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July 22 in spaceflight

21 orbital launches flew on July 22, the earliest of them in 1962, and 18 reached orbit. Wikipedia records 5 spaceflight and astronomy events on July 22. Below are the pictures NASA published on July 22 in 1 different years — each one taken or released on this exact date.

DATE

Launches

ON RECORD

21MISSIONS

18 of them reached orbit. The earliest was 1962, the most recent 2026.

Recorded events

IN THE RECORD

5ENTRIES

Spaceflight and astronomy entries from Wikipedia's record of this date, oldest first — from 1894 onward.

Pictures from this date

PUBLISHED

1IMAGE

NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for July 22, one per year. Some are public domain and some belong to the photographer — each says which.

Published on July 22

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

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.

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What happened on July 22

  1. 1894

    Jules-Albert de Dion finished first in the world's first motor race, but did not win as his steam-powered car was against the rules.

    Jules-Albert de Dion ↗

  2. 1894

    The first ever motor race is held in France between the cities of Paris and Rouen. The fastest finisher was the Comte Jules-Albert de Dion, but the "official" victory was awarded to Albert Lemaître driving his three-horsepower petrol engined Peugeot.

    Paris–Rouen (motor race) ↗

  3. 1951

    Soviet space dogs: Dezik and Tsygan were launched into a sub-orbital spaceflight from Kapustin Yar and became the first dogs to fly in space and the first to safely return.

    Soviet space dogs ↗

  4. 1962

    Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.

    Mariner program ↗

  5. 2019

    Chandrayaan-2, the second lunar exploration mission developed by Indian Space Research Organisation after Chandrayaan-1 is launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in a GSLV Mark III M1. It consists of a lunar orbiter, and also included the Vikram lander, and the Pragyan lunar rover.

    Chandrayaan-2 ↗

Every launch on July 22

21 launches

ONLINE
  1. 2026Gravity-1 | 9 satellitesOrienSpaceSUCCESS
  2. 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | O3b mPower 9-10SpXSUCCESS
  3. 2023Ceres-1 | Qiankun-1 & Xingshidai‐16GESUCCESS
  4. 2022Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 3-2SpXSUCCESS
  5. 2019LVM-3 | Chandrayaan-2ISROSUCCESS
  6. 2018Falcon 9 Block 5 | Telstar 19 VANTAGESpXSUCCESS
  7. 2015Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-17MRFSASUCCESS
  8. 2012Soyuz-FG/Fregat | Kanopus-V No.1 & BelKA-2RFSASUCCESS
  9. 2008Kosmos-3M | SAR-Lupe 5NPSUCCESS
  10. 2004Kosmos-3M | Parus 95NPSUCCESS
  11. 1993Ariane 44L | Hispasat 1B & Insat 2BASASUCCESS
  12. 1993Soyuz-U-PVB | Zenit-8 101VKSSUCCESS
  13. 1987Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz TM-3CCCPSUCCESS
  14. 1982Proton-K/DM | EkranCCCPFAILURE
  15. 1977Kosmos-3M | Taifun-1 8CCCPSUCCESS
  16. 1976Atlas SLV-3D Centaur | Comstar 1BUSAFSUCCESS
  17. 1976Soyuz U | Yantar-2K 5CCCPSUCCESS
  18. 1971Kosmos-3M | Tselina-O 10CCCPFAILURE
  19. 1969Molniya-M | Molniya-1 12CCCPSUCCESS
  20. 1969Voskhod | Zenit-2 76CCCPSUCCESS
  21. 1962Atlas Agena B | Mariner 1USAFFAILURE

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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.