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24 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1962 and the latest in 2026.
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August 27 in spaceflight
26 launches flew on August 27, the earliest of them in 1962, and 24 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 3 spaceflight and astronomy events on August 27. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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What happened on August 27
1985
Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-51-I to deploy three communication satellites and repair a fourth malfunctioning one.
Space Shuttle Discovery ↗2003
Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34,646,418 miles (55,758,005 km) distant.
Mars ↗
Launches on August 27Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
26 launches
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- 2026Ariane 62 | MTG-I2ASASUCCESS
- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-56SpXSUCCESS
- 2023Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-11SpXSUCCESS
- 2019Starship Hopper | 150m HopSpXSUCCESS
- 2015GSLV Mk II | GSAT-6ISROSUCCESS
- 2015Long March 4C | Yaogan-27CASCSUCCESS
- 1998Delta 8930 | Galaxy 10USAFFAILURE
- 1994Long March 2E | Optus B3CASCSUCCESS
- 1994Titan 401A Centaur | Mercury 14USAFSUCCESS
- 1989Delta 4925-8 | Marcopolo 1USAFSUCCESS
- 1987H-1 | Kiku 5MHISUCCESS
- 1986Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 25CCCPSUCCESS
- 1985Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51-ILSOCSUCCESS
- 1982Molniya-M | Molniya-3 33LCCCPSUCCESS
- 1981Soyuz U | Resurs-F1 17F41 16LCCCPSUCCESS
- 1977Soyuz U | Zenit-2M 80CCCPSUCCESS
- 1976Vostok 8A92M | Tselina-D 10CCCPSUCCESS
- 1975Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 49CCCPSUCCESS
- 1975Delta 2914 | Symphonie 2USAFSUCCESS
- 1971Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 45CCCPSUCCESS
- 1970Scout A | Transit-O 19USAFSUCCESS
- 1969Thor Delta L | Pioneer EUSAFFAILURE
- 1968Voskhod | Zenit-4 46CCCPSUCCESS
- 1968Kosmos 11K65 | Strela-2 5CCCPSUCCESS
- 1966Voskhod | Zenit-4 22CCCPSUCCESS
- 1962Atlas Agena B | Mariner 2USAFSUCCESS
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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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