1979 in spaceflight explained

Year:	1979
First:	11 January
Last:	28 December
Total:	110
Catalogued:	106
Maidens:	Ariane 1 Scout G-1 SLV
Retired:	Delta 2000 Mu-3C Scout D-1
Firsttrav:	Bulgaria
Orbital:	2
Totalcrew:	4

The following is an outline of 1979 in spaceflight.

Launches

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January

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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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Deep Space Rendezvous

Date (GMT)	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks
5 March			Closest approach:
9 July		Flyby of Jupiter	Closest approach:
1 September			Closest approach:

References

Footnotes

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mir Hardware Heritage . Portree . David S. F. . March 1995 . NASA . 83 . 2009-02-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090224205405/http://ston.jsc.nasa.gov/collections/TRS/_techrep/RP1357.pdf . 24 February 2009 . dead.