1968 in spaceflight
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The United States National Space Science Data Center catalogued 157 spacecraft placed into orbit by launches, which occurred in 1968.[1] The first crewed Apollo missions occurred in 1968. It was also the year in which Earth lifeforms first left low Earth orbit, during the successful Zond 5 mission to the Moon and the Zond 6 lunar mission which crashed upon return, and the year that humans first left low Earth orbit, during the successful Apollo 8 mission to the Moon.
Deep space lunar missions
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| 10 January | Surveyor 7 | Lunar landing | in the debris from Tycho crater |
| 31 January | Lunar Orbiter 5 | Lunar impact | |
| 10 April | Luna 14 | Lunar orbit insertion | |
| 18 September | Zond 5 | Flyby of the Moon; first return to Earth after flight to Moon; first Earth life forms to travel around the Moon (two Russian tortoises) | Closest approach: Template:Convert |
| 14 November | Zond 6 | Flyby of the Moon, with turtles, flies, and bacteria | Closest approach: Template:Convert |
| 24 December | Apollo 8 | Lunar orbit insertion; first humans to travel around the Moon | |
| 25 December | Apollo 8 | Leaves lunar orbit | Completed 10 orbits |
Orbital launches
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January
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February
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March
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April
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May
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June
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July
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August
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September
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October
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November
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December
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Suborbital Launches
January-December
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References
Footnotes
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