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June 5 in spaceflight

24 orbital launches flew on June 5, the earliest of them in 1967, and 24 reached orbit. Wikipedia records 6 spaceflight and astronomy events on June 5. Below are the pictures NASA published on June 5 in 5 different years — each one taken or released on this exact date.

DATE

Launches

ON RECORD

24MISSIONS

24 of them reached orbit. The earliest was 1967, the most recent 2026.

Recorded events

IN THE RECORD

6ENTRIES

Spaceflight and astronomy entries from Wikipedia's record of this date, oldest first — from 1947 onward.

Pictures from this date

PUBLISHED

5IMAGES

NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for June 5, one per year. Some are public domain and some belong to the photographer — each says which.

Published on June 5

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.

© Rafael Sampaio — 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 June 5

  1. 1947

    At a speech at Harvard University, United States Secretary of State George Marshall called for economic aid to war-torn Europe, outlining a recovery program that became known as the Marshall Plan.

    Harvard University ↗

  2. 1947

    Cold War: Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.

    Cold War ↗

  4. 2002

    Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-111, carrying the Expedition 5 crew to the International Space Station to replace the Expedition 4 crew. Astronaut Franklin Chang-Díaz becomes the second person to have flown on seven spaceflights.

    Space Shuttle Endeavour ↗

  6. 2024

    The Boeing Starliner is launched on its first crewed flight, carrying astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams to the International Space Station.

    Boeing Starliner ↗

Every launch on June 5

24 launches

ONLINE
  1. 2026Long March 8 | SpaceSail Polar Group #12CASCSUCCESS
  2. 2025Long March 6A | SatNet LEO Group 04CASCSUCCESS
  3. 2024Atlas V N22 | CST-100 Starliner Crewed Flight TestULASUCCESS
  4. 2024Electron | PREFIRE And Ice (PREFIRE 2)RLSUCCESS
  5. 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 8-5SpXSUCCESS
  6. 2023Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-28SpXSUCCESS
  7. 2022Long March 2F/G | Shenzhou 14CASCSUCCESS
  8. 2019Long March 11 | Jilin-1 & othersCASCSUCCESS
  9. 2018Long March 3A | Fengyun-2HCASCSUCCESS
  10. 2017LVM-3 | GSAT-19ISROSUCCESS
  11. 2015Soyuz 2.1a | Kobalt-M (Kosmos 2505)VKOSUCCESS
  12. 2013Ariane 5 ES | Albert Einstein ATV (ATV-004)ASASUCCESS
  13. 2002Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-111USASUCCESS
  14. 2002Ariane 44L | INTELSAT 905ASASUCCESS
  15. 1991Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-40LSOCSUCCESS
  16. 1989Ariane 44L | Superbird A & DFS-Kopernikus 1ASASUCCESS
  17. 1980Soyuz-U | Soyuz T-2CCCPSUCCESS
  18. 1979Molniya-M | Molniya-3 21LCCCPSUCCESS
  19. 1977Thor DSV-2U | DMSP-5D1 F2USAFSUCCESS
  20. 1975Molniya-M | Molniya-1K 30CCCPSUCCESS
  21. 1973Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 63CCCPSUCCESS
  22. 1969Thorad SLV-2H Agena D | OGO 6USAFSUCCESS
  23. 1968Titan IIIB | KH-8 14USAFSUCCESS
  24. 1967Kosmos 11K63 | DS-U2-MP 2CCCPSUCCESS

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  • LISTING

    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

  • LISTING

    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

  • LISTING

    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.