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28 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1964 and the latest in 2026.
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September 24 in spaceflight
28 launches flew on September 24, the earliest of them in 1964, and 28 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 2 spaceflight and astronomy events on September 24. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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What happened on September 24
2014
The Mars Orbiter Mission makes India the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit, and the first nation in the world to do so in its first attempt.
Mars Orbiter Mission ↗2023
NASA's OSIRIS-REx capsule containing samples from the asteroid 101955 Bennu successfully lands back on Earth.
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Launches on September 24Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
28 launches
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- 2026Long March 6A | Yaogan 40 Group 04CASCSUCCESS
- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | IMAP & othersSpXSUCCESS
- 2025Smart Dragon 3 | Geely Constellation Group 06CHNRSUCCESS
- 2024Kinetica 1 | 5 satellitesCASSUCCESS
- 2024Smart Dragon 3 | 8 satellitesCHNRSUCCESS
- 2023Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-18SpXSUCCESS
- 2022Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-35SpXSUCCESS
- 2022Kuaizhou 1A | Shiyan 14 & Shiyan 15CASICSUCCESS
- 2022Delta IV Heavy | NROL-91ULASUCCESS
- 2019H-IIB 304 | Kounotori 8 (HTV-8)MHISUCCESS
- 2017Atlas V 541 | NROL-42ULASUCCESS
- 2011Zenit 3SL | Atlantic Bird 7SLSUCCESS
- 2008Zenit | Galaxy 19SLSUCCESS
- 2004Soyuz-U-PVB | Yantar-4K2M 1VKSSUCCESS
- 1999Athena II | IkonosLMTSUCCESS
- 1997Molniya-M | Molniya-1T 90PRSCSUCCESS
- 1995Ariane 42L | Telstar 402RASASUCCESS
- 1988Atlas E | NOAA 11USAFSUCCESS
- 1985Molniya-M | US-K 42CCCPSUCCESS
- 1982Tsiklon-3 | Geo-IK 3CCCPSUCCESS
- 1981Delta 3910/PAM | SBS 2USAFSUCCESS
- 1977Kosmos-3M | AUOS-Z-R-E-IK 1CCCPSUCCESS
- 1977Tsiklon-3 | EPN 03.0380 2CCCPSUCCESS
- 1976Soyuz U | Zenit-4MK 67CCCPSUCCESS
- 1975Kosmos-3M | Sfera 14CCCPSUCCESS
- 1971Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-I 11CCCPSUCCESS
- 1969Voskhod | Zenit-2 77CCCPSUCCESS
- 1964Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 22CCCPSUCCESS
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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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