Space history on May 22

26 events

1. 1963 63 years ago launch

   Kosmos-17 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-17

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 63S1 launched on the Kosmos-17 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad Mayak-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.

2. 1967 59 years ago launch

   Kosmos-161 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-161

   • Space transportation

   Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-161 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.

3. 1967 59 years ago launch

   AFP-206 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: AFP-206

   • Space transportation

   Atlas SLV-3 Agena D launched on the AFP-206 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC4E. 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.

4. 1969 57 years ago launch

   Intelsat III F-4 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Intelsat III F-4

   • Space transportation

   Thor Delta M launched on the Intelsat III F-4 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17A. 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.

5. 1970 56 years ago launch failure

   DS-P1-Yu No. 36 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: DS-P1-Yu No. 36

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 11K63 launched on the DS-P1-Yu No. 36 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch 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.

6. 1971 55 years ago launch

   Kosmos-422 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-422

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-422 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/1. 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.

7. 1975 51 years ago launch

   Intelsat 4 F-1 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Intelsat 4 F-1

   • Space transportation

   Atlas SLV-3D Centaur launched on the Intelsat 4 F-1 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC36A. 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.

8. 1976 50 years ago launch

   P76-5 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: P76-5

   • Space transportation

   Scout B-1 launched on the P76-5 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC5. 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.

9. 1979 47 years ago launch

   Kosmos-1100/1101 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-1100/1101

   • Space transportation

   Proton-K launched on the Kosmos-1100/1101 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC81/24. 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.

10. 1981 45 years ago launch

    Kosmos-1273 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-1273

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1273 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.

11. 1981 45 years ago launch

    GOES 5 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: GOES 5

    • Space transportation

    Delta 3914 launched on the GOES 5 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17A. 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.

12. 1984 42 years ago launch

    Kosmos-1557 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-1557

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1557 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.

13. 1985 41 years ago launch

    Kosmos-1653 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-1653

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1653 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.

14. 1990 36 years ago launch

    Kosmos-2082 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-2082

    • Space transportation

    Zenit-2 launched on the Kosmos-2082 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC45/2. 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.

15. 1993 33 years ago launch

    Progress M-18 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Progress M-18

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-U2 launched on the Progress M-18 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.

16. 1994 32 years ago launch

    Progress M-23 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Progress M-23

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-U2 launched on the Progress M-23 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.

17. 2005 21 years ago launch

    DirecTV-8 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: DirecTV-8

    • Space transportation

    Proton-M/Briz-M (I) launched on the DirecTV-8 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. 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.

18. 2012 14 years ago launch

    Dragon C2 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Dragon C2

    • Space transportation

    Falcon 9 launched on the Dragon C2 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.

19. 2014 12 years ago launch

    USA 252 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: USA 252

    • Space transportation

    Atlas V 401 launched on the USA 252 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC41. 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.

20. 2018 8 years ago launch

    Iridium-6/GRACE-FO — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Iridium-6/GRACE-FO

    • Space transportation

    Falcon 9 (FT4) launched on the Iridium-6/GRACE-FO flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC4E. 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.

21. 2019 7 years ago launch

    RISAT-2B — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: RISAT-2B

    • Space transportation

    PSLV (CA) launched on the RISAT-2B flight from Satish Dhawan Space Ctr, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India, pad FLP. 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.

22. 2019 7 years ago launch failure

    Yaogan 33 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Yaogan 33

    • Space transportation

    Chang Zheng 4C launched on the Yaogan 33 flight from Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin, pad LC9. Launch 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.

23. 2020 6 years ago launch

    Kosmos-2546 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-2546

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-2-1B (Fregat) launched on the Kosmos-2546 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.

24. 2021 5 years ago

    Unity 21 — private and commercial crew participation

    Category: Human Spaceflight Activities › Type: Private astronaut or space tourist flight

    Mission: Unity 21 · Programme: Virgin Galactic

    • Human spaceflight
    • Commercial human spaceflight

    Role: Commercial astronaut

    2 participants; see description and linked people.

    • Virgin Galactic (opens in a new tab) — Factual summary based on Virgin Galactic. Original source retains its rights.

25. 2024 2 years ago launch

    NROL-146 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: NROL-146

    • Space transportation

    Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the NROL-146 flight from South Base, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, pad SLC4E. 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.

26. 2026 launch

    Viva La StriX — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Viva La StriX

    • Space transportation

    Electron launched on the Viva La StriX flight from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, pad LC1B. 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.