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1972 in spaceflight
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| year | 1972 |
| image | Apollo 17 Night Launch - GPN-2000-001150.jpg |
| caption | Launch of Saturn V with the final Apollo mission to the Moon |
| first | 12 January |
| last | 28 December |
| total | 113 |
| success | 105 |
| failed | 7 |
| partial | 1 |
| catalogued | 106 |
| maidens | Delta 0100 |
| retired | Delta 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
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October
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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)
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