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17 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1965 and the latest in 2023.
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Rosetta lands on its comet
Rosetta was flown into the surface of comet 67P, photographing the ground until the signal stopped.
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September 30 in spaceflight
18 launches flew on September 30, the earliest of them in 1965, and 17 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 1 spaceflight and astronomy event on September 30. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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Spaceflight and astronomy entries from Wikipedia for this date, oldest first, starting in 1994.
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What happened on September 30
Launches on September 30Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
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- 2023Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-19SpXSUCCESS
- 2015Ariane 5 ECA | Sky Muster I (NBN-Co 1A) & ARSAT-2ASASUCCESS
- 2010Molniya-M/2BL | US-K 86VKSSUCCESS
- 2009Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-16RFSASUCCESS
- 2001Athena I | Starshine-OSCAR-43LMTSUCCESS
- 1994Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-68LSOCSUCCESS
- 1993Proton | Raduga 30KhSCSUCCESS
- 1986Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 57CCCPSUCCESS
- 1985Molniya-M | US-K 43CCCPSUCCESS
- 1983Kosmos-3M | Taifun-2 18CCCPSUCCESS
- 1982Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 66CCCPSUCCESS
- 1981Tsiklon-3 | Geo-IK 2CCCPSUCCESS
- 1977Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKM 6CCCPSUCCESS
- 1977Atlas SLV-3D Centaur | Intelsat-4A 5USAFFAILURE
- 1975Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 10CCCPSUCCESS
- 1972Molniya-M | Molniya-2 3CCCPSUCCESS
- 1969Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | Poppy 8A,B,C,DUSAFSUCCESS
- 1965Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 22USAFSUCCESS
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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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