Tags: Year In Spaceflight.

The year 2008 contained several significant events in spaceflight including the first flyby of Mercury by a spacecraft since 1975 the discovery of water ice on Mars by the Phoenix spacecraft which landed in May the first Chinese spacewalk in September and the launch of the first Indian Lunar probe in October.

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COSPAR id
67
country with first astronaut
South Korea
failed launches
2
maiden flight rocket
Ariane 5, Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, Zenit-3SLB, Long March 3C
orbital flights
7
partial failed launches
1
retired rocket
H-IIA
successful launches
66
total launches
69
total travellers
37

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