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14 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1960 and the latest in 2026.
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April 1 in spaceflight
14 launches flew on April 1, the earliest of them in 1960, and 14 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 3 spaceflight and astronomy events on April 1. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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What happened on April 1
1960
The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space.
Television Infrared Observation Satellite ↗2026
The Artemis II lunar flyby mission launches, marking the first crewed flight above low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972.
Artemis II ↗
Launches on April 1Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
14 launches
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- 2026SLS Block 1 | Artemis IINASASUCCESS
- 2025Long March 2D | 4 x SatNet test satellitesCASCSUCCESS
- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Fram2SpXSUCCESS
- 2022Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 4 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)SpXSUCCESS
- 2019PSLV-QL | EMISAT & 28 othersISROSUCCESS
- 2002Molniya-M | US-K 81PRSCSUCCESS
- 1993Kosmos-3M | Parus 80NPSUCCESS
- 1992Soyuz-U-PVB | Yantar-4K2 63VKSSUCCESS
- 1980Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKM 37CCCPSUCCESS
- 1975Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 21 (31L)CCCPSUCCESS
- 1971Tsiklon-2 | US-A 2CCCPSUCCESS
- 1971Thor Delta E1 | Isis 2USAFSUCCESS
- 1963Thor Agena D | KH-4 20USAFSUCCESS
- 1960Thor Able II | Tiros 1USAFSUCCESS
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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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