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19 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1962 and the latest in 2025.
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February 8 in spaceflight
19 launches flew on February 8, the earliest of them in 1962, and 19 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 1 spaceflight and astronomy event on February 8. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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What happened on February 8
1974
The crew of Skylab 4, the last mission to visit the American space station Skylab, returns to Earth after 84 days in space.
Skylab 4 ↗
Launches on February 8Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
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- 2025Electron | IoT 4 You and Me (Kinéis 16-20)RLSUCCESS
- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-9SpXSUCCESS
- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem)SpXSUCCESS
- 2010Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-130USASUCCESS
- 2000Soyuz-U-PVB | IRDT 1RFSASUCCESS
- 2000Delta 7420-10C | Globalstar 60,62,63,64USAFSUCCESS
- 1994Long March 3A | Shi Jian 4CASCSUCCESS
- 1988Delta 3910 | TVEUSAFSUCCESS
- 1985Ariane 3 | Arabsat 1A & Brasilsat A1ASASUCCESS
- 1985Titan 34B | Quasar 6USAFSUCCESS
- 1984Soyuz-U | Soyuz T-10CCCPSUCCESS
- 1984Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 44CCCPSUCCESS
- 1979Kosmos-3M | Taifun-1 10CCCPSUCCESS
- 1978Soyuz U | Zenit-4MT 13CCCPSUCCESS
- 1973Voskhod | Zenit-4M 46CCCPSUCCESS
- 1967Voskhod | Zenit-4 26CCCPSUCCESS
- 1967Diamant A | Diademe D-1CCNESSUCCESS
- 1967Thor Burner 2 | DSAP-4A F2USAFSUCCESS
- 1962Thor Delta | Tiros 4USAFSUCCESS
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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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