Launches
ON RECORD27MISSIONS
24 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1958 and the latest in 2026.
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August 12 in spaceflight
27 launches flew on August 12, the earliest of them in 1958, and 24 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 2 spaceflight and astronomy events on August 12. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
Recorded events
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Spaceflight and astronomy entries from Wikipedia for this date, oldest first, starting in 1960.
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What happened on August 12
Launches on August 12Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
27 launches
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- 2026Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-49SpXSUCCESS
- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-7SpXSUCCESS
- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM)SpXSUCCESS
- 2023Long March 3B/E | L-SAR4-01 (LTDC-4A)CASCSUCCESS
- 2022Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 3-3SpXSUCCESS
- 2021GSLV Mk II | EOS-03 (GISAT-1)ISROFAILURE
- 2018Delta IV Heavy | Parker Solar ProbeULASUCCESS
- 2005Atlas V 401 | Mars Reconnaissance OrbiterLMTSUCCESS
- 2003Soyuz-U-PVB | Orlets-1 7RFSASUCCESS
- 1999Ariane 42P | Telkom 1ASASUCCESS
- 1998Titan 401A Centaur | Mercury 16USAFFAILURE
- 1992Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 50NPSUCCESS
- 1988Molniya-M | Molniya-1T 73CCCPSUCCESS
- 1986H-1 | AjisaiMHISUCCESS
- 1985Molniya-M | US-K 41CCCPSUCCESS
- 1981Kosmos-3M | Parus 28CCCPSUCCESS
- 1980Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 24CCCPSUCCESS
- 1978Delta 2914 | ISEE 3USAFSUCCESS
- 1977Atlas SLV-3D Centaur | HEAO 1USAFSUCCESS
- 1976Soyuz U | Zenit-2M 70CCCPSUCCESS
- 1974Soyuz U | Kosmos 672CCCPSUCCESS
- 1971Titan 24B | KH-8 32USAFSUCCESS
- 1971Soyuz 11A511L | T2K 3CCCPSUCCESS
- 1969Atlas SLV-3C Centaur | ATS 5USAFSUCCESS
- 1962Vostok-K | Vostok 4CCCPSUCCESS
- 1960Thor Delta | Echo 1USAFSUCCESS
- 1958Project Pilot | NOTS 2USNFAILURE
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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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