NASA’s Explorer 49 was launched into Earth’s orbit to research long-range radio waves within the Milky Way.
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A giant ball of fire was seen arching across the sky from Michigan to Pennsylvania.
Cassini orbiter released the Huygens probe, which successfully landed on Saturn's moon Titan.
NASA launched the 2001 Mars Odyssey space probe from Cape Canaveral.
Wilbur Wright Makes the First Circular Flight.
The Columbia space shuttle took off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for its final time.