Deep Space Rendez-vous in 1972
- February 21 — Luna 20, 55g from Appollonius Crater (sample return mission)
- April 21 — Apollo 16, 95 kg from Descartes Highland (sample return mission)
- July 22 — Venera 8 atmospheric probe worked for 50 min on the Venerian surface
- December 11 — Apollo 17, 111 kg from Taurus-Littrow (sample return mission)
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