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18 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1962 and the latest in 2026.
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June 17 in spaceflight
19 launches flew on June 17, the earliest of them in 1962, and 18 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 1 spaceflight and astronomy event on June 17. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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What happened on June 17
1985
Space Shuttle program: STS-51-G mission: Space Shuttle Discovery launches carrying Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a payload specialist.
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Launches on June 17Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
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- 2026Ariane 64 Block 2 | Amazon Leo (LE-03)ASASUCCESS
- 2026Falcon 9 Block 5 | BlueBird 8-10 (Block 2 #3-5)SpXSUCCESS
- 2026Kuaizhou 11 | CentiSpace-1 Group 05EPSUCCESS
- 2026Long March 12 | SatNet LEO Group 22CASCSUCCESS
- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-9SpXSUCCESS
- 2022Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-19SpXSUCCESS
- 2021Falcon 9 Block 5 | GPS III SV05SpXSUCCESS
- 2021Long March 2F/G | Shenzhou 12CASCSUCCESS
- 2020Long March 2D | Gaofen-9-03CASCSUCCESS
- 2006Proton-K/DM-2M | KazsatKhSCSUCCESS
- 1994Ariane 44LP | INTELSAT 702ASASUCCESS
- 1985Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51-GLSOCSUCCESS
- 1981Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 40CCCPSUCCESS
- 1977Tsiklon-2 | IS-A 6CCCPSUCCESS
- 1977Kosmos-3M | Signe 3CCCPSUCCESS
- 1970Voskhod | Zenit-4 73CCCPSUCCESS
- 1967Molniya-M | Venera-5aCCCPFAILURE
- 1966Voskhod | Zenit-4 19CCCPSUCCESS
- 1962Atlas Agena B | Samos-E6 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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