NASA lost contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.
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A conjunction of Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and the Moon occurred.
NASA's Opportunity Mars rover launched from the Florida Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
NASA announced that they found running water on Mars.
Mariner IX took two photos of Mars' north pole.
One of Mars' moons, 'Deimos,' was discovered by an American astronomer, Asaph Hall.
