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January

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February

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  • February 1, 2003 - Space shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry of mission STS-107, with the loss of all seven crew.
  • February 3, 1994 - Sergei Krikalev becomes first Russian cosmonaut to fly aboard a U.S. mission.
  • February 3, 1966 - Luna 9 becomes the first spacecraft to land on the Moon.
  • February 7, 1984 - On Space Shuttle flight STS-41-B, Bruce McCandless II becomes the first untethered spacewalker.
  • February 20, 1962 - Mercury-Atlas 6 launched John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth.

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June

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August

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  • August 12, 1962 - First time two spacecraft were in space at once (Vostok 3 and 4).
  • August 20, 1977 - Voyager 2 launched towards Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
  • August 23, 1963 - Joseph A. Walker, on X-15 Flight 91, becomes first person to fly into space twice.
  • August 27, 1962 - Mariner 2 launched toward 1st Venus Flyby
  • August 30, 1983 - On Space Shuttle flight STS-8, Guion Bluford becomes the first African-American in space.

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