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26 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1962 and the latest in 2025.
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September 29 in spaceflight
28 launches flew on September 29, the earliest of them in 1962, and 26 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 3 spaceflight and astronomy events on September 29. 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 1988.
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What happened on September 29
2004
Burt Rutan's Ansari SpaceShipOne performs a successful spaceflight, the first of two required to win the Ansari X Prize.
Burt Rutan ↗
Launches on September 29Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
28 launches
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- 2025Long March 2D | Shiyan 30 01-02CASCSUCCESS
- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-20SpXSUCCESS
- 2018Kuaizhou 1A | Centispace-1-S1EPSUCCESS
- 2017Ariane 5 ECA | Intelsat 37e & BSAT-4aASASUCCESS
- 2017Long March 2C | 3 x Yaogan-30-01CASCSUCCESS
- 2015Long March 3B/E | BDS I2-SCASCSUCCESS
- 2013Proton-M Briz-M | Astra 2EILSSUCCESS
- 2013Falcon 9 v1.1 | CASSIOPESpXSUCCESS
- 2012Long March 2D | VRSS-1CASCSUCCESS
- 2011Proton-M / Briz-M Enhanced | QuetzSat 1ILSSUCCESS
- 2011Long March 2F/G | Tiangong-1CASCSUCCESS
- 2011SpaceShipTwo | VSS Enterprise GF16VGSUCCESS
- 2000Soyuz-U-PVB | Yantar-1KFT 20RFSASUCCESS
- 1997PSLV | IRS-1DISROFAILURE
- 1995Soyuz U | Yantar-4KS1M 7RFSASUCCESS
- 1988Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-26LSOCSUCCESS
- 1988Molniya-M | Molniya-3 51LCCCPSUCCESS
- 1987Soyuz U | Bion 8CCCPSUCCESS
- 1983Proton-K/DM | EkranCCCPSUCCESS
- 1977Proton | Salyut-6CCCPSUCCESS
- 1976Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 14CCCPSUCCESS
- 1975Soyuz U | Kosmos 772CCCPSUCCESS
- 1972Kosmos-3M | DS-P1-M 6CCCPSUCCESS
- 1971Voskhod | Zenit-4M 23CCCPSUCCESS
- 1971Thor Delta N | OSO 7USAFFAILURE
- 1970Molniya-M | Molniya-1 15CCCPSUCCESS
- 1962Thor Agena D | KH-4 13 & RM 4USAFSUCCESS
- 1962Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Alouette 1USAFSUCCESS
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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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