 | This timeline of spaceflight may require cleanup to ensure consistency with other timeline of spaceflight articles. See Wikipedia:WikiProject Spaceflight/Timeline of spaceflight working group for guidelines on how to improve the article. Details Concerns have been raised that:
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 The Mir space station, which was deorbited on 23 March | |
| Orbital launches | |
|---|---|
| First | 9 January |
| Last | 28 December |
| Total | 59 |
| Successes | 58 |
| Failures | 1 |
| Catalogued | 58 |
| Rockets | |
| Maiden flights | GSLV H-IIA 202 Proton-M Soyuz-FG |
| Retirements | Ariane 4 44P Ariane 4 44LP Athena I |
| Crewed flights | |
| Orbital | 8 |
| Total travellers | 44 |
This article outlines notable events occurring in 2001 in spaceflight, including major launches and EVAs.