Space probe Osiris-Rex by NASA was launched to collect rock samples from the Bennu asteroid.
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Sultan bin Salman Al Saud became the first Arab and the first Muslim to fly into space.
NASA's Discovery Space Shuttle carried the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit.
Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe witnessed the supernova SN 1572.
Pluto was officially named.
The galaxy Centaurus A was discovered by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop.
