The first weather satellite (ESSA-1) was launched into orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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The Discovery Space Shuttle deployed the Hubble Space Telescope into low-Earth orbit.
The state of Florida banned thong bikinis at some state parks.
The Wikimedia Foundation Inc. was founded in St. Petersburg, Florida.
NASA's spacecraft, The Pioneer 10, became the first craft to exit the solar system.
Project SCORE, the world's first communications satellite, was launched into orbit.
