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• February 1, 2003 - Space shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry of mission STS-107, with the loss of all seven crew.
• February 3, 1994 - Sergei Krikalev becomes first Russian cosmonaut to fly aboard a U.S. mission.
• February 3, 1966 - Luna 9 becomes the first spacecraft to land on the Moon.
• February 7, 1984 - On Space Shuttle flight STS-41-B, Bruce McCandless II becomes the first untethered spacewalker.
• February 20, 1962 - Mercury-Atlas 6 launched John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth.