Launches
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23 of them reached orbit. The earliest was 1962, the most recent 2026.
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July 10 in spaceflight
26 orbital launches flew on July 10, the earliest of them in 1962, and 23 reached orbit. Wikipedia records 1 spaceflight and astronomy event on July 10. Below are the pictures NASA published on July 10 in 3 different years — each one taken or released on this exact date.
Recorded events
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Spaceflight and astronomy entries from Wikipedia's record of this date, oldest first — from 1962 onward.
Pictures from this date
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NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for July 10, one per year. Some are public domain and some belong to the photographer — each says which.
Published on July 10
NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day, for this calendar date in each of the last several years.
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.
© Andy Ermolli — used with the credit NASA publishes
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
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
What happened on July 10
Every launch on July 10
26 launches
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- 2026Long March 10B | Demo FlightCASCSUCCESS
- 2024Hyperbola-1 | Yunyao-1 15-17i-SpaceFAILURE
- 2023Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-5SpXSUCCESS
- 2020Kuaizhou 11 | Maiden FlightEPFAILURE
- 2019Soyuz 2.1v/Volga | Kosmos 2535, Kosmos 2536, Kosmos 2537, Kosmos 2538VKSSUCCESS
- 2015PSLV XL | DMC-3A, DMC-3B, DMC-3C, CBNT-1 & DeOrbitSAILACLSUCCESS
- 2014Soyuz STB/Fregat | O3b FM3, FM6-FM8ASASUCCESS
- 2010Proton-M / Briz-M Enhanced | EchoStar XVILSSUCCESS
- 2006GSLV | INSAT-4CISROFAILURE
- 2005M-V | SuzakuJAXASUCCESS
- 1999Delta 7420-10C | Globalstar 30,32,35,41USAFSUCCESS
- 1998Zenit-2 | Resurs-O1RFSASUCCESS
- 1995Titan 401A Centaur | Trumpet 2USAFSUCCESS
- 1991Soyuz U | Yantar-4KS1M 1CCCPSUCCESS
- 1987Tsiklon-2 | Plasma-A 2CCCPSUCCESS
- 1986Soyuz U | Resurs-F1 17F40 59L 1CCCPSUCCESS
- 1985Soyuz U | Bion 7CCCPSUCCESS
- 1982Soyuz U | Progress 14CCCPSUCCESS
- 1981Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-Priroda 2-4CCCPSUCCESS
- 1979Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKM 31CCCPSUCCESS
- 1972Kosmos-3M | Tselina-O 15CCCPSUCCESS
- 1969Voskhod | Zenit-4 61CCCPSUCCESS
- 1968Voskhod | Zenit-2 63CCCPSUCCESS
- 1964Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 8USAFSUCCESS
- 1964Vostok | Elektron-3 &4CCCPSUCCESS
- 1962Thor Delta | Telstar 1USAFSUCCESS
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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.
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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.