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33 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1960 and the latest in 2026.
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June 29 in spaceflight
36 launches flew on June 29, the earliest of them in 1960, and 33 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 4 spaceflight and astronomy events on June 29. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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What happened on June 29
1971
The Soyuz 11 spacecraft experienced uncontrolled decompression during preparations for reentry, killing Soviet cosmonauts Vladislav Volkov, Georgy Dobrovolsky and Viktor Patsayev—the only human deaths to have occurred in space.
Soyuz 11 ↗1971
Prior to re-entry (following a record-setting stay aboard the Soviet Union's Salyut 1 space station), the crew capsule of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft depressurizes, killing the three cosmonauts on board. Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Patsayev are the first humans to die in space.
Soviet Union ↗1995
Atlantis became the first U.S. Space Shuttle to dock with the Russian space station Mir as part of the Shuttle–Mir program.
Space Shuttle Atlantis ↗1995
Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis) docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time.
Space Shuttle program ↗
Launches on June 29Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
36 launches
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- 2026Falcon 9 Block 5 | Sirius SXM-11SpXSUCCESS
- 2025New Shepard | NS-33BOSUCCESS
- 2024Long March 7A | ChinaSat 3ACASCSUCCESS
- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-186SpXSUCCESS
- 2023SpaceShipTwo | Galactic 01VGSUCCESS
- 2022Falcon 9 Block 5 | SES-22SpXSUCCESS
- 2021Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-17 (78P)RFSASUCCESS
- 2019SARGE | Launch 3EXOSPARTIAL
- 2019Electron | Make It Rain (Rideshare)RLSUCCESS
- 2018MOMO | Launch 2ISTECHFAILURE
- 2018Falcon 9 Block 4 | SpX CRS-15SpXSUCCESS
- 2016Long March 4B | Shijian 16-02CASCSUCCESS
- 2012Delta IV Heavy | NROL-15 (Mentor) (USA-237)ULASUCCESS
- 2012SpaceShipTwo | VSS Enterprise GF18VGSUCCESS
- 2007Zenit 2M | Tselina-2 23RFSASUCCESS
- 2004Dnepr | Aprizesat-2ISCKSUCCESS
- 2004Zenit | Telstar 18SLSUCCESS
- 1991Scout G-1 | REXUSAFSUCCESS
- 1984Soyuz U | Zenit-8 2CCCPSUCCESS
- 1984Tsiklon-2 | US-A 24CCCPSUCCESS
- 1982Kosmos-3M | Nadezhda 1CCCPSUCCESS
- 1980Soyuz U | Progress 10CCCPSUCCESS
- 1979Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 9CCCPSUCCESS
- 1978Atlas SLV-3D Centaur | Comstar 1CUSAFSUCCESS
- 1977Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-Priroda 2-2CCCPSUCCESS
- 1976Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 12CCCPSUCCESS
- 1976Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 63CCCPSUCCESS
- 1974Molniya-M | US-K 3CCCPSUCCESS
- 1974Soyuz 11A511M | Zenit-4MT 6CCCPSUCCESS
- 1972Molniya-M | Prognoz-2CCCPSUCCESS
- 1969Thor Delta N | Biosat 3USAFSUCCESS
- 1967Thor Burner 2 | Aurora 1 & SECOR 9USAFSUCCESS
- 1965X-15 | Flight 138USAFSUCCESS
- 1963Thor SLV-2A Agena B | P-698BK Group 1-D 2USAFSUCCESS
- 1961Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit 4A & Injun-1 & Solrad 3USAFSUCCESS
- 1960Thor Agena A | Discoverer 12USAFFAILURE
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Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir
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