After seven months of travel, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrived safely to Mars.
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NASA's Galileo spacecraft made its first flyby of Earth.
The Soviet Union's Zond 1 space probe was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
NASA's Columbia Space Shuttle landed at the Kennedy Space Center, concluding mission STS-90.
The Soviet Union launches the world's first manned space station.
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched on its maiden flight.