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2008 NASA's Phoenix spacecraft lands in the polar region on Mars
2005 Deep Impact spacecraft is launched from Cape Canaveral 2001 Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft becomes first vehicle to land on an asteroid (433 Eros) 1992 Galileo spacecraft passes North Pole of Moon (Peary Crater) 1992 Ulysses spacecraft passes Jupiter 1990 Spacecraft Ulysses launched towards pole of Sun 1990 U.S.'s Magellan spacecraft lands on Venus 1986 NASA releases transcript from doomed Challenger, pilot Michael Smith could be heard saying, "Uh-oh!" as spacecraft disintegrated 1982 Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands and sends back data from Venus 1982 Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus, sends back data 1981 2nd shuttle mission-1st time spacecraft launched twice (Columbia 2) 1980 U.S. spacecraft Voyager I sent back 1st close-up pictures of Saturn 1978 Soyuz 30 spacecraft touches down in Soviet Kazakhstan 1978 Soyuz 27 links with Salyut 6 and Soyuz 26 (1st time 3 spacecraft link) 1975 Soviet spacecraft Venera 9 soft-lands on Venus 1971 Soviet Mars 2 becomes 1st spacecraft to crash land on Mars 1971 U.S. launches 1st satellite into lunar orbit from manned spacecraft 1971 U.S.S.R. Mars 3 launched, 1st spacecraft to soft land on Mars 1971 U.S.S.R. launches Mars 2, 1st spacecraft to crash land on Mars 1970 Soviet Venera 7 is 1st spacecraft to land on another planet (Venus) 1968 1st live telecast from a manned U.S. spacecraft (Apollo 7) 1968 Soyuz 4 and 5 completed 1st docking of 2 manned spacecraft 1966 Soviet Union's Luna 10 becomes 1st spacecraft to orbit Moon 1965 1st atomic powered spacecraft launched 1962 U.S. Ranger spacecraft crash lands on Moon 1959 Soviet Luna 3, 1st successful photographic spacecraft, impacts Moon 1959 Soviet Union's Luna-2 is 1st spacecraft to land on the Moon 1959 Luna 2 launched by U.S.S.R.; 1st spacecraft to impact on Moon 1938 Frederic Rzewski, born in Westfield, Massachusetts, composer, Spacecraft 1900 Giacobini discovers a comet (will be 1st comet visited by spacecraft) |
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