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18 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1966 and the latest in 2022.
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August 9 in spaceflight
19 launches flew on August 9, the earliest of them in 1966, and 18 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 1 spaceflight and astronomy event on August 9. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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What happened on August 9
Launches on August 9Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
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- 2022Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Khayyam & rideshareRFSASUCCESS
- 2022Ceres-1 | Taijing-1-01 & 02GESUCCESS
- 2016Long March 4C | Gaofen 3CASCSUCCESS
- 2014Long March 4C | Yaogan 20A, Yaogan 20B, Yaogan 20CCASCSUCCESS
- 2010Long March 4C | Yaogan-10CASCSUCCESS
- 2000Soyuz-U-PVB | Cluster Rumba & TangoRFSASUCCESS
- 1995Molniya-M | Molniya-3 59LPRSCSUCCESS
- 1993Atlas E | NOAA 13USAFSUCCESS
- 1992Long March 2D | Fanhui Shi Weixing (13)CASCSUCCESS
- 1990Proton | Ekran-M 14LCCCPFAILURE
- 1983Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 83CCCPSUCCESS
- 1976Proton-K/D-1 | Luna-24CCCPSUCCESS
- 1975Delta 2913 | COS-BUSAFSUCCESS
- 1974Thor Burner 2A | DMSP-5C F1USAFSUCCESS
- 1973Proton | Mars-7CCCPSUCCESS
- 1969Thor Delta N | OSO 6USAFSUCCESS
- 1968Voskhod | Zenit-2 64CCCPSUCCESS
- 1967Voskhod | Zenit-4 33CCCPSUCCESS
- 1966Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | KH-4A 35USAFSUCCESS
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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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