Launches
ON RECORD18MISSIONS
15 of them reached orbit. The earliest was 1961, the most recent 2023.
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October 27 in spaceflight
18 orbital launches flew on October 27, the earliest of them in 1961, and 15 reached orbit. Wikipedia records 2 spaceflight and astronomy events on October 27. Below are the pictures NASA published on October 27 in 5 different years — each one taken or released on this exact date.
Recorded events
IN THE RECORD2ENTRIES
Spaceflight and astronomy entries from Wikipedia's record of this date, oldest first — from 1870 onward.
Pictures from this date
PUBLISHED5IMAGES
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for October 27, one per year. Some are public domain and some belong to the photographer — each says which.
Published on October 27
NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day, for this calendar date in each of the last several years.
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.
© Dan Bartlett — 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.
© Neelam and Ajay Talwar — 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 October 27
1870
Franco-Prussian War: Marshal Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at the conclusion of the Siege of Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers.
Franco-Prussian War ↗
Every launch on October 27
18 launches
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- 2023Soyuz 2.1b | Kosmos 2570 (Lotos-S1 #8)VKSSUCCESS
- 2021Kuaizhou 1A | Jilin-1-02FEPSUCCESS
- 2018Zhuque-1 | Weilai-1 (Future-1)LSFAILURE
- 2014Long March 2C | Shijian 11-08CASCSUCCESS
- 2010Soyuz-U | Progress M-08M (40P)RFSASUCCESS
- 2005Kosmos-3M | Beijing-1NPSUCCESS
- 2002Long March 4B | Zi Yuan-2 02 xingCASCSUCCESS
- 1999Proton | Ekspress-A No. 1KhSCFAILURE
- 1992Soyuz-U2 | Progress M-15RFSASUCCESS
- 1989Ariane 44L | Intelsat 602ASASUCCESS
- 1988Soyuz U | Zenit-8 71CCCPSUCCESS
- 1986Kosmos-3M | Taifun-1 19CCCPSUCCESS
- 1973Voskhod | Zenit-4M 58CCCPSUCCESS
- 1967Soyuz | Kosmos 186CCCPSUCCESS
- 1967Tsiklon-2A | I2-BM (Kosmos-185)CCCPSUCCESS
- 1962Thor Delta A | Explorer 15USAFSUCCESS
- 1961Kosmos-2I 63S1 | Kosmos-2I | DS-1-1RVSN RFFAILURE
- 1961Saturn I | Saturn SA-1NASASUCCESS
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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.