NASA launched its Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Explorers mission (AMPTE) from the Cape Canaveral launch pad.
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Soyuz TM-31 was launched, carrying the first crew to reside long-term on the International Space Station.
The New York Times published Edwin Hubble's discovery that the Andromeda 'nebula' is actually a galaxy.
The crew aboard the International Space Station celebrated Thanksgiving.
The first US woman in space, Sally Ride, died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 61.
The final gasps of the Crab Head nebula were observed as it went supernova.
