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May 29 in spaceflight

22 orbital launches flew on May 29, the earliest of them in 1965, and 22 reached orbit. Wikipedia records 3 spaceflight and astronomy events on May 29. Below are the pictures NASA published on May 29 in 6 different years — each one taken or released on this exact date.

DATE

Launches

ON RECORD

22MISSIONS

22 of them reached orbit. The earliest was 1965, the most recent 2026.

Recorded events

IN THE RECORD

3ENTRIES

Spaceflight and astronomy entries from Wikipedia's record of this date, oldest first — from 1919 onward.

Pictures from this date

PUBLISHED

6IMAGES

NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for May 29, one per year. Some are public domain and some belong to the photographer — each says which.

Published on May 29

NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day, for this calendar date in each of the last several years.

NASA Science

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

NASA Science

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.

© Franz Hofmann — used with the credit NASA publishes

NASA Science

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.

NASA · public domain

NASA Science

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

NASA Science

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

NASA Science

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 May 29

  1. 1919

    Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin.

    Albert Einstein ↗

Every launch on May 29

22 launches

ONLINE
  1. 2026Atlas V 551 | Amazon Leo (LA-07)ULASUCCESS
  2. 2026Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-53SpXSUCCESS
  3. 2025Long March 4B | Shijian 26CASCSUCCESS
  4. 2024Ceres-1S | Tianqi 25-28GESUCCESS
  5. 2023GSLV Mk II | IRNSS-1J (NVS-01)ISROSUCCESS
  6. 2021Long March 7 | Tianzhou-2CASCSUCCESS
  7. 2020Long March 11 | XJS-G & XJS-HCASCSUCCESS
  8. 2018SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity PF02VGSUCCESS
  9. 2016Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat | Glonass-M No. 53 (Kosmos 2516)VKSSUCCESS
  10. 2012Long March 4C | Yaogan 15CASCSUCCESS
  11. 2007Soyuz-FG | Globalstar 65,69,71,72RFSASUCCESS
  12. 2001Soyuz-U-PVB | Yantar-4K2 80RVSN RFSUCCESS
  13. 1991Delta II | Satcom C5USAFSUCCESS
  14. 1990Soyuz U | Resurs-F 6CCCPSUCCESS
  15. 1986Soyuz U | Zenit-8 32CCCPSUCCESS
  16. 1985Molniya-M | Molniya-3 39LCCCPSUCCESS
  17. 1980Atlas F | NOAA BUSAFSUCCESS
  18. 1974Proton | Luna-22CCCPSUCCESS
  19. 1973Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 15 (27L)CCCPSUCCESS
  20. 1971Kosmos-3M | Tselina-O 9CCCPSUCCESS
  21. 1969Voskhod | Zenit-4 58CCCPSUCCESS
  22. 1965Thor Delta C | Explorer 28USAFSUCCESS

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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.

    VIEW

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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.

    VIEW

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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.

    VIEW

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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.