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17 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1969 and the latest in 2026.
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July 24 in spaceflight
17 launches flew on July 24, the earliest of them in 1969, and 17 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 2 spaceflight and astronomy events on July 24. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
Recorded events
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What happened on July 24
1950
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket.
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ↗
Launches on July 24Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
17 launches
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- 2026Starship | Flight 13SpXSUCCESS
- 2023Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-6SpXSUCCESS
- 2022Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-25SpXSUCCESS
- 2022Long March 5B | WentianCASCSUCCESS
- 2015Delta IV M+(5,4) | WGS-7 (USA-263)ULASUCCESS
- 2009Soyuz U | Progress M-67RFSASUCCESS
- 1995Proton | Uragan 66 to 68KhSCSUCCESS
- 1992Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 65VKSSUCCESS
- 1992Delta 6925 | Geotail & DUVEUSAFSUCCESS
- 1990Ariane 44L | TDF 2 & DFS-Kopernikus 2ASASUCCESS
- 1989Tsiklon-2 | US-P 30CCCPSUCCESS
- 1986Soyuz U | Zenit-8 35CCCPSUCCESS
- 1984Soyuz U | Zenit-8 3CCCPSUCCESS
- 1983Vostok 8A92M | Resurs-OE 1CCCPSUCCESS
- 1980Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 23CCCPSUCCESS
- 1975Kosmos-3M | Taifun-1 3CCCPSUCCESS
- 1969Thorad SLV-2H Agena D | KH-4B 7USAFSUCCESS
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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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