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26 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1963 and the latest in 2025.
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December 5 in spaceflight
29 launches flew on December 5, the earliest of them in 1963, and 26 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 2 spaceflight and astronomy events on December 5. 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 2001.
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What happened on December 5
2001
Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-108, carrying the Expedition 4 crew to the International Space Station.
Space Shuttle Endeavour ↗2014
Exploration Flight Test-1, the first flight test of Orion, is launched.
Exploration Flight Test-1 ↗
Launches on December 5Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
29 launches
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- 2025Kuaizhou 1A | Traffic VDES A & BEPSUCCESS
- 2024Vega-C | Sentinel-1CASASUCCESS
- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | Sirius SXM-9SpXSUCCESS
- 2024PSLV-XL | Proba-3ISROSUCCESS
- 2024Long March 6A | SpaceSail Polar Group #3CASCSUCCESS
- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-14SpXSUCCESS
- 2023Smart Dragon 3 | SatNet test satelliteCHNRSUCCESS
- 2021Soyuz STB/Fregat | Galileo L11 (FOC FM23-FM24)ASASUCCESS
- 2019Falcon 9 Block 5 | SpX CRS-19SpXSUCCESS
- 2018Falcon 9 Block 5 | SpX CRS-16SpXSUCCESS
- 2016Vega | Göktürk-1AASASUCCESS
- 2015Soyuz 2.1v/Volga | Kanopus-ST (Kosmos 2511) & KYuA-1 (Kosmos 2512)VKSFAILURE
- 2014Delta IV Heavy | EFT-1ULASUCCESS
- 2010Proton-M Blok-DM-03 | 3 x Glonass-M (Kosmos 2470, Kosmos 2471, Kosmos 2472)KhSCFAILURE
- 2003Strela | GruzomaketKhSCSUCCESS
- 2002Atlas IIA | TDRS 10LMTSUCCESS
- 2001Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-108USASUCCESS
- 2000Start-1 | EROS A1RVSN RFSUCCESS
- 1995Titan 404A | KH-11 11USAFSUCCESS
- 1986Atlas G Centaur | FLTSATCOM F7USAFSUCCESS
- 1980Kosmos-3M | Parus 25CCCPSUCCESS
- 1979Kosmos-3M | Taifun-1B 1CCCPSUCCESS
- 1978Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 161-168CCCPSUCCESS
- 1971Diamant B | PolaireCNESFAILURE
- 1968Thor Delta E1 | HEOS 1USAFSUCCESS
- 1967Titan IIIB | KH-8 10USAFSUCCESS
- 1967Scout B | OV3-6USAFSUCCESS
- 1966Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 35USAFSUCCESS
- 1963Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit-5BN 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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