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24 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1967 and the latest in 2026.
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June 5 in spaceflight
24 launches flew on June 5, the earliest of them in 1967, and 24 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 3 spaceflight and astronomy events on June 5. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
Recorded events
IN THE RECORD3ENTRIES
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What happened on June 5
1991
Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-40, the fifth spacelab mission.
Space Shuttle Columbia ↗2002
Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-111, carrying the Expedition 5 crew to the International Space Station to replace the Expedition 4 crew. Astronaut Franklin Chang-Díaz becomes the second person to have flown on seven spaceflights.
Space Shuttle Endeavour ↗2024
The Boeing Starliner is launched on its first crewed flight, carrying astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams to the International Space Station.
Boeing Starliner ↗
Launches on June 5Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
24 launches
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- 2026Long March 8 | SpaceSail Polar Group #12CASCSUCCESS
- 2025Long March 6A | SatNet LEO Group 04CASCSUCCESS
- 2024Atlas V N22 | CST-100 Starliner Crewed Flight TestULASUCCESS
- 2024Electron | PREFIRE And Ice (PREFIRE 2)RLSUCCESS
- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 8-5SpXSUCCESS
- 2023Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-28SpXSUCCESS
- 2022Long March 2F/G | Shenzhou 14CASCSUCCESS
- 2019Long March 11 | Jilin-1 & othersCASCSUCCESS
- 2018Long March 3A | Fengyun-2HCASCSUCCESS
- 2017LVM-3 | GSAT-19ISROSUCCESS
- 2015Soyuz 2.1a | Kobalt-M (Kosmos 2505)VKOSUCCESS
- 2013Ariane 5 ES | Albert Einstein ATV (ATV-004)ASASUCCESS
- 2002Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-111USASUCCESS
- 2002Ariane 44L | INTELSAT 905ASASUCCESS
- 1991Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-40LSOCSUCCESS
- 1989Ariane 44L | Superbird A & DFS-Kopernikus 1ASASUCCESS
- 1980Soyuz-U | Soyuz T-2CCCPSUCCESS
- 1979Molniya-M | Molniya-3 21LCCCPSUCCESS
- 1977Thor DSV-2U | DMSP-5D1 F2USAFSUCCESS
- 1975Molniya-M | Molniya-1K 30CCCPSUCCESS
- 1973Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 63CCCPSUCCESS
- 1969Thorad SLV-2H Agena D | OGO 6USAFSUCCESS
- 1968Titan IIIB | KH-8 14USAFSUCCESS
- 1967Kosmos 11K63 | DS-U2-MP 2CCCPSUCCESS
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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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