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17 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1961 and the latest in 2024.
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November 29 in spaceflight
21 launches flew on November 29, the earliest of them in 1961, and 17 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 1 spaceflight and astronomy event on November 29. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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What happened on November 29
1961
Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbits the Earth twice and splashes down off the coast of Puerto Rico.
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Launches on November 29Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
21 launches
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- 2024Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M | Kondor-FKA No.2RFSASUCCESS
- 2022Long March 2F/G | Shenzhou 15CASCSUCCESS
- 2020H-IIA 202 | JDRS-1MHISUCCESS
- 2018PSLV-CA | HysISISROSUCCESS
- 2011Long March 2C | Yaogan 13CASCSUCCESS
- 2003H-IIA 2024 | IGS Radar (2) & IGS Optical (2)JAXAFAILURE
- 1994Long March 3A | DFH-3CASCSUCCESS
- 1994Atlas IIA | Orion 1USAFSUCCESS
- 1994Tsiklon-3 | Geo-IK 14VKSSUCCESS
- 1987Titan 34D Transtage | DSP F13USAFSUCCESS
- 1986Proton | Almaz-T 1CCCPFAILURE
- 1984Soyuz-U-PVB | Zenit-8 9CCCPSUCCESS
- 1977Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 3CCCPFAILURE
- 1976Soyuz U | Kosmos 869CCCPSUCCESS
- 1971Kosmos-3M | DS-P1-M 5CCCPSUCCESS
- 1971Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 48CCCPSUCCESS
- 1968Europa I | STV 1ELDOFAILURE
- 1968Voskhod | Zenit-2 68CCCPSUCCESS
- 1967SPARTA | WRESATWRESUCCESS
- 1965Thor SLV-2 Agena B | Alouette 2USAFSUCCESS
- 1961Atlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 5NASASUCCESS
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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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