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16 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1961 and the latest in 2024.
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July 12 in spaceflight
20 launches flew on July 12, the earliest of them in 1961, and 16 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 1 spaceflight and astronomy event on July 12. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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What happened on July 12
2001
Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-104, carrying the Quest Joint Airlock to the International Space Station.
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Launches on July 12Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
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- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-3SpXFAILURE
- 2023Zhuque-2 | Flight 2LSSUCCESS
- 2022Long March 3B/E | Tianlian 2-03CASCSUCCESS
- 2010PSLV-CA | Cartosat-2B, AlSat-2A, StudSat, AISSat-1, TIsat-1ISROSUCCESS
- 2006Dnepr | Genesis-1ISCKSUCCESS
- 2001Ariane 5 G | Artemis & BSAT-2bASAPARTIAL
- 2001Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-104USASUCCESS
- 2000Proton | ZvezdaKhSCSUCCESS
- 1989Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 47CCCPSUCCESS
- 1989Ariane 3 | OlympusASASUCCESS
- 1988Proton-K/D-2 | Fobos-2CCCPSUCCESS
- 1977Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKM 1CCCPSUCCESS
- 1974Feng Bao 1 | JSSW 1bCASCFAILURE
- 1974Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 28CCCPSUCCESS
- 1972Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 56CCCPSUCCESS
- 1966Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 30USAFSUCCESS
- 1965Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 20USAFFAILURE
- 1963Atlas Agena D | KH-7 1USAFSUCCESS
- 1961Atlas LV-3A | MIDAS 3USAFSUCCESS
- 1961Delta DM-19 | Tiros-3USAFSUCCESS
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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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