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June 9 in spaceflight

17 orbital launches flew on June 9, the earliest of them in 1965, and 14 reached orbit. Wikipedia records 2 spaceflight and astronomy events on June 9. Below are the pictures NASA published on June 9 in 6 different years — each one taken or released on this exact date.

DATE

Launches

ON RECORD

17MISSIONS

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

Recorded events

IN THE RECORD

2ENTRIES

Spaceflight and astronomy entries from Wikipedia's record of this date, oldest first — from 1856 onward.

Pictures from this date

PUBLISHED

6IMAGES

NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for June 9, one per year. Some are public domain and some belong to the photographer — each says which.

Published on June 9

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.

NASA · public domain

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.

© Wolfgang Zimmermann — used with the credit NASA publishes

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 9

Every launch on June 9

17 launches

ONLINE
  1. 2026Zhuque-2E Block 2 | 2 x SatNet DTC test satellitesLSSUCCESS
  2. 2023Kuaizhou 1A | Longjiang 3EPSUCCESS
  3. 2016Proton-M Briz-M | Intelsat 31/DLA-2ILSSUCCESS
  4. 2011SpaceShipTwo | VSS Enterprise CC12VGPARTIAL
  5. 2008Long March 3B | Zhongxing 9CASCSUCCESS
  6. 2005Kaituozhe-1 | KT-1 satellite?CASCFAILURE
  7. 2001Ariane 44L | INTELSAT 901ASASUCCESS
  8. 1989Tsiklon-3 | Okean-O1 4CCCPFAILURE
  9. 1987Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 42CCCPSUCCESS
  10. 1984Atlas G Centaur | Intelsat 509USAFSUCCESS
  11. 1983Atlas H | Parcae 6A,B,C & MSD 6USAFSUCCESS
  12. 1982Delta 3910/PAM | Westar 5USAFSUCCESS
  13. 1981Molniya-M | Molniya-3 30LCCCPSUCCESS
  14. 1972Voskhod | Zenit-4M 36CCCPSUCCESS
  15. 1966Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | RTS-1 1USAFSUCCESS
  16. 1965Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 21USAFSUCCESS
  17. 1965Blue Scout Jr | OAR 22-5USAFSUCCESS

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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.

    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.