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1967 January 1 - Launch Vehicle: Soyuz. Model: Voskhod 11A57.
  • Zenit-2 spysat moved to more powerful Voskhod launcher. Nation: USSR. Spacecraft: Zenit-2. Ministry of Defence Decree 15 'On transfer of Zenit-2 from the 8A92 to the 11A57 launcher' was issued. References: 474.
1967 January - Launch Vehicle: Proton. Model: Proton 8K82K. LV Configuration: Proton 8K82K.
  • First L-1 Zond spacecraft mated to Proton Nation: USSR. Program: Lunar L1. Payload: Soyuz 7K-L1P #1. Class: Manned. Type: Spacecraft. Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-L1. Fit tests at Tyuratam. Not launched (Interavia SD). References: 23.
During 1967 - Launch Vehicle: N1.
  • N1 development progress Nation: USSR. Program: Lunar L3. The KORD system detected and controlled the parameters of 42 engines (30 first stage + 8 second stage + 4 third stage) This involved processing 1600 data elements. Additional Details: N1 development progress. References: 367.
1967 January 5 -
  • Cosmonaut training status Nation: USSR. Program: Lunar L1, Soyuz, Almaz. Spacecraft: Voskhod, Soyuz 7K-OK, Soyuz 7K-L1, Almaz OPS, Soyuz VI. Crews are in training for Voskhod, Soyuz, Lunar L-1, Almaz, and 7K-VI missions. There will be 100 cosmonauts in training by February. Meanwhile the Americans have conducted 10 manned flights since the last Soviet manned flight in March 1965. The cosmonauts want Kamanin to be training 8 crews for L-1 translunar flights, but he only has 4 in training. He doesn't think it is worth to train more, since if one successful L-1 flight is conducted before the 50th Anniversary of the Soviet Union in November 1957, all subsequent flights will be cancelled.

    The cosmonauts are also pressing for a meeting with Brezhnev to discuss planned military experiments, the role of the pilot in spacecraft, and the mistakes of OKB-1 in spacecraft design. Kamanin thinks this would be too risky - unforeseen results could occur. Titov is assigned to the Spiral spaceplane programme. Kamanin thinks the project is risky and likely to be cancelled. But Titov enjoys being able to fly high performance MiG-21 aircraft, and has wanted out of the main cosmonaut program for a long time. There is constant high level pressure on Kamanin to assign OKB-1 engineer cosmonaut candidates to crews and fly them. References: 376.

1967 January 6 - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC29A. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Polaris. Model: Polaris A3. LV Configuration: Polaris A3TX-2.
  • Antelope test Nation: USA. Agency: USN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). References: 2.
1967 January 11 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -.
  • First and only launch of a Castor/Scramjet Nation: USA. First and only launch of a Castor/Scramjet from Vandenberg AFB. References: 88.
1967 January 11 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. Model: Veronique 61. LV Configuration: Veronique 61 VA84.
  • FU-161 Astronomy X-ray astronomy / ultraviolet astronomy mission Nation: France. Agency: FR. Apogee: 158 km (98 mi). FU161 X-ray and UV astronomy / Stab mission. References: 2.
1967 January 11 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: 4300C. Launch Pad: 4300C. Launch Vehicle: Sergeant. Model: Castor.
  • Marquardt Scramjet Technology mission Nation: USA. Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 54 km (33 mi). References: 2.
1967 January 11 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: LF08. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. LV Configuration: Minuteman 2 2073.
  • Force modification research and development mission Nation: USA. Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). References: 2.
1967 January 11 - 10:55 GMT - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC17B. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Delta. Model: Thor Delta E1. LV Configuration: Thor Delta E1 468/D44.
  • Intelsat 2 F-2 Nation: International. Program: Intelsat. Mass: 87 kg (191 lb). Class: Communications. Spacecraft: Intelsat 2. Agency: INTELSAT. Perigee: 35,769 km (22,225 mi). Apogee: 35,808 km (22,250 mi). Inclination: 1.60 deg. Period: 1,436.20 min. COSPAR: 1967-001A. USAF Sat Cat: 2639. Completed Operations Date: 1977-05-01. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C). Positioned in geosynchronous orbit over the Pacific Ocean at 174 deg E in 1967-1969; over the Pacific Ocean 162-170 deg E in 1969-1970; over the Pacific Ocean 150-160 deg E in 1970-1975 As of 7 August 2001 located at 48.66 deg E drifting at 0.413 deg W per day. As of 2007 Mar 8 located at 63.48W drifting at 0.357W degrees per day. References: 2, 6.
1967 January 13 - 10:00 GMT - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. Model: Veronique AGI. LV Configuration: Veronique AGI AGI 63.
  • FU-160 Solar corona Solar ultraviolet mission Nation: France. Agency: FR. Apogee: 123 km (76 mi). FU160 Solar corona (UV) / Ptr mission. References: 2.
1967 January 14 - 21:28 GMT - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC3W. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Delta. Model: Thor SLV-2A Agena D. LV Configuration: Thor SLV-2A Agena D 495 / Agena D SS-01B 1629.
  • KH-4A 1038 Nation: USA. Payload: KH-4A s/n 1038 / Agena D 1629. Mass: 1,500 kg (3,300 lb). Class: Surveillance. Type: Military. Spacecraft: KH-4A. Agency: NRO/CIA. Perigee: 177 km (109 mi). Apogee: 355 km (220 mi). Inclination: 80.10 deg. Period: 89.80 min. COSPAR: 1967-002A. USAF Sat Cat: 2642. Decay Date: 1967-02-02. KH-4A. Fair image quality. References: 2, 6.
1967 January 16 - 10:48 GMT - Launch Site: Eglin. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Nike. Model: Nike Iroquois. LV Configuration: Nike Iroquois CRL AF07.654.
  • IRIS (TMA) Aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: AFCRL. Apogee: 217 km (134 mi). References: 2.
1967 January 16 - 22:48 GMT - Launch Site: Eglin. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Nike. Model: Nike Iroquois. LV Configuration: Nike Iroquois CRL AF07.503.
  • Release Ba Aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: AFCRL. Apogee: 193 km (119 mi). References: 2.
1967 January 16 - 23:00 GMT - Launch Site: Eglin. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Nike. Model: Nike Iroquois. LV Configuration: Nike Iroquois CRL AF07.653.
  • JILL (TMA) Aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: AFCRL. Apogee: 155 km (96 mi). References: 2.
1967 January 17 - 1967 January 17 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. Model: Veronique 61. LV Configuration: Veronique 61 VA85.
  • FU-145B astronomy Test / ultraviolet astronomy mission Nation: France. Agency: FR. Apogee: 205 km (127 mi). FU145b X-ray and UV astronomy / Stab mission. References: 2.
1967 January 17 - Launch Site: Tonopah. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Sandhawk. LV Configuration: Sandhawk Sandia 281-3.
  • Test / aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: Sandia. Apogee: 188 km (116 mi). References: 2.
1967 January 17 - 19:00 GMT - Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: LC35. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee. Model: Aerobee 150. LV Configuration: Aerobee 150 CRL AG3.526.
  • Extreme ultraviolet Mon Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Nation: USA. Agency: AFCRL. Apogee: 243 km (150 mi). References: 2.
1967 January 18 - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC32B. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. LV Configuration: Minuteman 2 464.
  • Research and development launch Nation: USA. Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). References: 2.
1967 January 18 - 01:34 GMT - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: 576A2. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Model: Atlas F. LV Configuration: Atlas F 148F.
  • ABRES TVX-13 (21) re-entry vehicle test flight Nation: USA. Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,400 km (800 mi). References: 2.
1967 January 18 - 14:19 GMT - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC41. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Titan. Model: Titan 3C. LV Configuration: Titan IIIC 3C-13.
  • IDCSP 2-1 Nation: USA. Payload: IDCSP 8. Mass: 45 kg (99 lb). Class: Communications. Type: Military. Spacecraft: IDCSP. Agency: USAF. Perigee: 33,518 km (20,827 mi). Apogee: 33,829 km (21,020 mi). Inclination: 8.70 deg. Period: 1,329.50 min. COSPAR: 1967-003A. USAF Sat Cat: 2645. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A). References: 2, 6.
  • IDCSP 2-2 Nation: USA. Payload: IDCSP 9. Mass: 45 kg (99 lb). Class: Communications. Type: Military. Spacecraft: IDCSP. Agency: USAF. Perigee: 33,533 km (20,836 mi). Apogee: 33,830 km (21,020 mi). Inclination: 8.50 deg. Period: 1,329.90 min. COSPAR: 1967-003B. USAF Sat Cat: 2649. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A). References: 2, 6.
  • IDCSP 2-3 Nation: USA. Payload: IDCSP 10. Mass: 45 kg (99 lb). Class: Communications. Type: Military. Spacecraft: IDCSP. Agency: USAF. Perigee: 33,549 km (20,846 mi). Apogee: 33,843 km (21,029 mi). Inclination: 8.30 deg. Period: 1,330.70 min. COSPAR: 1967-003C. USAF Sat Cat: 2650. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A). References: 2, 6.
  • IDCSP 2-4 Nation: USA. Payload: IDCSP 11. Mass: 45 kg (99 lb). Class: Communications. Type: Military. Spacecraft: IDCSP. Agency: USAF. Perigee: 33,579 km (20,864 mi). Apogee: 33,873 km (21,047 mi). Inclination: 8.50 deg. Period: 1,332.10 min. COSPAR: 1967-003D. USAF Sat Cat: 2651. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A). References: 2, 6.
  • IDCSP 2-5 Nation: USA. Payload: IDCSP 12. Mass: 45 kg (99 lb). Class: Communications. Type: Military. Spacecraft: IDCSP. Agency: USAF. Perigee: 33,599 km (20,877 mi). Apogee: 33,935 km (21,086 mi). Inclination: 8.50 deg. Period: 1,334.20 min. COSPAR: 1967-003E. USAF Sat Cat: 2652. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A). References: 2, 6.
  • IDCSP 2-6 Nation: USA. Payload: IDCSP 13. Mass: 45 kg (99 lb). Class: Communications. Type: Military. Spacecraft: IDCSP. Agency: USAF. Perigee: 33,631 km (20,897 mi). Apogee: 33,995 km (21,123 mi). Inclination: 11.80 deg. Period: 1,336.50 min. COSPAR: 1967-003F. USAF Sat Cat: 2653. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A). References: 2, 6.
  • IDCSP 2-7 Nation: USA. Payload: IDCSP 14. Mass: 45 kg (99 lb). Class: Communications. Type: Military. Spacecraft: IDCSP. Agency: USAF. Perigee: 33,622 km (20,891 mi). Apogee: 34,127 km (21,205 mi). Inclination: 8.60 deg. Period: 1,339.50 min. COSPAR: 1967-003G. USAF Sat Cat: 2654. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A). References: 2, 6.
  • IDCSP 2-8 Nation: USA. Payload: IDCSP 15. Mass: 45 kg (99 lb). Class: Communications. Type: Military. Spacecraft: IDCSP. Agency: USAF. Perigee: 33,666 km (20,919 mi). Apogee: 34,224 km (21,265 mi). Inclination: 8.60 deg. Period: 1,343.10 min. COSPAR: 1967-003H. USAF Sat Cat: 2655. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A). References: 2, 6.
1967 January 19 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Brigitte. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Diamant. Model: Saphir. LV Configuration: Saphir VE231 G5.
  • Re-entry Vehicle test Nation: France. Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). References: 2.
1967 January 19 - 12:39 GMT - Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Complex: LC41/1. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz. Model: Vostok 8A92.
  • Cosmos 138 Nation: USSR. Payload: Zenit-2 11F61 s/n 43. Mass: 4,720 kg (10,400 lb). Class: Surveillance. Type: Military. Spacecraft: Zenit-2. Agency: MOM. Perigee: 190 km (110 mi). Apogee: 273 km (169 mi). Inclination: 64.60 deg. Period: 89.10 min. COSPAR: 1967-004A. USAF Sat Cat: 2646. Duration: 8.00 days. Decay Date: 1967-01-27. Area survey photo reconnaissance satellite. References: 2, 6,93.
1967 January 19 - 23:22 GMT - Launch Site: Eglin. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Nike. Model: Nike Iroquois. LV Configuration: Nike Iroquois CRL AF07.655.
  • Release Aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: AFCRL. Apogee: 107 km (66 mi). References: 2.
1967 January 20 - Launch Vehicle: Saturn V.
  • Apollo S-IVB stage for Saturn launch vehicle 503 exploded Nation: USA. Program: Apollo. The Saturn 503 S-IVB stage exploded and was destroyed at the Douglas Sacramento, Calif., Test Facility at 4:25 p.m. PST during a countdown. The exercise had progressed to 10 seconds before simulated launch (about 8 minutes before S-IVB ignition) when the explosion occurred. Additional Details: Apollo S-IVB stage for Saturn launch vehicle 503 exploded. References: 16.
1967 January 21 - 06:38 GMT - Launch Site: Fort Churchill. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant. Model: Black Brant 2. LV Configuration: Black Brant II AA-2-105.
  • Aurora / ionosphere / plasma mission Nation: Canada. Agency: NRCC. Apogee: 170 km (100 mi). References: 2.
1967 January 22 - 15:44 GMT - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: 576B2. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Model: Atlas D. LV Configuration: Atlas D 35D.
  • ABRES Mk 12R PDV re-entry vehicle test flight Nation: USA. Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi). References: 2.
1967 January 23 - Launch Vehicle: CZ-1.
  • Tsien removed Nation: China. Spacecraft: DFH-1. Tsien was overthrown by the 916 (Mao) Clique. Ye Zhengguang, a missile engineer, with the approval off Zhou En Lai and Marshall Nie, confronts Tsien and removes him from his post as head of the Seventh Ministry. Minister of Machine Building Wang Bingzhang was also deposed. However Tsien was protected by the leadership, made a 'Vice Minister', and claimed he supports the coup. Wang refused to cooperate and would not hand over the chops of his office to the 916 Clique.
1967 January 23 - 07:00 GMT - Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Apache. Model: Nike Apache. LV Configuration: Nike Apache Sphere 37.
  • STV? Aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: AFCRL. Apogee: 108 km (67 mi). References: 2.
1967 January 23 - 10:00 GMT - Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Apache. Model: Nike Apache. LV Configuration: Nike Apache Sphere.
  • Aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: AFCRL. Apogee: 108 km (67 mi). References: 2.
1967 January 24 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: LF09. Launch Pad: LF09?. Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Model: Minuteman 1B. LV Configuration: Minuteman 1B 828.
  • Follow-on operational missile test Nation: USA. Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). References: 2.
1967 January 24 - 09:00 GMT - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Tomahawk Sandia. Model: Nike Tomahawk. LV Configuration: Nike Tomahawk MUMP-8 (ETR-1474).
  • Diurnal thermosphere Aeronomy / ionosphere mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 325 km (201 mi). References: 2.
1967 January 24 - 11:51 GMT - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Tomahawk Sandia. Model: Nike Tomahawk. LV Configuration: Nike Tomahawk MUMP-6 (ETR-1828).
  • Aeronomy / ionosphere mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 325 km (201 mi). References: 2.
1967 January 24 - 15:08 GMT - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Tomahawk Sandia. Model: Nike Tomahawk. LV Configuration: Nike Tomahawk MUMP-3 (ETR-1165).
  • Aeronomy / ionosphere mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 324 km (201 mi). References: 2.
1967 January 24 - 19:33 GMT - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Tomahawk Sandia. Model: Nike Tomahawk. LV Configuration: Nike Tomahawk MUMP-1 (ETR-0381).
  • Aeronomy / ionosphere mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 336 km (208 mi). References: 2.
1967 January 24 - 22:50 GMT - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Tomahawk Sandia. Model: Nike Tomahawk. LV Configuration: Nike Tomahawk MUMP-2 (ETR-0611).
  • Aeronomy / ionosphere mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 320 km (190 mi). References: 2.
1967 January 25 - Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: UR-100. FAILURE: Failure.
  • Operational missile test Nation: USSR. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 0 km ( mi). References: 2.
1967 January 25 - 03:00 GMT - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Tomahawk Sandia. Model: Nike Tomahawk. LV Configuration: Nike Tomahawk MUMP-7 (ETR-0851).
  • Aeronomy / ionosphere mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 327 km (203 mi). References: 2.
1967 January 25 - 13:55 GMT - Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: LC162/36. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Tsiklon. Model: R-36-O. LV Configuration: R-36O 8K69 N22500 No. 07L.
  • Cosmos 139 Nation: USSR. Mass: 1,700 kg (3,700 lb). Class: Military. Type: FOBS. Spacecraft: OGCh. Agency: RVSN. Perigee: 144 km (89 mi). Apogee: 210 km (130 mi). Inclination: 49.70 deg. Period: 88.00 min. COSPAR: 1967-005A. USAF Sat Cat: 2656. Decay Date: 1967-01-25. Third orbital Fractional Orbital Bombardment System test. First apparently successful test. The warhead was braked to an impact in the Kapustin Yar range. References: 2, 6.
1967 January 25 - 23:16 GMT - Launch Site: Dumont d'Urville. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Dragon 1. LV Configuration: Dragon D-24.
  • FU-145B ionosphere / particles Ionosphere mission Nation: France. Agency: CNES. Apogee: 340 km (210 mi). References: 2.
1967 January 26 -
  • NASA planned to form an "embryonic space station" in 1968-69 by clustering four AAP payloads. Nation: USA. Spacecraft: Orbital Workshop. At a NASA Hq briefing, Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight George E. Mueller stated that NASA planned to form an 'embryonic space station' in 1968-69 by clustering four AAP payloads launched at different times. The first mission would be the launch of a manned spacecraft followed several days later by a spent S-IVB stage converted into an OWS. After the two spacecraft had docked, the crew would enter the Workshop through an airlock. Twenty-eight days later they would passivate the OWS and return to Earth in their spacecraft. In three to six months, a second manned spacecraft would be launched on a 56-day mission to deliver a resupply module to the OWS and to rendezvous with an unmanned ATM, the fourth and last launch of the series. The cluster would be joined together using the multiple docking adapter. Emphasizing the importance of manning the ATM, Mueller said that 'if there is one thing the scientific community is agreed on it is that when you want to have a major telescope instrument in space it needs to be manned.'
1967 January 26 - 17:31 GMT - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC2E. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Delta. Model: Thor Delta E. LV Configuration: Thor Delta E 472/D45.
  • ESSA 4 Nation: USA. Program: Tiros. Payload: TOS B. Mass: 132 kg (291 lb). Class: Earth. Type: Weather. Spacecraft: TOS. Agency: ESSA. Perigee: 1,326 km (823 mi). Apogee: 1,440 km (890 mi). Inclination: 102.00 deg. Period: 113.40 min. COSPAR: 1967-006A. USAF Sat Cat: 2657. Replaced ESSA 2. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C). References: 2, 6.
1967 January 26 - 18:45 GMT - Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Arcas. Model: Boosted Arcas.
  • Aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: USA. Apogee: 104 km (64 mi). References: 2.
1967 January 27 - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Saturn I. Model: Saturn IB.
  • Apollo 204 Nation: USA. Program: Apollo. Payload: CSM-012. Spacecraft: Apollo CSM, Apollo Lunar Landing. Location of Spacecraft: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA (Not on public display). Crew: Chaffee, Grissom, White. Flight: Apollo 204. The first manned flight of the Apollo CSM, the Apollo C category mission, was planned for the last quarter of 1966. Numerous problems with the Apollo Block I spacecraft resulted in a flight delay to February 1967. The crew of Virgil I. Grissom, Edward H. White II, and Roger B. Chaffee, was killed in a fire while testing their capsule on the pad on 27 January 1967, still weeks away from launch. The designation AS-204 was used by NASA for the flight at the time; the designation Apollo 1 was applied retroactively at the request of Grissom's widow. References: 26, 27, 33,60.
1967 January 27 -
  • 62 nations signed the Space Law Treaty Nation: USA. Program: Apollo. Representatives of 62 nations signed the space law treaty, "Treaty on Principles Covering the Activities of the States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies," at separate ceremonies in Washington, London, and Moscow. The treaty, which limited military activities in space, had been agreed upon by the U.S. and U.S.S.R. December 8, 1966, and unanimously approved by the United Nations General Assembly December 19. It was to become effective when ratified by the U.S., U.S.S.R., United Kingdom, and two other countries. References: 16.
1967 January 27 - 1967 January 27 - 1967 January 27 - 1967 January 27 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Brigitte. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Diamant. Model: Saphir. LV Configuration: Saphir VE231 G6.
  • Re-entry Vehicle test Nation: France. Agency: ONERA. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). References: 2.
1967 January 28 -
  • Apollo 204 Review Board established to investigate the AS-204 accident Nation: USA. Program: Apollo. Flight: Apollo 204. The Apollo 204 Review Board was established by NASA's Deputy Administrator Robert C. Seamans, Jr., to investigate the Apollo 204 accident that had killed the 204 prime crew January 27. The Board would report to the NASA Administrator. Additional Details: Apollo 204 Review Board established to investigate the AS-204 accident. References: 16.
1967 January 28 - 05:16 GMT - Launch Site: Fort Churchill. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Tomahawk Sandia. Model: Nike Tomahawk. LV Configuration: Nike Tomahawk NASA 18.23GE.
  • Particle fluxes Aeronomy / ionosphere mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 285 km (177 mi). References: 2.
1967 January 28 - 12:05 GMT - Launch Site: Dumont d'Urville. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Dragon 1. LV Configuration: Dragon D-25.
  • FU-151 ionosphere / particles Ionosphere mission Nation: France. Agency: CNES. Apogee: 310 km (190 mi). References: 2.
1967 January 29 - 01:21 GMT - Launch Site: Dumont d'Urville. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Dragon 1. LV Configuration: Dragon D-26.
  • FU-151 ionosphere / particles Ionosphere mission Nation: France. Agency: CNES. Apogee: 320 km (190 mi). References: 2.
1967 January 29 - 03:09 GMT - Launch Site: Dumont d'Urville. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Dragon 1. LV Configuration: Dragon D-27.
  • FU-151 ionosphere / particles Ionosphere mission Nation: France. Agency: CNES. Apogee: 340 km (210 mi). References: 2.
1967 January 30 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: LF03. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Model: Minuteman 1B. LV Configuration: Minuteman 1B 1206.
  • Follow-on operational missile test Nation: USA. Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). References: 2.
1967 January 31 -
  • Funeral services for the Apollo 204 crewmen Nation: USA. Program: Apollo. Flight: Apollo 204. Funeral services were held for the Apollo crewmen who died in the January 27 spacecraft 012 (Apollo 204 mission) flash fire at Cape Kennedy. All three were buried with full military honors: Virgil I. Grissom (Lt. Col., USAF), and Roger B. Chaffee (Lt. Cdr., USN), in Arlington, Va., National Cemetery; and Edward H. White II (Lt. Col., USAF), at West Point, N.Y. Memorial services had been held in Houston January 29 and 30. References: 16.
1967 January 31 -
  • Launch preparation for Apollo AS-501 to proceed as planned Nation: USA. Program: Apollo. Spacecraft: Apollo CSM. Flight: Apollo 204. A TWX from NASA Headquarters to MSC, MSFC, and KSC ordered checkout and launch preparation of AS-501 to proceed as planned, except that the CM would not be pressurized in an oxygen environment pending further direction. If AS-501 support, facility, or work force should conflict with the activities of the AS-204 Review Board, the Board would be given priority. References: 16.
1967 January 31 -
  • Energia Engineer Cosmonaut Training Group 1 Supplemental selected. Nation: USSR.
1967 January 31 - 02:05 GMT - Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Model: Kappa 9M. LV Configuration: Kappa 9M K-9M-22.
  • Ionosphere / solar radio frequencies mission Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 327 km (203 mi). References: 2.
1967 January 31 - 12:45 GMT - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC5. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Scout. Model: Scout B. LV Configuration: Scout B S151C. FAILURE: Failure.
  • OV3-05 Nation: USA. Payload: OV3-05. Class: Earth. Type: Magnetosphere. Spacecraft: OV3. Agency: AFSC. COSPAR: F670131A. Decay Date: 1967-01-21. References: 126.
1967 January 31 - 18:50 GMT - Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Apache. Model: Nike Apache. LV Configuration: Nike Apache NASA 14.275UI.
  • Electron density Aeronomy / ionosphere mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 195 km (121 mi). References: 2.
1967 January 31 - 19:11 GMT - Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Cajun. Model: Nike Cajun. LV Configuration: Nike Cajun NASA 10.207GM.
  • Grenades Aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 110 km (60 mi). References: 2.
1967 January 31 - 23:05 GMT - Launch Site: Kheysa. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: MR-12.
  • Thermosphere comparison Aeronomy mission Nation: USSR. Agency: AN SSSR. Apogee: 172 km (106 mi). References: 2.
1967 January 31 - 23:17 GMT - Launch Site: Fort Churchill. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Apache. Model: Nike Apache. LV Configuration: Nike Apache NASA 14.319UM.
  • UM Pitot 25 / Rel? Aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 163 km (101 mi). References: 2.
1967 January 31 - 23:20 GMT - Launch Site: Fort Churchill. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Apache. Model: Nike Apache. LV Configuration: Nike Apache NASA 14.310CM.
  • Release Aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 154 km (95 mi). References: 2.
1967 January 31 - 23:48 GMT - Launch Site: Point Barrow. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Cajun. Model: Nike Cajun. LV Configuration: Nike Cajun NASA 10.216GM.
  • Grenades Aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 126 km (78 mi). References: 2.
1967 February 1 - Launch Vehicle: N1.
  • Government approves landing on moon by end 1968 Nation: USSR. Program: Lunar L3. Class: Manned. Type: Spacecraft. Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-LOK. Soviet government approves plan to land cosmonaut on moon by end 1968. N-1 test plan approved, envisioning third quarter 1967 as beginning of flight hardware construction. Fall-back project would be manned circumlunar mission. First manned L1 mission imagined as early as June 1967. First N1 launch by March 1968. References: 72.
1967 February 1 - 1967 February 1 - 01:12 GMT - Launch Site: Fort Churchill. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Apache. Model: Nike Apache. LV Configuration: Nike Apache NASA 14.311CM.
  • Release Aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 194 km (120 mi). References: 2.
1967 February 1 - 01:41 GMT - Launch Site: Point Barrow. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Cajun. Model: Nike Cajun. LV Configuration: Nike Cajun NASA 10.217GM.
  • Grenades Aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 126 km (78 mi). References: 2.
1967 February 1 - 03:46 GMT - Launch Site: Fort Churchill. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Apache. Model: Nike Apache. LV Configuration: Nike Apache NASA 14.317UM.
  • UM Pitot 27 / Rel? Aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 139 km (86 mi). References: 2.
1967 February 1 - 03:49 GMT - Launch Site: Fort Churchill. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Apache. Model: Nike Apache. LV Configuration: Nike Apache NASA 14.312CM.
  • Release Aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 193 km (119 mi). References: 2.
1967 February 1 - 04:18 GMT - Launch Site: Point Barrow. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Cajun. Model: Nike Cajun. LV Configuration: Nike Cajun NASA 10.218GM.
  • Grenades Aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 126 km (78 mi). References: 2.
1967 February 1 - 05:38 GMT - Launch Site: Fort Churchill. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Apache. Model: Nike Apache. LV Configuration: Nike Apache NASA 14.318UM.
  • UM Pitot 28 / Rel? Aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 164 km (101 mi). References: 2.
1967 February 1 - 05:41 GMT - Launch Site: Fort Churchill. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Apache. Model: Nike Apache. LV Configuration: Nike Apache NASA 14.313CM.
  • Release Aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 194 km (120 mi). References: 2.
1967 February 1 - 07:41 GMT - Launch Site: Point Barrow. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Cajun. Model: Nike Cajun. LV Configuration: Nike Cajun NASA 10.219GM.
  • Grenades Aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 126 km (78 mi). References: 2.
1967 February 1 - 08:25 GMT - Launch Site: Fort Churchill. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Apache. Model: Nike Apache. LV Configuration: Nike Apache NASA 14.316UM.
  • UM Pitot 29 / Rel? Aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 160 km (90 mi). References: 2.
1967 February 1 - 08:29 GMT - Launch Site: Fort Churchill. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Apache. Model: Nike Apache. LV Configuration: Nike Apache NASA 14.323CM.
  • Release Aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 193 km (119 mi). References: 2.
1967 February 1 - 09:56 GMT - Launch Site: Point Barrow. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Cajun. Model: Nike Cajun. LV Configuration: Nike Cajun NASA 10.220GM.
  • Grenades Aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 126 km (78 mi). References: 2.
1967 February 1 - 11:24 GMT - Launch Site: Fort Churchill. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Apache. Model: Nike Apache. LV Configuration: Nike Apache NASA 14.314CM.
  • Release Aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 138 km (85 mi). References: 2.
1967 February 1 - 11:58 GMT - Launch Site: Fort Churchill. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Apache. Model: Nike Apache. LV Configuration: Nike Apache NASA 14.322UM.
  • UM Pitot 30 / Rel? Aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 153 km (95 mi). References: 2.
1967 February 1 - 14:26 GMT - Launch Site: Point Barrow. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Cajun. Model: Nike Cajun. LV Configuration: Nike Cajun NASA 10.221GM.
  • Grenades Aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 126 km (78 mi). References: 2.
1967 February 2 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: LF05. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. LV Configuration: Minuteman 2 2087.
  • ERCS 2 Communications mission Nation: USA. Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). References: 2.
1967 February 2 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC4E. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Model: SLV-3 Agena D. LV Configuration: SLV-3 Agena D 7126 / Agena D 7126.
  • Agena D Nation: USA. Spacecraft: KH-7. Agency: USAF. Perigee: 126 km (78 mi). Apogee: 285 km (177 mi). Inclination: 102.70 deg. Period: 88.61 min. COSPAR: 1967-007B. USAF Sat Cat: 2665. Decay Date: 1967-02-15. References: 2, 6, 278.
  • KH 7-36 Nation: USA. Payload: KH-7 no. 36. Mass: 2,000 kg (4,400 lb). Class: Surveillance. Type: Military. Spacecraft: KH-7. Agency: NRO/USAF. Perigee: 136 km (84 mi). Apogee: 357 km (221 mi). Inclination: 103.00 deg. Period: 89.50 min. COSPAR: 1967-007A. USAF Sat Cat: 2664. Decay Date: 1967-02-12. KH-7 type satellite. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A). References: 2, 6, 278.
1967 February 3 - 17:52 GMT - Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Cajun. Model: Nike Cajun. LV Configuration: Nike Cajun NASA 10.222GM.
  • Aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 112 km (69 mi). References: 2.
1967 February 3 - 21:00 GMT - Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: V-2. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: MR-12.
  • Airglow Solar / aeronomy mission Nation: USSR. Agency: AN SSSR. Apogee: 153 km (95 mi). References: 2.
1967 February 4 - Launch Vehicle: Proton. Model: Proton 8K82K / 11S824.
  • UR-500K/L1 manned circumlunar design authorised. Nation: USSR. Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-L1. Central Committee of the Communist Party and Council of Soviet Ministers Decree 115-46 'On the Progress of the Work on the Development of the UR500K-L1 --confirmation of schedule for piloted lunar missions' was issued. References: 474.
1967 February 4 - Launch Vehicle: N1.
  • L1/L3 launch schedules set Nation: USSR. Program: Lunar L1, Lunar L3. Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-L1, Soyuz 7K-LOK. The following is the schedule set be decree for the L1 and L3 projects:
    Serial # Mission               Date
    2P       Develop Block D stage Feb or Mar 67
    3P       same                  Mar 67
    4L       Unmanned lunar flyby  May 67
    5L       Unmanned lunar flyby  Jun 67
    6L       Manned lunar flyby    Jun or Jul 67
    7L&8L    Manned lunar flybys   Aug 67
    9L&10L   Manned lunar flybys   Sep 67
    11L&12L  Manned lunar flybys   Oct 67
    13L      Reserve spacecraft
     
    N1-3L
    Serial # Mission                  Date
    3L       Develop LV & Blocks G&D  Sep 67
    4L       Reserve
    5L       LOK/LK unmanned          Dec 67
    6L       LOK/LK unmanned          Feb 68
    7L       Manned LOK/unmanned LK   Apr 68
    8L       Manned LOK/unmanned LK   Jun 68
    9L       Piloted LOK/unmanned LK 
             with LK landing on moon  Aug 68
    10L      First men land on moon   Sep 68
    11L      Reserve
    12L      Reserve
    
    Kamanin's personal opinion of this schedule - manned L1 flights may occur before the end of 1967, but there will be no lunar landing until 1969. References: 376.
1967 February 4 - 05:21 GMT - Launch Site: Fort Churchill. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant. Model: Black Brant 2. LV Configuration: Black Brant II AA-2-101.
  • Recovery test / Ionosphere Aurora / ionosphere / meteorology mission Nation: Canada. Agency: NRCC. Apogee: 183 km (113 mi). References: 2.
1967 February 4 - 23:53 GMT - Launch Site: Kiruna. Launch Complex: C. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure CE-22.
  • ESRO C21 / 2 Aurora / chemical release mission Nation: Europe. Agency: ESRO. Apogee: 126 km (78 mi). References: 2.
1967 February 5 - 01:17 GMT - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC13. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Model: SLV-3 Agena D. LV Configuration: SLV-3 Agena D 5803 (AA20) / Agena D 6632.
  • Lunar Orbiter 3 Nation: USA. Payload: Lunar Orbiter C. Mass: 385 kg (848 lb). Class: Planetary. Type: Lunar. Spacecraft: Lunar Orbiter. Agency: NASA LaR. COSPAR: 1967-008A. USAF Sat Cat: 2666. Decay Date: 1967-10-09. Crashed into Moon; returned 182 photos of lunar surface. Selenocentric orbit. Spacecraft engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere or outer space (US Cat B). References: 2, 6, 278.
1967 February 6 - 02:10 GMT - Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Complex: L. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Lambda. Model: Lambda 3H. LV Configuration: Lambda 3H L-3H-3.
  • Ionosphere / chemical release / x-ray astronomy mission Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 2,150 km (1,330 mi). References: 2.
1967 February 7 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: LF07. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Model: Minuteman 1B. LV Configuration: Minuteman 1B 893.
  • Follow-on operational missile test Nation: USA. Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). References: 2.
1967 February 7 - 03:20 GMT - Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: LC1. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz. Model: Soyuz 11A511. LV Configuration: Soyuz 11A511 U15000-03.
  • Cosmos 140 Nation: USSR. Program: Soyuz. Payload: Soyuz 7K-OK (P) s/n 3. Mass: 6,450 kg (14,210 lb). Class: Manned. Type: Spacecraft. Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-OK. Agency: MOM. Perigee: 169 km (105 mi). Apogee: 216 km (134 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 88.30 min. COSPAR: 1967-009A. USAF Sat Cat: 2667. Duration: 1.98 days. Decay Date: 1967-02-09. After the self-destruction of the first Soyuz 7K-OK on re-entry, and the loss of the second one on the pad fire in December, the state commission ruled that the third 7K-OK model would be flown unpiloted on a solo mission. If this was successful then the fourth and fifth Soyuz would be flown on a manned docking mission. Once in orbit Cosmos 140 experienced attitude control problems due to a faulty star sensor resulting in excessive fuel consumption. The spacecraft couldn't keep the required orientation towards the sun to keep the solar panels illuminated, and the batteries discharged. Despite all of these problems the spacecraft remained controllable. An attempted manoeuvre on the 22nd revolution still showed problems with the control system. It malfunctioned yet again during retrofire, leading to a steeper than planned uncontrolled ballistic re-entry. The re-entry capsule itself had depressurised on separation from the service module due to a fault in the base of the capsule. A 300 mm hole burned through in the heat shield during re-entry. Although such events would have been lethal to any human occupants, the capsule's recovery systems operated and the capsule crashed through the ice of the frozen Aral Sea, 3 km from shore and 500 kilometres short of the intended landing zone. The spacecraft finally sank in 10 meters of water and had to be retrieved by divers. Still, the mission was deemed 'good enough' for the next mission to be a manned two-craft docking and crew transfer space spectacular. Mishin and Kamanin felt that a human crew could have sorted out the problems. They were also under intense pressure to achieve a manned circumlunar flight before the 50th Anniversary of the Soviet Revolution in October. References: 2, 6.
1967 February 8 - 08:00 GMT - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC10W. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Delta. Model: Thor Burner 2. LV Configuration: Thor Burner 2 169.
  • DMSP-Block-4A F8 Nation: USA. Program: DMSP. Payload: DAPP 2418 (FTV-2). Mass: 130 kg (280 lb). Class: Earth. Type: Weather. Spacecraft: DMSP Block 4A. Agency: USAF. Perigee: 771 km (479 mi). Apogee: 846 km (525 mi). Inclination: 99.10 deg. Period: 101.10 min. COSPAR: 1967-010A. USAF Sat Cat: 2669. Defense Meteorological Satellite Program; lower than planned orbit, but still operational. References: 2, 6.
1967 February 8 - 09:39 GMT - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Brigitte. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Diamant. Model: Diamant A. LV Configuration: Diamant A No. 3. FAILURE: Partial Failure - injected into too low an orbit.
  • Diademe 1 Nation: France. Payload: Diademe D-1C. Mass: 23 kg (50 lb). Class: Earth. Type: Geodetic. Spacecraft: Diadem. Agency: CNES. Perigee: 545 km (338 mi). Apogee: 1,084 km (673 mi). Inclination: 40.00 deg. Period: 101.20 min. COSPAR: 1967-011A. USAF Sat Cat: 2674. Orbit too low. Launch time of Diadem I was 10:39:40 on 8 Feb 1967. Launch time of Diadem II was 11:06:57 on 15 Feb 1967. References: 2, 6.
1967 February 8 - 10:19 GMT - Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Complex: LC41/1. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz. Model: Voskhod 11A57.
  • Cosmos 141 Nation: USSR. Mass: 6,300 kg (13,800 lb). Class: Surveillance. Type: Military. Spacecraft: Zenit-4. Agency: MOM. Perigee: 205 km (127 mi). Apogee: 316 km (196 mi). Inclination: 72.90 deg. Period: 89.70 min. COSPAR: 1967-012A. USAF Sat Cat: 2670. Duration: 8.00 days. Decay Date: 1967-02-16. High resolution photo reconnaissance satellite; returned film capsule References: 2, 6.
1967 February 9 -
  • Almaz space station begun. Nation: USSR. Spacecraft: Almaz OPS. Ministry of General Machine Building (MOM) Decree 'On approval of work on Almaz' was issued. References: 474.
1967 February 9 - Launch Site: Green River. Launch Complex: Pad 3. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Athena RTV. LV Configuration: Athena B045. FAILURE: Failure.
  • USN B045 re-entry vehicle test flight Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Apogee: 0 km ( mi). References: 2.
1967 February 9 - 06:16 GMT - Launch Site: Fort Churchill. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Javelin. LV Configuration: Javelin NASA 8.41UE.
  • Rice auroral Plasma mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 752 km (467 mi). References: 2.
1967 February 10 - Launch Vehicle: Saturn V.
  • Apollo S-IVB stage explosion accident cause Nation: USA. Program: Apollo. The Board of Inquiry into the January 20 S-IVB-503 explosion at the Douglas Sacramento Test Facility identified the probable cause as the failure of a pressure vessel made with titanium-alloy parent-metal fusion welded with commercially pure titanium. The combination, which was in violation of specifications, formed a titanium hydride intermetallic that induced embrittling in the weld nugget, thus significantly degrading the capabilities of a weldment to withstand sustained pressure loads. The Board recommended pressure limitations for titanium-alloy pressure vessels. References: 16.
1967 February 13 - 22:05 GMT - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: 576A3. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Model: Atlas F. LV Configuration: Atlas F 121F.
  • ABRES TX-22 re-entry vehicle test flight Nation: USA. Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,400 km (800 mi). References: 2.
1967 February 14 -
  • MOL major subcontractors selected Nation: USA. Spacecraft: MOL. MOL major subcontractors announced by prime contractor Douglas: Republic for the waste management system; Marquardt for 45 kgf and 20 kgf orientation thrusters; IBM for computers; Garrett for ECS; Scientific Data Systems for ground support equipment. References: 128.
1967 February 14 - Launch Vehicle: N1.
  • Fairing for OS space station authorised. Nation: USSR. Spacecraft: OS-1 (1969). Ministry of General Machine Building (MOM) Decree 'On construction of the N1 payload fairing by the Khrunichev Plant' was issued. References: 474.
1967 February 14 - 05:52 GMT - Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Trailblazer. Model: Trailblazer 2. LV Configuration: Trailblazer 2-M Meteor 10.
  • Re-entry vehicle test Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 306 km (190 mi). References: 2.
1967 February 14 - 10:04 GMT - Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: LC86/1. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 2. Model: Kosmos 11K63.
  • Cosmos 142 Nation: USSR. Program: DS. Payload: DS-U2-I s/n 2. Mass: 315 kg (694 lb). Class: Earth. Type: Ionosphere. Spacecraft: DS-U2-I. Agency: MO SSSR. Perigee: 216 km (134 mi). Apogee: 1,320 km (820 mi). Inclination: 48.40 deg. Period: 100.10 min. COSPAR: 1967-013A. USAF Sat Cat: 2678. Completed Operations Date: 1967-07-06. Decay Date: 1967-07-06. Studied the influence of the ionosphere on passing VLF radio waves. References: 2, 6, 99.
1967 February 15 - 10:06 GMT - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Brigitte. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Diamant. Model: Diamant A. LV Configuration: Diamant A No. 4.
  • Diademe 2 Nation: France. Payload: Diademe D-1D. Mass: 23 kg (50 lb). Class: Earth. Type: Geodetic. Spacecraft: Diadem. Agency: CNES. Perigee: 584 km (362 mi). Apogee: 1,733 km (1,076 mi). Inclination: 39.40 deg. Period: 108.50 min. COSPAR: 1967-014A. USAF Sat Cat: 2680. Launch time of Diadem I was 10:39:40 on 8 Feb 1967. Launch time of Diadem II was 11:06:57 on 15 Feb 1967. References: 2, 6.
1967 February 16 - 07:37 GMT - Launch Site: Kiruna. Launch Complex: C. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure CE-9.
  • ESRO C10 / 1 Ionosphere mission Nation: Europe. Agency: ESRO. Apogee: 155 km (96 mi). References: 2.
1967 February 17 - 04:18 GMT - Launch Site: Fort Churchill. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee. Model: Aerobee 150. LV Configuration: Aerobee 150 NASA 04.163UA.
  • JHU Aurora 5 Aurora mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 168 km (104 mi). References: 2.
1967 February 21 - 22:40 GMT - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: LF03. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Model: Minuteman 1B. LV Configuration: Minuteman 1B 700.
  • Follow-on operational missile test - ripple launch Nation: USA. Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). References: 2.
1967 February 21 - 22:40 GMT - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: LF09. Launch Pad: LF09?. Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Model: Minuteman 1B. LV Configuration: Minuteman 1B 1263.
  • Follow-on operational missile test - ripple launch Nation: USA. Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). References: 2.
1967 February 22 - 07:12 GMT - Launch Site: Kiruna. Launch Complex: C. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Belier. Model: Centaure. LV Configuration: Centaure CE-10.
  • ESRO C10 / 2 Ionosphere mission Nation: Europe. Agency: ESRO. Apogee: 158 km (98 mi). References: 2.
1967 February 22 - 22:02 GMT - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC3W. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Delta. Model: Thor SLV-2A Agena D. LV Configuration: Thor SLV-2A Agena D 493 / Agena D SS-01B 1635.
  • KH-4A 1039 Nation: USA. Payload: KH-4A s/n 1039 / Agena D 1635. Mass: 1,500 kg (3,300 lb). Class: Surveillance. Type: Military. Spacecraft: KH-4A. Agency: NRO/CIA. Perigee: 180 km (110 mi). Apogee: 380 km (230 mi). Inclination: 80.00 deg. Period: 90.10 min. COSPAR: 1967-015A. USAF Sat Cat: 2686. Decay Date: 1967-03-11. KH-4A. Normal KH-4 mission. Light from horizon camera on both main camera records during 1039-1. References: 2, 6.
1967 February 23 - Launch Site: Green River. Launch Complex: Pad 3. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Athena RTV. LV Configuration: Athena D037.
  • USN D037 re-entry vehicle test flight Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). References: 2.
1967 February 24 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. Model: Veronique 61. LV Configuration: Veronique 61 VA81.
  • FU-176 Recovery test Nation: France. Agency: FR. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). FU176 Technology (recovery) mission. References: 2.
1967 February 24 - 19:55 GMT - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC4W. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Titan. Model: Titan 3B. LV Configuration: Titan IIIB 3B-4.
  • OPS 4204 Nation: USA. Payload: KH-8 no. 04 / Agena D. Mass: 3,000 kg (6,600 lb). Class: Surveillance. Type: Military. Spacecraft: KH-8. Agency: NRO/USAF. Perigee: 135 km (83 mi). Apogee: 414 km (257 mi). Inclination: 107.00 deg. Period: 90.00 min. COSPAR: 1967-016A. USAF Sat Cat: 2687. Decay Date: 1967-03-06. KH-8 type satellite. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A). References: 2, 6.
1967 February 25 - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC32B. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. LV Configuration: Minuteman 2 465.
  • Research and development launch Nation: USA. Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). References: 2.
1967 February 25 - 02:35 GMT - Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Complex: LA2. Launch Pad: LA2A?. Launch Vehicle: Astrobee. Model: Astrobee 1500. LV Configuration: Astrobee 1500 NASA 16.05US.
  • Solar radio frequencies mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 2,380 km (1,470 mi). References: 2.
1967 February 27 - 08:45 GMT - Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: LC1. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz. Model: Vostok 8A92. LV Configuration: Vostok 8A92 U15001-03.
  • Cosmos 143 Nation: USSR. Payload: Zenit-2 11F61 s/n 45. Mass: 4,720 kg (10,400 lb). Class: Surveillance. Type: Military. Spacecraft: Zenit-2. Agency: MOM. Perigee: 202 km (125 mi). Apogee: 390 km (240 mi). Inclination: 64.90 deg. Period: 90.50 min. COSPAR: 1967-017A. USAF Sat Cat: 2693. Duration: 8.00 days. Decay Date: 1967-03-07. Placed into orbit with 22.8 second period different from that planned. Area survey photo reconnaissance satellite. Also carried science package. References: 2, 6,93.
1967 February 28 - 03:47 GMT - Launch Site: Fort Churchill. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Tomahawk Sandia. Model: Nike Tomahawk. LV Configuration: Nike Tomahawk-12 Sandia 152-100.
  • Aurora Aurora mission Nation: USA. Agency: Sandia. Apogee: 167 km (103 mi). References: 2.
1967 February 28 - 14:34 GMT - Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Complex: LC41/1. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz. Model: Vostok 8A92M.
  • Cosmos 144 Nation: USSR. Payload: Meteor no. 6. Mass: 4,730 kg (10,420 lb). Class: Earth. Type: Weather. Spacecraft: Meteor. Agency: MOM. Perigee: 574 km (356 mi). Apogee: 644 km (400 mi). Inclination: 81.30 deg. Period: 96.90 min. COSPAR: 1967-018A. USAF Sat Cat: 2695. Decay Date: 1982-09-14. Investigation of the upper atmosphere and outer space. References: 2, 6.
1967 March -
  • NASA / USAF MOL Collaboration Nation: USA. Spacecraft: MOL. NASA agrees to fly four Deparment of Defense experiments planned for MOL on Apollo Applications mission instead (later Skylab). These included an inflatable airlock experiment. NASA also provided the Gemini 6 capsule to the Air Force for MOL crew training. References: 128.
1967 March -
  • USSR Defence Ministry issued a requirement for an "Orbital Research Station" (OIS) Nation: USSR. Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-S, Soyuz VI. The Chief Designer of OKB-1, Vasiliy Pavlovich Mishin, strongly disagreed with the Zvezda design. In the place of Kozlov’s 7K-VI Mishin proposed an OIS consisting of a separately-launched orbital block and a transport Soyuz. This was the exact same concept as Kozlov’s cancelled Soyuz-R system, but using Kaliningrad spacecraft in the place of Samara spacecraft.
1967 March 2 - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC29A. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Polaris. Model: Polaris A3. LV Configuration: Polaris A3TX-4.
  • Antelope test Nation: USA. Agency: USN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). References: 2.
1967 March 2 - Launch Site: Green River. Launch Complex: Pad 2. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Athena RTV. LV Configuration: Athena C048.
  • ARPA C048 re-entry vehicle test flight Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). References: 2.
1967 March 3 - 03:30 GMT - Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: LC35. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee. Model: Aerobee 150. LV Configuration: Aerobee 150 NASA 04.160GG.
  • Ultraviolet stellar photom Ultraviolet astronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 157 km (97 mi). References: 2.
1967 March 3 - 04:20 GMT - Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: LC35. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee. Model: Aerobee 150. LV Configuration: Aerobee 150 NASA 04.84UG.
  • Infrared payload Infrared astronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 158 km (98 mi). References: 2.
1967 March 3 - 06:44 GMT - Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: LC86/1. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 2. Model: Kosmos 11K63.
  • Cosmos 145 Nation: USSR. Program: DS. Payload: DS-U2-M s/n 2. Mass: 250 kg (550 lb). Class: Technology. Spacecraft: DS-U2-M. Agency: MO SSSR. Perigee: 226 km (140 mi). Apogee: 2,107 km (1,309 mi). Inclination: 48.40 deg. Period: 108.70 min. COSPAR: 1967-019A. USAF Sat Cat: 2697. Completed Operations Date: 1967-04-30. Decay Date: 1968-03-08. Development tests of atomic clocks. References: 2, 6, 99.
1967 March 3 - 23:58 GMT - Launch Site: Andoya. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Apache. Model: Nike Apache. LV Configuration: Nike Apache Ferdinand 14.
  • Ferdinand 14 Ionosphere / plasma mission Nation: Norway. Agency: NDRE. Apogee: 190 km (110 mi). References: 2.
1967 March 4 - Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: LC41/3. Launch Pad: LC41/3?. Launch Vehicle: R-16. Model: R-16U.
  • Operational missile test Nation: USSR. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,210 km (750 mi). References: 2.
1967 March 4 - Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: PU32. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Tsiklon. Model: R-36 8K67.
  • Operational missile test Nation: USSR. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). References: 2.
1967 March 4 - 20:05 GMT - Launch Site: Eglin. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Nike. Model: Nike Iroquois. LV Configuration: Nike Iroquois CRL AF07.582.
  • Sphere Aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: AFCRL. Apogee: 196 km (121 mi). References: 2.
1967 March 5 - Launch Vehicle: N1.
  • Three Soviet subjects begin full year in closed-loop NEK Mars spacecraft simulator. Nation: USSR. Spacecraft: TMK-1. The Institute of Medical-Biological Problems (IMBP) and the Zvezda design bureau (designer of the ejection seat, space suits, and environmental control system for the Vostok spacecraft) became partners with OKB-1 in developing the SOZh closed-loop environemental control system. An earth-based simulator - the Earth Experimental Complex (NEK) was built. V Ulibishev, G Manovtsev, and A Bozhko spent an entire year in this closed-environment test unit beginning on 5 March 1967. An analogous US experiment was conducted for only 90 days in July-September 1970.
1967 March 5 - 23:05 GMT - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC3E. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Model: Atlas SLV-3. LV Configuration: Atlas SLV-3 7002.
  • Prime 2 Nation: USA. Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,500 km (900 mi). The X-23A SV-5D lifting body vehicle demonstrated a 1055 km cross-range manoeuvre, but again air snatch failed. References: 2.
1967 March 6 - 02:05 GMT - Launch Site: Eglin. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Nike. Model: Nike Iroquois. LV Configuration: Nike Iroquois CRL AF07.583.
  • Sphere Aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: AFCRL. Apogee: 175 km (108 mi). References: 2.
1967 March 6 - 02:45 GMT - Launch Site: ETR Launch Area. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Polaris. Model: Polaris A3. LV Configuration: Polaris A3P-549.
  • Operational test Nation: USA. Agency: USN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). References: 2.
1967 March 6 - 13:27 GMT - Launch Site: Thumba. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Apache. Model: Nike Apache. LV Configuration: Nike Apache NASA 14.161IA.
  • ISRO 10.09 (Release) Aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 178 km (110 mi). References: 2.
1967 March 7 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: LF07. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Model: Minuteman 1B. LV Configuration: Minuteman 1B (64-002).
  • Follow-on operational missile test Nation: USA. Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). References: 2.
1967 March 7 - 09:42 GMT - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. Model: Vesta. LV Configuration: Vesta 004.
  • FU-147 Biological mission Nation: France. Agency: CNES. Apogee: 243 km (150 mi). References: 2.
1967 March 7 - 11:00 GMT - Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Kappa. Model: Kappa 10. LV Configuration: Kappa 10 K-10-3.
  • Far ultraviolet Stellar photometer Ultraviolet astronomy / solar x-ray mission Nation: Japan. Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 248 km (154 mi). References: 2.
1967 March 8 - Launch Vehicle: Saturn V.
  • Saturn V translunar payload 44,500 kilograms Nation: USA. Program: Apollo. Spacecraft: Apollo LM. NASA Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight George E. Mueller stated that the February completion of MSFC studies of the Saturn V launch vehicle's payload and structural capability would permit an official revision of the payload from 43,100 kilograms to 44,500 kilograms; the CM weight would be revised from 5,000 to 5,400 kilograms; and the LM from 13,600 to 14,500. References: 16.
1967 March 8 - 16:12 GMT - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC17A. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Delta. Model: Thor Delta C. LV Configuration: Thor Delta C 431/D46.
  • OSO 3 Nation: USA. Payload: OSO E1. Mass: 281 kg (619 lb). Class: Solar. Spacecraft: OSO. Agency: NASA GSF. Perigee: 546 km (339 mi). Apogee: 570 km (350 mi). Inclination: 32.80 deg. Period: 95.80 min. COSPAR: 1967-020A. USAF Sat Cat: 2703. Decay Date: 1982-04-04. Orbiting Solar Observatory. Spacecraft engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere or outer space (US Cat B). References: 2, 6.
1967 March 9 - 05:07 GMT - Launch Site: Fort Churchill. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Tomahawk Sandia. Model: Nike Tomahawk. LV Configuration: Nike Tomahawk NASA 18.24GE.
  • Auroral electrons Aurora mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 227 km (141 mi). References: 2.
1967 March 9 - 13:27 GMT - Launch Site: Thumba. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Apache. Model: Nike Apache. LV Configuration: Nike Apache NASA 14.162IA.
  • ISRO 10.10 Aeronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 184 km (114 mi). References: 2.
1967 March 10 - 11:30 GMT - Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: LC81/23. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Proton. Model: Proton-K/D. LV Configuration: UR-500K/Blok D N10722701.
  • Cosmos 146 Nation: USSR. Program: Lunar L1. Payload: Soyuz 7K-L1P s/n 2P. Mass: 5,017 kg (11,060 lb). Class: Manned. Type: Spacecraft. Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-L1. Agency: MOM. Perigee: 178 km (110 mi). Apogee: 312 km (193 mi). Inclination: 51.50 deg. Period: 89.30 min. COSPAR: 1967-021A. USAF Sat Cat: 2705. Duration: 7.90 days. Decay Date: 1967-03-18. Protoype Soyuz 7K-L1P launched by Proton into planned highly elliptical earth orbit. The first flight four-stage Proton rocket began assembly on 21 November 1966, with mechanical assembly completed by 29 November. Electrical connections and tests were completed by 4 December 1966. Due to New Year’s holidays work did not resume until 28 January 1967. By 28 February the fully assembled booster / spacecraft unit was completed in the MIK, including the 7K-L1P boilerplate spacecraft. The launch tower was added on 2 March 1967 and the system was declared ready for launch. A serious potential problem during preparations was the discovery that fuel gases could lead to pump cavitation at the turbine exits. Tests on the ground showed that the problem was not the fuel itself, but in the monitoring equipment. The launch vehicle and Block D stage functioned correctly and put the spacecraft into a translunar trajectory. The spacecraft was not aimed at the moon, did not have a heat shield for reentry, and no recovery was planned or attempted. A successful launch that created false confidence just before the string of failures that would follow. References: 2, 6, 67,273, 274.
1967 March 12 -
  • Spiral and Soyuz training Nation: USSR. Program: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Spiral OS, Soyuz 7K-OK. Flight: Soyuz 1, Soyuz 2A. Titov visits Kamanin on leave from test pilot duties at Vladimirovka. Titov will spend a year training as a test pilot on MiG-21, Su-7, and Su-9 aircraft. He flies well, and has matured and changed for the better over the last two years. Kamanin has talked to him 3 or 4 times about his future plans. Titov has bound his future with the Spiral spaceplane programme. Additional Details: Spiral and Soyuz training. References: 376.
1967 March 12 - 13:27 GMT - Launch Site: Thumba. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Apache. Model: Nike Apache. LV Configuration: Nike Apache NASA 14.163IA-II.
  • ISRO 10.11 Ionosphere mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 168 km (104 mi). References: 2.
1967 March 12 - 17:00 GMT - Launch Site: Thumba. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Apache. Model: Nike Apache. LV Configuration: Nike Apache NASA 14.206IA.
  • ISRO 10.12 Ionosphere / aeronomy / chemica mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 155 km (96 mi). References: 2.
1967 March 13 - 00:14 GMT - Launch Site: Thumba. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Apache. Model: Nike Apache. LV Configuration: Nike Apache NASA 14.267IA.
  • ISRO 10.14 Ionosphere / aeronomy / chemica mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 155 km (96 mi). References: 2.
1967 March 13 - 09:30 GMT - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. Model: Vesta. LV Configuration: Vesta 005.
  • FU-147 Biological (Macaca) Biological mission Nation: France. Agency: CNES. Apogee: 234 km (145 mi). References: 2.
1967 March 13 - 12:10 GMT - Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Complex: LC41/1. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz. Model: Vostok 8A92.
  • Cosmos 147 Nation: USSR. Payload: Zenit-2 11F61 s/n 44. Mass: 4,720 kg (10,400 lb). Class: Surveillance. Type: Military. Spacecraft: Zenit-2. Agency: MOM. Perigee: 195 km (121 mi). Apogee: 298 km (185 mi). Inclination: 64.50 deg. Period: 89.40 min. COSPAR: 1967-022A. USAF Sat Cat: 2710. Duration: 8.00 days. Decay Date: 1967-03-21. Area survey photo reconnaissance satellite. Program partially completed. References: 2, 6,93.
1967 March 14 - Launch Vehicle: N1, Proton.
  • Lunar flyby/landing program plan reviewed Nation: USSR. Program: Lunar L3, Lunar L1. Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-L1, Soyuz 7K-LOK, Soyuz 7K-L1A, LK. UR-500K/L1 project will consist of three phases. Phase I will be dedicated to development of the Block D translunar stage, using prototype, incomplete L1 spacecraft. Phase II will conduct lunar flybys with complete but unmanned L1 spacecraft. Phase III will fly Soviet cosmonauts around the moon. The N1/L3 project will consist of five phases. Phase I will use the N1 and the 7K-L1A spacecraft. This will be used primarily to test out the Block G translunar and Block D lunar orbit insertion stages, but will also conduct lunar flybys, returning photographs of the lunar surface to the earth. Phase II will use N1's to fly L3 spacecraft with an unpiloted LOK lunar orbiter and an unpiloted LK lunar lander. Phase III, the first manned missions, will use N1's to fly L3 spacecraft with a piloted LOK lunar orbiter and an unpiloted LK lunar lander. Phase IV will fly a piloted LOK lunar orbiter and an unpiloted LK lunar lander, that will be landed on the lunar surface. In Phase V N1-L3 number 10L is to launch the first manned landing on the moon in September 1968. N1-L3 numbers 11L and 12L were back-ups, in the event any of the planned earlier missions failed. Additional Details: Lunar flyby/landing program plan reviewed. References: 376.
1967 March 14 - 06:00 GMT - Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: LA2. Launch Pad: LA2 SL. Launch Vehicle: Skylark. Model: Skylark 3 AC. LV Configuration: Skylark 3 AC SL406.
  • LUX / Culham Solar AC7 Solar x-ray and ultraviolet mission Nation: Australia. Agency: WRE/RAE. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). References: 2.
1967 March 14 - 17:14 GMT - Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee. Model: Aerobee 150A. LV Configuration: Aerobee 150A NASA 04.102DS.
  • OSO-3 calibration Solar extreme ultraviolet mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 205 km (127 mi). References: 2.
1967 March 14 - 23:46 GMT - Launch Site: Andoya. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Apache. Model: Nike Apache. LV Configuration: Nike Apache Ferdinand 15.
  • Ferdinand 15 Ionosphere mission Nation: Norway. Agency: NDRE. Apogee: 188 km (116 mi). References: 2.
1967 March 15 - Launch Vehicle: N1.
  • CIA reports on Soviet space developments Nation: USSR. Program: Lunar L3. Class: Manned. Type: Spacecraft. Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-LOK. CIA reports accurately development of N-1, Almaz, Proton, etc.... even states 100,000 kg large space station in development for launch by N-1 by 1969. CIA does not expect lunar landing until early 1970's. References: 77.
1967 March 15 -
  • Plans for recovery of returning manned lunar spacecraft. Nation: USSR. Military-Industrial Commission (VPK) Decree 42 'On search service for returning missions from the Moon' was issued. References: 474.
1967 March 16 -
  • Soyuz state commission Nation: USSR. Program: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-OK. Flight: Soyuz 1, Soyuz 2A. The Soyuz 1/2 crews had planned to depart for Baikonur on 30 March, but Mishin wants to push this forward to the night of 17/18 March. This disrupts all of Kamanin's training plans and shows the poor planning and work of Mishin and his followers. A Soyuz state commission is held. Kamanin doesn't trust Mishin. The spacecraft is unreliable and incompletely tested. But it is decided all the conditions exist for a launch of the mission on 20-25 April. The question of Gagarin flying on the mission is brought up. The Communist Party says he is too valuable to risk on further spaceflights. Kamanin is against making him a living 'museum exhibit'. Smirnov agrees to raise the matter with the Politburo. References: 376.
1967 March 16 - Launch Site: Green River. Launch Complex: Pad 1. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Athena RTV. LV Configuration: Athena B012.
  • USN B012 re-entry vehicle test flight Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). References: 2.
1967 March 16 - 17:30 GMT - Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Complex: LC133/1. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 2. Model: Kosmos 11K63.
  • Cosmos 148 Nation: USSR. Program: DS. Payload: DS-P1-I s/n 2. Mass: 325 kg (716 lb). Class: Military. Type: Target. Spacecraft: DS-P1-I. Agency: MO SSSR. Perigee: 270 km (160 mi). Apogee: 404 km (251 mi). Inclination: 71.00 deg. Period: 91.30 min. COSPAR: 1967-023A. USAF Sat Cat: 2712. Completed Operations Date: 1967-05-07. Decay Date: 1967-05-07. Operational radar target for the ABM forces. First launch of 63SM/11K63 version of Kosmos launch vehicle; first launch from the Raduga launch complex at Plesetsk. References: 2, 6, 99.
1967 March 16 - 17:56 GMT - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: 576A2. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Model: Atlas F. LV Configuration: Atlas F 151F.
  • ABRES MBRV-2 re-entry vehicle test flight Nation: USA. Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,400 km (800 mi). References: 2.
1967 March 16 - 19:05 GMT - Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Apache. Model: Nike Apache. LV Configuration: Nike Apache NASA 14.256II.
  • Ionosphere mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 141 km (87 mi). References: 2.
1967 March 17 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -.
  • AFWTR assumed operational control of Vanguard Nation: USA. AFWTR assumed operational control of the range Instrumentation Ship, Vanguard References: 88.
1967 March 17 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: 395-C. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Titan. Model: Titan 2. LV Configuration: Titan II B-76.
  • Gift Horse Nation: USA. Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). Follow-on operational missile test References: 2.
1967 March 17 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: Blandine. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Veronique. Model: Veronique AGI. LV Configuration: Veronique AGI AGI 64.
  • FU-174 Solar corona Solar ultraviolet mission Nation: France. Agency: FR. Apogee: 32 km (19 mi). FU174 Solar corona (UV) / Ptr mission. References: 2.
1967 March 17 - Launch Site: Green River. Launch Complex: Pad 3. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Athena RTV. LV Configuration: Athena D040.
  • USAF D040 re-entry vehicle test flight Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). References: 2.
1967 March 17 - Launch Site: Green River. Launch Complex: Pad 2. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Athena RTV. LV Configuration: Athena D051.
  • USAF D051 re-entry vehicle test flight Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). References: 2.
1967 March 17 - 03:48 GMT - Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: LC35. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee. Model: Aerobee 150. LV Configuration: Aerobee 150 NASA 04.194DG.
  • NRL NB3.191 / FUIIS Ultraviolet astronomy mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA/NRL. Apogee: 193 km (119 mi). References: 2.
1967 March 18 - 05:47 GMT - Launch Site: Fort Churchill. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Javelin. LV Configuration: Javelin NASA 8.47UE.
  • Rice auroral Plasma mission Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 794 km (493 mi). References: 2.
1967 March 20 -
  • MOL project delays, cost growth. Nation: USA. Spacecraft: MOL. Weight growth of the MOL station forced the Air Force to consider upgrading of the Titan booster. Stretching of the booster core or use of 156 inch solid rocket motors was considered. The Air Force also dithered as to whether to compete the Titan booster contract. Eight months were spent making the decision, and at the end of it all the first manned MOL flight was delayed to 1970 and the projected total cost increased from $ 1.5 billion to $ 2.2 billion. References: 128.
1967 March 20 -
  • Apollo-Saturn 204 launch vehicle to launch the first lunar module Nation: USA. Program: Apollo. Spacecraft: Apollo LM. Flight: Apollo 204. NASA announced it would use the Apollo-Saturn 204 launch vehicle to launch the first lunar module on its unmanned test flight. Since the 204 vehicle was prepared and was not damaged in the Apollo 204 fire in January, it would be used instead of the originally planned AS-206. References: 16.
1967 March 20 -
  • Soyuz 1 preparations Nation: USSR. Program: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-OK. Flight: Soyuz 1, Soyuz 2A. The cosmonauts have given up on further training at Baikonur due to the incomplete state of the spacecraft and returned to Moscow. Kamanin wanted to confront Mishin on the issue - this was all his fault, six days wasted - but Mishin never even showed up on the plane for the flight to Baikonur. References: 376.
1967 March 20 - Launch Site: Hammaguira. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Stromboli. Model: Dauphin. LV Configuration: Dauphin DA001. FAILURE: Failure.