Launches
ON RECORD23MISSIONS
23 of them reached orbit. The earliest was 1965, the most recent 2026.
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March 15 in spaceflight
23 orbital launches flew on March 15, the earliest of them in 1965, and 23 reached orbit. Wikipedia records 1 spaceflight and astronomy event on March 15. Below are the pictures NASA published on March 15 in 6 different years — each one taken or released on this exact date.
Recorded events
IN THE RECORD1ENTRY
Spaceflight and astronomy entries from Wikipedia's record of this date, oldest first — from 1974 onward.
Pictures from this date
PUBLISHED6IMAGES
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for March 15, one per year. Some are public domain and some belong to the photographer — each says which.
Published on March 15
NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day, for this calendar date in each of the last several years.
2026
NASA Science
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
NASA · public domain
2025
NASA Science
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
© Petr Horálek — used with the credit NASA publishes
2024
NASA Science
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
© Dave Doctor — used with the credit NASA publishes
2023
NASA Science
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
NASA · public domain
2022
NASA Science
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
NASA · public domain
2021
NASA Science
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
NASA · public domain
What happened on March 15
1974
Fifteen people are killed when Sterling Airways Flight 901, a Sud Aviation Caravelle, catches fire following a landing gear collapse at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran, Iran.
Sterling Airways Flight 901 ↗
Every launch on March 15
23 launches
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- 2026Long March 6A | Yaogan 50-02CASCSUCCESS
- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-16SpXSUCCESS
- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 13 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)SpXSUCCESS
- 2025Long March 2D | SuperView Neo 3-02CASCSUCCESS
- 2025Electron | The Lightning God Reigns (iQPS Launch 1)RLSUCCESS
- 2023Long March 11 | Shiyan 19CASCSUCCESS
- 2023Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-27SpXSUCCESS
- 2022Astra Rocket 3 | Spaceflight Astra-1ASSUCCESS
- 2014Proton-M Briz-M | Ekspress-AT1 & Ekspress-AT2KhSCSUCCESS
- 2009Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-119USASUCCESS
- 2008Delta II 7925-9.5 | GPS IIR-M-6 (USA-201)ULASUCCESS
- 2004Proton-M | Eutelsat W3AKhSCSUCCESS
- 1999Soyuz-U-PVB | Globalstar 22,37,41,46RFSASUCCESS
- 1988Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 64CCCPSUCCESS
- 1984Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 45CCCPSUCCESS
- 1983K65M-RB | BOR-4 403CCCPSUCCESS
- 1982Proton-K/DM | Gorizont 5CCCPSUCCESS
- 1979Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 169-176CCCPSUCCESS
- 1978Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 25CCCPSUCCESS
- 1976Titan IIIC | LES 8, 9 & Solrad 11A, 11BUSAFSUCCESS
- 1972Voskhod | Zenit-4M 32CCCPSUCCESS
- 1969Voskhod | Zenit-4 53CCCPSUCCESS
- 1965Kosmos 65S3 | Strela-1 12,13,14CCCPSUCCESS
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Cosmos — Carl Sagan
Still the best single argument for why any of this matters, and it leaves the arithmetic in. For a reader who wants the science, not just the awe.
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Pale Blue Dot — Carl Sagan
The case for leaving Earth, written by someone unsentimental about how hard that is. Suits readers who want the argument rather than the poster.
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Project Hail Mary — Andy Weir
Hard-SF problem solving in The Martian's key — for anyone who liked the engineering more than the peril. The only novel on this list.
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Sources and licences
Event text and thumbnails come from Wikipedia and are used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Images are drawn only from Wikimedia Commons, which does not accept non-free content — each thumbnail links to its file page, where its licence and author are recorded.
Launch records are from The Space Devs’ Launch Library 2. Pictures are NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day; NASA imagery is generally not subject to copyright, but individual APOD entries are frequently the property of the photographer, and each caption says which applies.