2008: A Momentous Year in Spaceflight

Clara Moskowitz, Special to SPACE.com, SPACE.com

This was a momentous year for spaceflight. It saw the

launch of the world's most powerful gamma-ray telescope,

the space station's largest room, India's first moon probe,

and even a space tourist who happens to be America's

first second-generation space traveler.

Here are the Top 10 stories of 2008 (詳細內容請見所附網頁):

10. The first second-generation space travelers launch

9. The most shuttle missions to fly in one year since

2002

8. Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope launches

7. Europe's first cargo ship flies

6. The International Space Station turns 10

5. Privately-developed Falcon 1 rocket finally reaches

orbit

4. Indian probe orbits the moon

3. China conducts its first spacewalk

2. Robot safely lands farther north on Mars than ever

before

1. NASA's 50th anniversary

·           Timeline: 50 Years of Spaceflight 

·           Image Gallery: 50 Years of Spaceflight: The Road

    Ahead 

·           Stepping Forward: The Year In Spaceflight 2007  

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