America built the first rocket to reach an altitude of 50 miles (80 km).
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Adolf Hitler signed the order to develop the V-2 rocket as a weapon during World War II.
The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope was launched into Earth's orbit atop a Delta II rocket.
An orbital-class rocket was successfully reused for the first time.
The Russian Soyuz MS-10 manned spacecraft malfunctioned during takeoff and made an emergency landing in Kazakhstan.
A two-stage version of the Saturn I rocket was launched for the first time.
