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30 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1965 and the latest in 2024.
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December 27 in spaceflight
34 launches flew on December 27, the earliest of them in 1965, and 30 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 1 spaceflight and astronomy event on December 27. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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What happened on December 27
1968
Apollo program: Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital crewed mission to the Moon.
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Launches on December 27Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
34 launches
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- 2024Kinetica 1 | DEAR-3 & 10 other satellitesCASFAILURE
- 2023Soyuz 2.1v | Kosmos 2574VKSSUCCESS
- 2023Kuaizhou 1A | Tianmu-1 19-22EPSUCCESS
- 2022Long March 4B | Gaofen-11-04CASCSUCCESS
- 2021Angara A5/Blok DM-03 | Dummy payloadKhSCFAILURE
- 2021Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | OneWeb 12ASASUCCESS
- 2020Long March 4C | Yaogan-33(R)CASCSUCCESS
- 2019Long March 5 | Shijian 20CASCSUCCESS
- 2018Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M | Kanopus-V No.5 & Kanopus-V No.6RFSASUCCESS
- 2014Proton-M Briz-M | Astra 2GILSSUCCESS
- 2014Long March 4B | Yaogan-26CASCSUCCESS
- 2006Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat | COROTRFSASUCCESS
- 2003Soyuz-FG | Amos 2RFSASUCCESS
- 2000Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 125 to 127 & Gonets 7 to 9RVSN RFFAILURE
- 1999Molniya-M | US-K 80PRSCSUCCESS
- 1990Proton | Raduga-1 2CCCPSUCCESS
- 1989Proton | Luch #3CCCPSUCCESS
- 1989Tsiklon-3 | Koltso 2CCCPSUCCESS
- 1987Proton | Ekran-M 1CCCPSUCCESS
- 1985Soyuz U | Efir 2CCCPSUCCESS
- 1983K65M-RB | BOR-4 406CCCPSUCCESS
- 1983Soyuz U | Yantar-1KFT 3CCCPSUCCESS
- 1977Soyuz U | Zenit-2M 83CCCPSUCCESS
- 1977Tsiklon-3 | EPN 03.0380 3CCCPSUCCESS
- 1976Tsiklon-2 | IS-A 4CCCPSUCCESS
- 1975Molniya-M | Molniya-3 15LCCCPSUCCESS
- 1974Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 34CCCPSUCCESS
- 1973Tsiklon-2 | US-A 6CCCPSUCCESS
- 1972Soyuz 11A511M | Zenit-4MT 3CCCPSUCCESS
- 1971Kosmos-3M | Aureole 1CCCPSUCCESS
- 1971Soyuz 11A511M | Zenit-4MT 1CCCPSUCCESS
- 1969Kosmos-3M | Ionosfernaya Stantsiya 1CCCPFAILURE
- 1967Tsiklon-2A | US-AO 3CCCPSUCCESS
- 1965Soyuz 11A510 | US-AO 1CCCPSUCCESS
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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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