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  1. Photo: U.S. Space Force photo by Joshua Conti / Public domain

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  2. Photo: U.S. Space Force photo by Joshua Conti / Public domain

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  3. Photo: U.S. Space Force photo by Senior Airman Samuel Becker / Public domain

    Starlink

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  4. Photo: Osunpokeh / CC BY-SA 4.0

    Starship Flight 1

    The first integrated test of Starship and Super Heavy

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    On 20 April 2023 SpaceX flew a fully integrated Starship (Ship 24) on a Super Heavy booster (Booster 7) for the first time, from Starbase in Texas. The stack cleared the pad and reached an apogee of about 39 km, but several engines went out, the vehicle began to tumble and the flight termination system was commanded.

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  5. ORBCOMM-2

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  7. Photo: SpaceX / CC0

    Falcon 1 Flight 4

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  8. Photo: NASA / Public domain (US government work)

    Columbia STS-107

    Seven crew, a 16-day science mission and the investigation that followed

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    Space Shuttle Columbia broke up during re-entry over Texas on 1 February 2003, ending the 16-day STS-107 science mission and the lives of all seven crew: Rick Husband, Willie McCool, Michael Anderson, David Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Laurel Clark and Ilan Ramon. The Columbia Accident Investigation Board found that a piece of foam insulation from the external tank had struck the left wing's leading edge during launch.

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  9. Photo: NASA / Public domain

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  10. Photo: NASA / Public domain (US government work)

    Hubble Servicing Mission 1

    Eyeglasses for the Hubble Space Telescope

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    On 2 December 1993 the shuttle Endeavour lifted off on STS-61, carrying seven astronauts to repair the Hubble Space Telescope, whose main mirror had been ground to the wrong shape. Over five spacewalks the crew fitted corrective optics, a new camera, new solar arrays and new gyroscopes, and the telescope began to deliver sharp images.

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  11. Photo: NASA/Crew of STS-81 / Public domain

    Mir

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  12. Photo: NASA / Public domain (US government work)

    Challenger STS-51-L

    Seven crew, the Rogers Commission and a joint seal

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    Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds after liftoff on 28 January 1986, ending mission STS-51-L and the lives of all seven crew: Dick Scobee, Michael Smith, Ellison Onizuka, Judith Resnik, Ronald McNair, Gregory Jarvis and Christa McAuliffe. The Rogers Commission found that a seal in the aft field joint of the right solid rocket booster had failed.

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