Launches
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24 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1964 and the latest in 2025.
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1959 · 67 years ago today
Luna 2 reaches the Moon
Luna 2 struck the lunar surface east of Mare Imbrium, the first human-made object to reach another world.
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September 14 in spaceflight
24 launches flew on September 14, the earliest of them in 1964, and 24 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 1 spaceflight and astronomy event on September 14. 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 1958.
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What happened on September 14
1958
The first two German post-war rockets, designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, reach the upper atmosphere.
Mohr Rocket ↗
Launches on September 14Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
24 launches
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- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-23 (S.S. William “Willie” C. McCool)SpXSUCCESS
- 2024Qaem 100 | Chamran-1IRGCAFSUCCESS
- 2021Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | OneWeb 10ASASUCCESS
- 2021Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 2-1SpXSUCCESS
- 2015Proton-M/Blok DM-03 | Ekspress AM8KhSCSUCCESS
- 2015Long March 2D | Gaofen 9CASCSUCCESS
- 2013Epsilon | Hisaki (SPRINT-A)JAXASUCCESS
- 2007Soyuz-U-PVB | Foton-M No. 3RFSASUCCESS
- 2007H-IIA 2022 | KaguyaJAXASUCCESS
- 2006Soyuz-U-PVB | Orlets-1 8RFSASUCCESS
- 2001Soyuz U | Progress M-SO1RFSASUCCESS
- 2000Ariane 5 G | Astra 2B & GE-7ASASUCCESS
- 1997Proton-K/17S40 | Iridium 27 to 33KhSCSUCCESS
- 1990Kosmos-3M | Parus 70CCCPSUCCESS
- 1989Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 43 to 48CCCPSUCCESS
- 1983Soyuz U | Resurs-F1 17F41 24LCCCPSUCCESS
- 1981Tsiklon-2 | US-P 12CCCPSUCCESS
- 1979Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKM 34CCCPSUCCESS
- 1978Proton-K/D-1 | Venera-12CCCPSUCCESS
- 1973Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 14CCCPSUCCESS
- 1971Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 6CCCPSUCCESS
- 1968Proton / UR-500 K/D | Zond 5CCCPSUCCESS
- 1968Voskhod | Zenit-2 65CCCPSUCCESS
- 1964Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 10USAFSUCCESS
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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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