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19 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1964 and the latest in 2022.
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July 15 in spaceflight
20 launches flew on July 15, the earliest of them in 1964, and 19 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 2 spaceflight and astronomy events on July 15. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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Spaceflight and astronomy entries from Wikipedia for this date, oldest first, starting in 1975.
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What happened on July 15
1975
Space Race: Apollo–Soyuz Test Project features the dual launch of an Apollo spacecraft and a Soyuz spacecraft on the first Soviet-United States human-crewed flight. It was the last launch of both an Apollo spacecraft, and the Saturn family of rockets.
Space Race ↗2009
Space Shuttle program: Endeavour is launched on STS-127 to complete assembly of the International Space Station's Kibō module.
Space Shuttle program ↗
Launches on July 15Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
20 launches
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- 2022Long March 2C | SuperView Neo 2-01 & 02CASCSUCCESS
- 2022Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-25SpXSUCCESS
- 2020Minotaur IV | NROL-129NGSSSUCCESS
- 2015Ariane 5 ECA | Star One C4 & MSG 4ASASUCCESS
- 2015Atlas V 401 | GPS IIF-10 (USA-262)ULASUCCESS
- 2013Long March 2C | Shijian 11-05CASCSUCCESS
- 2012Soyuz FG | Soyuz TMA-05MRFSASUCCESS
- 2011Proton-M / Briz-M Enhanced | SES-3 & KazSat-2ILSSUCCESS
- 2011PSLV XL | GSAT-12ISROSUCCESS
- 2009Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-127USASUCCESS
- 2004Delta 7920-10L | AuraUSAFSUCCESS
- 2000Kosmos-3M | CHAMP & MITANPSUCCESS
- 1985Soyuz U | Zenit-8 19CCCPSUCCESS
- 1981Soyuz U | Yantar-2K 20CCCPSUCCESS
- 1980Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKT 14CCCPSUCCESS
- 1980Thor DSV-2U | DMSP-5D1 F5USAFFAILURE
- 1976Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 13CCCPSUCCESS
- 1975Saturn IB | Apollo-Soyuz Test ProjectNASASUCCESS
- 1975Soyuz-U | Soyuz 19CCCPSUCCESS
- 1964Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 20CCCPSUCCESS
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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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