Launches
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24 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1966 and the latest in 2024.
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December 29 in spaceflight
24 launches flew on December 29, the earliest of them in 1966, and 24 of them succeeded. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
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Launches on December 29Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
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- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | Astranis: From One to Many (4x Astranis MicroGEO)SpXSUCCESS
- 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-3SpXSUCCESS
- 2023Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-36SpXSUCCESS
- 2023Falcon Heavy | OTV-7 (X-37B) (USSF-52)SpXSUCCESS
- 2022Long March 3B/E | Shiyan 10-02CASCSUCCESS
- 2021Long March 3B | TJSW-9CASCSUCCESS
- 2021Long March 2D | Tianhui 4CASCSUCCESS
- 2020Soyuz STA/Fregat | CSO-2ASASUCCESS
- 2018Long March 2D/YZ-3 | Hongyan-1 & Yunhai-2 Group 01CASCSUCCESS
- 2010Ariane 5 ECA | Hispasat-1E & Koreasat 6ASASUCCESS
- 2009Proton-M | DirecTV 12KhSCSUCCESS
- 2005Proton-M Briz-M | AMC 23KhSCSUCCESS
- 2003Long March 2C/SM | Tan Ce 1CASCSUCCESS
- 2002Proton-M Briz-M | Nimiq 2KhSCSUCCESS
- 2002Long March 2F | Shenzhou-4CASCSUCCESS
- 1994Soyuz U | Yantar-4KS1M 6RFSASUCCESS
- 1992Soyuz-U-PVB | Bion 10VKSSUCCESS
- 1988Soyuz U | Yantar-1KFT 10CCCPSUCCESS
- 1987Soyuz U | Zenit-8 57CCCPSUCCESS
- 1983Proton | Uragan 4 & 5CCCPSUCCESS
- 1982Kosmos-3M | Taifun-1B 4CCCPSUCCESS
- 1973Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 15CCCPSUCCESS
- 1971Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 10 (18L)CCCPSUCCESS
- 1966Thor SLV-2A Agena D | Multigroup 1 & Setter 1AUSAFSUCCESS
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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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