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   Hubble Space Telescope

   An orbiting solar telescope was launched in 1962 by the United Kingdom as part of the Ariel space program, and in 1966 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched the first Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (OAO) mission.
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   NASA

   The New Horizons mission to Pluto was launched in 2006 and will fly by Pluto in 2015. ... NASA has had many successful space missions and programs, including over 150 manned missions.
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   Apollo program

   Between December 21, 1968 and May 18, 1969, NASA launched three Apollo missions (8, 9, and 10) using the Saturn V launch vehicle. ... Although the Soviet Union continued to operate the Soyuz and Salyut space vehicles, NASA's next manned mission would not be until STS-1 on April 12, 1981.
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   Moon landing

   | U.S. Mission | Booster | Launched | Mission Goal | Mission Result | ... The next lunar orbiter currently scheduled for launch is NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission, due to launch in November 2008.
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   Exploration of the Moon

   NASA launched the Clementine mission in 1994, and Lunar Prospector in 1998.
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   Mars

   Following the 1992 failure of the Mars Observer orbiter, NASA launched the Mars Global Surveyor in 1996. ... This will be preceded by successively larger probes, starting with the launch of the ExoMars probe and a Mars Sample Return Mission.
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   Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE)

   On June 30, 2001, NASA launched a follow-up mission to COBE led by DMR Deputy Principal Investigator Charles L. Bennett.
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   Cosmic Background Explorer

   On June 30, 2001, NASA launched a follow-up mission to COBE led by DMR Deputy Principal Investigator Charles L. Bennett.
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   Kennedy Space Center

   Apollo 11 was launched on July 16, 1969 and the Moon was walked on at 10:56 pm EDT, July 20. ... Launch Complexes 40 and 41 were used to launch defense reconnaissance, communications and weather satellites and NASA planetary missions.
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    Manned mission to Mars

    NASA Design reference mission (late 1990s) ... On Sep 24 2007, Michael Griffin, the NASA administrator, hinted that NASA may be able to launch a human mission to Mars by 2037.

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