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22 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1962 and the latest in 2026.
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July 18 in spaceflight
22 launches flew on July 18, the earliest of them in 1962, and 22 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 1 spaceflight and astronomy event on July 18. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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What happened on July 18
1966
Human spaceflight: Gemini 10 is launched from Cape Kennedy on a 70-hour mission that includes docking with an orbiting Agena target vehicle.
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Launches on July 18Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
22 launches
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- 2026Vikram-I | Demo FlightSkyrootSUCCESS
- 2023Electron | Baby Come Back (Rideshare)RLSUCCESS
- 2018New Shepard | NS-9BOSUCCESS
- 2016Falcon 9 Full Thrust | SpX CRS-9SpXSUCCESS
- 2014Soyuz 2.1a | Foton-M No. 4RFSASUCCESS
- 2012SpaceShipTwo | VSS Enterprise GF19VGSUCCESS
- 2011Zenit-3F | Spektr-R (RadioAstron)RFSASUCCESS
- 2004Ariane 5 G+ | Anik F2ASASUCCESS
- 1998Long March 3B | Xinnuo 1CASCSUCCESS
- 1990Proton | Potok 6CCCPSUCCESS
- 1989Soyuz U | Orlets-1 1CCCPSUCCESS
- 1989Soyuz U | Resurs-F 3CCCPSUCCESS
- 1988Kosmos-3M | Parus 63CCCPSUCCESS
- 1988Soyuz-U2 | Progress 37CCCPSUCCESS
- 1980Molniya-M | Molniya-3 27LCCCPSUCCESS
- 1980SLV-3 | Rohini 1BISROSUCCESS
- 1978Proton-K/DM | Raduga 4CCCPSUCCESS
- 1968Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 15CCCPSUCCESS
- 1966Titan II GLV | Gemini XNASASUCCESS
- 1966Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | GATV 10USAFSUCCESS
- 1965Molniya 8K78 | Zond-3CCCPSUCCESS
- 1962Atlas Agena B | Samos-E6 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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