Launches
ON RECORD14MISSIONS
10 of them reached orbit. The earliest was 1962, the most recent 2023.
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September 1 in spaceflight
14 orbital launches flew on September 1, the earliest of them in 1962, and 10 reached orbit. Wikipedia records 3 spaceflight and astronomy events on September 1. Below are the pictures NASA published on September 1 in 6 different years — each one taken or released on this exact date.
Recorded events
IN THE RECORD3ENTRIES
Spaceflight and astronomy entries from Wikipedia's record of this date, oldest first — from -396 onward.
Pictures from this date
PUBLISHED6IMAGES
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for September 1, one per year. Some are public domain and some belong to the photographer — each says which.
Published on September 1
NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day, for this calendar date in each of the last several years.
2026
NASA Science
How many moons can you see? The best answer is five: four orbiting Jupiter and Luna orbiting Earth. This multi-moon picture was possible because Earth's Moon moved directly in front of Jupiter last week. The featured image is a series of exposures near alignment taken from Westchester, New York, USA. The sunlit crescent of Earth's Moon, on the lower left, is overexposed, while the Moon's night side, on the upper right, is faintly illuminated by Earthshine. Lined up nearly vertically above our Moon, listed from bottom to top, are Jupiter's bright Galilean satellites: Ganymede, Io, Callisto, and Europa. Callisto, Ganymede, and Io are larger than Earth's Moon, while Europa is only slightly smaller. NASA's robotic spacecraft Juno is currently orbiting Jupiter and has made close passes near three of these moons.Tomorrow's picture: stairway to heaven
NASA · public domain
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
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
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.
© Serge Brunier, Jean-François Bax, David Vernet — used with the credit NASA publishes
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.
© Peter Kohlmann — used with the credit NASA publishes
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 September 1
-396
The Temple of Juno Regina (Aventine) is dedicated in Rome by Marcus Furius Camillus.
Temple of Juno Regina (Aventine) ↗1804
German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding discovered one of the largest main-belt asteroids, naming it Juno after the Roman goddess.
Karl Ludwig Harding ↗1804
3 Juno, one of the largest asteroids in the Main Belt, is discovered by the German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding.
3 Juno ↗
Every launch on September 1
14 launches
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- 2023Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-13SpXSUCCESS
- 2013Long March 4C | Yaogan 17A, B & CCASCSUCCESS
- 2000Long March 4B | Zi Yuan-2 01 xingCASCSUCCESS
- 1997Long March 2C/SD | Iridium MFS 1 & 2CASCSUCCESS
- 1982Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 65CCCPSUCCESS
- 1982Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 64CCCPSUCCESS
- 1976Scout D-1 | TIP 3USAFSUCCESS
- 1976Molniya-M | Molniya-2CCCPFAILURE
- 1972Titan 24B | KH-8 36USAFSUCCESS
- 1970Atlas SLV-3A Agena D | Canyon 3USAFSUCCESS
- 1967Voskhod | Zenit-2 52CCCPFAILURE
- 1964Titan IIIA | Transtage 1USAFFAILURE
- 1962Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-5 6USAFSUCCESS
- 1962Molniya 8K78 | Venera 2bCCCPFAILURE
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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.