The Space Shuttle Discovery completed the first docking with the International Space Station.
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North Korea launched the infamous Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 satellite.
The Discovery Space Shuttle deployed the Hubble Space Telescope into low-Earth orbit.
America's robot spacecraft, the Viking I, successfully landed on Mars.
The Pioneer 6 space probe was launched atop a Delta-E rocket.
NASA launched Intelsat VA F-11 into orbit.
