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25 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1961 and the latest in 2025.
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March 24 in spaceflight
29 launches flew on March 24, the earliest of them in 1961, and 25 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 1 spaceflight and astronomy event on March 24. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
Recorded events
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What happened on March 24
Launches on March 24Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
29 launches
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- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-69SpXSUCCESS
- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-42SpXSUCCESS
- 2023Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 5-5SpXSUCCESS
- 2023Electron | The Beat Goes On (BlackSky 18-19)RLSUCCESS
- 2021Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 22SpXSUCCESS
- 2020Long March 2C | Yaogan-30-06CASCSUCCESS
- 2016Soyuz 2.1a | Bars-M No. 2 (Kosmos 2515)VKSSUCCESS
- 2009Delta II 7925-9.5 | GPS IIR-M-7 (USA-203)ULASUCCESS
- 2006Falcon 1 | FalconSAT-2SpXFAILURE
- 1998Ariane 40 | SPOT-4ASASUCCESS
- 1995Atlas E | DMSP-5D2 F13USAFSUCCESS
- 1992Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-45LSOCSUCCESS
- 1989Delta 3920-8 | Delta StarUSAFSUCCESS
- 1989Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 337-344CCCPSUCCESS
- 1988Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 37CCCPSUCCESS
- 1987ASLV | SROSS-AISROFAILURE
- 1983Kosmos-3M | Nadezhda 2CCCPSUCCESS
- 1982Kosmos-3M | Parus 31CCCPSUCCESS
- 1982Molniya-M | Molniya-3 29LCCCPSUCCESS
- 1981Molniya-M | Molniya-3 24LCCCPSUCCESS
- 1977Kosmos-3M | Tselina-O 34CCCPSUCCESS
- 1977Molniya-M | Molniya-1K 36CCCPSUCCESS
- 1972Thor Burner 2A | DMSP-5B F2USAFSUCCESS
- 1971Thorad SLV-2H Agena D | KH-4B 14USAFSUCCESS
- 1969Voskhod | Zenit-4 54CCCPSUCCESS
- 1967Kosmos 11K65 | Strela-2 3CCCPSUCCESS
- 1966UR-500 | Proton 3aCCCPFAILURE
- 1964Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 4USAFFAILURE
- 1961Redstone MRLV | Mercury-Redstone BDNASASUCCESS
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Cosmos, by Carl Sagan
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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
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