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[[19621954]] – Alouette 1"'''CERN'''" ('''C'''entre '''E'''uropéenne de '''R'''echerche '''N'''ucléaire) is officially established. It is the European Organization for Nuclear Research, the a new organization with a mission to provide first Canadian satellite, is launched.<br />-class facilities to coordinate fundamental research in particle [[1988physics]] – Space Shuttle: NASA launches STS-26, the return to flight mission, after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.<br />[[20041962]] – The Burt Rutan Ansari X Prize entry SpaceShipOne performs a successful spaceflightAlouette 1, the first of two required to win the prizeCanadian satellite, is launched.<br />[[2009]] – Death of Pavel Popovich, Soviet cosmonaut.