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31 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1962 and the latest in 2026.
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April 26 in spaceflight
35 launches flew on April 26, the earliest of them in 1962, and 31 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 3 spaceflight and astronomy events on April 26. 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 1962.
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What happened on April 26
1993
The Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on mission STS-55 to conduct experiments aboard the Spacelab module.
Space Shuttle Columbia ↗
Launches on April 26Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
35 launches
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- 2026Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-16SpXSUCCESS
- 2023SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity 24VGSUCCESS
- 2021Delta IV Heavy | NROL-82ULASUCCESS
- 2018Long March 11 | Zhuhai-1-02CASCSUCCESS
- 2015Ariane 5 ECA | Thor-7 & SICRAL-2ASASUCCESS
- 2013Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat | Glonass-M (Kosmos 2485)VKOSUCCESS
- 2013Long March 2D | Gaofen 1CASCSUCCESS
- 2012PSLV XL | RISAT-1ISROSUCCESS
- 2008Soyuz-FG | Giove-BRFSASUCCESS
- 2006Long March 4C | Yaogan Weixing 1CASCSUCCESS
- 2005Zenit | Spaceway 1SLSUCCESS
- 2004Proton-K/DM-2M | Ekspress AM-11KhSCSUCCESS
- 2003Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-2RFSASUCCESS
- 1994Kosmos-3M | Parus 82NPSUCCESS
- 1993Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-55LSOCSUCCESS
- 1990Molniya-M | Molniya-1T 77CCCPSUCCESS
- 1989Soyuz U | Foton 5CCCPSUCCESS
- 1988Proton | GeofizikaCCCPSUCCESS
- 1988Scout G-1 | Transit-O 23,32USAFSUCCESS
- 1985Molniya-M | Prognoz-10-IKCCCPSUCCESS
- 1983Soyuz U | Yantar-4K1 8CCCPSUCCESS
- 1980Atlas F/SVS | Navstar 6USAFSUCCESS
- 1978Scout D-1 | HCMMNASASUCCESS
- 1977Soyuz U | Yantar-2K 6CCCPSUCCESS
- 1974Molniya-M | Molniya-2 9CCCPSUCCESS
- 1968Kosmos 11K63 | DS-U2-D 2CCCPSUCCESS
- 1967Titan IIIB | KH-8 5USAFFAILURE
- 1967Scout B | San Marco 2CNRSUCCESS
- 1966Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 5CCCPSUCCESS
- 1963Thor Agena D | KH-5 8USAFFAILURE
- 1963Scout X-2M | DSAP-1 F4USAFFAILURE
- 1962Atlas Agena B | Samos-E6 1USAFSUCCESS
- 1962Thor Delta | Ariel 1USAFSUCCESS
- 1962Scout X-2 | SOLRAD 4BUSNFAILURE
- 1962Vostok | Zenit-2 2CCCPSUCCESS
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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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