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| 1998 |
| | | The first module is launched of the International Space Station, a cooperative venture by five space agencies (USA, Russia, Japan, Canada, Europe) | |
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| 2003 |
| | | The US space shuttle Columbia disintegrates, with seven on board, when re-entering the earth's atmosphere | |
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| 2006 |
| | | The International Astronomical Union demotes Pluto to the new category of 'dwarf planet' | |
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| 2009 February 2 |
| | | Iran launches a satellite into orbit on an Iranian-built rocket | |
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| 2010 December 21 |
| | | A total lunar eclipse in the northern hemisphere coincides with the winter solstice for the first time since 1638 | |
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| 2011 July 21 |
| | | The return of Space Shuttle Atlantis to the Kennedy Space Centre ends NASA's 20-year space shuttle programme | |
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| 2011 August 5 |
| | | NASA announces that it has photographic evidence from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter of possible liquid water on the planet in warm seasons | |
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| 2011 August 22 |
| | | Juno, a solar-powered spacecraft, is launched from Cape Carnaveral on a mission to Jupiter | |
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| 2011 December 20 |
| | | NASA's Kepler mission discovers the first two earth-size planets outside our solar system | |
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| 2012 August 6 |
| | | Curiosity, NASA's roving science laboratory, lands successfully on Mars after a 354 million-mile journey through space | |
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