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November 13 in spaceflight

15 orbital launches flew on November 13, the earliest of them in 1968, and 15 reached orbit. Wikipedia records 4 spaceflight and astronomy events on November 13. Below are the pictures NASA published on November 13 in 1 different years — each one taken or released on this exact date.

DATE

Launches

ON RECORD

15MISSIONS

15 of them reached orbit. The earliest was 1968, the most recent 2025.

Recorded events

IN THE RECORD

4ENTRIES

Spaceflight and astronomy entries from Wikipedia's record of this date, oldest first — from 1833 onward.

Pictures from this date

PUBLISHED

1IMAGE

NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for November 13, one per year. Some are public domain and some belong to the photographer — each says which.

Published on November 13

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

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.

NASA · public domain

What happened on November 13

  2. 1841

    James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism by Charles Lafontaine, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnotism.

    James Braid (surgeon) ↗

  3. 1851

    The Denny Party lands at Alki Point, before moving to the other side of Elliott Bay to what would become Seattle.

    Denny Party ↗

  4. 2012

    A total solar eclipse occurs in parts of Australia and the South Pacific.

    Solar eclipse ↗

Every launch on November 13

15 launches

ONLINE
  1. 2025New Glenn | EscaPADEBOSUCCESS
  2. 2024Long March 4B | Haiyang 4-01CASCSUCCESS
  3. 2021Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-1SpXSUCCESS
  4. 2020Atlas V 531 | NROL-101ULASUCCESS
  5. 2019Long March 6 | Ningxia 1 (x5)CASCSUCCESS
  6. 2019Kuaizhou 1A | Jilin-1-02AEPSUCCESS
  7. 1999Ariane 44LP | GE 4ASASUCCESS
  8. 1996Ariane 44L | Arabsat 2B & MEASAT 2ASASUCCESS
  9. 1990Titan 402A IUS | DSP 15USAFSUCCESS
  10. 1986Soyuz U | Yantar-4K2 26CCCPSUCCESS
  11. 1986Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 14CCCPSUCCESS
  12. 1985Soyuz U | Zenit-8 24CCCPSUCCESS
  13. 1981Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 50CCCPSUCCESS
  14. 1978Atlas SLV-3D Centaur | Einstein ObservatoryUSAFSUCCESS
  15. 1968Voskhod | Zenit-2 67CCCPSUCCESS

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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.

    VIEW

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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.