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21 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1968 and the latest in 2026.
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March 14 in spaceflight
22 launches flew on March 14, the earliest of them in 1968, and 21 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 1 spaceflight and astronomy event on March 14. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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What happened on March 14
1995
Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on board a Russian launch vehicle.
Norman Thagard ↗
Launches on March 14Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
22 launches
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- 2026Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-48SpXSUCCESS
- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-10SpXSUCCESS
- 2024Starship | Integrated Flight Test 3SpXSUCCESS
- 2021Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 21SpXSUCCESS
- 2019Soyuz-FG | Soyuz MS-12RFSASUCCESS
- 2016Proton-M Briz-M | ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter & EDM Schiaparelli landerKhSCSUCCESS
- 2008Proton-M Briz-M | AMC 14KhSCFAILURE
- 1998Soyuz U | Progress M-38RFSASUCCESS
- 1996Soyuz-U-PVB | Yantar-4K2 75VKSSUCCESS
- 1996Ariane 44LP | INTELSAT 707ASASUCCESS
- 1995Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz TM-21RFSASUCCESS
- 1992Atlas I | Galaxy 5GDSUCCESS
- 1990Tsiklon-2 | US-P 33CCCPSUCCESS
- 1990Commercial Titan III | Intelsat 603MMSUCCESS
- 1988Tsiklon-2 | US-A 32CCCPSUCCESS
- 1985Kosmos-3M | Parus 49CCCPSUCCESS
- 1981Tsiklon-2 | IS-A 12CCCPSUCCESS
- 1980Tsiklon-2 | US-P 8CCCPSUCCESS
- 1979Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKM 29CCCPSUCCESS
- 1974Voskhod | Zenit-2M 45CCCPSUCCESS
- 1968Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | KH-4A 46USAFSUCCESS
- 1968Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 9CCCPSUCCESS
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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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