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Spacecraft launched in 1968 | HearLore
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Spacecraft launched in 1968
Apollo 8On the 4th of October 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1. This small metal sphere changed everything for the United States.
Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2The Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 lifted off on the 7th of December 1968. An Atlas-Centaur rocket carried the payload into a nearly circular Earth…