Editing 1970 in science (section)

==Astronomy and space exploration==
* February 11 – The [[Ohsumi (satellite)|Ohsumi]] satellite is launched, making [[Japan]] the [[Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes#1970s|fourth country to launch a satellite into orbit]].
* March 31 – The [[Explorer 1]] satellite reenters the [[Earth's atmosphere]] after 12 years in [[orbit]].
* April 11 – The [[Apollo 13]] space mission is launched, but has to be aborted on April 13.
* April 17 – Apollo 13 returns safely to [[Earth]].
* June 1 – [[Soyuz 9]], a two-man spacecraft, is launched from the [[Soviet Union]] for an orbital flight of nearly 18 days, an endurance record at this time.
* August 31 – [[Solar eclipse of August 31, 1970]]: An annular solar eclipse is visible in Oceania, and is the 14th solar eclipse of [[Solar Saros 144]].
* September 20 – [[Luna 16]] lands on the Moon and lifts off the next day with samples, landing back on Earth September 24.
* October 20 – The [[Zond 8]] lunar orbiter is launched by the Soviet Union.            
* November 17 – [[Lunokhod 1]], the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world, lands on [[Mare Imbrium]] on [[Moon|the Moon]] after being released by the orbiting [[Luna 17]] spacecraft.
* December 15 – [[Venera 7]] lands on [[Venus]] and becomes the first [[spacecraft]] to transmit data from another planet successfully (launched August 17).