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15 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1965 and the latest in 2025.
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May 27 in spaceflight
19 launches flew on May 27, the earliest of them in 1965, and 15 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 1 spaceflight and astronomy event on May 27. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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What happened on May 27
1999
Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-96, the first shuttle mission to dock with the International Space Station.
Space Shuttle Discovery ↗
Launches on May 27Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
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- 2025Starship | Flight 9SpXFAILURE
- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-1SpXSUCCESS
- 2024Chollima-1 | Malligyong-1-1NADAFAILURE
- 2023Falcon 9 Block 5 | BADR-8SpXSUCCESS
- 2019Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Glonass-M No. 58 (Kosmos 2534)VKSSUCCESS
- 2016Falcon 9 Full Thrust | Thaicom 8SpXSUCCESS
- 2015Ariane 5 ECA | DirecTV 15 & Sky Mexico 1ASASUCCESS
- 2009Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-15RFSASUCCESS
- 2008Long March 4C | Feng Yun 3ACASCSUCCESS
- 2006Ariane 5 ECA | Satmex 6 & Thaicom 5ASASUCCESS
- 1999Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-96LSOCSUCCESS
- 1993Proton | Gorizont 39LKhSCFAILURE
- 1986Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 14CCCPSUCCESS
- 1978Proton-K/DM | EkranCCCPFAILURE
- 1974Soyuz | Kosmos 656CCCPSUCCESS
- 1971Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 43CCCPSUCCESS
- 1969Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 21CCCPSUCCESS
- 1968R-36O 8K69 | OGCh 19CCCPSUCCESS
- 1965Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 18USAFSUCCESS
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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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