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June 24 in spaceflight

22 orbital launches flew on June 24, the earliest of them in 1965, and 22 reached orbit. Wikipedia records 1 spaceflight and astronomy event on June 24. Below are the pictures NASA published on June 24 in 1 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 2024.

Recorded events

IN THE RECORD

1ENTRY

Spaceflight and astronomy entries from Wikipedia's record of this date, oldest first — from -1312 onward.

Pictures from this date

PUBLISHED

1IMAGE

NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for June 24, one per year. Some are public domain and some belong to the photographer — each says which.

Published on June 24

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

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2021

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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.

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What happened on June 24

  1. -1312

    Mursili II launches a campaign against the Kingdom of Azzi-Hayasa.

    Muršili II ↗

Every launch on June 24

22 launches

ONLINE
  1. 2024Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-2SpXSUCCESS
  2. 2019Long March 3B/E | Beidou-3 IGSO-2CASCSUCCESS
  3. 2016Atlas V 551 | MUOS-5ULASUCCESS
  4. 2006Soyuz U | Progress M-57RFSASUCCESS
  5. 2005Proton | Ekspress AM-3KhSCSUCCESS
  6. 2002Titan II SLV | NOAA 17USAFSUCCESS
  7. 2000Proton-K/DM-2M | Ekspress 3AKhSCSUCCESS
  8. 1999Delta II | FUSEUSAFSUCCESS
  9. 1998Soyuz-U-PVB | Yantar-4K2 78RVSN RFSUCCESS
  10. 1994Atlas I | UHF F/O F3GDSUCCESS
  11. 1993Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 95 to 100VKSSUCCESS
  12. 1982Soyuz-U | Soyuz T-6CCCPSUCCESS
  13. 1981Molniya-M | Molniya-1K 50CCCPSUCCESS
  14. 1977Tsiklon-3 | EPN 03.0380 1CCCPSUCCESS
  15. 1977Molniya-M | Molniya-1K 37CCCPSUCCESS
  16. 1976Soyuz U | Zenit-2M 68CCCPSUCCESS
  17. 1975Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 77CCCPSUCCESS
  18. 1974Proton | Salyut-3CCCPSUCCESS
  19. 1971Voskhod | Zenit-2M 20CCCPSUCCESS
  20. 1969Voskhod | Zenit-2 75CCCPSUCCESS
  21. 1966Thor SLV-2A Agena D | PageosUSAFSUCCESS
  22. 1965Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit-O 4USAFSUCCESS

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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.