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15 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1961 and the latest in 2026.
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February 25 in spaceflight
16 launches flew on February 25, the earliest of them in 1961, and 15 of them succeeded. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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Launches on February 25Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
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- 2026Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-26SpXSUCCESS
- 2025New Shepard | NS-30BOSUCCESS
- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-39SpXSUCCESS
- 2022Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-11SpXSUCCESS
- 2013PSLV-CA | SARALISROSUCCESS
- 2002Soyuz-U-PVB | Yantar-4K2 81VKSSUCCESS
- 1983Soyuz U | Yantar-4K1 7CCCPSUCCESS
- 1979Soyuz-U | Soyuz 32CCCPSUCCESS
- 1978Titan 34B | Jumpseat 5USAFSUCCESS
- 1972Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 10CCCPSUCCESS
- 1971Tsiklon-2 | I2P 6CCCPSUCCESS
- 1969Voskhod | Zenit-2 71CCCPSUCCESS
- 1969Atlas SLV-3C Centaur | Mariner 6USAFSUCCESS
- 1965Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 17USAFSUCCESS
- 1964Atlas Agena D | KH-7 5USAFSUCCESS
- 1961Juno II | S-45ABMAFAILURE
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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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