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Russia | March 1 | 1912 | Born Boris Evseevich Chertok - Deputy of Designer General Korolyov. Author of "Rockets and People" books. |
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USSR | March 1 | 1921 | In Moscow created a laboratory for realization of the inventions made by N.I.Tikhonravov. Later known as GDL (Gas Dynamic Laboratory). |
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USA | March 1 | 1924 | Born Donald Kent "Dere" Slayton - astronaut of the U.S.. Made one space mission in 1975. |
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USSR | March 1 | 1966 | Launch of the first probe "E-6S" type ended with accident of "Molnya-M"/SL-6 booster. Probe had remained on Earth orbit and was called "Cosmos-111". |
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USSR | March 1 | 1970 | Approved a Decision of Soviet of Ministers of the USSR to put on duty ICBM "UR-100M"/SS-11 Mod2/Sego. |
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USSR | March 1 | 1982 | Landing capsule of soviet probe "Venera-13" made soft landing and for the first time transmitted to the Earth color telepanoram of a surface of the planet. |
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USSR | March 1 | 1990 | Launched cargo vehicle "Progress M-3" for "Mir' space station supply. |
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Russia | March 1 | 1996 | Signed the Decree # 305 of the President about creation in the region of Svobodny City (Amur river area) second State Space Test Range "Svobodny". |
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ESA | March 1 | 1997 | European booster "Ariane-44P" has put into orbit first communication satellite "Intelsat" of 8th generation. |
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USA | March 1 | 2002 | Columbia OV-102 Space Shuttle manned by Altman Scott Douglas, Carey Duane Gene, Grunsfeld John Mace, Currie Nancy Jane, Newman James Hansen, Linnehan Richard Michael, Massimino Michael James was launched from Cape Canaveral. |
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ESA | March 1 | 2002 | Envisat (PPF/POEM-1) satellite of ecological monitoring was launched by Ariane-5G launch vehicle, cosmodrome Kuru. |
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USSR | March 2 | 1936 | Born Alexei Alexandrovich Shumilin - Commander-in-chief of Cosmodrome Baikonur in 1992-1997. Lieutenant General. |
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USA | March 2 | 1965 | First launch of "Surveyor" model for improvement of landing on Moon surface ended with accident of "Atlas-Centaur" booster. |
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USSR | March 2 | 1965 | Creation of the Ministry of General Machinery (MOM), appointed minister - S.A. Afanasyev. |
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USSR | March 2 | 1968 | Fifth test flight of "L-3" complex, first partially successful flight under the program of a fly-around of Moon. |
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USSR | March 2 | 1978 | Launch of "Soyuz-28" spacecraft under the program of Second Visiting Mission to "Salyut-6" space station with the crew - A.A. Gubarev and first cosmonaut of Czechoslovakia V. Remek. |
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USSR | March 2 | 1983 | Launch of unmanned spacecraft "TKS-M" to "Salyut-7" space station, which was named "Cosmos-1443". |
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USA | March 2 | 1995 | 8th launch of STS Space Shuttle "Endeavor" - mission STS-67. During the mission was conducted an experiment with an observatory "Astro-2". |
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USSR | March 3 | 1928 | First launches of active-jet missiles with engines using smokeless powder. Designer V.A. Artemiev. |
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USSR | March 3 | 1942 | Born Vladimir Vasil'evich Kovalenok - pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR. Made three space missions in 1977, 1978 and 1981 years. |
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USA | March 3 | 1946 | Born James Craig Adamson - astronaut of the US. Made two space missions in 1989 and 1991 years. |
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USA | March 3 | 1949 | Born James Shelton Voss - astronaut of the US. Made four space missions in 1991, 1992, 1995 and 2000 years. |
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USA | March 3 | 1949 | Born Bonnie Jeanne Dundar - astronaut of the US. Made five space missions in 1985, 1990, 1992, 1995 and 1998 years. |
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USA | March 3 | 1959 | Launch of "Pioneer-4" probe- second probe to a geostationary orbit. |
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USSR | March 3 | 1961 | Second test launch of ICBM "R-16"/SS-7 Mod1/Saddler ended with accident. |
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USA | March 3 | 1969 | Launch of "Apollo-9" spacecraft under program to test a Moon complex on an Earth orbit. Crew - astronauts J.McDivitt, D.Scott, and R.Schweikart. |
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China | March 3 | 1971 | Launch of "CZ-1" booster with second national experimental satellite "Shi Jian-1". |
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USA | March 3 | 1972 | Launch of "Pioneer-10" probe - first probe to Jupiter. |
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USSR | March 3 | 1987 | Launched cargo vehicle "Progress-28" for "Mir" space station supply. |
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Russia | March 3 | 1996 | Signed a Decision of State Commission about approval to operation 17F15/ "Globus-1" satellite. |
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USSR | March 4 | 1959 | Approved a Decision of Soviet of Ministers of the USSR to put on duty ICBM "R-12"/SS-4/Sandal - complex "Mayak". |
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USSR | March 4 | 1961 | First in the World interception of target-missile "R-12"/SS-4/Sandal with "V-1000" antimissile under the program of Missile Defense System - "System A". |
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Great Britain | March 4 | 1970 | Successful test launch of British booster "Black-Arrow", Australian Cosmodrome Vumera. |
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USSR | March 4 | 1982 | Launch of military satellite "Romb" for calibration of Radar Stations ended with accident of "Cosmos-3M"/SL-8 booster. |
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USA | March 4 | 1994 | 16th launch of STS Space Shuttle "Columbia", mission - STS-62. |
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Russia | March 4 | 1997 | First launch of "Start-1" /SS-25/Sickle booster with "Zeya" satellite, Cosmodrome "Svobodny". |
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USA | March 4 | 2002 | Work for retrofitting of Hubble telescope was started by John Grunsfeld and Richard Linnehan astronauts in outer space. |
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USSR | March 5 | 1953 | Born Valeriy Grigor'evich Korzun - cosmonaut of Russia. Made one space mission in 1996 year. |
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USA | March 5 | 1958 | Launch of "Exploper-2" experimental satellite ended with accident of "Juno I" booster. |
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USA | March 5 | 1962 | Born Robert Lee Curbeam, Jr. - astronaut of the US. Made one space mission in 1997 years. |
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USA | March 5 | 1968 | Launch of scientific satellite "Solrad-9" for solar researches. |
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USSR | March 5 | 1971 | 17th launch of spy satellite of first generation "Zenith-2M/"Gector" ended with accident of "Voskhod"/SL-4 booster. |
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USSR | March 5 | 1971 | 40th launch of "DS-P1-U" satellite for preliminary adjustment of Radar Station for Air Defense system ended with accident of "Cosmos-2M"/SL-7 booster. |
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USSR | March 5 | 1982 | Landing capsule of "Venera-14" probe made soft landing on Venus and transmitted to the Earth color telepanorams of the surface of the planet. |
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USA | March 5 | 1999 | Unsuccessful attempt to launch a "WIRE" telescope. |
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USA | March 5 | 1999 | Conducted the first flight test of demonstrator of life-spacecraft for International Space Station X-38. |
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Russia | March 5 | 2002 | The meeting of leadership of Russian Space Corporation Energia with group of Italian journalists and representatives by public relations of Italian Space Agency has been held. The meeting was dedicated to the impending flight of Roberto Vittori Italian astronaut to space on the board of Russian spacecraft. |
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USA | March 6 | 1927 | Born Leroy Gordon Cooper - astronaut of the US. Made two space missions in 1963 and 1965 years. |
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USSR | March 6 | 1937 | Born Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova - pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR. Made one space mission in 1963.First woman in Space. |
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France | March 6 | 1946 | Born Patric Pierre Roger Baudry - second astronaut of France. Made one space mission in 1985. |
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USSR | March 6 | 1968 | Launch of a first satellite "DS-U1-Y" for researches of streams of charged particles and space rays ended with accident of "Cosmos -2M"/SL-7 booster. |
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ESA | March 6 | 1989 | Launch of "Ariane-44LP"booster with Japanese telecommunication satellite "JCSat-1". It was first Japanese satellite launched by European booster. |
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USSR | March 6 | 1991 | Launched Cosmos-2136 the optical spy satellite. |
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USA | March 7 | 1936 | Born Loren Wilber Acton - astronaut of the US. Made one space mission in 1985. |
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USSR | March 7 | 1940 | Born Viktor Petrovich Savinikh - pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR. Made three space missions in 1981, 1885 and 1988 years. |
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USA | March 7 | 1947 | 20th launch of A-4 (V-2) booster under science program of research of an ionosphere of the Earth. |
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France | March 7 | 1959 | Launch of national geophysical rocket "Veronique AGI" under science program. |
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USA | March 7 | 1962 | Launch of scientific observatory "OSO-1" - second satellite for solar researches. |
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USSR | March 7 | 1965 | 5th launch of spy satellite of second generation "Zenith-4". |
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China | March 7 | 1988 | Launched DFH-22 the communication satellite. |
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Russia | March 7 | 1995 | Accepted a decree #791 of government of the Russian Federation “About realization of work for using Glonass the global navigation satellite system in the interests of civil consumers”. |
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Russia | March 7 | 1995 | Cosmos-2301 and Cosmos-2309 the navigation satellites of Glonass were launched. |
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USSR | March 8 | 1952 | Born Vladimir Vladimirovich Vasytin - pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR. Made one space mission in 1985. |
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USA | March 8 | 1960 | 12th test launch of ICBM "Titan-1" ended with accident. |
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USA | March 8 | 1967 | 4th launch of scientific observatory "OSO" - satellite for solar researches. |
| USA | March 8 | 1991 | First launch of "Titan-4" with "USA-69" satellite from Vanderberg base - second satellite of "Lacrosse"type. | |
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USA | March 8 | 2000 | Conducted the test launch of PeaceKeeper the intercontinental ballistic missile. |
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USA | March 8 | 2001 | Discovery Space Shuttle manned by James Wetherbee, James Kelly, Andrew Thomas, Paul Richards, James Voss, Susan Helms and Yury Usachev was launched. |
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ESA | March 8 | 2001 | Eurobird-1 the European communication satellite and B-Sat-2b the Japanese communication satellite were launched from Kuru cosmodrome in French Guiana. |
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USA | March 8 | 2002 | Launched Atlas-2A the launch vehicle with TDRS-1 the telecommunication satellite. |
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USA | March 8 | 2002 | Modernization works for Hubble telescope was finished. Members of crew of Columbia space shuttle made the fifth EVA. |
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USSR | March 9 | 1934 | Born Yuri Alexeevich Gagarin - pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR. First man in space, made one space mission in April 12th, 1961. |
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USA | March 9 | 1951 | 56th launch of "A-4"(V-2)/SS-1/Scunner booster under science program ended with accident. |
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USSR | March 9 | 1961 | Launch of "Spacecraft-satellite-4" - 6th test satellite under manned space flight program with dog Chernushka on board. |
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USA | March 9 | 1963 | 66th launch of ICBM "Atlas-D" ended with accident. |
| USA | March 9 | 1974 | Launch of Miranda the English scientific satellite was conducted by Scout-D the American launch vehicle from Vandenberg cosmodrome. | |
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USSR | March 9 | 1986 | Vega-2 the Soviet automated interplanetary station passed by Gallei comet. |
| USA | March 9 | 1996 | Launched REX-2 the satellite for exploration of ionosphere. | |
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USA | March 10 | 1960 | 20th test launch of ICBM "Atlas-D" ended with accident. |
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USSR | March 10 | 1964 | Approved for duty spy satellite of first generation "Zenith-2". |
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USSR | March 10 | 1967 | First launch of "Proton-K"/SL-12 booster with "Cosmos-146" satellite under the program of first test flight of "L-1" complex - flight around the Moon. |
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France | March 10 | 1970 | Launch of "Diamante B" booster from Kuru cosmodrome with German satellite "Wika". |
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USA | March 10 | 1975 | Launched Jumpseat-4 the spy satellite. |
| USSR | March 10 | 1984 | Launched Cosmos-1543 (Efir) a satellite for fundamental investigations in the areas of nuclear physics and astrophysics. | |
| Russia | March 10 | 1992 | Cosmos-2181 navigation satellite was launched. | |
| USA | March 10 | 1994 | Navstar SVN 36 navigation satellite was launched. |
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