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24 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1964 and the latest in 2026.
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April 4 in spaceflight
25 launches flew on April 4, the earliest of them in 1964, and 24 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 4 spaceflight and astronomy events on April 4. 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 1968.
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What happened on April 4
1983
Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space on STS-6.
Space Shuttle program ↗1996
Comet Hyakutake is imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous.
Comet Hyakutake ↗1997
Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-83. However, the mission is later cut short due to a fuel cell problem.
Space Shuttle Columbia ↗
Launches on April 4Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
25 launches
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- 2026Atlas V 551 | Amazon Leo (LA-05)ULASUCCESS
- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-13SpXSUCCESS
- 2019Soyuz STB/Fregat | O3b FM17-20ASASUCCESS
- 2019Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-11 (72P)RFSASUCCESS
- 2014PSLV XL | IRNSS-1BISROSUCCESS
- 2011Soyuz FG | Soyuz TMA-21RFSASUCCESS
- 2009Atlas V 421 | WGS-2ULASUCCESS
- 2000Soyuz-U | Soyuz TM-30RFSASUCCESS
- 1997Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-83USASUCCESS
- 1997Titan II SLV | DMSP-5D2 F14USAFSUCCESS
- 1991Ariane 44P | Anik E2ASASUCCESS
- 1991Proton | Uragan 42 to 44CCCPSUCCESS
- 1989Kosmos-3M | Parus 65CCCPSUCCESS
- 1986Proton-K/DM | Potok 3CCCPSUCCESS
- 1984Molniya-M | US-K 33CCCPSUCCESS
- 1983Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-6ROISUCCESS
- 1978Soyuz U | Kosmos 1001CCCPSUCCESS
- 1974Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 22CCCPSUCCESS
- 1972Molniya-M | Molniya-1 20CCCPSUCCESS
- 1971Tsiklon-2 | I2P 7CCCPSUCCESS
- 1969Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 20CCCPSUCCESS
- 1969Voskhod | Zenit-4 55CCCPSUCCESS
- 1968Saturn V | Apollo 6NASAPARTIAL
- 1967Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 48CCCPSUCCESS
- 1964Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 16CCCPSUCCESS
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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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