Launches
ON RECORD21MISSIONS
20 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1962 and the latest in 2023.
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2022 · 4 years ago today
Artemis I
The Space Launch System flew for the first time, sending an uncrewed Orion around the Moon.
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November 16 in spaceflight
21 launches flew on November 16, the earliest of them in 1962, and 20 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 4 spaceflight and astronomy events on November 16. 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 1965.
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What happened on November 16
1965
Venera program: The Soviet Union launches the Venera 3 space probe toward Venus, which will be the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another planet.
Venera program ↗1973
Skylab program: NASA launches Skylab 4 with a crew of three astronauts from Cape Canaveral, Florida for an 84-day mission.
Skylab ↗2009
Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-129 to the International Space Station.
Space Shuttle program ↗2022
Artemis Program: NASA launches Artemis 1 on the first flight of the Space Launch System, the start of the program's future missions to the moon.
Artemis program ↗
Launches on November 16Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
21 launches
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- 2023Long March 2C/YZ-1S | Haiyang 3-01CASCSUCCESS
- 2022SLS Block 1 | Artemis INASASUCCESS
- 2022Ceres-1 | Jilin-1 High Resolution 03D-08, 51 to 54GESUCCESS
- 2021Vega | CERESASASUCCESS
- 2020Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-1SpXSUCCESS
- 2018Soyuz-FG | Progress MS-10 (71P)RFSASUCCESS
- 2009Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-129USASUCCESS
- 2005Ariane 5 ECA | Spaceway F2, TELKOM-2ASASUCCESS
- 2000Soyuz U | Progress M1-4RFSASUCCESS
- 2000Ariane 5 G | PAS-1R, Amsat P3D, STRV 1C, STRV 1DASASUCCESS
- 1996Proton-K/D-2 | Mars-96KhSCSUCCESS
- 1990Soyuz U | Zenit-8 95CCCPSUCCESS
- 1980Molniya-M | Molniya-1K 48CCCPSUCCESS
- 1978Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 19CCCPSUCCESS
- 1974Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 33CCCPSUCCESS
- 1973Saturn IB | Skylab 4NASASUCCESS
- 1968Proton | Proton-4CCCPSUCCESS
- 1966Kosmos 11K65 | Strela-2 2CCCPFAILURE
- 1965Molniya 8K78 | Venera-3CCCPSUCCESS
- 1963Voskhod | Zenit-4 1CCCPSUCCESS
- 1962Saturn I | Saturn SA-3NASASUCCESS
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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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