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19 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1968 and the latest in 2025.
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May 23 in spaceflight
22 launches flew on May 23, the earliest of them in 1968, and 19 of them succeeded. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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Launches on May 23Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
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- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-16SpXSUCCESS
- 2025Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Kosmos 2588VKSSUCCESS
- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-62SpXSUCCESS
- 2014Rokot / Briz-KM | 3x Strela-3M (Kosmos 2496, Kosmos 2497, Kosmos 2498) & Kosmos 2499VKOSUCCESS
- 2012Safir 1B | FajrISAFAILURE
- 2008Rokot / Briz-KM | Strela-3 137 to 139VKSSUCCESS
- 1995Atlas I | GOES 9GDSUCCESS
- 1986Kosmos-3M | Parus 54CCCPSUCCESS
- 1985Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 15CCCPSUCCESS
- 1984Ariane 1 | Spacenet 1ASASUCCESS
- 1982Soyuz U | Progress 13CCCPSUCCESS
- 1981Atlas SLV-3D Centaur | Intelsat 501USAFSUCCESS
- 1980Ariane 1 | FirewheelASAFAILURE
- 1980Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKT 13CCCPSUCCESS
- 1978Kosmos-3M | Parus 15CCCPSUCCESS
- 1978Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKT 6CCCPSUCCESS
- 1977Atlas SLV-3A Agena D | Canyon 7USAFSUCCESS
- 1977Tsiklon-2 | IS-A 5CCCPSUCCESS
- 1974Soyuz U | Yantar-2K 1CCCPFAILURE
- 1973Voskhod | Zenit-4M 48CCCPSUCCESS
- 1969Titan IIIC | Vela 5A & 5BUSAFSUCCESS
- 1968Thor Burner 2 | DSAP-4B F1USAFSUCCESS
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Cosmos, by Carl Sagan
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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
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