Back 1968 йылда йыһанға осороуҙар исемлеге Bashkir 1968 en els vols espacials Catalan Luettelo vuoden 1968 miehittämättömistä avaruuslennoista Finnish 1968 en astronautique French 1968 באסטרונאוטיקה HE 1968年の宇宙飛行 Japanese 1968 йисуз космосдиз ахъаюнрин сиягь LEZ 1968. gads kosmonautikā Latvian/Lettish Список космических запусков в 1968 году Russian
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| Orbital launches | |
|---|---|
| First | 7 January |
| Last | 26 December |
| Total | 128 |
| Successes | 119 |
| Failures | 9 |
| Partial failures | 3 |
| Rockets | |
| Maiden flights | Delta M Delta N |
| Retirements | Delta J Kosmos-3 |
| Crewed flights | |
| Orbital | 3 |
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.
- ^ "Spacecraft Query Results". Master Catalog Search. NASA NSSDC. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2010.