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17 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1964 and the latest in 2026.
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January 11 in spaceflight
17 launches flew on January 11, the earliest of them in 1964, and 17 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 2 spaceflight and astronomy events on January 11. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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What happened on January 11
1787
German-born British astronomer William Herschel discovered two Uranian moons, later named Oberon and Titania by his son John.
William Herschel ↗1996
Space Shuttle program: STS-72 launches from the Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of Endeavour.
Space Shuttle program ↗
Launches on January 11Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
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- 2026Falcon 9 Block 5 | Pandora / Twilight rideshare missionSpXSUCCESS
- 2024Gravity-1 | Maiden flightOrienSpaceSUCCESS
- 2024Kuaizhou 1A | Tianxing-1-02EPSUCCESS
- 2019Falcon 9 Block 5 | Iridium-8SpXSUCCESS
- 2018Long March 3B / YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M7 & M8CASCSUCCESS
- 2018SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity GF07VGSUCCESS
- 2004Zenit | Estrela do Sul 1SLSUCCESS
- 1996Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-72LMSOSUCCESS
- 1984Kosmos-3M | Parus 41CCCPSUCCESS
- 1984Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 90 (Kosmos 1530)CCCPSUCCESS
- 1980Molniya-M | Molniya-1K 46CCCPSUCCESS
- 1979Soyuz U | Zenit-2M 94CCCPSUCCESS
- 1973Voskhod | Zenit-4M 45CCCPSUCCESS
- 1968Thor Delta E1 | GEOS BUSAFSUCCESS
- 1967Thor Delta E1 | INTELSAT II F-2USAFSUCCESS
- 1965Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 25CCCPSUCCESS
- 1964Thor SLV-2A Agena D | Poppy 5A, 5B & 5CUSAFSUCCESS
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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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