NASA launched the Gemini program’s tenth and final crewed spacecraft, Gemini 12.
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NASA's Galileo spacecraft made its first flyby of Earth.
After 14 years in space, NASA's Galileo spacecraft was intentionally destroyed in Jupiter's atmosphere.
The Soyuz 3 spacecraft achieved the first Soviet space rendezvous with Soyuz 2.
The European Space Agency launched the Venus Express, the first European spacecraft to reach Venus.
NASA launched the Pioneer 11 space probe to study the asteroid belt & the environment around Jupiter and Saturn.
