==Events==* [[March 07|March 7]] - The Kepler space observatory is successfully launched, and begins its search for exoplanets. * [[April 05|April 5]] - Japanese engineers build a childlike robot, and report that it is slowly developing social skills by interacting with humans and watching their facial expressions, mimicking a mother-baby relationship. <br> {{Update History}}| class="wikitable" style="width:20%"! colspan="3" | [[Timeline]] |-| <center>[[2008]] || <center>[[2009]] || <center>[[2010]] |-
==Events==
* '''September 29''' – Death of Pavel Popovich, Soviet cosmonaut.
* '''October 9''' – First lunar impact of the Centaur and LCROSS spacecrafts as part of NASA's Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.
* '''October 28''' – NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its later-cancelled Constellation program.
* '''October 29''' – The American Galileo spacecraft makes its closest approach to 951 Gaspra, becoming the first probe to visit an asteroid.
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