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13 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1962 and the latest in 2025.
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March 29 in spaceflight
13 launches flew on March 29, the earliest of them in 1962, and 13 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 2 spaceflight and astronomy events on March 29. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
Recorded events
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Spaceflight and astronomy entries from Wikipedia for this date, oldest first, starting in 1807.
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What happened on March 29
1807
German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers discovered Vesta, the brightest asteroid and second-most massive body in the asteroid belt.
Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers ↗
Launches on March 29Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
13 launches
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- 2025Long March 7A | TJSW-16CASCSUCCESS
- 2023Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 5-10SpXSUCCESS
- 2023Soyuz 2.1v | Kosmos 2568 (EO MKA-4)VKSSUCCESS
- 2022Long March 6A | Demo Flight (Pujiang-2 & Tiankun-2)CASCSUCCESS
- 2018Long March 3B / YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M9 & M10CASCSUCCESS
- 2018Soyuz 2.1v | VNIIEM EMKA (Kosmos 2525)VKSSUCCESS
- 2018GSLV Mk II | GSAT-6AISROSUCCESS
- 2016Long March 3A | Beidou No. 22CASCSUCCESS
- 2005Proton-K/DM-2M | Ekspress AM-2KhSCSUCCESS
- 2002Ariane 44L | JCSAT 2AASASUCCESS
- 1984Proton-K/DM | US-KS 2CCCPSUCCESS
- 1977Kosmos-3M | OvalCCCPSUCCESS
- 1962Scout X-2 | P-21ANASASUCCESS
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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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