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ON RECORD25MISSIONS
22 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1963 and the latest in 2025.
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November 28 in spaceflight
25 launches flew on November 28, the earliest of them in 1963, and 22 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 5 spaceflight and astronomy events on November 28. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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What happened on November 28
1958
First successful flight of SM-65 Atlas; the first operational intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), developed by the United States and the first member of the Atlas rocket family.
SM-65 Atlas ↗1967
Jocelyn Bell Burnell noticed a "bit of scruff" in data from a radio telescope, which turned out to be from PSR B1919+21, the first discovered pulsar.
Jocelyn Bell Burnell ↗1967
The first pulsar (PSR B1919+21, in the constellation of Vulpecula) is discovered by two astronomers Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Antony Hewish.
Pulsar ↗1983
Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-9, the first mission to carry the European Space Agency's Spacelab module.
Space Shuttle Columbia ↗
Launches on November 28Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
25 launches
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- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 15 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)SpXSUCCESS
- 2023Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-30SpXSUCCESS
- 2022Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Glonass-M No. 61 (Kosmos 2564)VKSSUCCESS
- 2018KSLV-2-TLV | Test FlightKARISUCCESS
- 2017Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat | Meteor-M No.2-1 & rideshare payloadsRFSAFAILURE
- 2011Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat | Glonass-M (Kosmos 2478)VKSSUCCESS
- 2009H-IIA 202 | IGS-Optical 3JAXASUCCESS
- 2002Kosmos-3M | AlSat-1NPSUCCESS
- 1995Long March 2E | Asiasat 2CASCSUCCESS
- 1993Atlas II | DSCS-3 B10USAFSUCCESS
- 1992Titan 404A | KH-11 10USAFSUCCESS
- 1991Atlas E | DMSP-5D2 F11USAFSUCCESS
- 1990Tsiklon-3 | Koltso 3CCCPSUCCESS
- 1989Molniya-M | Molniya-3 46LCCCPSUCCESS
- 1985Kosmos-3M | Parus 51CCCPSUCCESS
- 1983Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-9ROISUCCESS
- 1981Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 225-232CCCPSUCCESS
- 1978Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 5CCCPSUCCESS
- 1975Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 11CCCPSUCCESS
- 1973Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 18CCCPSUCCESS
- 1973Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 67CCCPSUCCESS
- 1969Proton / UR-500 K/D | Soyuz 7K-L1E No.1CCCPFAILURE
- 1966Soyuz | Kosmos 133CCCPSUCCESS
- 1964Atlas Agena D | Mariner 4USAFSUCCESS
- 1963Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 14CCCPFAILURE
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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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