August 22 in Space History

24 events

1. 1920 106 years ago

   Ray Bradbury: birth

   Category: Organizations and People › Type: Birth

   • Science fiction
   • Science fiction literature

   Role: Science fiction writer

   Ray Bradbury: birth.

   • The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction: Ray Bradbury (opens in a new tab) — Factual summary based on The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction: Ray Bradbury. Original source retains its rights.

2. 1963 63 years ago launch failure

   DS-A1 No. 3 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: DS-A1 No. 3

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 63S1 launched on the DS-A1 No. 3 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad Mayak-2. 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. (CC BY 4.0)

3. 1964 62 years ago launch

   Kosmos-41 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-41

   • Space transportation

   Molniya 8K78 launched on the Kosmos-41 flight from NIIP-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)

4. 1964 62 years ago launch

   Kosmos-42/43 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-42/43

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 63S1 launched on the Kosmos-42/43 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. (CC BY 4.0)

5. 1969 57 years ago launch

   Kosmos-295 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-295

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-295 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. 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)

6. 1970 56 years ago launch

   Kosmos-359 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-359

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 359 was an unmanned Soviet probe launched on 22 August 1970.

   • 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 — Cosmos 359 (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/Kosmos_359 (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 — Cosmos 359 (opens in a new tab)
   • NASA NSSDCA — Cosmos 359 (opens in a new tab)

7. 1973 53 years ago launch

   Kosmos-580 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-580

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-580 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. 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. 1975 51 years ago launch

   Kosmos-756 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-756

   • Space transportation

   Vostok 8A92M launched on the Kosmos-756 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. 1978 48 years ago launch

   Molniya-1 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Molniya-1

   • Space transportation

   Molniya 8K78M (ML) launched on the Molniya-1 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)

10. 1980 46 years ago launch

    Kosmos-1207 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-1207

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1207 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)

11. 1985 41 years ago launch

    Molniya-1 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Molniya-1

    • Space transportation

    Molniya 8K78M (ML) launched on the Molniya-1 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)

12. 1989 37 years ago launch

    Kosmos-2036 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-2036

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-2036 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)

13. 1991 35 years ago launch

    Kosmos-2154 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-2154

    • Space transportation

    Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-2154 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. (CC BY 4.0)

14. 2002 24 years ago launch

    Echostar VIII — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Echostar VIII

    • Space transportation

    Proton-K/DM-2M (DM3) launched on the Echostar VIII flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC81/23. 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. 2014 12 years ago launch

    Galileo FOC 1/2 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Galileo FOC 1/2

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-ST-B (Fregat) launched on the Galileo FOC 1/2 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELS. 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)

16. 2015 11 years ago

    The Three-Body Problem — 2015 Hugo Award, Best Novel

    Category: Science Fiction › Type: Award win

    • Science fiction
    • Science fiction literature

    The Three-Body Problem (Novel) by Cixin Liu, Ken Liu (translator) · Award: Hugo Award — Best Novel · Role: Science fiction writer

    The Three-Body Problem — 2015 Hugo Award, Best Novel (2015-08-22).

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

17. 2018 8 years ago launch

    Aeolus — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Aeolus

    • Space transportation

    Vega (1) launched on the Aeolus flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ZLV. 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. 2019 7 years ago launch

    Soyuz MS-14 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Soyuz MS-14

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-2-1A launched on the Soyuz MS-14 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. 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)

19. 2019 7 years ago launch

    GPS III SV02 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: GPS III SV02

    • Space transportation

    Delta 4M+(4,2) (A) launched on the GPS III SV02 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC37B. 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)

20. 2023 3 years ago launch

    Starlink-102 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Starlink-102

    • Space transportation

    Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-102 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. (CC BY 4.0)

21. 2024 2 years ago launch

    ZX-4A — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: ZX-4A

    • Space transportation

    Chang Zheng 7A launched on the ZX-4A flight from Wenchang Space Center, Hainan, pad LC201. 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. 2025 1 year ago launch

    X-37B OTV FLT-8 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: X-37B OTV FLT-8

    • Space transportation

    Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the X-37B OTV FLT-8 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

    Starlink-295 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Starlink-295

    • Space transportation

    Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-295 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. (CC BY 4.0)

24. 2026 launch

    Starlink-420 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Starlink-420

    • Space transportation

    Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-420 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. (CC BY 4.0)