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November 23, 1972 (Thursday) The Soviet Union's fourth and final attempt at launching a rocket powerful enough to carry a crewed lunar orbiter failed. The N1 rocket, similar to the American Saturn V, was launched successfully in a secret test, but exploded at an altitude of 40 km (25 mi).
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Nov 11, 1972 · Historical Events. Dow Jones Index moves above 1,000 for 1st time. Rugby League World Cup, Stade de Gerland, Lyon, France: Australia and Great Britain draw 10-10; Great Britain awarded the Trophy. US Army turns over Long Bihn base to South Vietnamese army. Events in 1972.
- Watergate
- Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
- United States - Landsat 1 Launches
- Copernicus Satellite
- Space Shuttle Program Introduced
- Japan -- Xi Winter Olympics
- Space -- Pioneer 10
- United Kingdom --- Miners Strike
Five White House operatives are arrested for burglarizing the offices of the Democratic National Committee the start of the Watergate Scandal. More Information and Timeline For The Watergate Scandal 1. 1972 2. January G. Gordon Liddy general counsel to the Committee for the Re-Election of the President proposes burglarizing and wiretapping the Demo...
The United States and Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty and an interim treaty after the Strategic Arms Limitations Talks (SALT I) take place during May. US President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev met in Moscow to negotiate arms control between the two nations. It was the first time a US president visited t...
1. NASA launches the Landsat 1 Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS) on July 23rd. 2. It was the first of several Landsat satellites which were developed with the purpose of observing and studying the Earth. 3. It was launched from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California with a Delta 900 rocket. 4. The satellite transmitted over 300,000 i...
The OAO-3 Copernicus Satellite is launched More Information on Copernicus OAO-3 Satellite The Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 3 (OAO-3), or, Copernicus satellite is launched by NASA on August 21st, 1972. The satellite was created as a joint effort in astronomical research between the United States and the United Kingdom. OAO-3 carried a UV telesc...
NASA’s Space Shuttle Program is officially launched during January . President Nixon approved the program and announced its inception to the American public. The purpose of the program was to create a reusable spacecraft with the ultimate goal of reducing the cost of space exploration and making it more commonplace. The first fully functional space...
The XI Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan were held from February 3rd to the 13th of 1972. A total of 1006 athletes from 35 different countries participated in 35 events. The Soviet Union, East Germany, and Switzerland with 16, 14, and 10 respectively. These games were some of the most extravagant to date and the Japanese government spent a lot of m...
NASA launched the Pioneer 10 spacecraft on March 3rd 1972. The mission of Pioneer 10 was to become the first spacecraft to become the first spacecraft to travel through the asteroid belt and the first to visit Jupiter. Pioneer 10 successfully completed its mission when it arrived at Jupiter in December of 1973 and took the first up-close images of ...
The British government declares a state of emergencyover 47 day miners' strike More Information and Timeline For Miners Strike 1. 1972 2. January 5th National Executive Committee of the NUM reject pay rise offer from the National Coal Board, 3. January 9th Miners go on strike for the first time since 1926. 4. January 10th - February 9thMiners begin...
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