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1 January - TsKBEM reorganised - TsKBEM was given a completely new structure as a result of the findings of the expert commissions on the disasters for the previous year, Mishin remained as the Chief Designer for the organisation, but each programme now had its own chief designer:...
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14 January - Gilruth appointed NASA Director of Key Personnel Development - Manned Spacecraft Center Robert R. Gilruth was appointed to the newly created position of NASA Director of Key Personnel Development. He would integrate NASA planning to fill key positions, identify actual and potential candidates, and guide them thr...
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18 January - Sigurd A Sjoberg named Deputy Director of Manned Spacecraft Center. - Sigurd A. Sjoberg was named Deputy Director of Manned Spacecraft Center. Sjoberg succeeded Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., who was named Director of MSC January 14....
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14 February - Luna 20 - Soft landed on Moon; returned soil samples to Earth. Landed on Moon 21 February 1972 at 19:19:00 GMT, Latitude 3.57 N, Longitude 56.50 E - Mare Fecunditatis. Luna 20 was placed in an intermediate earth parking orbit and from this orbit was sent towar...
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16 February - N1-L3M moon landing draft project work authorised. - Military-Industrial Commission (VPK) Decree 'On approval of work on the draft project for the N1-L3M two-launch lunar landing proposal' was issued....
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23 February - MOK technical proposal authorised. - Decree 'On work on the technical proposal for the creation of the MOK' was issued....
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16 April - Apollo 16 Subsatellite - Released from Apollo 16 into lunar orbit on 24 April 1972 at 21:56:09 GMT into a 96 km x 122 km orbit; fields and particles data; impacted lunar surface 29 May 1972....
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16 April - Apollo 16 - The ...
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16 April - Apollo 16 LM - ...
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21 April - EVA Apollo 16-1 - Explored lunar surface near LM and deployed ALSEP unmanned scientific station equipment....
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22 April - EVA Apollo 16-2 - Drove in lunar rover to Stone Mountain....
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23 April - EVA Apollo 16-3 - Drove in lunar rover to North Ray crater....
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23 April - EVA Apollo 16-4 - Threw excess equipment out of LM before lift-off....
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25 April - EVA Apollo 16-5 - Deep space retrieval of film cartridges from Service Module....
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27 April - Landing of Apollo 16 - Entry and landing were normal, completing a 265-hour 51-minute mission.
The command module was viewed on television while dropping on the
drogue parachutes, and continuous coverage was provided through crew
recovery. Splashdown was at 2:45 p.m. ES...
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15 May - N1-L3M development authorised. - Council of Chief Designers Decree 'On approval of the N1-L3M proposal' was issued....
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15 June - Almaz / TKS project rescheduled. - Ministry of General Machine Building (MOM) Decree 'On schedule of work for the Almaz and TKS programs' was issued....
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26 June - No foreseeable mission for Apollo Apollo CSMs 115 and 115a - NASA Deputy Administrator George M. Low and Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight Dale D. Myers met and decided there was no foreseeable mission for CSMs 115 and 115a; funds would not be authorized for any work on these spacecraft; and skil...
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15 July - Lunar Science Institute's summer study on post-Apollo lunar science - The Lunar Science Institute's summer study on post-Apollo lunar science arrived at a number of conclusions and recommendations. Some conclusions were: Lunar science would evolve through three rather distinct phases. For two years immediately followin...
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29 July - Zarya s/n 122 - Second Salyut space station (DOS 2), failed to reach orbit....
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15 August - N1 7L launch readiness review - Mishin held a Soviet of N1 chief designers to confirm launch readiness....
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21 August - N1 7L State Commission - The State Commission was held to verify readiness of N1 7L for launch. Mishin was 'sick' the whole week of the hearings and had to be represented by his deputies. However neither Mishin or his first deputy Okhapkin were available - both were in the h...
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20 September - Final N1 components arrive at Baikonur - The replacement transformers for the VP53 digital to analogue converters were delivered to Baikonur....
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14 October - Electrical trials of the N1 7L were successfully completed. - ...
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18 October - UR-500K failure investigation. - Afanasyev was back at the cosmodrome for investigation of the latest UR-500K failure....
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16 November - Flight readiness review for the N1. - There were still three defects in the new digital computer systems and controversy as to whether to fly the fuel cells in the LOK. But without the fuel cells, there could be no translunar mission. The only power available would then be the batteries ...
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21 November - State Commission was held to formally approve launch of N1 7L. - ...
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23 November - N1 7L - Unmanned test of manned lunar mission launch vehicle serial number 7L. This article incorporated significant changes to the previous model, including roll 'steering' engines to prevent the loss of control that destroyed 6L. The rocket ascended into t...
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23 November - Final N1 preparations - At 17:00 fuelling of N1 7L began. Lox fuelling was completed at 23:40....
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7 December - Apollo 17 - ...
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7 December - Apollo 17 LM - ...
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11 December - EVA Apollo 17-1 - Explored lunar surface near LM and deployed ALSEP unmanned scientific station equipment....
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12 December - EVA Apollo 17-2 - Drove in lunar rover to South Massif....
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13 December - EVA Apollo 17-3 - Drove in lunar rover to North Massif....
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14 December - EVA Apollo 17-4 - Threw excess equipment out of LM before lift-off....
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14 December - EVA Apollo 17-5 - Threw excess equipment out of LM before lift-off....
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17 December - EVA Apollo 17-6 - Deep space retrieval of film cartridges from Service Module....
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19 December - Landing of Apollo 17 - Reentry, landing, and recovery were normal. The Apollo 17 command module parachuted into the mid-Pacific at 19:25 GMT, 6.4 kilometers from the prime recovery ship, U.S.S. ...
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31 December - Brezhnev selects Almaz for next space station - Brezhnev personally selects Almaz for next space station launch. Following two successive failures of DOS-7K station (Salyut 1 and the July 29, 1972 launch failure), Brezhnev personally selects Almaz for next launch (Salyut 2)....
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