Launches
ON RECORD21MISSIONS
17 of them reached orbit. The earliest was 1961, the most recent 2024.
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November 29 in spaceflight
21 orbital launches flew on November 29, the earliest of them in 1961, and 17 reached orbit. Wikipedia records 2 spaceflight and astronomy events on November 29. Below are the pictures NASA published on November 29 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 1899 onward.
Pictures from this date
PUBLISHED5IMAGES
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for November 29, one per year. Some are public domain and some belong to the photographer — each says which.
Published on November 29
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.
© Giorgia Hofer — used with the credit NASA publishes
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.
© Steve Crouch — 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
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 November 29
1899
FC Barcelona, one of the most successful clubs in Spanish football, was founded by Swiss football pioneer Joan Gamper.
FC Barcelona ↗1961
Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbits the Earth twice and splashes down off the coast of Puerto Rico.
Enos (chimpanzee) ↗
Every launch on November 29
21 launches
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- 2024Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M | Kondor-FKA No.2RFSASUCCESS
- 2022Long March 2F/G | Shenzhou 15CASCSUCCESS
- 2020H-IIA 202 | JDRS-1MHISUCCESS
- 2018PSLV-CA | HysISISROSUCCESS
- 2011Long March 2C | Yaogan 13CASCSUCCESS
- 2003H-IIA 2024 | IGS Radar (2) & IGS Optical (2)JAXAFAILURE
- 1994Long March 3A | DFH-3CASCSUCCESS
- 1994Atlas IIA | Orion 1USAFSUCCESS
- 1994Tsiklon-3 | Geo-IK 14VKSSUCCESS
- 1987Titan 34D Transtage | DSP F13USAFSUCCESS
- 1986Proton | Almaz-T 1CCCPFAILURE
- 1984Soyuz-U-PVB | Zenit-8 9CCCPSUCCESS
- 1977Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 3CCCPFAILURE
- 1976Soyuz U | Kosmos 869CCCPSUCCESS
- 1971Kosmos-3M | DS-P1-M 5CCCPSUCCESS
- 1971Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 48CCCPSUCCESS
- 1968Europa I | STV 1ELDOFAILURE
- 1968Voskhod | Zenit-2 68CCCPSUCCESS
- 1967SPARTA | WRESATWRESUCCESS
- 1965Thor SLV-2 Agena B | Alouette 2USAFSUCCESS
- 1961Atlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 5NASASUCCESS
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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.