The Opportunity Mars rover sent its last signal to Earth.
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A V-2 rocket captured the first photograph of Earth from outer space.
NASA launched the Mariner 4 space probe on a mission to Mars.
The famous Face on Mars photo is taken.
The US spacecraft, Voyager, took the first-ever photograph of the moon and Earth together from space.
Using Johannes Kepler's predictions, French scientist Pierre Gassendi became the first person to witness Mercury's transit between the Earth and the Sun.
