Europe launches its first voyage to another planet, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars" id="mwAQk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mars">Mars</a>. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Space_Agency" id="mwAQo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="European Space Agency">European Space Agency</a>'s <i id="mwAQs"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Express" id="mwAQw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mars Express">Mars Express</a></i> probe launches from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baikonur" id="mwAQ0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Baikonur">Baikonur</a> space center in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakhstan" id="mwAQ4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a>.