SPACEFLIGHT HISTORY DATABASE
Landmark
rocket launches.
Eighteen launches that mark important turns in spaceflight history. The list includes major successes as well as two failures that changed how later missions were run.
18 LANDMARK LAUNCHES1957–2022SOURCED RECORDS
MISSION RECORDS
Launch archive.
This is a short historical list, not a complete manifest of orbital launches.
Dates, vehicles, payloads, outcomes, and launch sites are compiled from the linked agency histories and mission records. “Success” refers to the launch and primary mission deployment, not every later mission objective.