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1978 in spaceflight wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 launches toggle launches subsection 1 1 january 1 2 february 1 3 march 1 4 may 1 5 june 1 6 august 1 7 september 1 8 october 2 deep space rendezvous 3 evas 4 references toggle references subsection 4 1 footnotes toggle the table of contents 1978 in spaceflight 7 languages башҡортса català suomi français עברית лезги русский edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia this timeline of spaceflight may require cleanup to ensure consistency with other timeline of spaceflight articles see wikipedia wikiproject spaceflight timeline of spaceflight working group for guidelines on how to improve the article details concerns have been raised that a large amount of information is missing 1978 in spaceflight the pioneer venus orbiter atop an atlas centaur before launch orbital launches first 6 january last 28 december total 128 catalogued 124 national firsts space traveller czechoslovakia poland east germany ddr rockets retirements atlas agena mu 3h crewed flights orbital 5 total travellers 10 v t e 1978 in spaceflight timeline of spaceflight 1977 1979 1978 saw the launch of the pioneer venus missions launched by the united states on 20 may and 8 august the pioneer venus multiprobe landed four spacecraft on the planet one of which transmitted data for 67 minutes before being destroyed by atmospheric pressure isee c which was launched on 8 december flew past comet 21p giacobini zinner in 1985 and halley s comet in 1986 1 v t e timeline of spaceflight spaceflight before 1951 1950s 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 h1 h2 1959 h1 h2 1960s 1960 t1 t2 t3 1961 h1 h2 1962 q1 q2 q3 q4 1963 q1 q2 q3 q4 1964 q1 q2 q3 q4 1965 q1 q2 q3 q4 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970s 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980s 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990s 1990 1991 h1 h2 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000s 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010s 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 h1 h2 2019 h1 h2 2020s 2020 2021 h1 h2 2022 h1 h2 2023 h1 h2 2024 h1 h2 2025 q1 q2 q3 q4 2026 q1 q2 q3 q4 2027 2028 2029 2030s 2030 timeline of artificial satellites and space probes launches edit jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec date and time utc rocket flight number launch site lsp payload cubesat operator orbit function decay utc outcome remarks january edit 10 january 12 26 00 soyuz u baikonur site 1 5 soyuz 27 low earth salyut 6 salyut 6 ep 1 16 march 11 18 successful crewed flight with two cosmonauts 20 january 08 25 soyuz u baikonur site 31 6 progress 1 low earth salyut 6 salyut 6 logistics 8 february 02 00 successful maiden flight of progress spacecraft first in orbit refuel from progress to salyut 6 2nd feb 26 january 04 58 long march 2a jiuquan la 2 138 fsw 0 3 low earth reconnaissance 30 january successful re entry capsule recovered on 30 january jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec february edit 4 february 07 00 m 3h kagoshima space center lp m isas exos a kyokko isas highly elliptical orbit magnetosphere research in orbit successful jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec march edit 2 march 15 28 10 soyuz u baikonur site 1 5 soyuz 28 low earth salyut 6 salyut 6 ep 2 10 march 11 24 successful crewed flight with two cosmonauts first czechoslovak in space jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec may edit 20 may 13 13 00 atlas slv 3d centaur cape canaveral lc 36a pioneer venus orbiter nasa arc cytherocentric venus orbiter 22 october 1992 successful entered 181 6 x 66 360 km orbit around venus on 4 december 1978 jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec june edit 15 june 20 16 45 soyuz u baikonur site 1 5 soyuz 29 low earth salyut 6 salyut 6 eo 2 31 september 11 40 successful crewed flight with two cosmonauts 16 june 10 49 delta 2914 cape canaveral lc 17b goes 3 noaa geostationary weather in orbit successful decommissioned on 29 june 2016 27 june 15 27 21 soyuz u baikonur site 1 5 soyuz 30 low earth salyut 6 salyut 6 ep 3 5 july 13 30 successful crewed flight with two cosmonauts first pole in space jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec august edit 8 august 07 33 atlas slv 3d centaur cape canaveral lc 36a pioneer venus multiprobe bus nasa arc heliocentric venus atmospheric probe 9 december 1978 20 22 55 successful pioneer venus large probe nasa arc heliocentric venus atmospheric probe 9 december 1978 19 39 53 successful pioneer venus north probe nasa arc heliocentric venus atmospheric probe 9 december 1978 19 42 40 successful pioneer venus night probe nasa arc heliocentric venus atmospheric probe 9 december 1978 19 52 07 successful pioneer venus day probe nasa arc heliocentric venus atmospheric probe 9 december 1978 20 55 34 successful day probe survived landing sent data for an additional 67 minutes afterward first american probe to send data from the surface of venus 12 august 14 12 00 delta 2914 cape canaveral lc 17b international sun earth explorer 3 isee 3 international cometary explorer ice nasa esro sun earth l 1 to heliocentric probing interaction of earth s magnetic field with solar wind later cometary research in orbit successful first probe stationed at sun earth l 1 lagrangian point later entered heliocentric orbit encountering comet giacobini zinner on 11 september 1985 it would also study halley s comet from a distance in 1986 26 august 14 51 30 soyuz u baikonur site 1 5 soyuz 31 low earth salyut 6 salyut 6 ep 4 2 november 11 04 successful crewed flight with two cosmonauts first east german in space jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec september edit 16 september 05 00 m 3h kagoshima space center lp m isas exos b jikiken isas highly elliptical orbit magnetosphere research 23 april 2018 successful october edit 3 october 23 09 30 soyuz u baikonur site 31 6 progress 4 low earth salyut 6 salyut 6 logistics 26 october 16 28 successful deep space rendezvous edit date gmt spacecraft event remarks 4 december pioneer venus orbiter cytherocentric orbit insertion 9 december pioneer venus multiprobe venerian atmospheric entry the bus one large and three small subprobes 21 december venera 12 venerian landing 25 december venera 11 venerian landing evas edit start date time duration end time spacecraft crew remarks 29 july 04 00 2 hours 20 minutes 06 20 salyut 6 pe 2 vladimir kovalyonok aleksandr ivanchenkov ivanchenkov retrieved samples and experiments attached to the outside of salyut kovalyonok assisted with the retrievals and used a color television camera to transmit eva images to the ground controllers references edit 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 archived from the original on 5 october 2009 retrieved 13 august 2022 mcdowell jonathan gcat orbital launch log 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 хроника освоения космоса chronicle of space exploration cosmoworld in russian rocket launch manifest next spaceflight space launch plans novosti kosmonavtiki space satellite tracking n2yo generic references view talk edit spaceflight portal footnotes edit hughes j 1996 larousse desk reference encloypedia london rd press v t e timeline of spaceflight spaceflight before 1951 1950s 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 h1 h2 1959 h1 h2 1960s 1960 t1 t2 t3 1961 h1 h2 1962 q1 q2 q3 q4 1963 q1 q2 q3 q4 1964 q1 q2 q3 q4 1965 q1 q2 q3 q4 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970s 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980s 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990s 1990 1991 h1 h2 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000s 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010s 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 h1 h2 2019 h1 h2 2020s 2020 2021 h1 h2 2022 h1 h2 2023 h1 h2 2024 h1 h2 2025 q1 q2 q3 q4 2026 q1 q2 q3 q4 2027 2028 2029 2030s 2030 timeline of artificial satellites and space probes v t e 1977 orbital launches in 1978 1979 kosmos 974 intelsat iva f 3 soyuz 27 kosmos 975 kosmos 976 kosmos 977 kosmos 978 kosmos 979 kosmos 980 kosmos 981 kosmos 982 kosmos 983 kosmos 984 kosmos 985 progress 1 molniya 3 no 20 kosmos 986 fanhui shi weixing 4 iue kosmos 987 kyokko kosmos 988 ops 6291 kosmos 989 ume 2 kosmos 990 ops 5111 ops 6031 kosmos 991 soyuz 28 molniya 1 39 kosmos 992 landsat 3 oscar 8 pix 1 kosmos 993 kosmos 994 ops 0460 ops 7858 kosmos 995 ops 9439 ops 9440 kosmos 996 kosmos 997 kosmos 998 kosmos 999 kosmos 1000 intelsat iva f 6 kosmos 1001 kosmos 1002 ops 8790 yuri 1 kosmos 1003 hcmm ops 6183 kosmos 1004 ots 2 kosmos 1005 kosmos 1006 ops 5112 kosmos 1007 kosmos 1008 kosmos 1009 pioneer venus orbiter kosmos 1010 kosmos 1011 kosmos 1012 ekran no 13l molniya 1 40 kosmos 1013 kosmos 1014 kosmos 1015 kosmos 1016 kosmos 1017 kosmos 1018 kosmos 1019 kosmos 1020 kosmos 1021 ops 9454 kosmos 1022 ops 4515 soyuz 29 goes 3 kosmos 1023 seasat soyuz 30 kosmos 1024 kosmos 1025 comstar 1c kosmos 1026 progress 2 geos 2 molniya 1 41 gran no 14l kosmos 1027 ops 7310 kosmos 1028 progress 3 pioneer venus multiprobe isee 3 ekran no 15l molniya 1 41 soyuz 31 kosmos 1029 kosmos 1030 venera 11 kosmos 1031 venera 12 jikiken kosmos 1032 kosmos 1033 progress 4 kosmos 1034 kosmos 1035 kosmos 1036 kosmos 1037 kosmos 1038 kosmos 1039 kosmos 1040 kosmos 1041 kosmos 1042 ops 5113 kosmos 1043 molniya 3 no 22 tiros n kosmos 1044 ekran no 14l nimbus 7 cameo interkosmos 18 magion 1 kosmos 1045 rs 1 rs 2 prognoz 7 kosmos 1046 einstein kosmos 1047 kosmos 1048 nato 3c kosmos 1049 kosmos 1050 kosmos 1051 kosmos 1052 kosmos 1053 kosmos 1054 kosmos 1055 kosmos 1056 kosmos 1057 kosmos 1058 kosmos 1059 kosmos 1060 ops 5114 ops 9441 ops 9442 kosmos 1061 kosmos 1062 anik b1 drims kosmos 1063 gorizont no 11l kosmos 1064 kosmos 1065 kosmos 1066 kosmos 1067 kosmos 1068 kosmos 1069 payloads are separated by bullets launches by pipes crewed flights are indicated in underline uncatalogued launch failures are listed in italics payloads deployed from other 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