Tags: Year In Spaceflight.

Template:Wikipedia:WikiProject Timeline of spaceflight/Cleanup1978 saw the launch of the Pioneer Venus missions launched by the United States on 20 May and 8 August. The Pioneer Venus Multiprobe landed four spacecraft on the planet one of which transmitted data for 67 minutes before being destroyed by atmospheric pressure. ISEE-C which was launched on 8 December flew past comet 1P/Halley in 1985.

Atlas_Centaur_with_Pioneer_Venus_Orbiter.jpg
COSPAR id
124
country with first astronaut
Poland
orbital flights
5
retired rocket
Atlas-Agena, Mu (rocket family)
total launches
128
total travellers
10

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