SPACEFLIGHT HISTORY DATABASE
Landmark
rocket launches.
A curated record of launches that changed spaceflight—from the first artificial satellite to modern lunar missions. It includes both successes and historically important failures.
18 LANDMARK LAUNCHES1957–2022SOURCED RECORDS
MISSION RECORDS
Launch archive.
This is a selected historical catalog, not a complete manifest of every orbital launch.
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.