1958
The first voyage under the North Pole
The submarine USS Nautilus became the first vessel to travel beneath the North Pole, crossing the Arctic ice cap entirely underwater. It proved nuclear submarines could go almost anywhere.
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2004
MESSENGER launches to explore Mercury
NASA launched the MESSENGER probe toward Mercury, the innermost planet. It would become the first spacecraft ever to orbit that scorched, little-known world.
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