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Launches
This is a list of spaceflights launched in 1972.
Deep Space Rendez-vous in 1972
- February 21 — Luna 20, 55g from Appollonius Crater (sample return mission)
- April 21 — Apollo 16, 95 kg from Descartes Highland (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
- Encyclopedia Astronautica
- Gunter's Space Page - Chronology of Space Launches
- JAXA
- Jonathan's Space Report (SatCat.txt and Launchlog.txt)
- Mission Set Database (NASA GFC)
- NASA
- NASA SpaceFlight.com
- Orbital Report News Agency's Launch Logs
- Space Calendar (NASA JPL)
- Southwest Space Archive
- SPACE.com Launch Forecast
- SpaceFlightNow
- Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive
- U.S. Space Objects Registry
- Хроника освоения космоса (Russian)
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