The shuttle Atlantis and the Russian space station Mir joined, forming the largest artificial satellite to orbit the earth.
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The Ranger 3 robotic spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The first Space Shuttle mission was launched.
US Air Force divers located the Challenger Space Shuttle's crew cabin at the bottom of the ocean.
The USSR attempted to launch an uncrewed spacecraft to Mars.
Spacecraft Chang'e 1 entered lunar orbit at 02:15 UT and became the first Chinese spacecraft to orbit the moon successfully.