Galileo launches to Jupiter

First dedicated Jupiter orbiter. Releases an atmospheric probe in 1995, then spends nearly eight years studying Jupiter and its moons, discovering subsurface oceans on Europa and Ganymede.

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Mir core module launched

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Buran — first fully autonomous spaceplane orbital flight

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Hubble Space Telescope launched

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Valeri Polyakov returns after 437-day Mir stay

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