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20 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1966 and the latest in 2025.
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July 8 in spaceflight
20 launches flew on July 8, the earliest of them in 1966, and 20 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 2 spaceflight and astronomy events on July 8. 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 1994.
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What happened on July 8
2011
Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program.
Space Shuttle Atlantis ↗
Launches on July 8Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
20 launches
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- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-28SpXSUCCESS
- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | Türksat 6ASpXSUCCESS
- 2014Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat | Meteor-M No.2, MKA-PN2, DX-1, UKube-1, TechDemoSat-1, SkySat-2, AISSat-2RFSASUCCESS
- 2011Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-135USASUCCESS
- 2003Delta II | Opportunity RoverUSAFSUCCESS
- 2002Kosmos-3M | Strela-3 131 & 132NPSUCCESS
- 1999Molniya-M | Molniya-3 63LPRSCSUCCESS
- 1994Ariane 44L | PAS 2 & BS 3nASASUCCESS
- 1994Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-65LSOCSUCCESS
- 1992Molniya 8K78M-PVB | US-K 69PRSCSUCCESS
- 1987Soyuz U | Yantar-1KFT 7CCCPSUCCESS
- 1985Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 49CCCPSUCCESS
- 1983Molniya-M | US-K 30CCCPSUCCESS
- 1977Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 2CCCPSUCCESS
- 1976Delta 2914 | Palapa A1USAFSUCCESS
- 1976Kosmos-3M | DS-P1-M 9 (Kosmos-839)CCCPSUCCESS
- 1976Titan IIID | KH-9 12USAFSUCCESS
- 1975Molniya-M | Molniya-2 13CCCPSUCCESS
- 1971Scout B | Solrad 10NASASUCCESS
- 1966Kosmos-2I 63S1 | DS-P1-Yu 6CCCPSUCCESS
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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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