Theodore Roosevelt became the first US President to fly in an airplane.
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Samsung stopped producing Note 7 phones due to batteries exploding on users.
The Russian Soyuz MS-10 manned spacecraft malfunctioned during takeoff and made an emergency landing in Kazakhstan.
NASA launched its first space probe, Pioneer 1.
NASA launched STS-92 to the International Space Station, which became the 100th Space Shuttle mission.
NASA astronaut Kathy Sullivan became the first woman to walk in space.