NASA’s spacecraft, The Pioneer 10, became the first craft to exit the solar system.
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The Soviet Union's uncrewed Buran space shuttle completed its first and only space flight.
The TIROS-7 meteorological satellite was launched atop a Thor-Delta rocket.
The world's first fully-functional space shuttle, Columbia, was delivered to the JFK Space Center.
NASA's Atlantis Space Shuttle launched on the final mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
The Soviet Union launches the world's first manned space station.
