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June 30 in spaceflight

23 orbital launches flew on June 30, the earliest of them in 1961, and 21 reached orbit. Wikipedia records 2 spaceflight and astronomy events on June 30. Below are the pictures NASA published on June 30 in 6 different years — each one taken or released on this exact date.

DATE

Launches

ON RECORD

23MISSIONS

21 of them reached orbit. The earliest was 1961, the most recent 2022.

Recorded events

IN THE RECORD

2ENTRIES

Spaceflight and astronomy entries from Wikipedia's record of this date, oldest first — from 1971 onward.

Pictures from this date

PUBLISHED

6IMAGES

NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for June 30, one per year. Some are public domain and some belong to the photographer — each says which.

Published on June 30

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.

© Jose J. Chambo — 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 30

  1. 1971

    The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve.

    Soviet Union ↗

  2. 1973

    Concorde 001 intercepts the path of a total solar eclipse and follows the moon's shadow, experiencing the longest total eclipse observation.

    1973 Concorde eclipse flight ↗

Every launch on June 30

23 launches

ONLINE
  1. 2022PSLV-CA | DS-EO & othersISROSUCCESS
  2. 2021Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 2 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)SpXSUCCESS
  3. 2021LauncherOne | Tubular Bells, Part OneVOSUCCESS
  4. 2020Falcon 9 Block 5 | GPS III SV03SpXSUCCESS
  5. 2014PSLV-CA | SPOT-7, CanX-4, CanX-5, AISat, VELOX-IACLSUCCESS
  6. 2011Minotaur I | ORS-1 (USA-231)OSCSUCCESS
  7. 2010Soyuz-U | Progress M-06M (38P)RFSASUCCESS
  8. 2009Proton-M | Sirius FM-5KhSCSUCCESS
  9. 2003Rokot / Briz-KM | MimosaELSSUCCESS
  10. 2001Delta 7425-10 | WMAPUSAFSUCCESS
  11. 2000Proton-K/DM-2M | Sirius FM-1KhSCSUCCESS
  12. 2000Atlas IIA | TDRS 8LMTSUCCESS
  13. 1992Soyuz-U2 | Progress M-13RFSASUCCESS
  14. 1985Atlas G Centaur | Intelsat 511USAFSUCCESS
  15. 1983Proton-K/DM | Gorizont 7CCCPSUCCESS
  16. 1982Soyuz U | Yantar-2K 26CCCPSUCCESS
  17. 1977Soyuz U | Zenit-2M 78CCCPSUCCESS
  18. 1972Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 12 (26L)CCCPSUCCESS
  19. 1972Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-I 13CCCPSUCCESS
  20. 1972Kosmos 11K63 | DS-U3-IK 3CCCPSUCCESS
  21. 1964Atlas Centaur | AC-3 Instrumentation RingUSAFFAILURE
  22. 1962Kosmos-2I 63S1 | DS-P1 1CCCPSUCCESS
  23. 1961Scout X-1 | S-55NASAFAILURE

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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.

    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.