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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 73. Chapters: SM-65 Atlas, Pioneer 11, Mars program, Skylab, Mariner 10, Salyut program, Lunokhod 2, Alan Bean, Diamant, Luna 21, Soyuz, Saturn IB, Voskhod, Proton, Pete Conrad, Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, KH-9 Hexagon, KH-8 GAMBIT, Skylab 4, Anik, Skylab 3, Edward Gibson, Jack R. Lousma, Valentin Lebedev, Gerald P. Carr, Owen K. Garriott, Skylab Rescue, Skylab 2, Almaz, William R. Pogue, Salyut 2, Joseph P. Kerwin, Titan IIIC, Soyuz-U, Soyuz 13, Oko, Paul J. Weitz, Titan IIIB, Soyuz 12, Tsyklon, Pyotr Klimuk, Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, Kosmos 601, Kosmos 553, Kosmos 611, Kosmos 608, Kosmos 545, Kosmos 562, Kosmos 558, Kosmos 580, Explorer 49, Saturn INT-21, Tsyklon-2, Jumpseat, Kosmos 557, Kosmos 615, Vasily Lazarev, Aquacade, Molniya, Bion 1. Excerpt: 1973 saw the launch of the first and only American Space station known as Skylab on a Saturn INT rocket. This is a list of spaceflights launched in 1973. Proton ( ) (formal designation: UR-500) is an expendable launch system used for both commercial and Russian government space launches. The first Proton rocket was launched in 1965 and the launch system is still in use as of 2011, which makes it one of the most successful heavy boosters in the history of spaceflight. All Protons are built at the Khrunichev plant in Moscow, and then transported for launch to the Baikonur Cosmodrome, where they are brought to the launch pad horizontally and then raised into vertical position for launch. Like many Soviet boosters, the names of recurring payloads became associated with their launchers. Thusly, the moniker "Proton" originates from a series of large scientific Proton satellites, which were among the rocket's first payloads. It is also known as the D-1/D-1e or SL-12/SL-13. Launch capacity to low Earth orbit is about 22 tonnes (49,000 lb). Geostationary transfer c...
