Portal:Spaceflight/On This Day/8 January

• 1966 - A Thor-Burner launches a DMSP satellite
• 1973 - A Proton-K/D launches Luna 21.
• 1986 - A Soyuz-U rocket launches a Zenit-8 spy satellite.
• 1990 - An EVA is performed by the crew of Mir to install star tracking equipment.
• 1991 - A Delta II rocket launches a NATO communication satellite
• 1994 - Soyuz TM-18 is launched to Mir, carrying three cosmonauts to the space station