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15 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1964 and the latest in 2026.
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March 27 in spaceflight
19 launches flew on March 27, the earliest of them in 1964, and 15 of them succeeded. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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Launches on March 27Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
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- 2026Long March 2C/YZ-1S | Shiyan 33CASCSUCCESS
- 2019OS-M1 | Lingque-1BOSFAILURE
- 2015Soyuz STB/Fregat | Galileo L4 (FOC FM03-FM04)ASASUCCESS
- 2015Soyuz FG | Soyuz TMA-16MRFSASUCCESS
- 2008Kosmos-3M | SAR-Lupe 4NPSUCCESS
- 2004Proton | Raduga-1 7KhSCSUCCESS
- 1990Molniya-M | US-K 62CCCPSUCCESS
- 1980Soyuz U | Progress 8CCCPSUCCESS
- 1980Kosmos-3M | Taifun-1 11CCCPSUCCESS
- 1975Kosmos-3M | DS-U2-IK 6CCCPSUCCESS
- 1975Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 39CCCPSUCCESS
- 1972Molniya-M | Venera-8CCCPSUCCESS
- 1971Voskhod | Zenit-4M 13CCCPSUCCESS
- 1970Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 2CCCPSUCCESS
- 1969Atlas SLV-3C Centaur | Mariner 7USAFSUCCESS
- 1969Proton | Mars-2bCCCPFAILURE
- 1966Molniya 8K78 | Molniya-1 3aCCCPFAILURE
- 1964Scout X-3 | Ariel 2SERCSUCCESS
- 1964Molniya 8K78 | Zond 1cCCCPFAILURE
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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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