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Luna 1, first man made satellite to orbit the moon, is launched bu U.S.S.R.
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U.S Ranger seven relays the first close-range photographs of the moon.
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The Einstein Observatory begins its thirty day mission.
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Sally K. Ride is the first woman to travel in space, on Challenger mission STS-7.
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Asteroid XM1 passes within 65,000 miles of Earth.
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The NASA satellite, Stardust, lifts off for a rendezvous with the Comet Wild-2 in January of 2004.
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Space Shuttle Atlantis lifts off on a twelve day mission to outfit the ISS, completing the installation of the Zvezda module.
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The Expedition One crew is launched on a Soyuz transport to become the first crew of the ISS.
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NEAR soft impacts on the asteroid 433 Eros, at 2m/s. Signals continue to be recieved from the probe hours after the landing, confirming its survival.
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Deep Space 1 successfully completes its flyby of Comet 19B/Borrelly.