Portal:Spaceflight/On This Day/25 April

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• 1961 - An Atlas-D fails to launch the Mercury-Atlas 3 test mission.
• 1964 - A Vostok rocket launches the Kosmos-29 satellite.
• 1966 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
• 1968 - An R-36 launches the Kosmos-218 spacecraft.
• 1970 - A Kosmos-3M launches eight satellites.
• 1972 - A Kosmos-2I fails to launch an unknown satellite.
• 1973 - A Tsyklon-2 fails to launch an unknown satellite.
• 1973 - A Voskhod rocket launches the Kosmos-555 satellite.
• 1979 - A Proton-K launches a Raduga satellite.
• 1979 - A Tsyklon-2 launches the Kosmos-1096 satellite.
• 1981 - A Proton-K launches the Kosmos-1267 satellite.
• 1983 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos-1456 satellite.
• 1985 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos-1648 satellite.
• 1990 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos-2075 satellite.
• 1992 - A Titan II launches the USA-81 satellite.
• 1993 - A Pegasus rocket launches the Alexis satellite.
• 1997 - An Atlas I launches the GOES-10 satellite.
• 2000 - A Soyuz-U launches the Progress M1-2 spacecraft to reboost Mir.
• 2002 - A Soyuz-U launches the manned Soyuz TM-34 mission to the ISS.
• 2006 - A Start-1 launches the EROS B satellite.
• 2007 - A Pegasus-XL launches the AIM satellite.
• 2008 - The Long March 3C makes its maiden flight, launching the Tianlian-1 satellite.