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's Columbia Space Shuttle was successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center.
Zarya, the first International Space Station module, was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
NASA launched the Pioneer 11 space probe to study the asteroid belt & the environment around Jupiter and Saturn.
The US Navy's Vanguard SLV-2 launch vehicle failed to reach Earth's orbit.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ferried a US National Reconnaissance Office payload into orbit.
