Launches
ON RECORD33MISSIONS
32 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1960 and the latest in 2026.
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1947 · 79 years ago today
Through the sound barrier
Chuck Yeager flew the Bell X-1 past Mach 1 over the Mojave with two broken ribs.
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October 14 in spaceflight
33 launches flew on October 14, the earliest of them in 1960, and 32 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 2 spaceflight and astronomy events on October 14. 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 1947.
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What happened on October 14
1947
American test pilot Chuck Yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier, reaching Mach 1.06 on board the Bell X-1, an experimental rocket-powered aircraft.
Chuck Yeager ↗1968
Apollo program: The first live television broadcast by American astronauts in orbit is performed by the Apollo 7 crew.
Apollo program ↗
Launches on October 14Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
33 launches
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- 2026Zhuque-2E Block 2 | 10 satellitesLSSUCCESS
- 2025Electron | Owl New World (StriX Launch 7)RLSUCCESS
- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Amazon Leo (KF-03)SpXSUCCESS
- 2024Falcon Heavy | Europa ClipperSpXSUCCESS
- 2022Long March 2D | Yaogan 36 Group 02CASCSUCCESS
- 2021Long March 2D | Xihe (CHASE)CASCSUCCESS
- 2021Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | OneWeb 11ASASUCCESS
- 2020Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz MS-17RFSASUCCESS
- 2017Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-07 (68P)RFSASUCCESS
- 2012Proton-M / Briz-M Enhanced | Intelsat 23ILSSUCCESS
- 2012Long March 2C/SMA | Shijian 9A & Shijian 9BCASCSUCCESS
- 2010Proton-M Briz-M | Sirius XM-5ILSSUCCESS
- 2004Proton-M Briz-M | AMC 15KhSCSUCCESS
- 2004Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-5RFSASUCCESS
- 1999Long March 4B | Zi Yuan 1-1CASCSUCCESS
- 1992Molniya 8K78M-PVB | Molniya-3 50LPRSCSUCCESS
- 1987Kosmos-3M | Parus 60CCCPSUCCESS
- 1983Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 3CCCPSUCCESS
- 1982Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 67CCCPSUCCESS
- 1980Kosmos-3M | Tselina-O 40CCCPSUCCESS
- 1976Delta 2914 | Marisat 3USAFSUCCESS
- 1976Soyuz | Soyuz 23CCCPSUCCESS
- 1972Molniya-M | Molniya-1 21CCCPSUCCESS
- 1971Voskhod | Zenit-4M 24CCCPSUCCESS
- 1971Thor Burner 2A | DSAP-5B F1USAFSUCCESS
- 1970Kosmos 11K63 | DS-U3-IK 2CCCPSUCCESS
- 1969Kosmos 11K63 | DS-U3-IK 1CCCPSUCCESS
- 1966Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 42CCCPSUCCESS
- 1965X-15 | Flight 153USAFSUCCESS
- 1965Thor SLV-2A Agena D | OGO 2USAFSUCCESS
- 1965Molniya 8K78 | Molniya-1 2CCCPSUCCESS
- 1964Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 23CCCPSUCCESS
- 1960Molniya 8K78 | Mars-1bCCCPFAILURE
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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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