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No. There has never been a double space shuttle launch.

The closest NASA ever came to this was scheduled for May of 1986 when 2 planetary probes were to be launched from shuttles in the same week.

However, NASA has had 2 space shuttles out on the launch pads at the same time several times. First in late 1985/early 1986, and the last in 2009.

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Yes, there was one double space shuttle launch, which occurred on August 30, 1984. The space shuttles Discovery and Atlantis were launched on the same day, with Discovery launching in the morning and Atlantis launching in the evening.

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