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28 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1964 and the latest in 2026.
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May 19 in spaceflight
29 launches flew on May 19, the earliest of them in 1964, and 28 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 4 spaceflight and astronomy events on May 19. 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 1961.
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What happened on May 19
1961
Venera program: Venera 1 becomes the first man-made object to fly by another planet by passing Venus (the probe had lost contact with Earth a month earlier and did not send back any data).
Venera program ↗1996
Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on mission STS-77.
Space Shuttle program ↗2000
Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-101 to resupply the International Space Station.
Space Shuttle Atlantis ↗
Launches on May 19Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
29 launches
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- 2026Vega-C | Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE)AvioSUCCESS
- 2025Ceres-1S | Tianqi 16-18 & 20GESUCCESS
- 2024New Shepard | NS-25BOSUCCESS
- 2023Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-3SpXSUCCESS
- 2022Atlas V N22 | CST-100 Starliner Orbital Flight Test 2 (OFT-2)ULASUCCESS
- 2022Soyuz 2.1a | Kosmos 2556 (Bars-M No. 3)VKSSUCCESS
- 2021Long March 4B | Haiyang 2DCASCSUCCESS
- 2011SpaceShipTwo | VSS Enterprise GF09VGSUCCESS
- 2009Minotaur I | Tacsat 3OSCSUCCESS
- 2004Atlas IIAS | AMC 11LMTSUCCESS
- 2000Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-101USASUCCESS
- 1996Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-77LMSOSUCCESS
- 1994Pegasus HAPS | Space Test Experiments Platform 2 (STEP-2)OSCSUCCESS
- 1990Proton | Uragan 36 to 38CCCPSUCCESS
- 1988Soyuz U | Zenit-8 63CCCPSUCCESS
- 1987Soyuz-U2 | Progress 30CCCPSUCCESS
- 1984Proton | Uragan 6 & 7CCCPSUCCESS
- 1983Atlas SLV-3D Centaur | Intelsat 506USAFSUCCESS
- 1983Kosmos-3M | Taifun-1B 5CCCPSUCCESS
- 1981Vostok 8A92M | Tselina-D 29CCCPSUCCESS
- 1978Tsiklon-2 | IS-A 9CCCPSUCCESS
- 1977Kosmos-3M | DS-P1-M 11CCCPSUCCESS
- 1972Molniya-M | Molniya-2 2CCCPSUCCESS
- 1971Proton | Mars-2CCCPSUCCESS
- 1971Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 42CCCPSUCCESS
- 1966R-36O 8K69 | OGCh 4CCCPSUCCESS
- 1966Scout A | Transit-O 9USAFSUCCESS
- 1965Little Joe II | A-003NASAFAILURE
- 1964Atlas Agena D | KH-7 8USAFSUCCESS
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Cosmos, by Carl Sagan
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Pale Blue Dot, by Carl Sagan
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Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir
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