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28 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1967 and the latest in 2026.
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March 22 in spaceflight
29 launches flew on March 22, the earliest of them in 1967, and 28 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 3 spaceflight and astronomy events on March 22. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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What happened on March 22
1982
NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia is launched from the Kennedy Space Center on its third mission, STS-3.
NASA ↗1995
Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returned from the space station Mir aboard Soyuz TM-20 after 437 days in space, setting a record for the longest spaceflight.
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Launches on March 22Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
29 launches
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- 2026Smart Dragon 3 | 10 x CentiSpace-1CHNRSUCCESS
- 2026Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-62SpXSUCCESS
- 2026Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-33 (94P)RFSASUCCESS
- 2023Kuaizhou 1A | Tianmu-1 03-06EPSUCCESS
- 2022Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M | Meridian-M No.20LVKSSUCCESS
- 2021Electron | They Go Up So Fast (Rideshare)RLSUCCESS
- 2021Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M | CAS500-1 & rideshareGKLSSUCCESS
- 2019Vega | PRISMAASASUCCESS
- 2014Ariane 5 ECA | Astra 5B & Amazonas 4AASASUCCESS
- 2006Pegasus XL | ST-5 FWDOSCSUCCESS
- 1996Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-76LMSOSUCCESS
- 1995Soyuz-U-PVB | Yantar-4K2 73VKSSUCCESS
- 1995Atlas IIAS | INTELSAT 705LMTSUCCESS
- 1995Kosmos-3M | Parus 83NPSUCCESS
- 1994Soyuz U | Progress M-22RFSASUCCESS
- 1991Molniya-M | Molniya-3 55LCCCPSUCCESS
- 1990Soyuz U | Zenit-8 90CCCPSUCCESS
- 1988Kosmos-3M | Parus 62CCCPSUCCESS
- 1985Atlas G Centaur | Intelsat 510USAFSUCCESS
- 1985Proton-K/DM | EkranCCCPSUCCESS
- 1982Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-3ROISUCCESS
- 1981Soyuz-U | Soyuz 39CCCPSUCCESS
- 1976Titan 24B | KH-8 46USAFSUCCESS
- 1973Voskhod | Zenit-2M 36CCCPSUCCESS
- 1972Kosmos-3M | Tselina-O 14CCCPSUCCESS
- 1969Voskhod | Zenit-2 72CCCPSUCCESS
- 1968Tsiklon-2A | US-AO 4CCCPSUCCESS
- 1967R-36O 8K69 | OGCh 8CCCPFAILURE
- 1967Voskhod | Zenit-4 27CCCPSUCCESS
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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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