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23 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1958 and the latest in 2026.
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October 23 in spaceflight
28 launches flew on October 23, the earliest of them in 1958, and 23 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 2 spaceflight and astronomy events on October 23. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
Recorded events
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What happened on October 23
1970
Gary Gabelich sets a land speed record in a rocket-powered automobile called the Blue Flame, fueled with natural gas.
Gary Gabelich ↗2007
Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-120, with Pamela Melroy becoming the second female space shuttle commander.
Space Shuttle Discovery ↗
Launches on October 23Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
28 launches
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- 2026Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-15SpXSUCCESS
- 2026Long March 4B | Yaogan 53-07 to 09/56-19 to 21CASCSUCCESS
- 2026Long March 6A | Yaogan 50-03CASCSUCCESS
- 2026Electron | We're Not Hawking Around (3x HawkEye 360)RLSUCCESS
- 2025Long March 5 | TJSW-20CASCSUCCESS
- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-61SpXSUCCESS
- 2024New Shepard | NS-27BOSUCCESS
- 2024Long March 2C | Yaogan 43 Group 03CASCSUCCESS
- 2023Long March 2D | Yaogan 39 Group 04CASCSUCCESS
- 2014Long March 3C/E | Chang'e 5-T1CASCSUCCESS
- 2012Soyuz FG | Soyuz TMA-06MRFSASUCCESS
- 2007Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-120USASUCCESS
- 2007Molniya-M | US-K 84PRSCSUCCESS
- 2006Long March 4B | Shi Jian 6C & 6DCASCSUCCESS
- 2006Soyuz U | Progress M-58RFSASUCCESS
- 1998Pegasus Hybrid | Satélite de Coleta de Dados-2 (SCD-2)OSCSUCCESS
- 1995Conestoga 1620 | Meteor SMSpace Services Inc.FAILURE
- 1991Proton | Gorizont 24CCCPSUCCESS
- 1985Kosmos-3M | Parus 50CCCPFAILURE
- 1985Molniya-M | Molniya-1T 65CCCPSUCCESS
- 1971Titan 24B | KH-8 33USAFSUCCESS
- 1970Titan 23B | KH-8 29USAFSUCCESS
- 1970Tsiklon-2 | I2P 4CCCPSUCCESS
- 1968Thor Burner 2 | DSAP-4B F2USAFSUCCESS
- 1964Atlas Agena D | KH-7 13USAFSUCCESS
- 1964Kosmos 65S3 | Strela-1 6,7,8CCCPFAILURE
- 1961Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 33USAFFAILURE
- 1958Juno-I | BeaconABMAFAILURE
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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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