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15 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1960 and the latest in 2026.
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October 10 in spaceflight
16 launches flew on October 10, the earliest of them in 1960, and 15 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 4 spaceflight and astronomy events on October 10. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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What happened on October 10
1846
English astronomer William Lassell discovered Triton, the largest moon of Neptune.
William Lassell ↗1846
Triton, the largest moon of the planet Neptune, is discovered by English astronomer William Lassell.
Triton (moon) ↗2007
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor becomes the first Malaysian in space on board Soyuz TMA-11.
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor ↗
Launches on October 10Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
16 launches
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- 2026Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer ASpXSUCCESS
- 2024Long March 3B/E | WHG-03CASCSUCCESS
- 2022Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat | Glonass-K1 No. 17 (Kosmos 2559)VKSSUCCESS
- 2010SpaceShipTwo | VSS Enterprise GF01VGSUCCESS
- 2007Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-11RFSASUCCESS
- 1999Zenit | DirecTV-1RSLSUCCESS
- 1991Kosmos-3M | Taifun-1B 12CCCPSUCCESS
- 1987Tsiklon-2 | US-P 27CCCPSUCCESS
- 1980Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKM 39CCCPSUCCESS
- 1978Vostok 8A92M | Tselina-D 16CCCPSUCCESS
- 1976Soyuz U | Zenit-4MK 68CCCPSUCCESS
- 1974Delta 2914 | Westar 2USAFSUCCESS
- 1973Voskhod | Zenit-4M 56CCCPSUCCESS
- 1972Titan IIID | KH-9 4USAFSUCCESS
- 1964Scout X-4 | Beacon Explorer BNASASUCCESS
- 1960Molniya 8K78 | Mars-1aCCCPFAILURE
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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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