--- title: "On This Day in Space History: November 14" id: 221742 type: "post" slug: "on-this-day-in-space-history-11-14-2026" author: "NSE" published: "2026-11-14T05:00:37+00:00" modified: "2026-11-14T05:00:45+00:00" canonical: "https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2026/11/14/on-this-day-in-space-history-11-14-2026/" markdown_url: "https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2026/11/14/on-this-day-in-space-history-11-14-2026.md" description: "Space and astronomy history for November 14: 20 events." language: "en-US" category: - "Astronomy" - "Current News" - "Space Economy" - "Space Exploration" - "Space History" post_tag: - "Apollo Program" - "Human Spaceflight" - "Lunar" - "NASA" - "Spaceflight History" --- # On This Day in Space History: November 14 These events from the history of spaceflight and astronomy share today's date. ### 1969-11-14 – [Apollo 12 – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-1969-099/apollo-12-launch-1969/) Apollo 12 (November 14–24, 1969) was the sixth crewed flight in the United States Apollo program and the second to land on the Moon. It was launched on November 14, 1969, by [NASA](https://www.nasa.gov/) from the [Kennedy Space Center](https://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/) in Florida, landing on the part of the Moon called the Ocean of Storms on November 19, 1969. Commander Charles "Pete" Conrad and Lunar Module Pilot Alan L. Bean completed just over one day and seven hours of lunar surface activity while Command Module Pilot Richard F. Gordon remained in lunar orbit. Apollo 12 would have attempted the first lunar landing had Apollo 11 failed, but after the success of the earlier mission, Apollo 12 was postponed by two months, and other Apollo missions also put on a more relaxed schedule. ### 1973-11-14 – [Molniya-1 – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-1973-089/molniya-1-launch-1973-3/) Molniya 8K78M launched on the Molniya-1 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success. ### 1975-11-14 – [Molniya-3 – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-1975-105/molniya-3-launch-1975-2/) Molniya 8K78M (ML) launched on the Molniya-3 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon,, pad LC43/3. Launch vehicle success. ### 1984-11-14 – [NATO 3D – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-1984-115/nato-3d-launch-1984/) Delta 3914 launched on the NATO 3D flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17A. Launch vehicle success. ### 1984-11-14 – [Kosmos-1608 – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-1984-116/kosmos-1608-launch-1984/) Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1608 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success. ### 1984-11-14 – [Kosmos-1609 – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-1984-117/kosmos-1609-launch-1984/) Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1609 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon,, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success. ### 1987-11-14 – [Kosmos-1896 – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-1987-093/kosmos-1896-launch-1987/) Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1896 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success. ### 1990-11-14 – [Kosmos-2103 – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-1990-096/kosmos-2103-launch-1990/) Tsiklon-2 launched on the Kosmos-2103 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC90. Launch vehicle success. ### 2003-11-14 – [Zhongxing-20 – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-2003-052/zhongxing-20-launch-2003/) Chang Zheng 3A launched on the Zhongxing-20 flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC2. Launch vehicle success. ### 2007-11-14 – [Skynet 5B/StarOne C1 – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-2007-056/skynet-5b-starone-c1-launch-2007/) Ariane 5ECA launched on the Skynet 5B/StarOne C1 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA3. Launch vehicle success. ### 2008-11-14 – [Kosmos-2445 – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-2008-058/kosmos-2445-launch-2008/) Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Kosmos-2445 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC16/2. Launch vehicle success. ### 2010-11-14 – [SkyTerra 1 – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-2010-061/skyterra-1-launch-2010/) Proton-M/Briz-M (II) launched on the SkyTerra 1 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. Launch vehicle success. ### 2011-11-14 – [Soyuz TMA-22 – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-2011-067/soyuz-tma-22-launch-2011/) Soyuz-FG launched on the Soyuz TMA-22 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success. ### 2012-11-14 – [Meridian No. 16L – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-2012-063/meridian-no-16l-launch-2012/) Soyuz-2-1A (Fregat) launched on the Meridian No. 16L flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success. ### 2014-11-14 – [Yaogan 23 – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-2014-071/yaogan-23-launch-2014/) Chang Zheng 2C (b) launched on the Yaogan 23 flight from Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin, pad LC9. Launch vehicle success. ### 2017-11-14 – [Fengyun 3 04 – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-2017-072/fengyun-3-04-launch-2017/) Chang Zheng 4C launched on the Fengyun 3 04 flight from Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin, pad LC9. Launch vehicle success. ### 2018-11-14 – [GSAT-29 – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-2018-089/gsat-29-launch-2018/) GSLV Mk III launched on the GSAT-29 flight from Satish Dhawan Space Ctr, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India, pad SLP. Launch vehicle success. ### 2024-11-14 – [Starlink-207 – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-2024-209/starlink-207-launch-2024/) Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the [Starlink](https://www.starlink.com/)-207 flight from South Base, [Vandenberg Space Force Base](https://www.vandenberg.spaceforce.mil/.), California, pad SLC4E. Launch vehicle success. ### 2024-11-14 – [Starlink-208 – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-2024-210/starlink-208-launch-2024/) Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the [Starlink](https://www.starlink.com/)-208 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success. ### 2025-11-14 – [Viasat-3 F2 – launch](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/on-this-day-in-space-history/event/gcat-2025-261/viasat-3-f2-launch-2025/) Atlas V 551 (G) launched on the Viasat-3 F2 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC41. Launch vehicle success.