Back 2008 йылда йыһанға осороуҙар исемлеге Bashkir Списък на космическите стартове през 2008 година Bulgarian 2008 en els vols espacials Catalan Liste der orbitalen Raketenstarts (2008) German Vuosi 2008 avaruustoiminnassa Finnish 2008 en astronautique French 2008 באסטרונאוטיקה HE 2008 йисуз космосдиз ахъаюнрин сиягь LEZ Список космических запусков в 2008 году Russian 2008 v kozmonautike Slovak
 First successful flight of a SpaceX 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 |
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.