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 **31st January 1978:**  Mayflower-1 makes its closest approach to Jupiter, passing at an altitude of 5000km.  **31st January 1978:**  Mayflower-1 makes its closest approach to Jupiter, passing at an altitude of 5000km. 
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 +**June 1978:** Columbia-10 is launched, the final Columbia curcumlunar mission, carrying pilot Doug Boone and NACAA scientist-astronaut Eugene Lippmann.
  
 **11th July 1978:** A large solar flare, rated X15, is observed.  It would prove to be the most powerful flare of Solar Cycle 21. **11th July 1978:** A large solar flare, rated X15, is observed.  It would prove to be the most powerful flare of Solar Cycle 21.
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 +**August 1978:** Launch of //Thebe// with a DEL-ED (Extended Duration) module, which is left on-orbit for later retrieval.
  
 **September 1978:** First international "Space Summit" between NESSA, ESRO and Glavkosmos in Washington DC results in agreements on a joint series of solar probes, the hosting of foreign instruments on each organisation's probes, and sharing of data and resources, including the use of NESSA's Deep Space Network in support ot the Soviet Yupiter mission. **September 1978:** First international "Space Summit" between NESSA, ESRO and Glavkosmos in Washington DC results in agreements on a joint series of solar probes, the hosting of foreign instruments on each organisation's probes, and sharing of data and resources, including the use of NESSA's Deep Space Network in support ot the Soviet Yupiter mission.
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 **28th October 1978:** Launch of the Zarya-16 mission to Chasovoy-3 carrying East German Klaus Hartmann, the first space traveller not to be a citizen of either the USA or USSR. **28th October 1978:** Launch of the Zarya-16 mission to Chasovoy-3 carrying East German Klaus Hartmann, the first space traveller not to be a citizen of either the USA or USSR.
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 +**Early 1979:** The Tehran crisis.  President Rockefeller authorises use of force, resulting in significant Iranian and American casualties. 
  
 **3rd March 1979:** Mayflower-2 makes its closest approach to Jupiter at a distance of 250 000 km. **3rd March 1979:** Mayflower-2 makes its closest approach to Jupiter at a distance of 250 000 km.
  
-**June 1978:** Columbia-10 is launched, the final Columbia curcumlunar mission, carrying pilot Doug Boone and NACAA scientist-astronaut Eugene Lippmann. +**June 1979:** President Rockefeller suffers a heart attack in the Oval Office.  He recovers, but it is later revealed he is having an affair with Sara Gibney, the White House intern who called the medical services.
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-**August 1978:** Launch of //Thebe// with a DEL-ED (Extended Duration) module, which is left on-orbit for later retrieval.+
  
 **November 1979:** The Nuclear Arms Limitation Treaty is signed between the USA and USSR.  The signing also includes an agreement to begin talks on a joint Soviet-American manned space mission. **November 1979:** The Nuclear Arms Limitation Treaty is signed between the USA and USSR.  The signing also includes an agreement to begin talks on a joint Soviet-American manned space mission.
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 **1979:** The Agat standing on-orbit force is decomissioned, to be replaced by the ground launched Oniks ASAT weapon. **1979:** The Agat standing on-orbit force is decomissioned, to be replaced by the ground launched Oniks ASAT weapon.
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 +**February 1980:** President Rockefeller announces he will not stand for re-election.
  
 **July 1980:** The Summer Olympics are held in Moscow. **July 1980:** The Summer Olympics are held in Moscow.
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 +**4th November 1980:** Democrat Frank Church beats Republican Daniel Evans to be elected President of the United States.
  
 **1980:** The Protocol on Conventional Forces in Europe is signed between the USA and USSR. **1980:** The Protocol on Conventional Forces in Europe is signed between the USA and USSR.
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 **1980:**  Three USAF ASAT squadrons are operational with Skybolt-K missiles. **1980:**  Three USAF ASAT squadrons are operational with Skybolt-K missiles.
  
-[[kolyma_s_shadow_an_alternate_space_race|Back to Main Page]]+====1981==== 
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 +**March 1981:** Andrei Kirilenko steps down from both his role as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet and First secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.  He is replaced in both these roles by former Premier Maxim Teplov, who is in turn replaced as Chairman of the Council of Ministers by Boris Gostev. 
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 +**12th December 1981:** Launch of //Thebe// on DS-34.  Two days later the glider docks with Chasovoy-3 for the first Soviet-American joint mission.   
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 +**1981:** An attempted coup in Saudi Arabia is foiled, but oil prices briefly spike in response. 
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 +====1982==== 
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 +**1982:** Oil prices begin to fall from their peak, the start of a sustained drop. 
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 +**1982:** Ford's Liberty rocket debuts.  The US and Japan reach an agreement for Liberty to be built under license by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. 
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 +**August 1982:** Chasovoy-3 is decommissioned. 
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 +**September 1982:** The Dynasoar spaceplanes are retired following the conclusion of mission DS-36. 
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 +====1985==== 
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 +**1985:** Richard Branson investigates the possibility of developing an ultra-cheap rocket based on Lutz Kayser's designs.  The first proposed use is a suborbital publicity mission, carrying Branson himself. 
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