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27 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1960 and the latest in 2026.
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May 24 in spaceflight
29 launches flew on May 24, the earliest of them in 1960, and 27 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 1 spaceflight and astronomy event on May 24. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
Recorded events
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What happened on May 24
1962
Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbited the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule.
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Launches on May 24Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
29 launches
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- 2026Long March 2F/G | Shenzhou 23CASCSUCCESS
- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-22SpXSUCCESS
- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-63SpXSUCCESS
- 2023Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-23 (84P)RFSASUCCESS
- 2019Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Demo (0.9)SpXSUCCESS
- 2016Soyuz STB/Fregat | Galileo L7 (FOC FM10-FM11)ASASUCCESS
- 2014H-IIA 202 | ALOS-2MHISUCCESS
- 2006Delta IV M+(4,2) | GOES 13USAFSUCCESS
- 2003Long March 3A | Beidou Daohang Shiyan Wei. 3CASCSUCCESS
- 2000Atlas Agena B | Eutelsat W4LMTSUCCESS
- 1997Proton-K/DM-2M | Telstar 5KhSCSUCCESS
- 1996Delta II | Galaxy 9USAFSUCCESS
- 1995Molniya-M | US-K 76PRSCSUCCESS
- 1991Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 59CCCPSUCCESS
- 1989Soyuz U | Yantar-1KFT 11CCCPSUCCESS
- 1986Proton-K/DM | EkranCCCPSUCCESS
- 1983Kosmos-3M | Parus 39CCCPSUCCESS
- 1975Soyuz | Soyuz 18CCCPSUCCESS
- 1975Thor Burner 2A | DMSP-5C F2USAFSUCCESS
- 1968Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 13CCCPSUCCESS
- 1967Molniya 8K78 | Molniya-1 5CCCPSUCCESS
- 1967Thor Delta E1 | IMP FUSAFSUCCESS
- 1966Kosmos 11K63 | DS-U2-I 1CCCPSUCCESS
- 1966Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 33USAFSUCCESS
- 1963Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 11CCCPSUCCESS
- 1962Atlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 7NASASUCCESS
- 1962Scout X-2M | DSAP-1 F1USAFFAILURE
- 1961Juno II | S-45AABMAFAILURE
- 1960Atlas Agena A | Midas 2USAFSUCCESS
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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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