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10 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1967 and the latest in 2025.
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May 16 in spaceflight
11 launches flew on May 16, the earliest of them in 1967, and 10 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 2 spaceflight and astronomy events on May 16. 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 1969.
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What happened on May 16
2011
STS-134 (ISS assembly flight ULF6), launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the 25th and final flight for Space Shuttle Endeavour.
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Launches on May 16Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
11 launches
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- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-5SpXSUCCESS
- 2024Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Kosmos 2576VKSSUCCESS
- 2015Proton-M Briz-M | Mexsat-1ILSFAILURE
- 2011Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-134USASUCCESS
- 2009Proton-M Briz-M | SES-7 (Indostar 2/ProtoStar 2)ILSSUCCESS
- 2000Rokot / Briz-KM | SimSat 1 & 2ELSSUCCESS
- 1996Ariane 44L | Palapa C2 & AMOS 1ASASUCCESS
- 1991Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 61 to 66CCCPSUCCESS
- 1978Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKM 16CCCPSUCCESS
- 1973Titan 24B | KH-8 38USAFSUCCESS
- 1967Molniya-M | Ye-6LS 111CCCPSUCCESS
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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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