The Space Shuttle Discovery completed the first docking with the International Space Station.
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The first American satellite, Explorer 1, was launched into space.
A giant ball of fire was seen arching across the sky from Michigan to Pennsylvania.
The Indian Space Research Organization's Mars Orbiter Mission probe reached Mars' orbit after 298 days.
NASA launched the Explorer 11 satellite atop a Juno II rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
NASA launched the Vanguard I satellite.
