955 Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M) USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 132 USSR 1955 Kosmos 585 (Sfera) MO SSSR Low Earth Successful 1 14 September 00:31 USSR 1955 Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M) USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 132 USSR 1955 Kosmos 586 (Tsiklon) MO SSSR Low Earth Navigation Successful 1 18 September PRC Feng Bao 1 PRC Jiuquan LA-2B First orbital launch of Feng Bao 1. PRC JSSW Intended: Low Earth Unknown 18 September Failure 1 21 September 13:05 USSR 1955 Soyuz-U (R-7 11A511U) USSR 1955 Plesetsk USSR 1955 Kosmos 587 (Zenit 4MK) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 4 October 1973 Successful 1 27 September 12:18 USSR 1955 Soyuz (R-7 11A511) USSR 1955 Baikonur Site 1/5 Return-to-flight after Soyuz 11 incident USSR 1955 Soyuz 12, 2 Cosmonauts MOM Low Earth Crewed orbital flight 29 September 1973 Successful 1 27 September 17:15 USA Titan IIIB (24B) USA Vandenberg SLC-4W USA OPS 6275 (KH-8) NRO / US Air Force Low Earth Reconnaissance 29 October 1973 Successful |colspan=8| October |- 8 2 October 21:46 USSR 1955 Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M) USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 132 USSR 1955 Kosmos 588 (Strela) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 589 (Strela) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 590 (Strela) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 591 (Strela) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 592 (Strela) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 593 (Strela) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 594 (Strela) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 595 (Strela) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication Successful 2 3 October 13:00 USSR 1955 Voskhod (R-7 11A57) USSR 1955 Plesetsk Parachute failed to deploy during recovery USSR 1955 Kosmos 596 (Zenit 2M) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 9 October 1973 Failure USSR 1955 Nauka RVSN Low Earth Magnetosphere 9 October 1973 Successful 1 6 October 12:30 USSR 1955 Voskhod (R-7 11A57) USSR 1955 Plesetsk USSR 1955 Kosmos 597 (Zenit 4MK) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 12 October 1973 Successful 1 10 October 10:45 USSR 1955 Voskhod (R-7 11A57) USSR 1955 Plesetsk USSR 1955 Kosmos 598 (Zenit 4M) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 16 October 1973 Successful 1 15 October 08:45 USSR 1955 Voskhod (R-7 11A57) USSR 1955 Baikonur USSR 1955 Kosmos 599 (Zenit 2M) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 28 October 1973 Successful 1 16 October 12:00 USSR 1955 Voskhod (R-7 11A57) USSR 1955 Plesetsk USSR 1955 Kosmos 600 (Zenit 4M) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 23 October 1973 Successful 1 16 October 14:00 USSR 1955 Kosmos-2I (R-12 11K63) USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 133 USSR 1955 Kosmos 601 (DS-P1-Yu) MO SSSR Low Earth 15 August 1984 Successful 1 19 October 10:26 USSR 1955 Molniya-M (R-7 8K78M) USSR 1955 Plesetsk USSR 1955 Molniya 2-7 MOM Molniya Communication 8 July 1983 Successful 1 20 October 10:14 USSR 1955 Voskhod (R-7 11A57) USSR 1955 Plesetsk USSR 1955 Kosmos 602 (Zenit 4MK) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 29 October 1973 Successful 1 26 October 02:26 USA Delta 1913 USA Cape Canaveral SLC-17B USA Explorer 50 (IMP) NASA High Earth Magnetosphere Successful 1 27 October 11:09 USSR 1955 Voskhod (R-7 11A57) USSR 1955 Plesetsk USSR 1955 Kosmos 603 (Zenit 4M) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 9 November 1973 Successful 1 29 October 14:00 USSR 1955 Vostok-2M (R-7 8A92M) USSR 1955 Plesetsk USSR 1955 Kosmos 604 (Tselina) MOM Low Earth SIGINT 19 January 1992 Successful 1 30 October 00:37 USA Scout A-1 USA Vandenberg SLC-5 Vought Final flight of Scout A rocket USA Transit-O 20 US Navy Low Earth Navigation Successful 1 30 October 19:00 USSR 1955 Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M) USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 132 USSR 1955 Interkosmos 10 (DS-U2-IK) Interkosmos Low Earth Geophysics 1 July 1977 Successful 1 31 October 18:24 USSR 1955 Soyuz-U (R-7 11A511U) USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 43 USSR 1955 Kosmos 605 (Bion 1) MOM Low Earth Biology 22 November 1973 Successful |colspan=8| November |- 1 2 November 13:01 USSR 1955 Molniya-M (R-7 8K78M) USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 41 USSR 1955 Kosmos 606 (Oko) MOM Molniya Missile Early Warning Successful 1 3 November 05:45 USA Atlas SLV-3D Centaur USA Cape Canaveral SLC-36B Flybys of Venus and MercuryFirst spacecraft to visit Mercury USA Mariner 10 NASA Heliocentric Planetary probe Successful 24 March 1975 1 6 November 17:02 USA Delta 0300 USA Vandenberg SLC-2W NASA Final flight of Delta 0100 series USA NOAA 3 (ITOS-F) NASA / NOAA Low Earth Weather Successful 1 10 November 12:38 USSR 1955 Voskhod (R-7 11A57) USSR 1955 Plesetsk USSR 1955 Kosmos 607 (Zenit 4MK) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 22 November 1973 Successful 3 10 November 20:09 USA Titan IIID USA Vandenberg SLC-4E USA OPS 6630 (KH-9) NRO / CIA Low Earth Reconnaissance 13 March 1974 Successful USA OPS 7705 (SSF) NRO / US Air Force Low Earth SIGINT 26 December 1978 Successful USA OPS 6630 P/L 2 (SSF) NRO / US Air Force Low Earth SIGINT Successful 1 14 November 20:40 USSR 1955 Molniya-M (R-7 8K78M) USSR 1955 Baikonur USSR 1955 Molniya 1-25 MOM Molniya Communication 26 May 1979 Successful 1 16 November 14:01 USA Saturn IB USA Kennedy LC-39B NASA Crewed flight with 3 astronauts. Final flight of Skylab programme USA Apollo CSM-118 (Skylab 4) NASA Low Earth, docked to Skylab Crewed orbital flight 8 February 1974 Successful 1 20 November 12:29 USSR 1955 Kosmos-2I (R-12 11K63) USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 133 USSR 1955 Kosmos 608 (DS-P1-Yu) MO SSSR Low Earth Radar calibration 10 July 1974 Successful 1 21 November 10:00 USSR 1955 Voskhod (R-7 11A57) USSR 1955 Baikonur USSR 1955 Kosmos 609 (Zenit-4M) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 4 December 1973 Successful 1 27 November 00:08 USSR 1955 Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M) USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 132 USSR 1955 Kosmos 610 (Tselina-O) MO SSSR Low Earth SIGINT / ELINT 15 September 1980 Successful 1 28 November 09:29 USSR 1955 Kosmos-2I (R-12 11K63) USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 133 USSR 1955 Kosmos 611 (DS-P1-Yu) MO SSSR Low Earth Radar calibration 19 June 1974 Successful 1 28 November 11:43 USSR 1955 Voskhod (R-7 11A57) USSR 1955 Plesetsk USSR 1955 Kosmos 612 (Zenit 4MK) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 11 December 1973 Successful 1 30 November 05:20 USSR 1955 Soyuz (R-7 11A511) USSR 1955 Baikonur Site 1/5 USSR 1955 Kosmos 613 (Soyuz 7K-T) MOM Low Earth Test spacecraft 29 January 1974 05:29 Successful 1 30 November 13:08 USSR 1955 Molniya-M (R-7 8K78M) USSR 1955 Plesetsk USSR 1955 Molniya 1-26 MOM Molniya Communication 9 June 1985 Successful |colspan=8| December |- 1 4 December 15:00 USSR 1955 Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M) USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 132 USSR 1955 Kosmos 614 (Strela) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication Successful 1 13 December 11:10 USSR 1955 Kosmos-2I (R-12 11K63) USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 133 USSR 1955 Kosmos 615 (DS-P1-I) MO SSSR Low Earth 17 December 1975 Successful 2 13 December 23:57 USA Titan IIIC USA Cape Canaveral SLC-40 USA DSCS II F-3 US Air Force Geosynchronous Then: Graveyard orbit Communication Successful 1 August 1982 USA DSCS II F-4 US Air Force Geosynchronous Then: Graveyard orbit Communication Successful 20 December 1993 1 16 December 06:18 USA Delta 1900 USA Vandenberg SLC-2W NASA USA Explorer 51 (AE-C) NASA Low Earth / Medium Earth Atmospheric 12 December 1978 Successful 1 17 December 12:00 USSR 1955 Soyuz-M (R-7 11A511M) USSR 1955 Plesetsk USSR 1955 Kosmos 616 (Zenit 4MT) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 28 December 1973 Successful 1 18 December 11:55 USSR 1955 Soyuz (R-7 11A511) USSR 1955 Baikonur Site 1/5 Orion 2 Astrophysics / Astronomy USSR 1955 Soyuz 13, 2 Cosmonauts MOM Low Earth Crewed orbital flight 26 December 1973 Successful 8 19 December 09:43 USSR 1955 Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M) USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 132 USSR 1955 Kosmos 617 (Strela) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 618 (Strela) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 619 (Strela) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 620 (Strela) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 621 (Strela) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 622 (Strela) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 623 (Strela) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication Successful USSR 1955 Kosmos 624 (Strela) MO SSSR Low Earth Communication Successful 1 21 December 12:30 USSR 1955 Voskhod (R-7 11A57) USSR 1955 Plesetsk USSR 1955 Kosmos 625 (Zenit 4MK) MOM Low Earth Reconnaissance 3 January 1974 Successful 1 25 December 11:17 USSR 1955 Molniya-M (R-7 8K78M) USSR 1955 Plesetsk USSR 1955 Molniya 2-8 MOM Molniya Communication 24 November 1985 Successful 1 26 December 16:30 USSR 1955 Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M) USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 132 USSR 1955FRA Aureole 2 (DS-U2-GKA) MO SSSR / CNES Low Earth Auroral research 30 April 1974 Successful 1 27 December 20:19 USSR 1955 Tsyklon-2 USSR 1955 Baikonur Site 90 USSR 1955 Kosmos 626 (US-A / RORSAT) MO SSSR Low Earth Ocean Reconnaissance 22 March 1974 Successful 1 29 December 04:12 USSR 1955 Kosmos-3M (R-14 11K65M) USSR 1955 Plesetsk Site 132 USSR 1955 Kosmos 627 (Zaliv) MO SSSR Low Earth Navigation Successful |} 1973 Deep Space Rendezvous Date (GMT)SpacecraftEventRemarks15 January Luna 21 Delivered Lunokhod 2 between Mare Serenitatis and the Taurus Mountains 15 June Explorer 49 Entered Selenocentric orbit Radio telescope3 December Pioneer 10 Flyby of Jupiter Closest approach: 130354 km EVAs Start date/timeDurationEnd timeSpacecraftCrewRemarks26 May00:4040 minutes01:20CM-116SLM-1USAPaul J. WeitzUsing a 10 ft on long tool, Weitz stood in the open hatch of the Command Module (as Joe Kerwin held onto his legs) and tried to remove a strap preventing the release of a solar panel on Skylab.https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19770020211_1977020211.pdf Skylab, Our First Space Station 7 February 2009 Belew Leland F. 1977 NASA 61 17 March 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100317234819/http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19770020211_1977020211.pdf live 7 June15:153 hours25 minutes18:40SkylabSLM-1USAPete ConradUSAJoseph P. KerwinUsed long-handled cable cutters to remove debris that prevented the solar array system from deploying and then forced the solar array system to deploy, providing the Skylab with electrical power needed to operate.19 June10:551 hour36 minutes12:31SkylabSLM-1USAPete ConradUSAPaul J. WeitzReplaced exposed film cassettes with fresh film and repaired an electrical contact.6 August17:306 hours31 minutes7 August00:01SkylabSLM-2USAOwen K. GarriottUSAJack R. LousmaErected a twin-pole solar shield to improve temperature control in Skylab, replaced film cassettes in the solar observatory and installed micrometeoroid detection panels.24 August16:244 hours31 minutes20:55SkylabSLM-2USAOwen K. GarriottUSAJack R. LousmaInstalled a new gyroscope selection box, and replaced the film in the solar observatory.22 September11:182 hours41 minutes13:59SkylabSLM-2USAOwen K. GarriottUSAAlan BeanReplaced the film on the solar observatory and collected the Thermal Coatings Experiment Panel for return to Earth.https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19740024203_1974024203.pdf Skylab Crew Systems Mission Evaluation 11 February 2009 Ledbetter James 1974 NASA 301, p.338 26 June 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080626145418/http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19740024203_1974024203.pdf live 22 November17:426 hours33 minutes23 November00:15SkylabSLM-3USAEdward GibsonUSAWilliam R. PogueReplaced the film on the solar observatory and repaired the antenna for the Earth resources experiment package.25 December16:007 hours1 minute23:01SkylabSLM-3USAGerald P. CarrUSAWilliam R. PogueUsed the extreme ultraviolet electronographic camera and the coronagraph contamination camera to photograph Comet Kohoutek. They also replaced the film on the solar observatory.29 December17:003 hours29 minutes20:29SkylabSLM-3USAGerald P. CarrUSAEdward GibsonPhotographed Comet Kohoutek as it appeared from behind the Sun and recovered the Thermal Control Coatings Experiment panel. References Footnotes 2 1973 on expanded Category:Spaceflight by year