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21 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1969 and the latest in 2025.
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November 14 in spaceflight
21 launches flew on November 14, the earliest of them in 1969, and 21 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 7 spaceflight and astronomy events on November 14. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
Recorded events
IN THE RECORD7ENTRIES
Spaceflight and astronomy entries from Wikipedia for this date, oldest first, starting in 1680.
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What happened on November 14
1680
German astronomer Gottfried Kirch discovered the Great Comet of 1680, the first comet to be discovered by telescope.
Gottfried Kirch ↗1969
Apollo 12 launched from the Kennedy Space Center, later becoming the second crewed flight to land on the Moon.
Apollo 12 ↗1969
Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to the surface of the Moon.
Apollo program ↗2003
Astronomers Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz discovered the trans-Neptunian object Sedna.
Michael E. Brown ↗
2008
Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-126 to continue assembly of the International Space Station.
Space Shuttle Endeavour ↗
Launches on November 14Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
21 launches
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- 2025Atlas V 551 | ViaSat-3 F2 (ViaSat-3 EMEA)ULASUCCESS
- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-68SpXSUCCESS
- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-11SpXSUCCESS
- 2018LVM-3 | GSAT-29ISROSUCCESS
- 2017Long March 4C | Fengyun-3DCASCSUCCESS
- 2014Long March 2C | Yaogan-23CASCSUCCESS
- 2012Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat | Meridian 6VKOSUCCESS
- 2011Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-22RFSASUCCESS
- 2010Proton-M / Briz-M Enhanced | SkyTerra-1ILSSUCCESS
- 2008Soyuz-U-PVB | Yantar-4K2M 4VKSSUCCESS
- 2007Ariane 5 ECA | Skynet 5B & Star One C1ASASUCCESS
- 2003Long March 3A | Zhongxing 20CASCSUCCESS
- 1990Tsiklon-2 | US-P 35CCCPSUCCESS
- 1987Soyuz U | Yantar-1KFT 8CCCPSUCCESS
- 1986Scout G-1 | Polar BearUSAFSUCCESS
- 1984Soyuz U | Zenit-8 8CCCPSUCCESS
- 1984Soyuz U | Yantar-1KFT 4CCCPSUCCESS
- 1984Delta 3914 | NATO 3DUSAFSUCCESS
- 1975Molniya-M | Molniya-3 13LCCCPSUCCESS
- 1973Molniya-M | Molniya-1 25CCCPSUCCESS
- 1969Saturn V | Apollo 12NASASUCCESS
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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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