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1972 in spaceflight

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year1972
imageApollo 17 Night Launch - GPN-2000-001150.jpg
captionLaunch of Saturn V with the final Apollo mission to the Moon
first12 January
last28 December
total113
success105
failed7
partial1
catalogued106
maidensDelta 0100
retiredDelta L
Delta N
M-4S
Thorad-Agena

Delta 1000 Delta N M-4S Thorad-Agena

1972 saw humanity's last crewed mission to the Moon of the 20th century, Apollo 17.

Launches

January

|- |d-date =January 25, 1972 |d-time = |d-span = |o-span = |d-date =29 February 1972 |d-time = |d-span = |o-span = |d-date =17 April 1979 |d-time = |d-span = |o-span = |d-date = |d-time = |d-span = |o-span = |d-date =18 August 1972 |d-time = |d-span = |o-span = |d-date = August 2, 1974 |d-time = |d-span = |o-span =

February

|- |d-date =8 February |d-time = |d-span = |o-span = |d-date = February 21, 1972 (at Moon) |d-time = |d-span = |o-span =

March

|- |d-date = |d-time = |d-span = |o-span = |d-date = January 9, 1980 |d-time = |d-span = |o-span = |d-date = |d-time = |d-span = |o-span = |d-date = July 22, 1972 (on Venus) |d-time = |d-span = |o-span =

April

|- |d-date = April 27, 1972 |d-time = |d-span = |o-span = |d-date = April 20, 1972 |d-time = 14:23 (at Moon) |d-span = |o-span = |d-date = May 29, 1972 (at Moon) |d-time = |d-span = |o-span = |d-date = May 12, 1972 |d-time = |d-span = |o-span =

May

|- |d-date = June 4, 1972 |d-time = |d-span = |o-span =

June

|- |d-date = |d-time = |d-span = |o-span = |d-date = July 2, 1972 |d-time = |d-span = |o-span =

July

|- |d-date = |d-time = |d-span = |o-span =

August

|- |d-date = |d-time =T+90 seconds |d-span = |o-span = |d-date =2 November 1979 |d-time = |d-span = |o-span = |d-date =19 May 1980 |d-time = |d-span = |o-span = |d-date = |d-time = |d-span = |o-span =

September

|- |d-date = |d-time = |d-span = |o-span =

October

|- |d-date = 2 August 2012 |d-time = |d-span = |o-span = |d-date = |d-time = |d-span = |o-span = |d-date = |d-time = |d-span = |o-span = |d-date = |d-time = |d-span = |o-span =

November

|- |d-date = |d-time = |d-span = |o-span = |d-date = |d-time = |d-span = |o-span =

December

|- |d-date = December 19, 1971 |d-time = |d-span = |o-span = |d-date = December 14, 1971 (at Moon) |d-time = |d-span = |o-span = |d-date = |d-time = |d-span = |o-span = |d-date = |d-time = |d-span = |o-span = |d-date = |d-time = |d-span = |o-span = |}

Launches from the Moon

|d-date = 25 February |d-date =Unknown |d-date =15 December |d-time = 06:50 |}

Deep space rendezvous in 1972

  • February 21 – Luna 20, 55g from Apollonius Crater (sample return mission)
  • April 21 – Apollo 16, 95 kg from Descartes Highlands (sample return mission)
  • July 22 – Venera 8 atmospheric probe worked for 50 min on the Venerian surface
  • December 11 – Apollo 17, 111 kg from Taurus–Littrow (sample return mission)

References

Footnotes

References

  1. Wade, Mark. "K63D".
  2. Krebs, Gunter Dirk. "BOR-2".
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