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14 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1958 and the latest in 2025.
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November 8 in spaceflight
17 launches flew on November 8, the earliest of them in 1958, and 14 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 1 spaceflight and astronomy event on November 8. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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What happened on November 8
2011
The potentially hazardous asteroid 2005 YU55 passes 0.85 lunar distances from Earth (about 324,600 kilometres or 201,700 miles), the closest known approach by an asteroid of its brightness since 2010 XC15 in 1976.
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Launches on November 8Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
17 launches
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- 2025Long March 11 | Shiyan 32 01-03CASCSUCCESS
- 2023Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-27SpXSUCCESS
- 2017Vega | Mohammed VI-AASASUCCESS
- 2015Long March 4B | Yaogan-28CASCSUCCESS
- 2011Zenit 2M | Fobos-Grunt & Yinghuo-1RFSAFAILURE
- 2006Proton-M Briz-M | Badr 4KhSCSUCCESS
- 2005Zenit | INMARSAT 4 F2SLSUCCESS
- 2004Soyuz 2.1a | GVM OblikVKSSUCCESS
- 1997Titan 401A Centaur | NROL-4USAFSUCCESS
- 1991Titan 403A | SLDCOM 2USAFSUCCESS
- 1984Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51-ALSOCSUCCESS
- 1969Scout B | AzurDLRSUCCESS
- 1968Thor Delta E1 | Pioneer 9USAFSUCCESS
- 1966Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | KH-4A 37USAFSUCCESS
- 1965Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 23USAFSUCCESS
- 1960Little Joe | LJ-5NASAFAILURE
- 1958Thor Able I | Pioneer 2ABMAFAILURE
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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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