March 14 in Space History

24 events

1. 1968 58 years ago launch

   Kosmos-206 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-206

   • Space transportation

   Vostok 8A92M launched on the Kosmos-206 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

   • Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records. (CC BY 4.0)

2. 1968 58 years ago launch

   CORONA 124/1046 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: CORONA 124/1046

   • Space transportation

   Thorad SLV-2G Agena D launched on the CORONA 124/1046 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC1E. Launch vehicle success.

   • Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records. (CC BY 4.0)

3. 1970 56 years ago

   A Boy and His Dog: Best Novella

   Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

   • Science fiction
   • Science fiction literature

   A Boy and His Dog (Novella) by Harlan Ellison · Award: Nebula Award — Best Novella

   A Boy and His Dog won Best Novella.

   • SFWA: 1969 Nebula Awards (opens in a new tab) — Factual summary based on SFWA: 1969 Nebula Awards. Original source retains its rights.

4. 1970 56 years ago

   The Left Hand of Darkness — 1969 Nebula Award, Best Novel

   Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

   • Science fiction
   • Science fiction literature

   The Left Hand of Darkness (Novel) by Ursula K. Le Guin · Award: Nebula Award — Best Novel · Role: Science fiction writer

   The Left Hand of Darkness — 1969 Nebula Award, Best Novel (1970-03-14).

   • SFWA Nebula Awards (opens in a new tab) — Factual summary based on SFWA Nebula Awards. Original source retains its rights.

5. 1970 56 years ago

   Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones: Best Novelette

   Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

   • Science fiction
   • Science fiction literature

   Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones (Novella) by Samuel R. Delany · Award: Nebula Award — Best Novelette

   Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones won Best Novelette.

   • SFWA: 1969 Nebula Awards (opens in a new tab) — Factual summary based on SFWA: 1969 Nebula Awards. Original source retains its rights.

6. 1970 56 years ago

   Passengers: Best Short Story

   Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

   • Science fiction
   • Science fiction literature

   Passengers (Short story) by Robert Silverberg · Award: Nebula Award — Best Short Story

   Passengers won Best Short Story.

   • SFWA: 1969 Nebula Awards (opens in a new tab) — Factual summary based on SFWA: 1969 Nebula Awards. Original source retains its rights.

7. 1974 52 years ago launch

   Kosmos-635 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-635

   • Space transportation

   Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-635 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

   • Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records. (CC BY 4.0)

8. 1979 47 years ago launch

   Kosmos-1080 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-1080

   • Space transportation

   Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1080 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.

   • Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records. (CC BY 4.0)

9. 1980 46 years ago launch

   Kosmos-1167 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-1167

   • Space transportation

   Tsiklon-2 launched on the Kosmos-1167 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC90. Launch vehicle success.

   • Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records. (CC BY 4.0)

10. 1981 45 years ago launch

    Kosmos-1258 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-1258

    • Space transportation

    Tsiklon-2 launched on the Kosmos-1258 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC90. Launch vehicle success.

    • Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records. (CC BY 4.0)

11. 1985 41 years ago launch

    Kosmos-1634 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-1634

    • Space transportation

    Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-1634 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.

    • Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records. (CC BY 4.0)

12. 1986 40 years ago flyby

    Giotto encounters Halley's Comet

    Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Flyby

    Mission: Giotto

    ESA's Giotto spacecraft flew past Halley's Comet.

    • ESA — Giotto overview (opens in a new tab) — Original factual summary; retain attribution to ESA.

13. 1988 38 years ago launch

    Kosmos-1932 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-1932

    • Space transportation

    Tsiklon-2 launched on the Kosmos-1932 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC90. Launch vehicle success.

    • Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records. (CC BY 4.0)

14. 1990 36 years ago launch

    Kosmos-2060 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-2060

    • Space transportation

    Tsiklon-2 launched on the Kosmos-2060 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC90. Launch vehicle success.

    • Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records. (CC BY 4.0)

15. 1995 31 years ago launch

    Soyuz TM-21 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Soyuz TM-21

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-U2 launched on the Soyuz TM-21 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    • Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records. (CC BY 4.0)

16. 1996 30 years ago launch

    Intelsat 707 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Intelsat 707

    • Space transportation

    Ariane 44LP (44LP-3) launched on the Intelsat 707 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA2. Launch vehicle success.

    • Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records. (CC BY 4.0)

17. 1996 30 years ago launch

    Kosmos-2331 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-2331

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Kosmos-2331 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.

    • Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records. (CC BY 4.0)

18. 2008 18 years ago launch

    AMC 14 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: AMC 14

    • Space transportation

    Proton-M/Briz-M (I) launched on the AMC 14 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. Partial launch success/failure.

    • Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records. (CC BY 4.0)

19. 2008 18 years ago assembly

    Kibo Experiment Logistics Module: ISS installation

    Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Station module addition

    • Space stations
    • Human spaceflight

    Station: International Space Station

    Kibo Experiment Logistics Module installed on the ISS.

    • NASA: ISS Assembly Elements (opens in a new tab) — Factual summary based on NASA: ISS Assembly Elements. Original source retains its rights.

20. 2016 10 years ago launch

    ExoMars TGO/EDM — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: ExoMars TGO/EDM

    • Space transportation

    The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO or ExoMars Orbiter) is a collaborative project between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Russian Roscosmos agency that sent an atmospheric research orbiter and the Schiaparelli demonstration lander to Mars in 2016 as…

    • Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records. (CC BY 4.0)
    • Wikipedia — ExoMars 2016 (opens in a new tab) — Adapted from Wikipedia contributors; selected sentences retained and edited for length, reference markers and pronunciation glosses. CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Article and edit history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExoMars_Trace_Gas_Orbiter (CC BY-SA 4.0)
    • Original Wikipedia link from NSE timeline (opens in a new tab) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
    • Timeline of Space Exploration Missions 1957 to 2031 (opens in a new tab)
    • NASA — ExoMars 2016 (opens in a new tab)
    • NASA NSSDCA — ExoMars 2016 (opens in a new tab)

21. 2019 7 years ago launch

    Soyuz MS-12 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Soyuz MS-12

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-FG launched on the Soyuz MS-12 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.

    • Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records. (CC BY 4.0)

22. 2021 5 years ago launch

    Starlink-23 (N22) — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Starlink-23 (N22)

    • Space transportation

    Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-23 (N22) flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.

    • Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records. (CC BY 4.0)

23. 2025 1 year ago launch

    Dragon Crew-10 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Dragon Crew-10

    • Space transportation

    Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Dragon Crew-10 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.

    • Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records. (CC BY 4.0)

24. 2026 launch

    Starlink-370 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Starlink-370

    • Space transportation

    Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-370 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.

    • Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records. (CC BY 4.0)