Astronomy: Launches from Earth

Mariner 4 lifts off on 28 November 1964

Launch of Skylab on 25 may 1973 from Kennedy Space Center.

20 August 1975, This Titan Centaur 3 booster takes off from Cape Canaveral with onboard the Viking 1 spacecraft

24 December 1979 the first launch of the European Ariane

Space shuttle Columbia as it lifts off from Launch Pad 39A on mission STS-107 on 16 January 2003.

3 August 2004 the Messenger is launched with a Delta II rocket.

The space shuttle Discovery takes off, 26 July 2005.
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New Horizons is launched on 24 January 2006