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[[1959]] – The Soviet Union launches a large rocket, ''Lunik II'', at [[Luna|the moon.<br />[[1966]] – Gemini 11, the penultimate mission of NASA's Gemini program, and the current human altitude record holder (except for the Apollo lunar missions).<br />[[1970]] - The Soviet rocket ''Luna 16 '' is launched, conducting the first successful return of [[Luna|lunar ]] soil samples by an automatic spacecraft. <br />[[1992]] – [[NASA ]] launches Space Shuttle Endeavour on STS-47 which marked ''Endeavor'', marking the organization's 50th shuttle mission. :* On board are Mae Carol Jemison, the first African-American woman in space, ; Mamoru Mohri, the first Japanese citizen to fly in a US spaceship, ; and Mark Lee and Jan Davis, the first married couple in space.<br />[[2013]] – [[NASA]] confirms that its ''Voyager 1'' [[probe]] has become the first manmade object to enter interstellar space. <br>
[[2409]] - [[Aloysia Yvette]] is assigned as acting commanding officer of the [[USS Gettysburg, BC-1863]].
 
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