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16 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1965 and the latest in 2026.
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January 22 in spaceflight
18 launches flew on January 22, the earliest of them in 1965, and 16 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 5 spaceflight and astronomy events on January 22. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
Recorded events
IN THE RECORD5ENTRIES
Spaceflight and astronomy entries from Wikipedia for this date, oldest first, starting in 1968.
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What happened on January 22
1968
Apollo 5 (pictured), the first flight of NASA's Lunar Module, lifted off from Cape Kennedy Air Force Station.
Apollo 5 ↗1973
The crew of Apollo 17 addresses a joint session of Congress after the completion of the final Apollo Moon landing mission.
Apollo 17 ↗1992
Space Shuttle program: The space shuttle Discovery launches on STS-42 carrying Dr. Roberta Bondar, who becomes the first Canadian woman and the first neurologist in space.
Space Shuttle program ↗1998
Space Shuttle program: space shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-89 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
Space Shuttle Endeavour ↗
Launches on January 22Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
18 launches
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- 2026New Shepard | NS-38BOSUCCESS
- 2026Electron | The Cosmos Will See You Now (Open Cosmos Constellation Launch 1)RLSUCCESS
- 2026Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-30SpXSUCCESS
- 2016New Shepard | NS-3BOSUCCESS
- 2011H-IIB 304 | Kounotori 2 (HTV-2)MHISUCCESS
- 1998Shavit-2 | Ofeq-4ISAFAILURE
- 1992Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-42LSOCSUCCESS
- 1990Ariane 40 | SPOT 2ASASUCCESS
- 1987Molniya-M | Molniya-3 42LCCCPSUCCESS
- 1987Kosmos-3M | Taifun-2 23CCCPSUCCESS
- 1976Kosmos-3M | Tselina-O 30CCCPSUCCESS
- 1976Molniya-M | Molniya-1K 32CCCPSUCCESS
- 1975Delta 2910 | Landsat 2USAFSUCCESS
- 1969Titan IIIB | KH-8 19USAFSUCCESS
- 1969Thor Delta C1 | OSO 5USAFSUCCESS
- 1968Saturn IB | Apollo 5NASASUCCESS
- 1966Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 34CCCPSUCCESS
- 1965Thor Delta C | Tiros 9USAFFAILURE
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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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