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27 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1963 and the latest in 2024.
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June 27 in spaceflight
29 launches flew on June 27, the earliest of them in 1963, and 27 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 4 spaceflight and astronomy events on June 27. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
Recorded events
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What happened on June 27
1982
Space Shuttle Columbia launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final research and development flight mission, STS-4.
Space Shuttle Columbia ↗1995
Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-71, the first space shuttle mission to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
Space Shuttle Atlantis ↗2018
The Japanese space probe Hayabusa2 (artist's impression pictured) arrived at the asteroid Ryugu to collect samples for return to Earth.
Hayabusa2 ↗
Launches on June 27Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
29 launches
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- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-3SpXSUCCESS
- 2023Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Meteor-M No.2-3 & othersRFSASUCCESS
- 2022Long March 4C | Gaofen-12-03CASCSUCCESS
- 2018Long March 2C | XJS-A & XJS-BCASCSUCCESS
- 2013Strela | Kondor No.202 (Kosmos-2487)KhSCSUCCESS
- 2011Soyuz-U | Kobalt-M No.7 (Kosmos 2472)VKSSUCCESS
- 2011SpaceShipTwo | VSS Enterprise GF15VGSUCCESS
- 2009Delta IV M+(4,2) | GOES-14ULASUCCESS
- 1995Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-71LMSOSUCCESS
- 1994Pegasus XL | Space Test Experiments Platform 1 (STEP-1)OSCFAILURE
- 1990Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 19CCCPSUCCESS
- 1989Soyuz U | Resurs-F 2CCCPSUCCESS
- 1984Kosmos-3M | Parus 44CCCPSUCCESS
- 1983Scout D-1 | HILATUSAFSUCCESS
- 1983Soyuz-U | Soyuz T-9CCCPSUCCESS
- 1982Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-4ROISUCCESS
- 1979Molniya-M | US-K 11CCCPSUCCESS
- 1979Atlas F | NOAA 6USAFSUCCESS
- 1978Soyuz-U | Soyuz 30CCCPSUCCESS
- 1978Atlas F/Agena D | Seasat 1USAFSUCCESS
- 1977Titan IIID | KH-9 13USAFSUCCESS
- 1975Voskhod | Zenit-2M 58CCCPSUCCESS
- 1974Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 17CCCPSUCCESS
- 1973Soyuz 11A511M | Zenit-4MT 4CCCPSUCCESS
- 1970Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 1CCCPFAILURE
- 1970Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 34CCCPSUCCESS
- 1969Voskhod | Zenit-4 60CCCPSUCCESS
- 1963X-15 | Flight 87USAFSUCCESS
- 1963Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4 22USAFSUCCESS
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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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