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16 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1962 and the latest in 2026.
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January 13 in spaceflight
17 launches flew on January 13, the earliest of them in 1962, and 16 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 2 spaceflight and astronomy events on January 13. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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What happened on January 13
1993
Space Shuttle program: Endeavour heads for space for the third time as STS-54 launches from the Kennedy Space Center.
Space Shuttle program ↗2003
The trans-Neptunian object 208996 Achlys was discovered by Chad Trujillo and Michael E. Brown at Palomar Observatory, California.
208996 Achlys ↗
Launches on January 13Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
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- 2026Long March 8A | SatNet LEO Group 18CASCSUCCESS
- 2026Long March 6A | Yaogan 50-01CASCSUCCESS
- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-4SpXSUCCESS
- 2025Smart Dragon 3 | 10 x CentiSpace-1CHNRSUCCESS
- 2023Long March 2D | Yaogan 37 & Shiyan 22A/BCASCSUCCESS
- 2022LauncherOne | Above the CloudsVOSUCCESS
- 2022Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 3 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)SpXSUCCESS
- 2018Long March 2D | LKW-3 (Land Survey Satellite-3)CASCSUCCESS
- 2012Long March 3A | Fengyun 2-07CASCSUCCESS
- 2011SpaceShipTwo | VSS Enterprise GF04VGSUCCESS
- 2003Delta II | IcesatUSAFSUCCESS
- 1993Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-54LSOCSUCCESS
- 1993Molniya-M | Molniya-1T 85PRSCSUCCESS
- 1984Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 4CCCPSUCCESS
- 1979Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKM 26CCCPSUCCESS
- 1978Soyuz U | Zenit-2M 84CCCPSUCCESS
- 1962Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 37USAFFAILURE
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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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