The world’s first satellite navigation system, Transit 1-B, was successfully launched from the US.
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NASA launched its Mariner 7 space probe from Cape Canaveral atop an Atlas-Centaur rocket.
Russian spacecraft Vega 2 landed on Venus.
The Space Shuttle Discovery completed the first docking with the International Space Station.
The Indian Space Research Organization's Mars Orbiter Mission probe reached Mars' orbit after 298 days.
The TIROS-7 meteorological satellite was launched atop a Thor-Delta rocket.
