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20 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1960 and the latest in 2025.
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November 23 in spaceflight
22 launches flew on November 23, the earliest of them in 1960, and 20 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 5 spaceflight and astronomy events on November 23. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
Recorded events
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What happened on November 23
1924
The New York Times published evidence from Edwin Hubble (pictured) stating that the Andromeda Nebula, previously believed to be part of the Milky Way, is in fact another galaxy.
The New York Times ↗1924
Edwin Hubble's discovery, that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside our own Milky Way, is first published in The New York Times.
Edwin Hubble ↗2002
Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-113 to the International Space Station carrying the Expedition 6 crew and the P1 truss.
Space Shuttle Endeavour ↗2015
Blue Origin's New Shepard space vehicle became the first rocket to successfully fly to space and then return to Earth for a controlled, vertical landing.
Blue Origin ↗
Launches on November 23Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
22 launches
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- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-30SpXSUCCESS
- 2023Long March 2D/YZ-3 | 3 x SatNet test satellitesCASCSUCCESS
- 2022Falcon 9 Block 5 | Eutelsat 10BSpXSUCCESS
- 2020Long March 5 | Chang'e 5CASCSUCCESS
- 2019Long March 3B/YZ-1 | Beidou-3 M21 & M22CASCSUCCESS
- 2015New Shepard | NS-2BOSUCCESS
- 2014Soyuz FG | Soyuz TMA-15MRFSASUCCESS
- 2009Atlas V 431 | Intelsat 14ULASUCCESS
- 1999Atlas IIA | UHF F/O F10LMTSUCCESS
- 1990Proton | Gorizont 22CCCPSUCCESS
- 1990Molniya-M | Molniya-1T 79CCCPSUCCESS
- 1989Molniya-M | US-K 61CCCPSUCCESS
- 1989Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-33LSOCSUCCESS
- 1988Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 6CCCPSUCCESS
- 1983Molniya-M | Molniya-1K 59CCCPSUCCESS
- 1977Delta 2914 | Meteosat 1USAFSUCCESS
- 1976Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 1CCCPSUCCESS
- 1974Delta 2313 | Skynet IIBUSAFSUCCESS
- 1972N1 | Soyuz 7K-LOK No.2CCCPFAILURE
- 1967Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 1CCCPSUCCESS
- 1965Molniya 8K78 | Venera-4aCCCPFAILURE
- 1960Thor Delta | Tiros 2USAFSUCCESS
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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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