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22 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1963 and the latest in 2025.
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October 29 in spaceflight
22 launches flew on October 29, the earliest of them in 1963, and 22 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 4 spaceflight and astronomy events on October 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 1991.
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What happened on October 29
1991
Galileo became the first spacecraft to visit an asteroid when it made a flyby of Gaspra.
Galileo (spacecraft) ↗1998
At 77 years old, former astronaut John Glenn (pictured) returned to space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-95 mission.
John Glenn ↗1998
Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off on STS-95 with 77-year-old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space at that time.
Space Shuttle Discovery ↗1998
ATSC HDTV broadcasting in the United States is inaugurated with live coverage of the launch of the STS-95 space shuttle mission.
ATSC standards ↗
Launches on October 29Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
22 launches
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- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-37SpXSUCCESS
- 2024Long March 2F/G | Shenzhou 19CASCSUCCESS
- 2023Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-6SpXSUCCESS
- 2022Long March 2D | Shiyan 20CCASCSUCCESS
- 2018H-IIA 202 | KhalifaSat & GOSAT-2MHISUCCESS
- 2018Long March 2C | CFOSATCASCSUCCESS
- 2014Atlas V 401 | GPS IIF-8 (USA-258)ULASUCCESS
- 2014Soyuz 2.1a | Progress M-25M (57P)RFSASUCCESS
- 2013Long March 2C | Yaogan 18CASCSUCCESS
- 2009Ariane 5 ECA | NSS-12 & Thor 6ASASUCCESS
- 2008Long March 3B/E | Simon BolivarCASCSUCCESS
- 2004Proton-K/DM-2M | Ekspress AM-1KhSCSUCCESS
- 2000Ariane 44LP | Europe*Star 1ASASUCCESS
- 1998Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-95LSOCSUCCESS
- 1992Kosmos-3M | Parus 78NPSUCCESS
- 1991Ariane 44L | Intelsat 601ASASUCCESS
- 1983Tsiklon-2 | US-P 17CCCPSUCCESS
- 1976Kosmos-3M | Parus 6CCCPSUCCESS
- 1975Tsiklon-2 | US-P 2CCCPSUCCESS
- 1974Titan IIID | KH-9 9USAFSUCCESS
- 1973Vostok 8A92M | Tselina-D 5CCCPSUCCESS
- 1963Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-5 10USAFSUCCESS
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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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