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1968 in spaceflight

The United States National Space Science Data Center catalogued 157 spacecraft placed into orbit by launches which occurred in 1968.[1] 1968 saw the first manned Apollo missions first to Low earth orbit in which was a success. Humanity for the first time left LEO with Apollo 8 to circumnavigate the moon which was a success.


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Deep space rendezvous

Date (UTC) Spacecraft Event Remarks
10 January Surveyor 7 Lunar landing in the debris from Tycho crater
31 January Lunar Orbiter 5 Lunar impact
10 April Luna 14 Selenocentric orbit insertion
18 September Zond 5 Flyby of the Moon Closest approach:
14 November Zond 6 Flyby of the Moon Closest approach:
24 December Apollo 8 Selenocentric orbit insertion
25 December Apollo 8 Leaves selenocentric orbit Completed 10 orbits

Orbital Launch Summary

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Footnotes

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