Launches
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29 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1966 and the latest in 2026.
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April 7 in spaceflight
29 launches flew on April 7, the earliest of them in 1966, and 29 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 2 spaceflight and astronomy events on April 7. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
Recorded events
IN THE RECORD2ENTRIES
Spaceflight and astronomy entries from Wikipedia for this date, oldest first, starting in 1983.
Pictures from this date
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What happened on April 7
1983
During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson perform the first Space Shuttle spacewalk.
STS-6 ↗2001
NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey (artist's conception pictured), the longest-surviving continually active spacecraft in orbit around a planet other than Earth, launched from Cape Canaveral.
NASA ↗
Launches on April 7Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
29 launches
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- 2026Long March 8 | SpaceSail Polar Group #7CASCSUCCESS
- 2026Minotaur IV | STP-S29ANGSSSUCCESS
- 2026Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-35SpXSUCCESS
- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-11SpXSUCCESS
- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 1 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)SpXSUCCESS
- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 8-1SpXSUCCESS
- 2023Falcon 9 Block 5 | Intelsat 40eSpXSUCCESS
- 2023Hyperbola-1 | Dummy Payloadi-SpaceSUCCESS
- 2022Soyuz 2.1b | Kosmos 2554 (Lotos-S1 #6)VKSSUCCESS
- 2021Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 23SpXSUCCESS
- 2007Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-10RFSASUCCESS
- 2001Delta II | Mars OdysseyUSAFSUCCESS
- 2001Proton-M Briz-M | Ekran-M 4KhSCSUCCESS
- 1998Proton-K/17S40 | Iridium 62 to 68KhSCSUCCESS
- 1995Atlas IIA | AMSC 1LMTSUCCESS
- 1990Long March 3 | Asiasat 1CASCSUCCESS
- 1982Molniya-M | US-K 25CCCPSUCCESS
- 1981Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 35CCCPSUCCESS
- 1979Kosmos-3M | Parus 19CCCPSUCCESS
- 1978Delta 2914 | Yuri 1USAFSUCCESS
- 1978Atlas SLV-3A Agena D | Aquacade 4USAFSUCCESS
- 1977Soyuz U | Zenit-4MK 76CCCPSUCCESS
- 1976Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 24 (37L)CCCPSUCCESS
- 1975Tsiklon-2 | US-A 10CCCPSUCCESS
- 1972Voskhod | Energiya 1CCCPSUCCESS
- 1971Vostok 8A92M | Tselina-D 2CCCPSUCCESS
- 1970Kosmos-3M | Tselina-O 6CCCPSUCCESS
- 1968Molniya-M | Luna-14CCCPSUCCESS
- 1966Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 31USAFSUCCESS
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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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