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26 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1967 and the latest in 2026.
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October 30 in spaceflight
27 launches flew on October 30, the earliest of them in 1967, and 26 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 1 spaceflight and astronomy event on October 30. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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What happened on October 30
1985
Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off for mission STS-61-A, its final successful mission.
Space Shuttle Challenger ↗
Launches on October 30Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
27 launches
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- 2026GSLV Mk II | IRNSS-1L (NVS-03)ISROSUCCESS
- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-13SpXSUCCESS
- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-9SpXSUCCESS
- 2023Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-25SpXSUCCESS
- 2017Falcon 9 Block 4 | Koreasat 5ASpXSUCCESS
- 2014Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat | Meridian 7VKOSUCCESS
- 2011Soyuz-U | Progress M-13M (45P)RFSASUCCESS
- 2006Zenit | XM-4SLSUCCESS
- 2003Rokot / Briz-KM | SERVIS-1ELSSUCCESS
- 2002Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-1RFSASUCCESS
- 2000Long March 3A | Beidou Daohang Shiyan Wei.CASCSUCCESS
- 1997Ariane 5 G | MaqSat-H, TEAMSAT, MaqSat-B, YESESAFAILURE
- 1992Proton | Ekran-M 3KhSCSUCCESS
- 1990Delta 6925 | INMARSAT II F-1USAFSUCCESS
- 1985Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-61-ALSOCSUCCESS
- 1982Titan 34D IUS | DSCS-2 16USAFSUCCESS
- 1981Proton-K/D-1 | Venera-13CCCPSUCCESS
- 1980Soyuz U | Yantar-4K1 3CCCPSUCCESS
- 1979Scout G-1 | MagsatNASASUCCESS
- 1978Molniya-M | Prognoz-7CCCPSUCCESS
- 1973Kosmos-3M | DS-U2-IK 4CCCPSUCCESS
- 1973Scout A-1 | Transit-O 20USAFSUCCESS
- 1970Voskhod | Zenit-4M 8CCCPSUCCESS
- 1970Tsiklon-2 | I2P 5CCCPSUCCESS
- 1968Kosmos-3M | Tselina-O 3CCCPSUCCESS
- 1967Kosmos-3M | Tselina-O 1CCCPSUCCESS
- 1967Soyuz | Kosmos 188CCCPSUCCESS
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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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