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19 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1959 and the latest in 2026.
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1965 · 61 years ago today
The first American spacewalk
Ed White spent twenty-three minutes outside Gemini 4 using a handheld gas gun to move.
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June 3 in spaceflight
21 launches flew on June 3, the earliest of them in 1959, and 19 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 1 spaceflight and astronomy event on June 3. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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What happened on June 3
1965
The launch of Gemini 4, the first multi-day space mission by a NASA crew. Ed White, a crew member, performs the first American spacewalk.
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Launches on June 3Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
21 launches
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- 2026Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-47SpXSUCCESS
- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-19SpXSUCCESS
- 2024Chang'e | Chang'e 6CNSASUCCESS
- 2022Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-20 (81P)RFSASUCCESS
- 2021Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-22SpXSUCCESS
- 2017Falcon 9 Full Thrust | SpX CRS-11SpXSUCCESS
- 2013Proton-M Briz-M | SES-6ILSSUCCESS
- 2010Proton-M / Briz-M Enhanced | Badr-5 (Arabsat 5B)ILSSUCCESS
- 1997Ariane 44L | INMARSAT III F-4 & Insat 2DASASUCCESS
- 1992Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 361-368NPSUCCESS
- 1982K65M-RB | BOR-4 404CCCPSUCCESS
- 1981Soyuz U | Yantar-2K 19CCCPSUCCESS
- 1975Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 43CCCPSUCCESS
- 1975Kosmos-3M | DS-U3-IK 5CCCPFAILURE
- 1974Scout E-1 | Hawkeye 1NASASUCCESS
- 1969Titan IIIB | KH-8 22USAFSUCCESS
- 1969Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 22CCCPSUCCESS
- 1966Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 29USAFSUCCESS
- 1966Titan II GLV | Gemini IX-ANASASUCCESS
- 1965Titan II GLV | Gemini IVNASASUCCESS
- 1959Thor Agena A | Discoverer 3USAFFAILURE
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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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