Luna 1 is launched.
The Soviet spacecraft was the first to reach the vicinity of the moon and orbit the sun.
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NASA launched the last space probe in the Mariner Program, Mariner 10.
The Discovery Space Shuttle was launched on the fifth Department of Defense shuttle mission.
The Indian Space Research Organization's Mars Orbiter Mission probe reached Mars' orbit after 298 days.
The first weather satellite (ESSA-1) was launched into orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
NASA launched Apollo 9 crewed mission.
