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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China's space agency launched a classified spacecraft into orbit atop a Long March 2F rocket.
Wilbur Wright Makes the First Circular Flight.
NASA's NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft became the first space probe to land on an asteroid when it touched down on 433 Eros.
The TIROS satellite transmitted the first-ever TV picture from space.
NASA successfully put two satellites designed to study the Moon's interior structure into the Moon's orbit.
