The Outer Space Treaty was signed to prevent the use of nuclear weapons being utilized in space.
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France became the fourth nuclear-capable nation following its successful Gerboise Bleue atomic test.
Sultan bin Salman Al Saud became the first Arab and the first Muslim to fly into space.
The Cosmic Call 2 mission occurred at the Eupatoria Planetary Radar in western Crimea.
North Korea performed a controversial intercontinental ballistic missile test.
Europe's Planck spacecraft found evidence that our universe is 13.8 billion years old.
