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27 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1960 and the latest in 2025.
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September 25 in spaceflight
29 launches flew on September 25, the earliest of them in 1960, and 27 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 2 spaceflight and astronomy events on September 25. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
Recorded events
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What happened on September 25
1992
NASA launches the Mars Observer. Eleven months later, the probe would fail while preparing for orbital insertion.
NASA ↗1997
NASA launches Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-86 to the Mir space station.
Space Shuttle Atlantis ↗
Launches on September 25Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
29 launches
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- 2025Atlas V 551 | Amazon Leo (KA-03)ULASUCCESS
- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-15SpXSUCCESS
- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-8SpXSUCCESS
- 2023Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-3SpXSUCCESS
- 2019Soyuz-FG | Soyuz MS-15RFSASUCCESS
- 2019Long March 2D | Yunhai-1-02CASCSUCCESS
- 2018Ariane 5 ECA | Azerspace-2/Intelsat-38 & Horizons 3eASASUCCESS
- 2015Long March 11 | SECM-1 ( Pujiang-1, Tianwang 1A, Tianwang 1B, Tianwang 1C )CASCSUCCESS
- 2014Soyuz FG | Soyuz TMA-14MRFSASUCCESS
- 2013Soyuz FG | Soyuz TMA-10MRFSASUCCESS
- 2013Kuaizhou | Kuaizhou-1CASICSUCCESS
- 2009Delta II 7920-10C | STSS-DEMO/GMDULASUCCESS
- 2008Long March 2F | Shenzhou-7CASCSUCCESS
- 2008Proton-M | Uragan-M 15 to 17KhSCSUCCESS
- 2006Delta II | GPS IIR-15(M)USAFSUCCESS
- 2002Soyuz-FG | Progress M1-9RFSASUCCESS
- 2001Ariane 44P | Atlantic Bird 2ASASUCCESS
- 2000Zenit-2 | Orlets-2 2RFSASUCCESS
- 1999Ariane 44LP | Telstar 7ASASUCCESS
- 1992Commercial Titan III | Mars ObserverMMSUCCESS
- 1989Atlas G Centaur | FLTSATCOM F8USAFSUCCESS
- 1984Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 10CCCPSUCCESS
- 1979Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 177-184CCCPSUCCESS
- 1979Soyuz U | Bion 5CCCPSUCCESS
- 1975Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKT 1CCCPSUCCESS
- 1970R-36O 8K69M | OGCh 23CCCPSUCCESS
- 1970Mu-4S | MS-F1ISASFAILURE
- 1967Scout A | Transit-O 14USAFSUCCESS
- 1960Atlas-Able | P-30 (Able VA)USAFFAILURE
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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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