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20 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1960 and the latest in 2025.
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November 30 in spaceflight
22 launches flew on November 30, the earliest of them in 1960, and 20 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 2 spaceflight and astronomy events on November 30. 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 1954.
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What happened on November 30
1954
In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap; this is the only documented case in the Western Hemisphere of a human being hit by a rock from space.
Sylacauga, Alabama ↗
Launches on November 30Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
22 launches
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- 2025Long March 7A | Shijian 28CASCSUCCESS
- 2024Long March 12 | Maiden FlightCASCSUCCESS
- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-126SpXSUCCESS
- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-65SpXSUCCESS
- 2022Soyuz 2.1b | Kosmos 2565 (Lotos-S1 #7)VKSSUCCESS
- 2018Rokot / Briz-KM | 3 x Rodnik (Kosmos 2530, 2531, 2532)VKSSUCCESS
- 2016SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity CC04VGSUCCESS
- 2014Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat | Glonass-K1 (Kosmos 2501)VKOSUCCESS
- 2009Zenit | Intelsat IS-15SLSUCCESS
- 2000Proton-K/DM-2M | Sirius FM-3KhSCSUCCESS
- 1989Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 49CCCPSUCCESS
- 1988Soyuz U | Zenit-8 73CCCPSUCCESS
- 1983Proton-K/DM | Gorizont 8CCCPSUCCESS
- 1983Soyuz U | Yantar-4K1 12CCCPSUCCESS
- 1973Molniya-M | Molniya-1K 26CCCPSUCCESS
- 1973Soyuz | Kosmos 613CCCPSUCCESS
- 1972Kosmos 11K63 | DS-U1-IK 2CCCPSUCCESS
- 1971Kosmos-3M | Tselina-O 13CCCPSUCCESS
- 1970Atlas SLV-3C Centaur | OAO BUSAFFAILURE
- 1968Kosmos-3M | Sfera 3CCCPSUCCESS
- 1964Molniya 8K78 | Zond-2CCCPSUCCESS
- 1960Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit 3AUSAFFAILURE
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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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