1976 in spaceflight
The following is an outline of 1976 in spaceflight.
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| Orbital launches | |
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| First | 6 January |
| Last | 28 December |
| Total | 131 |
| Catalogued | 128 |
| National firsts | |
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| Rockets | |
| Maiden flights | Thor DSV-2U |
| Retirements | Voskhod Scout B-1 Soyuz Soyuz-M Thor-Burner |
| Crewed flights | |
| Orbital | 3 |
| Total travellers | 6 |
Launches
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | ||
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| 15 January 05:34:00 |
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NASA / DFVLR | Heliocentric | Solar probe | In orbit | Successful | |
| Achieved a closest approach to the Sun of 43.432 million km (0.29 AU) on 17 April 1976, the closest approach achieved by an artificial satellite; it was succeeded by the Parker Solar Probe in 2018. | ||||||
| 22 June 18:04:00 |
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Low Earth | Space station | 8 August 1977 | Successful | ||
| Visited by three crews, one of which failed to dock | ||||||
| 6 July 12:08:45 |
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Low Earth (Salyut 5) | Salyut expedition | 24 August 18:32:17 | Partial mission failure | ||
| Crewed flight with two cosmonauts, final flight of Soyuz 11A511, returned early due to crew illness | ||||||
| 15 September 09:48:30 |
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Low Earth | Salyut expedition | 23 September 07:40:47 | Successful | ||
| Crewed flight with two cosmonauts | ||||||
| 14 October 17:39:18 |
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Low Earth (Intended: Salyut 5) | Salyut expedition | 16 October 17:45:53 | Spacecraft failure | ||
| Crewed flight with two cosmonauts, failed to dock with Salyut 5 | ||||||
Deep space rendezvous
| Date | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
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| 19 June | Viking 1 | Areocentric orbit insertion | |
| 20 July | Viking 1 Lander | landed in Chryse Planitia | |
| 7 August | Viking 2 | Areocentric orbit insertion | |
| 18 August | Luna 24 | landed in Mare Crisium | sample return mission |
| 19 August | Luna 24 | lift-off from Mare Crisium | 170 grams (6.0 oz) |
| 3 September | Viking 2 Lander | landed in Utopia Planitia |
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References
Generic references:
- Bergin, Chris. "NASASpaceFlight.com".
- Clark, Stephen. "Spaceflight Now".
- Kelso, T.S. "Satellite Catalog (SATCAT)". CelesTrak.
- Krebs, Gunter. "Chronology of Space Launches".
- Kyle, Ed. "Space Launch Report".
- McDowell, Jonathan. "Jonathan's Space Report".
- Pietrobon, Steven. "Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive".
- Wade, Mark. "Encyclopedia Astronautica".
- Webb, Brian. "Southwest Space Archive".
- Zak, Anatoly. "Russian Space Web".
- "ISS Calendar". Spaceflight 101.
- "NSSDCA Master Catalog". NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
- "Space Calendar". NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
- "Space Information Center". JAXA.
- "Хроника освоения космоса" [Chronicle of space exploration]. CosmoWorld (in Russian).
Footnotes
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