2008 in spaceflight
The year 2008 contained several significant events in spaceflight, including the first flyby of Mercury by a spacecraft since 1975, the discovery of water ice on Mars by the Phoenix spacecraft, which landed in May, the first Chinese spacewalk in September, the launch of the first Indian Lunar probe in October, and the first successful flight of a privately developed orbital launch vehicle by SpaceX's Falcon 1.
| Orbital launches | |
|---|---|
| First | 15 January |
| Last | 25 December |
| Total | 69 |
| Successes | 66 |
| Failures | 2 |
| Partial failures | 1 |
| Catalogued | 67 |
| National firsts | |
| Satellite | Venezuela Vietnam |
| Space traveller | South Korea |
| Rockets | |
| Maiden flights | Ariane 5ES Long March 3C PSLV-XL Safir Zenit-3SLB |
| Retirements | H-IIA 2024 |
| Crewed flights | |
| Orbital | 7 |
| Total travellers | 37 |
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