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Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 7

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 5, 1972, 11:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

High resolution optical reconnaissance satellite of the Vostok-based Zenit family.

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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 54

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 25, 1972, 11:29 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

The DS-P1-Yu series of satellites was used to calibrate space surveillance and early warning radars.

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Apollo LM | Apollo 16

Northrop Grumman Space Systems | United States of America
Descartes Highlands, Moon
April 24, 1972, 1:25 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Return flight of Apollo 16 from the Moon.

Lunar Orbit
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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 53

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 21, 1972, 11:59 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The DS-P1-Yu series of satellites was used to calibrate space surveillance and early warning radars.

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Thorad SLV-2H Agena D | KH-4B 16

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 19, 1972, 9:43 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The KH-4B (Keyhole-4B) was sixth optical reconnaissance satellite version in the Corona-program.

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Saturn V | Apollo 16

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
April 16, 1972, 5:54 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Apollo 16 was the 10th crewed launch of the Apollo program. The craft was crewed by Commander John Young, Command Module Pilot Ken Mattingly & Lunar Module Pilot Charles Duke. The mission duration was 11 days, 1 hour, 51 minutes & 5 seconds during which time Young and Duke spent 71 hours on the surface of the Moon spending a total of 20 hours and 14 minutes on moonwalks while Mattingly spend 126 hours or 64 orbits in lunar orbit. While conducting moonwalks, Young and Duke collected 95.8Kg of lunar samples. During return trip to Earth Mattingly performed an EVA to collect film cassettes from the exterior of the service module.

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Voskhod | Zenit-4M 34

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 14, 1972, 8 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The soviet Zenit-4M (Rotor, 11F691) was an improved version of the Zenit-4 high resolution reconnaissance satellite and was part of the Vostok-based Zenit-family.

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Molniya-M | Prognoz

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 14, 1972, 12:54 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Prognoz is a series of research satellites to study solar activity and its influence on Earth's magnetosphere and ionosphere.

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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 52

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 11, 1972, 11:04 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The DS-P1-Yu series of satellites was used to calibrate space surveillance and early warning radars.

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Voskhod | Energiya 1

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 7, 1972, 10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Satellite designed to investigate primary cosmic radiation and meteoritic particles.

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