Cosmonauts Titov and Strekalov narrowly escaped the Soyuz T-10 spacecraft explosion.
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The Soviet Union launched the first crewed Soyuz mission, Soyuz 1.
The James Webb Space Telescope was launched from the Guiana Space Center.
NASA's Columbia Space Shuttle completed mission STS-61-C when it landed at the Edwards Air Force Base.
The first weather satellite (ESSA-1) was launched into orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The Soviet Union's Soyuz 17 was successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome atop a Soyuz rocket.
