These events from the history of spaceflight and astronomy share today's date.
1967-11-10 – ESSA 6 – launch
Thor Delta E1 launched on the ESSA 6 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2E. Launch vehicle success.
1967-11-10 – Surveyor 6: lunar landing
Moon landing.
1968-11-10 – Zond-6 – launch
Zond 6 was a formal member of the Soviet Zond program, and an unpiloted version of the Soyuz 7K-L1 crewed Moon-flyby spacecraft. It was launched on a lunar flyby mission on November 10, 1968, from a parent satellite (68-101B) in Earth parking orbit. The spacecraft carried a biological payload of turtles, flies, and bacteria. It also carried scientific probes including cosmic ray, micrometeoroid detectors, and photographic equipment. The mission was a precursor to a crewed circumlunar flight which the Soviets hoped could occur in December 1968, beating the American Apollo 8. However, after rounding the Moon on November 14, Zond 6 crashed on its return to Earth, due to a parachute failure when the parachute was detached from the capsule too early.
1970-11-10 – Luna-17 – launch
Luna 17 (Ye-8 series) was an uncrewed space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 17. It deployed the first robotic rover onto the surface of the Moon. Luna 17 was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome on 10 November 1970. A Proton K launch vehicle brought the spacecraft to a parking orbit around the Earth. The upper stage of the launch vehicle then sent the spacecraft through trans-lunar injection. Luna 17 inserted into orbit around the Moon on 15 November. The spacecraft softly landed in Mare Imbrium (the Sea of Rains) on 17 November 1970. The spacecraft had dual ramps by which the payload, Lunokhod 1, descended to the lunar surface.
1972-11-10 – Anik A1 – launch
Delta 1914 launched on the Anik A1 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17B. Launch vehicle success.
1973-11-10 – Kosmos-607 – launch
Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-607 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon,, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.
1973-11-10 – HEXAGON SV7 – launch
Titan IIID launched on the HEXAGON SV7 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC4E. Launch vehicle success.
1976-11-10 – JSSW – launch
Feng Bao 1 launched on the JSSW flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LA2B. Launch failure.
1984-11-10 – Spacenet 2/Marecs 2 – launch
Ariane 3 launched on the Spacenet 2/Marecs 2 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA1. Launch vehicle success.
2000-11-10 – USA 154 (GPS IIR-6) – launch
Delta 7925-9.5 launched on the USA 154 (GPS IIR-6) flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC17A. Launch vehicle success.
2009-11-10 – Poisk – launch
Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Poisk flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.
2012-11-10 – Star One C3/Eut21B – launch
Ariane 5ECA launched on the Star One C3/Eut21B flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA3. Launch vehicle success.
2015-11-10 – Arabsat 6B/GSAT 15 – launch
Ariane 5ECA launched on the Arabsat 6B/GSAT 15 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA3. Launch vehicle success.
2022-11-10 – JPSS-2/LOFTID – launch
Atlas V 401 (C) launched on the JPSS-2/LOFTID flight from South Base, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, pad SLC3E. Launch vehicle success.
2023-11-10 – Dragon CRS-29 – launch
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Dragon CRS-29 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.
2025-11-10 – WHDW 13 – launch
Chang Zheng 12 launched on the WHDW 13 flight from Hainan Shangye Hangtian Fashe Chang (Hainan Commercial Space Launch Site), pad LC2. Launch vehicle success.
