Apollo 1 test launch failed, and astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger B. Chaffee all died.
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The Discovery Space Shuttle was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-124.
After countless failures, North Korea launched its first satellite.
Voyager 1 passed Pioneer 10 to become the most distant human-made object in space.
The world's first fully-functional space shuttle, Columbia, was delivered to the JFK Space Center.
After seven months of travel, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrived safely to Mars.
