After seven months of travel, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrived safely to Mars.
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NASA's Apollo 14 mission landed on the Moon.
The USSR launched the Mars 7 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in modern-day Kazakhstan.
Earth-like calcium-rich deposits were found on Mars by NASA's Curiosity Rover.
The Columbia space shuttle took off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for its final time.
After countless failures, North Korea launched its first satellite.
