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25 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1962 and the latest in 2024.
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November 24 in spaceflight
27 launches flew on November 24, the earliest of them in 1962, and 25 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 2 spaceflight and astronomy events on November 24. 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 1969.
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What happened on November 24
1969
Apollo program: The Apollo 12 command module splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean, ending the second crewed mission to land on the Moon.
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Launches on November 24Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
27 launches
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- 2024Long March 2C | SuperView Neo 2-03 & 04CASCSUCCESS
- 2024HASTE | HASTE A La Vista (MACH-TB)RLSUCCESS
- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-13SpXSUCCESS
- 2021Kuaizhou 1A | Shiyan 11CASICSUCCESS
- 2021Soyuz 2.1b | Uzlovoy Module (UM) "Prichal"RFSASUCCESS
- 2021Falcon 9 Block 5 | Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART)SpXSUCCESS
- 2017Long March 2C | 3 x Yaogan-30CASCSUCCESS
- 2015H-IIA 204 | Telstar 12 VANTAGEMHISUCCESS
- 2010Long March 3A | ZhongXing-20ACASCSUCCESS
- 2009Proton-M | Eutelsat W7KhSCSUCCESS
- 2003Proton-K/DM-2M | Yamal-202KhSCSUCCESS
- 2002Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-113USASUCCESS
- 1994Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 16RFSASUCCESS
- 1992Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 67VKSSUCCESS
- 1991Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-44LSOCSUCCESS
- 1989Tsiklon-2 | US-P 32CCCPFAILURE
- 1988Soyuz U | Zenit-8 72CCCPSUCCESS
- 1986Kosmos-3M | Parus 56CCCPSUCCESS
- 1983Tsiklon-3 | Geo-IK 4CCCPSUCCESS
- 1982Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 249-256CCCPFAILURE
- 1977Kosmos-3M | Sfera 17CCCPSUCCESS
- 1971Molniya-M | Molniya-2 1CCCPSUCCESS
- 1970Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 37CCCPSUCCESS
- 1970Soyuz 11A511L | T2K 1CCCPSUCCESS
- 1969Kosmos-3M | Sfera 5CCCPSUCCESS
- 1969Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 27CCCPSUCCESS
- 1962Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-4 15USAFSUCCESS
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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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