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NASA received the Space Shuttle orbiter later named Enterprise, on 14 January. This unpowered sub-orbital space plane was launched off the top of a modified 747 and was flown uncrewed until 13 August until a human crew landed the Enterprise for the first time. In August and September, the two Voyager spacecraft to the outer planets were launched.
Failed to board Salyut 5 space station. 64 Viktor Gorbatko (2) Yuri Glazkov: 7 February 1977 Soyuz 24: Salyut 5: 25 February 1977 Soyuz 24: Investigation of air quality on board Salyut 5. 65 Vladimir Kovalyonok (1) Valeri Ryumin (1) 9 October 1977 Soyuz 25: 11 October 1977 Soyuz 25: Failed to board Salyut 6 space station. 66 Georgy Grechko (2 ...
For the purpose of these lists, a spaceflight is defined as any flight that crosses the Kármán line, ... 1975 in spaceflight; 1976 in spaceflight; 1977 in spaceflight;
In January 1977, Enterprise was taken by road from the Rockwell plant at Palmdale, California to the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base to begin the flight test phase of the program, which had been christened by NASA as the Approach and Landing Tests (ALT).
Pages in category "1977 in spaceflight" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977, as part of the Voyager program to study the outer Solar System and the interstellar space beyond the Sun's heliosphere. It was launched 16 days after its twin, Voyager 2. It communicates through the NASA Deep Space Network (DSN) to receive routine commands and to transmit data to ...
Voyager 2 is a space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977, as a part of the Voyager program. It was launched on a trajectory towards the gas giants Jupiter and Saturn and enabled further encounters with the ice giants Uranus and Neptune .
7 February 1977: 25 February 1977: Viktor Gorbatko Yuri Glazkov: Salyut 5: Success 24 Soyuz 25: Soyuz 7K-T 11F615A8 #42: 9 October 1977: 11 October 1977: Vladimir Kovalyonok Valery Ryumin: Salyut 6 — Docking failed due to a docking system failure: Failure 25 Soyuz 26: Soyuz 7K-T 11F615A8 #43 10 December 1977 16 January 1978 Yuri Romanenko ...