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14 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1966 and the latest in 2024.
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February 9 in spaceflight
15 launches flew on February 9, the earliest of them in 1966, and 14 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 5 spaceflight and astronomy events on February 9. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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Spaceflight and astronomy entries from Wikipedia for this date, oldest first, starting in 1913.
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What happened on February 9
1913
A meteor procession was observed along a great circle arc from Canada to Brazil, leading astronomers to conclude that its source was a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.
Meteor procession ↗1913
A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of the Americas, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.
Meteor ↗
1975
The spacecraft and crew of the Soviet Soyuz 17 mission returned to earth after 29 days in orbit at the Salyut 4 station.
Soyuz 17 ↗
Launches on February 9Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
15 launches
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- 2024Soyuz 2.1v | Kosmos 2575VKSSUCCESS
- 2023Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-22 (83P)RFSASUCCESS
- 2020Simorgh | Zafar-1ISAFAILURE
- 2020H-IIA 202 | IGS Optical 7MHISUCCESS
- 1999Soyuz-U-PVB | Globalstar 23,36,38,40RFSASUCCESS
- 1993Pegasus | Satélite de Coleta de Dados-1 (SCD-1)OSCSUCCESS
- 1993Kosmos-3M | Parus 79NPSUCCESS
- 1986Atlas H | Parcae 8A,B,C & MSD 8USAFSUCCESS
- 1983Atlas H | Parcae 5A,B,C & MSD 5USAFSUCCESS
- 1980Atlas F/SVS | Navstar 5USAFSUCCESS
- 1978Atlas SLV-3D Centaur | FLTSATCOM 1USAFSUCCESS
- 1977Soyuz U | Zenit-4MK 73CCCPSUCCESS
- 1971Kosmos-3M | DS-P1-M 3CCCPSUCCESS
- 1969Titan IIIC | TACSAT 1USAFSUCCESS
- 1966Thor SLV-2A Agena D | P-770 Group 3-D 2USAFSUCCESS
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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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