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9 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1973 and the latest in 2025.
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January 8 in spaceflight
9 launches flew on January 8, the earliest of them in 1973, and 9 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 1 spaceflight and astronomy event on January 8. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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What happened on January 8
1994
Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov on Soyuz TM-18 leaves for Mir. He would stay on the space station until March 22, 1995, for a record 437 days in space.
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Launches on January 8Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
9 launches
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- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-11SpXSUCCESS
- 2024Vulcan VC2S | Peregrine lunar lander (Maiden flight)ULASUCCESS
- 2023Long March 7A | Shijian 23CASCSUCCESS
- 2021Falcon 9 Block 5 | Türksat 5ASpXSUCCESS
- 2018Falcon 9 Block 4 | ZumaSpXSUCCESS
- 1994Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz TM-18RFSASUCCESS
- 1991Delta II | NATO 4AUSAFSUCCESS
- 1986Soyuz U | Zenit-8 26CCCPSUCCESS
- 1973Proton | Luna-21CCCPSUCCESS
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Cosmos, by Carl Sagan
Sagan's tour of the universe and how we came to understand it. It keeps the science in.
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Pale Blue Dot, by Carl Sagan
Sagan's case for people leaving Earth one day, and an honest look at how hard that would be.
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Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir
A science-fiction novel from the author of The Martian, built around solving one engineering problem after another.
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