Soviet spacecraft Luna 6, destined for a moon landing, failed after flying right past it.
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Space shuttle Endeavour successfully docked with the International Space Station during NASA's STS-123 mission.
The Indian Space Research Organization's Vikram Moon lander crash-landed on the moon.
NASA's Dawn probe became the first spacecraft to orbit a dwarf planet.
NASA launched the Explorer 11 satellite atop a Juno II rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The 101st Space Shuttle mission, STS-97, successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center.
