Space history on September 14

22 events

1. 1865 161 years ago

   From the Earth to the Moon: publication

   Category: Science Fiction › Type: Science fiction publication

   • Science fiction
   • Science fiction literature

   From the Earth to the Moon (Novel) by Jules Verne

   From the Earth to the Moon: publication.

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

2. 1964 62 years ago launch

   CORONA 85/1010 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: CORONA 85/1010

   • Space transportation

   Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 85/1010 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad PALC1-1. 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. 1968 58 years ago launch

   Kosmos-240 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-240

   • Space transportation

   Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-240 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.

4. 1968 58 years ago launch

   Zond-5 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Zond-5

   • Space transportation

   Zond 5 was a spacecraft of the Soviet Zond program.

   • 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.
   • Wikipedia — Zond 5 (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/Zond_5
   • Timeline of Space Exploration Missions 1957 to 2031 (opens in a new tab)
   • NASA — Zond 5 (opens in a new tab)
   • NASA NSSDCA — Zond 5 (opens in a new tab)

5. 1971 55 years ago launch

   Kosmos-438 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-438

   • Space transportation

   Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-438 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.

6. 1973 53 years ago launch

   Kosmos-586 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-586

   • Space transportation

   Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-586 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.

7. 1978 48 years ago launch

   Venera-12 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Venera-12

   • Space transportation

   The Venera 12 was an uncrewed Soviet space mission designed to explore the planet Venus.

   • 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.
   • Wikipedia — Venera 12 (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/Venera_12
   • Timeline of Space Exploration Missions 1957 to 2031 (opens in a new tab)
   • NASA — Venera 12 (opens in a new tab)
   • NASA NSSDCA — Venera 12 (opens in a new tab)

8. 1979 47 years ago launch

   Kosmos-1128 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-1128

   • Space transportation

   Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1128 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.

9. 1981 45 years ago launch

   Kosmos-1306 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Kosmos-1306

   • Space transportation

   Tsiklon-2 launched on the Kosmos-1306 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.

10. 1983 43 years ago launch

    Kosmos-1498 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-1498

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1498 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. 1989 37 years ago launch

    Kosmos-2038/2043 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-2038/2043

    • Space transportation

    Tsiklon-3 launched on the Kosmos-2038/2043 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC32/1. 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.

12. 1990 36 years ago launch

    Kosmos-2100 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-2100

    • Space transportation

    Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-2100 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.

13. 1997 29 years ago launch

    Iridium — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Iridium

    • Space transportation

    Proton-K/17S40 (DM2) launched on the Iridium 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.

14. 2000 26 years ago launch

    Astra 2B/GE 7 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Astra 2B/GE 7

    • Space transportation

    Ariane 5G launched on the Astra 2B/GE 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.

15. 2006 20 years ago launch

    Kosmos-2423 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Kosmos-2423

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Kosmos-2423 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.

16. 2007 19 years ago launch

    SELENE — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: SELENE

    • Space transportation

    SELENE, better known in Japan by its nickname Kaguya (かぐや), was the second Japanese lunar orbiter spacecraft following the Hiten probe.

    • 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.
    • Wikipedia — Kaguya (SELENE) (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/SELENE
    • 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 — Kaguya (SELENE) (opens in a new tab)
    • NASA NSSDCA — Kaguya (SELENE) (opens in a new tab)

17. 2007 19 years ago launch

    Foton-M No. 3 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Foton-M No. 3

    • Space transportation

    Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Foton-M No. 3 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.

18. 2013 13 years ago launch

    SPRINT-A — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: SPRINT-A

    • Space transportation

    Epsilon launched on the SPRINT-A flight from Uchinoura Space Center, Kagoshima (formerly Kagoshima), pad EP. 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. 2015 11 years ago launch

    Gaofen 9 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Gaofen 9

    • Space transportation

    Chang Zheng 2D launched on the Gaofen 9 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.

20. 2015 11 years ago launch

    Ekspress AM-8 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Ekspress AM-8

    • Space transportation

    Proton-M/DM-3 launched on the Ekspress AM-8 flight from GIK-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.

21. 2021 5 years ago launch

    Starlink-32 (N30) — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Starlink-32 (N30)

    • Space transportation

    Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-32 (N30) 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.

22. 2025 1 year ago launch

    Cygnus NG-23 — launch

    Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

    Mission: Cygnus NG-23

    • Space transportation

    Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Cygnus NG-23 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.