11.   It was the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid and the first craft to operate on solar power so far from the sun.

12.   The elaborate space ballet will be the first involving three spacecraft at the same time.

13.   The military space force said the first spacecraft will be launched from Svobodny in the second half of this year.

14.   The success comes after Japan on Saturday launched its first interplanetary spacecraft on a mission to search for signs of water under the surface of Mars.

15.   The successful satellite rendezvous comes after Japan on Saturday launched its first interplanetary spacecraft on a mission to search for signs of water under the surface of Mars.