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June 10 in spaceflight

27 orbital launches flew on June 10, the earliest of them in 1964, and 26 reached orbit. Wikipedia records 2 spaceflight and astronomy events on June 10. Below are the pictures NASA published on June 10 in 6 different years — each one taken or released on this exact date.

DATE

Launches

ON RECORD

27MISSIONS

26 of them reached orbit. The earliest was 1964, the most recent 2025.

Recorded events

IN THE RECORD

2ENTRIES

Spaceflight and astronomy entries from Wikipedia's record of this date, oldest first — from 2003 onward.

Pictures from this date

PUBLISHED

6IMAGES

NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for June 10, one per year. Some are public domain and some belong to the photographer — each says which.

Published on June 10

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.

© Robert Nemiroff — used with the credit NASA publishes

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.

© Nicolas Rolland — 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.

© Vincenzo Mirabella — used with the credit NASA publishes

What happened on June 10

  1. 2003

    The Spirit rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission.

    Spirit (rover) ↗

  2. 2018

    The Opportunity rover sends its last message back to Earth. The mission was finally declared over on February 13, 2019.

    Opportunity (rover) ↗

Every launch on June 10

27 launches

ONLINE
  1. 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-24SpXSUCCESS
  2. 2020Long March 2C | Haiyang 1DCASCSUCCESS
  3. 2011Delta II 7320 | SAC-DULASUCCESS
  4. 2010Naro-1 | STSAT-2BKARIFAILURE
  5. 2007Shavit-2 | Ofeq-7ISASUCCESS
  6. 2004Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 22RFSASUCCESS
  7. 2003Delta II | Spirit RoverUSAFSUCCESS
  8. 2003Zenit | Thuraya 2SLSUCCESS
  9. 2002Proton-K/DM-2M | Ekspress A1RKhSCSUCCESS
  10. 1999Delta 7420-10C | Globalstar 25,47,49,52USAFSUCCESS
  11. 1998Delta II | Thor IIIUSAFSUCCESS
  12. 1997Long March 3 | Feng Yun 2ACASCSUCCESS
  13. 1995Ariane 42P | DirecTV 3ASASUCCESS
  14. 1992Atlas IIA | INTELSAT KUSAFSUCCESS
  15. 1989Delta 6925 | GPS-2 2USAFSUCCESS
  16. 1986Proton-K/DM | Gorizont 12CCCPSUCCESS
  17. 1982Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 36CCCPSUCCESS
  18. 1979Titan IIIC | DSP 8USAFSUCCESS
  19. 1978Titan IIIC | Chalet 8USAFSUCCESS
  20. 1978Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKM 17CCCPSUCCESS
  21. 1977Soyuz U | Zenit-4MT 12CCCPSUCCESS
  22. 1976Delta 2914 | Marisat 2USAFSUCCESS
  23. 1973Delta 1913 | RAE 2USAFSUCCESS
  24. 1973Voskhod | Zenit-4M 50CCCPSUCCESS
  25. 1970Voskhod | Zenit-4 72CCCPSUCCESS
  26. 1966Scout B | OV3-4USAFSUCCESS
  27. 1964Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 18CCCPSUCCESS

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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

  • 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

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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.