Portal:Spaceflight/On This Day/24 May


 * 1960 - An Atlas-Agena launches the Midas 2 satellite.
 * 1961 - A Juno II fails to launch the S-45A satellite.
 * 1962 - A Scout X-2 fails to launch the FTV 3501 satellite.
 * 1962 - An Atlas LV-3B launches the manned Mercury-Atlas 7 mission.
 * 1963 - A Vostok-2 launches the Kosmos 18 satellite.
 * 1966 - A Thor-Agena launches a CORONA satellite.
 * 1966 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 119 satellite.
 * 1967 - A Delta E launches the Explorer 34 spacecraft.
 * 1967 - A Molniya-M launches a Molniya-1 satellite.
 * 1968 - A Kosmos-2I launches the Kosmos 221 satellite.
 * 1975 - A Thor-Burner launches the DMSP 10533 satellite.
 * 1975 - A Soyuz launches the manned Soyuz 18 mission to Salyut 4.
 * 1983 - A Kosmos-3M launches the Kosmos 1464 satellite.
 * 1986 - A Proton-K launches an Ekran satellite.
 * 1989 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2021 satellite.
 * 1991 - A Soyuz-U launches the Kosmos 2149 satellite.
 * 1995 - A Molniya-M launches the Kosmos 2312 satellite.
 * 1996 - A Delta II launches the Galaxy 9 satellite.
 * 1997 - A Proton-K launches the Telstar 5 satellite.
 * 2000 - An Atlas III launches the Eutelsat W4 satellite.
 * 2003 - A Long March 3A launches a Beidou satellite.
 * 2006 - A Delta IV launches the GOES 13 satellite.