The Russian Soyuz MS-10 manned spacecraft malfunctioned during takeoff and made an emergency landing in Kazakhstan.
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America's Rocket Lab Electron sent a rocket that uses an electric-filled pump engine into orbit, making it the first of its kind.
The European Space Agency successfully launched the Vega launch rocket for the first time.
A two-stage version of the Saturn I rocket was launched for the first time.
America built the first rocket to reach an altitude of 50 miles (80 km).
Cosmonauts Titov and Strekalov narrowly escaped the Soyuz T-10 spacecraft explosion.
