August 29 in Space History

20 events

1. 1962 64 years ago launch

   CORONA 49/9044 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: CORONA 49/9044

   • Space transportation

   Thor Agena D launched on the CORONA 49/9044 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-1-2. 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)

2. 1963 63 years ago launch

   CORONA 70/9058A — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: CORONA 70/9058A

   • Space transportation

   Thor SLV-2 Agena D launched on the CORONA 70/9058A flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-5. 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. 1969 57 years ago launch

   Kosmos-296 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-296

   • Space transportation

   Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-296 flight from NIIP-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)

4. 1970 56 years ago launch

   Kosmos-360 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-360

   • Space transportation

   Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-360 flight from NIIP-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)

5. 1974 52 years ago launch

   Kosmos-674 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-674

   • Space transportation

   Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-674 flight from NIIP-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)

6. 1974 52 years ago launch

   Kosmos-675 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-675

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-675 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)

7. 1978 48 years ago launch

   Kosmos-1029 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-1029

   • Space transportation

   Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1029 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. 1985 41 years ago launch

   Kosmos-1678 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-1678

   • Space transportation

   Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1678 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. 1985 41 years ago launch

   Kosmos-1679 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-1679

   • Space transportation

   Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1679 flight from NIIP-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)

10. 1988 38 years ago launch

    Soyuz TM-6 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Soyuz TM-6

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-U2 launched on the Soyuz TM-6 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)

11. 1991 35 years ago launch

    IRS-1B — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: IRS-1B

    • Space transportation

    Vostok 8A92M launched on the IRS-1B 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)

12. 1995 31 years ago launch

    N-Star a — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: N-Star a

    • Space transportation

    Ariane 44P (44P-3) launched on the N-Star a 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)

13. 1996 30 years ago launch

    Interbol-2 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Interbol-2

    • Space transportation

    Molniya 8K78M (2BL) launched on the Interbol-2 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC43/3. 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)

14. 2003 23 years ago launch

    USA 170 (DSCS 3B-6) — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: USA 170 (DSCS 3B-6)

    • Space transportation

    Delta 4M launched on the USA 170 (DSCS 3B-6) 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)

15. 2004 22 years ago launch

    FSW 19 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: FSW 19

    • Space transportation

    Chang Zheng 2C (b) launched on the FSW 19 flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC603. 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. 2005 21 years ago launch

    FSW 22 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: FSW 22

    • Space transportation

    Chang Zheng 2D launched on the FSW 22 flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC603. 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. 2009 17 years ago launch

    ISS 17A — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: ISS 17A

    • Space transportation
    • Space stations

    Station: International Space Station

    Space Shuttle launched on the ISS 17A 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)

18. 2013 13 years ago launch

    Eutelsat 25B/GSAT-7 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Eutelsat 25B/GSAT-7

    • Space transportation

    Ariane 5ECA launched on the Eutelsat 25B/GSAT-7 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA3. 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. 2021 5 years ago launch

    Dragon CRS-23 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Dragon CRS-23

    • Space transportation

    Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Dragon CRS-23 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)

20. 2024 2 years ago

    NS-26 — private and commercial crew participation

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

    Mission: NS-26 · Programme: New Shepard

    • Human spaceflight
    • Commercial human spaceflight
    • Space tourism

    Role: Commercial astronaut, Space tourist

    6 participants; see description and linked people.

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