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16 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1963 and the latest in 2025.
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June 14 in spaceflight
17 launches flew on June 14, the earliest of them in 1963, and 16 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 4 spaceflight and astronomy events on June 14. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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What happened on June 14
1949
Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V-2 rocket to an altitude of 134 km (83 mi), thereby becoming the first mammal and first monkey in space.
Albert II (monkey) ↗1962
The European Space Research Organisation is established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency.
European Space Research Organisation ↗2002
Near-Earth asteroid 2002 MN misses the Earth by 75,000 miles (121,000 km), about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon.
Near-Earth object ↗
Launches on June 14Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
17 launches
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- 2025Long March 2D | Zhangheng-1-02CASCSUCCESS
- 2017Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-06 (67P)RFSASUCCESS
- 2014Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat | Glonass-M (Kosmos 2500)VKOSUCCESS
- 2011SpaceShipTwo | VSS Enterprise GF11VGSUCCESS
- 1994Soyuz-U-PVB | Foton 9VKSSUCCESS
- 1989Titan 402A IUS | DSP 14USAFSUCCESS
- 1989Kosmos-3M | Taifun-1 22CCCPSUCCESS
- 1988Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 65CCCPSUCCESS
- 1985Tsiklon-3 | Geo-IK 6CCCPSUCCESS
- 1983Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 79CCCPSUCCESS
- 1980Molniya-M | US-K 15CCCPSUCCESS
- 1980Proton-K/DM | Gorizont 4CCCPSUCCESS
- 1978Titan IIID | KH-11 2USAFSUCCESS
- 1975Proton | Venera-10CCCPSUCCESS
- 1969Proton | Luna-15bCCCPFAILURE
- 1967Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | Mariner 5USAFSUCCESS
- 1963Vostok-K | Vostok 5CCCPSUCCESS
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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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