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Titan IIIE | Viking 1
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 20, 1975, 9:22 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Viking 1 was the first of two spacecraft (along with Viking 2) sent to Mars as part of NASA's Viking program. On July 20, 1976, it became the first spacecraft to land successfully on Mars and perform its mission. Viking 1 held the record for the longest Mars surface mission of 2307 days or 2245 sols until that record was broken by Opportunity on May 19, 2010.
Heliocentric N/A
Kosmos-3M | Parus 3
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 14, 1975, 1:29 p.m.
Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 48
Soviet Space Program | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 13, 1975, 7:21 a.m.
Delta 2913 | COS-B
McDonnell Douglas | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 9, 1975, 1:50 a.m.
Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 47
Soviet Space Program | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 31, 1975, 1 p.m.
Feng Bao 1 | JSSW 1
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
July 26, 1975, 1:30 p.m.
Kosmos-3M | Taifun-1 3
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 24, 1975, 7 p.m.
Voskhod | Zenit-2M 59
Soviet Space Program | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 23, 1975, 1 p.m.
Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-I 16
Strategic Rocket Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 17, 1975, 9:10 a.m.
Saturn IB | Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
July 15, 1975, 7:50 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project was the first joint US-Soviet space flight and the last crewed US space mission until the Space Shuttle program. The US side of mission began on July 15, 1975, 19:50:00 UTC, launching Commander Thomas P. Stafford, Command Module Pilot Vance D. Brand and Docking Module Pilot Donald K. Slayton into orbit. Two days later, they docked with the Soyuz 19 spacecraft. American and Soviet crews visited each other's spacecrafts, performed docking and redocking maneuvers, conducted joint scientific experiments, exchanged flags and gifts. Crews spent more than 44 hours together, and after final parting of the ships on July 19, Apollo crew spent nine more days in orbit, conducting Earth observation experiments. The Apollo crew returned to Earth on July 24, 1975, 21:18:0 UTC with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
Low Earth Orbit
