1.   NASA has launched a spacecraft to Mars carrying a microphone to pick up sound there.

2.   Next year, two spacecraft will be launched to Mars.

3.   NASA has launched a spacecraft to study the sun.

4.   Over the few weeks, the space agency is taking advantage of the favorable alignment of Earth and Mars to launch two spacecraft to the Red Planet.

5.   For the record, the Apollo spacecraft was launched right on time.

6.   In January, the space agency plans to launch another spacecraft to study the south pole of Mars.

7.   NASA is launching a spacecraft to rendezvous with the asteroid Eros.

8.   NASA selected two proposals Wednesday for possible fly-by missions to faraway Pluto, keeping alive the possibility it will launch a spacecraft to the yet-unexplored planet.

9.   On Saturday, a Russian spacecraft will be launched on a Mars mission.

10.   Russia can launch spacecraft destined for the Mir every three days when the orbiting station passes overhead.