1972 in spaceflight

American human-rated launch vehicle

NASA astronaut, Naval aviator, aeronautical engineer, electrical engineer, fighter pilot, eleventh human to walk on the Moon (Apollo 10 and Apollo 17)

American astronaut, naval officer, test pilot and aeronautical engineer (1930–2018)

family of Soviet/Russian launch vehicles

Astronaut, geologist, politician, 12th man to walk on the moon (Apollo 17)

lander used in the Apollo program

American astronaut

Russian and Soviet rocket family

series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites

series of four space observatories launched between 1966 and 1972

family of American intercontinental ballistic missiles; first operational ICBM

Soviet uncrewed Soyuz test

NASA space observatory launched on 1972

scandal

overview of spaceflight-related events during the year of 1972

mice that flew to the moon on Apollo 17

Soviet satellite

satellite

Soviet satellite

Soviet satellite

Soviet satellite

Soviet satellite

Soviet satellite

research satellite

United States spy satellite series

American satellite

lunar highlands on the near side that served as the landing site of the American Apollo 16 mission in 1972

Russian military early warning satellite