Historical entries

ExGalactic records 169 historical, non-orbital entries in the published registry.

  1. Archytas' Flight — 1 January -400, 00:00 UTC — Steam Pigeon
  2. Wan Hu's Flight — 1 January 1500, 00:00 UTC — Bamboo Chair (47 Rockets)
  3. First Untethered Flight — 21 November 1783, 13:54 UTC — Montgolfière (Hot Air Balloon)
  4. Royal Arsenal Demo — 5 April 1804, 12:00 UTC — Congreve Rocket
  5. First Powered Flight — 17 December 1903, 15:35 UTC — Wright Flyer I
  6. First Liquid-Fueled Rocket — 16 March 1926, 15:00 UTC — Nell
  7. VfR Test — 1 August 1930, 12:00 UTC — Mirak I
  8. V-4 (First Successful Flight) — 3 October 1942, 15:58 UTC — A-4 (V-2)
  9. MW 18014 (First in Space) — 20 June 1944, 00:00 UTC — V-2 (A4)
  10. First US Sounding Rocket — 11 October 1945, 16:00 UTC — WAC Corporal
  11. Flight #13 (First Earth Photo) — 24 October 1946, 00:00 UTC — V-2
  12. Flight #20 (Fruit Flies) — 20 February 1947, 00:00 UTC — V-2
  13. Sound Barrier Broken — 14 October 1947, 10:18 UTC — Bell X-1
  14. RTV-N-10 First Flight — 24 November 1947, 12:00 UTC — Aerobee
  15. First Soviet V-2 Copy — 17 September 1948, 12:00 UTC — R-1
  16. Bumper 5 — 24 February 1949, 15:14 UTC — Bumper (V-2/WAC)
  17. Flight 1 — 3 May 1949, 12:00 UTC — Viking
  18. Albert II (First Mammal) — 14 June 1949, 00:00 UTC — V-2
  19. Bumper 8 — 24 July 1950, 14:28 UTC — Bumper (V-2/WAC)
  20. Deacon — 1 August 1952, 12:00 UTC — Deacon Rocket
  21. N1 — 1 May 1953, 12:00 UTC — Véronique
  22. 'Starbuster' — 7 September 1956, 12:00 UTC — Bell X-2
  23. RS-27 — 20 September 1956, 12:00 UTC — Jupiter-C
  24. TV0 — 8 December 1956, 06:03 UTC — Vanguard TV0
  25. First Success — 21 August 1957, 12:00 UTC — R-7 ICBM
  26. Operation Plumbbob (Pascal-B) — 27 August 1957, 22:35 UTC — Test Shaft (Nuclear Propulsion)
  27. BIC — 20 September 1971, 23:31 UTC — Scout B
  28. GP-A — 18 June 1976, 11:41 UTC — Scout D-1
  29. Ares I-X — 28 September 2009, 15:30 UTC — Ares I-X
  30. VSS Enterprise GF01 — 10 October 2010, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  31. VSS Enterprise GF02 — 28 October 2010, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  32. VSS Enterprise GF03 — 17 November 2010, 00:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  33. VSS Enterprise GF04 — 13 January 2011, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  34. VSS Enterprise GF05 — 22 April 2011, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  35. VSS Enterprise GF06 — 27 April 2011, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  36. VSS Enterprise GF07 — 4 May 2011, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  37. VSS Enterprise GF08 — 10 May 2011, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  38. VSS Enterprise GF09 — 19 May 2011, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  39. VSS Enterprise GF10 — 25 May 2011, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  40. VSS Enterprise CC12 — 9 June 2011, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  41. VSS Enterprise GF11 — 14 June 2011, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  42. VSS Enterprise GF12 — 15 June 2011, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  43. VSS Enterprise GF13 — 21 June 2011, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  44. VSS Enterprise GF14 — 23 June 2011, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  45. VSS Enterprise GF15 — 27 June 2011, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  46. VSS Enterprise GF16 — 29 September 2011, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  47. VSS Enterprise GF17 — 26 June 2012, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  48. VSS Enterprise GF18 — 29 June 2012, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  49. VSS Enterprise GF19 — 18 July 2012, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  50. VSS Enterprise GF20 — 2 August 2012, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  51. VSS Enterprise GF21 — 7 August 2012, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  52. VSS Enterprise GF22 — 11 August 2012, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  53. VSS Enterprise GF23 — 19 December 2012, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  54. VSS Enterprise GF24 — 3 April 2013, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  55. VSS Enterprise CF01 — 12 April 2013, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  56. VSS Enterprise PF01 — 29 April 2013, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  57. VSS Enterprise GF25 — 25 July 2013, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  58. VSS Enterprise GF26 — 8 August 2013, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  59. VSS Enterprise PF02 — 5 September 2013, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  60. VSS Enterprise GF27 — 11 December 2013, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  61. VSS Enterprise PF03 — 10 January 2014, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  62. VSS Enterprise GF28 — 17 January 2014, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  63. VSS Enterprise GF29 — 29 July 2014, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  64. VSS Enterprise CF02 — 28 August 2014, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  65. VSS Enterprise GF30 — 7 October 2014, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  66. VSS Enterprise PF04 — 31 October 2014, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  67. CARE (Demo Flight) — 18 December 2014, 04:00 UTC — LVM-3 (GSLV Mk III)
  68. NS-1 — 29 April 2015, 17:06 UTC — New Shepard
  69. NS-2 — 23 November 2015, 17:21 UTC — New Shepard
  70. NS-3 — 22 January 2016, 16:00 UTC — New Shepard
  71. NS-4 — 2 April 2016, 16:18 UTC — New Shepard
  72. NS-5 — 19 June 2016, 15:15 UTC — New Shepard
  73. VSS Unity CC01 — 8 September 2016, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  74. NS-6 — 5 October 2016, 16:36 UTC — New Shepard
  75. VSS Unity CC02 — 1 November 2016, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  76. VSS Unity CC03 — 3 November 2016, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  77. VSS Unity CC04 — 30 November 2016, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  78. VSS Unity GF01 — 3 December 2016, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  79. VSS Unity GF02 — 22 December 2016, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  80. VSS Unity GF03 — 24 February 2017, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  81. VSS Unity GF04 — 1 May 2017, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  82. VSS Unity CF01 — 1 June 2017, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  83. 1st Test Flight — 30 July 2017, 07:30 UTC — MOMO v0
  84. VSS Unity GF06 — 4 August 2017, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  85. NS-7 — 12 December 2017, 16:59 UTC — New Shepard
  86. VSS Unity GF07 — 11 January 2018, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  87. VSS Unity PF01 — 5 April 2018, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  88. NS-8 — 29 April 2018, 17:07 UTC — New Shepard
  89. VSS Unity PF02 — 29 May 2018, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  90. Launch 2 — 29 June 2018, 20:30 UTC — MOMO v0
  91. NS-9 — 18 July 2018, 15:00 UTC — New Shepard
  92. VSS Unity PF03 — 26 July 2018, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  93. Launch 1 - "Pathfinder" — 25 August 2018, 18:15 UTC — SARGE
  94. Test Flight — 28 November 2018, 07:00 UTC — KSLV 2 TLV
  95. VSS Unity VP-03 — 13 December 2018, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  96. NS-10 — 23 January 2019, 15:05 UTC — New Shepard
  97. VSS Unity VF-01 — 22 February 2019, 16:57 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  98. NS-11 — 2 May 2019, 13:35 UTC — New Shepard
  99. Flight 3 — 4 May 2019, 20:45 UTC — MOMO v0
  100. Launch 3 — 29 June 2019, 18:00 UTC — SARGE
  101. Ascent Abort-2 — 2 July 2019, 11:00 UTC — Orion Abort Test Booster
  102. 20m Hop — 26 July 2019, 03:45 UTC — Starship Prototype
  103. Flight 4 — 27 July 2019, 07:20 UTC — MOMO v0
  104. 150m Hop — 27 August 2019, 22:02 UTC — Starship Prototype
  105. Launch 4 — 26 October 2019, 17:40 UTC — SARGE
  106. NS-12 — 11 December 2019, 17:55 UTC — New Shepard
  107. Dragon In-Flight Abort Test — 19 January 2020, 15:30 UTC — Falcon 9
  108. VSS Unity GF08 — 1 May 2020, 15:14 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  109. Flight 5 — 13 June 2020, 20:15 UTC — MOMO v0
  110. VSS Unity GF09 — 25 June 2020, 12:00 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  111. 150m Hop — 4 August 2020, 23:57 UTC — Starship Prototype
  112. 150m Hop — 3 September 2020, 17:48 UTC — Starship Prototype
  113. NS-13 — 13 October 2020, 13:37 UTC — New Shepard
  114. 12.5 km Flight — 9 December 2020, 22:45 UTC — Starship Prototype
  115. VSS Unity VF-02 — 12 December 2020, 15:24 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  116. NS-14 — 14 January 2021, 17:19 UTC — New Shepard
  117. 10 km Flight — 2 February 2021, 20:25 UTC — Starship Prototype
  118. 10 km Flight — 3 March 2021, 23:15 UTC — Starship Prototype
  119. 10 km Flight — 30 March 2021, 13:00 UTC — Starship Prototype
  120. NS-15 — 14 April 2021, 16:49 UTC — New Shepard
  121. 10 km Flight — 5 May 2021, 22:24 UTC — Starship Prototype
  122. VSS Unity VF-03 — 22 May 2021, 15:27 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  123. Flight 7 — 3 July 2021, 08:45 UTC — MOMO v1
  124. VSS Unity 22 — 11 July 2021, 15:25 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  125. NS-16 — 20 July 2021, 13:12 UTC — New Shepard
  126. Flight 6 — 31 July 2021, 08:00 UTC — MOMO v1
  127. NS-17 — 26 August 2021, 14:31 UTC — New Shepard
  128. Test Flight — 16 September 2021, 06:39 UTC — Hapith I
  129. NS-18 — 13 October 2021, 14:49 UTC — New Shepard
  130. NS-19 — 11 December 2021, 15:00 UTC — New Shepard
  131. NS-20 — 31 March 2022, 13:57 UTC — New Shepard
  132. NS-21 — 4 June 2022, 13:25 UTC — New Shepard
  133. XQC — 26 June 2022, 14:30 UTC — Black Brant IX
  134. SISTINE — 6 July 2022, 13:54 UTC — Black Brant IX
  135. DEUCE — 11 July 2022, 11:01 UTC — Black Brant IX
  136. NS-22 — 4 August 2022, 13:56 UTC — New Shepard
  137. NS-23 — 12 September 2022, 14:27 UTC — New Shepard
  138. SISNAV — 19 March 2023, 17:52 UTC — HANBIT-TLV
  139. Integrated Flight Test — 20 April 2023, 13:33 UTC — Starship
  140. VSS Unity 24 — 26 April 2023, 13:47 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  141. VSS Unity 25 — 25 May 2023, 16:23 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  142. Scout's Arrow (DYNAMO-A) — 18 June 2023, 01:24 UTC — Electron
  143. Galactic 01 — 29 June 2023, 15:28 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  144. Galactic 02 — 10 August 2023, 15:17 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  145. Galactic 03 — 8 September 2023, 15:22 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  146. Galactic 04 — 6 October 2023, 16:10 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  147. SN1 Test Flight — 7 October 2023, 00:19 UTC — Miura 1
  148. TV-D1 — 21 October 2023, 04:30 UTC — Gaganyaan Abort Test Booster
  149. Galactic 05 — 2 November 2023, 15:44 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  150. Integrated Flight Test 2 — 18 November 2023, 13:02 UTC — Starship
  151. NS-24 — 19 December 2023, 16:42 UTC — New Shepard
  152. Galactic 06 — 26 January 2024, 17:42 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  153. Integrated Flight Test 3 — 14 March 2024, 13:25 UTC — Starship
  154. Maiden Flight — 3 May 2024, 05:10 UTC — SR75
  155. NS-25 — 19 May 2024, 14:35 UTC — New Shepard
  156. Integrated Flight Test 4 — 6 June 2024, 12:50 UTC — Starship
  157. Galactic 07 — 8 June 2024, 15:26 UTC — SpaceShipTwo
  158. Prometheus Run (VAN) — 18 November 2025, 13:00 UTC — Electron
  159. NS-37 — 20 December 2025, 14:15 UTC — New Shepard
  160. NS-38 — 22 January 2026, 16:25 UTC — New Shepard
  161. That's Not A Knife (DART AE) — 28 February 2026, 00:00 UTC — Electron
  162. TV-D2 — 31 March 2026, 00:00 UTC — Gaganyaan Abort Test Booster
  163. Bubbles — 22 April 2026, 01:36 UTC — Electron
  164. Demo Flight — 30 April 2026, 18:00 UTC — Soyuz-5
  165. Flight 12 — 19 May 2026, 22:30 UTC — Starship
  166. T1H-1 — 30 June 2026, 00:00 UTC — Themis Demonstrator
  167. Demo Flight — 30 June 2026, 00:00 UTC — Nebula-1
  168. Flight 13 — 30 June 2026, 00:00 UTC — Starship
  169. Flight 2 — 5 October 2026, 00:00 UTC — SR75

Sources: Jonathan's Space Report (GCAT), CC-BY; CelesTrak; Launch Library 2.

Last updated: 2026-10-20 UTC.

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