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NASA sponsored a contest in 2002 to create a robotic rover for space exploration. The competition aimed to develop a wheeled machine capable of traversing Mars' terrain and collecting samples. This initiative ultimately led to the creation of the Mars Exploration Rover mission, which launched Spirit and Opportunity in 2003.
The first Hispanic astronaut in space was Dr. Franklin Chang-Diaz. He flew on seven Space Shuttle missions between 1986 and 2002.
The first plant grown in space was Arabidopsis, a small flowering plant related to cabbage and mustard. It was grown on the International Space Station in 2002 as part of an experiment to study plant growth in microgravity.
Ultraman Cosmos, the Japanese TV show first aired in July 2001 and ended in September 2002. The show consisted of 65 episodes which have been released on DVD.
Into the Stars was created on 2002-09-04.
Mark Shuttleworth went to space on April 25, 2002, as a space tourist aboard the Russian Soyuz TM-34 mission to the International Space Station.