Launches
ON RECORD23MISSIONS
21 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1961 and the latest in 2022.
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June 30 in spaceflight
23 launches flew on June 30, the earliest of them in 1961, and 21 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 2 spaceflight and astronomy events on June 30. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
Recorded events
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Spaceflight and astronomy entries from Wikipedia for this date, oldest first, starting in 1971.
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What happened on June 30
1971
The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve.
Soviet Union ↗1973
Concorde 001 intercepts the path of a total solar eclipse and follows the moon's shadow, experiencing the longest total eclipse observation.
1973 Concorde eclipse flight ↗
Launches on June 30Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
23 launches
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- 2022PSLV-CA | DS-EO & othersISROSUCCESS
- 2021Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 2 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)SpXSUCCESS
- 2021LauncherOne | Tubular Bells, Part OneVOSUCCESS
- 2020Falcon 9 Block 5 | GPS III SV03SpXSUCCESS
- 2014PSLV-CA | SPOT-7, CanX-4, CanX-5, AISat, VELOX-IACLSUCCESS
- 2011Minotaur I | ORS-1 (USA-231)OSCSUCCESS
- 2010Soyuz-U | Progress M-06M (38P)RFSASUCCESS
- 2009Proton-M | Sirius FM-5KhSCSUCCESS
- 2003Rokot / Briz-KM | MimosaELSSUCCESS
- 2001Delta 7425-10 | WMAPUSAFSUCCESS
- 2000Proton-K/DM-2M | Sirius FM-1KhSCSUCCESS
- 2000Atlas IIA | TDRS 8LMTSUCCESS
- 1992Soyuz-U2 | Progress M-13RFSASUCCESS
- 1985Atlas G Centaur | Intelsat 511USAFSUCCESS
- 1983Proton-K/DM | Gorizont 7CCCPSUCCESS
- 1982Soyuz U | Yantar-2K 26CCCPSUCCESS
- 1977Soyuz U | Zenit-2M 78CCCPSUCCESS
- 1972Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 12 (26L)CCCPSUCCESS
- 1972Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-I 13CCCPSUCCESS
- 1972Kosmos 11K63 | DS-U3-IK 3CCCPSUCCESS
- 1964Atlas Centaur | AC-3 Instrumentation RingUSAFFAILURE
- 1962Kosmos-2I 63S1 | DS-P1 1CCCPSUCCESS
- 1961Scout X-1 | S-55NASAFAILURE
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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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