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27 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1962 and the latest in 2024.
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August 29 in spaceflight
27 launches flew on August 29, the earliest of them in 1962, and 27 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 1 spaceflight and astronomy event on August 29. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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What happened on August 29
Launches on August 29Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
27 launches
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- 2024New Shepard | NS-26BOSUCCESS
- 2024Ceres-1S | 6 satellitesGESUCCESS
- 2021Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-23SpXSUCCESS
- 2013Ariane 5 ECA | Eutelsat 25B / Es'hail 1 & GSAT-7ASASUCCESS
- 2009Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-128USASUCCESS
- 2008Dnepr | RapidEye 1 to 5ISCKSUCCESS
- 2005Long March 2D | Fanhui Shi Weixing (22)CASCSUCCESS
- 2004Long March 2C | Fanhui Shi Weixing (19)CASCSUCCESS
- 2003Delta IV M | DSCS III B-6USAFSUCCESS
- 2003Soyuz U | Progress M-48RFSASUCCESS
- 2001H-IIA 202 | LREJAXASUCCESS
- 1997Pegasus XL | Fast On-orbit Rapid Recording of Transient Events (FORTE)OSCSUCCESS
- 1996Molniya-M | Interbol 2, Magin 5 & MuSat 1PRSCSUCCESS
- 1995Ariane 44P | N-STAR aASASUCCESS
- 1995Atlas IIAS | JCSAT 3LMTSUCCESS
- 1994Atlas E | DMSP-5D2 F12USAFSUCCESS
- 1991Vostok 8A92M | IRS-1BCCCPSUCCESS
- 1988Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz TM-6CCCPSUCCESS
- 1985Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 17CCCPSUCCESS
- 1985Soyuz U | Resurs-F1 17F41 53LCCCPSUCCESS
- 1978Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKM 19CCCPSUCCESS
- 1974Kosmos-3M | Sfera 12CCCPSUCCESS
- 1974Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 30CCCPSUCCESS
- 1970Voskhod | Zenit-4M 5CCCPSUCCESS
- 1969Voskhod | Zenit-4 63CCCPSUCCESS
- 1963Thor SLV-2 Agena D | KH-5 9USAFSUCCESS
- 1962Thor Agena D | KH-4 11 & RM 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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