Space Calendar - March, 11-20

SPACE CALENDAR – MARCH
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Russia	March 11	1913	Born Boris Nikolaevich Petrov - the scientist and organizer of a space science, chairman of Soviet of "Intercosmos", academician.
USA	March 11	1956	Born Curtis Lee Brown. Jr - astronaut of the US. Made six space missions in 1992,1994,1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999 years.
USA	March 11	1960	Launch of "Pioneer-5" satellite to a geostationary orbit for research of space between Earth and Venus.
USSR	March 11	1976	Approved a Decision of Soviet of Ministers of USSR to put on duty BM 15J45/RSD-10/SS-20 M??1/Saber complex "Pioneer".
Russia	March 11	1991	Launch of satellite "Nadegda-3" for International space system of search and saving KOSPAS/SARSAT.
USA	March 11	2001	James Voss and Susan Helms American astronauts made a EVA. The duration of ExtraVehicular Activity was 8 hours 56 min. It’s overall record of duration of EVA to date.
Russia	March 11	2002	Electrical tests of Rokot the space rocket were began at Plesetsk cosmodrome.
USA	March 12	1923	Born Walter Marty Shirra,Jr - astronaut of the US. Made three space missions in 1962, 1965 and 1968 years.
USSR	March 12	1927	Born Dmitriy Alexandrovich Polukhin - designer and organizer of space technology, chief of Design Bureau "Saluyt" since 1973 until 1993.
USSR	March 12	1965	Launch of 6^th probe type "E-6" with the purpose of soft landing on the Moon ended with accident of "Molnya"/SL-6 booster. Probe stayed on Earth orbit and was named "Cosmos-60".
USA	March 12	1966	3^rd launch of "Thor" booster with photo instrumentation under the program "437AP" to detect of enymy's space vehicle.
USSR	March 12	1974	Approved a Decision of Central Committee of Communist Party and Soviet of Ministers of USSR to put on duty a naval complex "D-9" with BM "RSM-40"/R-29/SS-N-8 Mod 1/Sawfly.
USSR	March 12	1979	Launch of cargo vehicle "Progress-5" for supply "Salyut-6" space station.
USSR	March 12	1981	Launch of "Soyuz T-4" spacecraft under program of 5^th Main Mission to "Salyut-6" space station with the crew of V.V. Kovalenok and V.P. Savinikh.
USA	March 12	1998	First test reset of the vehicle "X-38" from B-52 plane, landed on a wing-type parachute.
Russia - USA	March 12	2000	Launch of communication satellite "ICO" ended with accident of "Zenit-3SL" booster, launched from Odyssey floating platform.
USA	March 12	2002	Conducted removal of Atlantis space shuttle to start position.
USSR	March 13	1940	Born Yuri Nikolaevich Koptev - Director General of Russian Aero-Space Agency.
USSR	March 13	1960	Created a first group of Soviet cosmonauts - 20 military pilots.
USA	March 13	1961	5^th test launch of ICBM "Atlas-E" ended with accident.
USSR	March 13	1968	Approved a Decision of Central Committee of Communist Party and Soviet of Ministers of USSR to put on duty complex "D-5" with BM "R-27/RSM-25/SS-N-6 Mod 1/Sawfly" for submarines.
USSR	March 13	1986	Launch of "Soyuz T-15" spacecraft under the program of First Main Mission to "Mir" space station and 5^th Visiting Mission to "Salyut-7" space station with the crew of L.D. Kizim and V.A. Solovyev.
USA	March 13	1989	8^th launch of STS Space Shuttle "Discovery" - mission STS-29. During the mission a "TDRS-D" satellite was launched to the orbit.
USA	March 13	1994	First launch of "Taurus" booster with military experimental satellites "STEP" and DARPASAT.
Russia	March 13	1998	Conducted the first firing test of RD-0256 the engine of KBKhA. The engine work on the pollution-free components of fuel (kerosene plus liquid oxygen).
USA	March 13	2001	Andrew Thomas and Paul Richards American astronauts made a EVA.
Italy	March 14	1835	Born Giovanni Schiaparelli - astronomer, known by his researches of Mars.
Germany	March 14	1879	Born Albert Einstein - scientist, founder of the theory of relativity.
USSR	March 14	1922	Born Alexander Alexandrovich Kurushin - Commander-in-chief of Cosmodrome Baikonur since 1965 until 1973. Lieutenant General.
USA	March 14	1928	Born Frank Frederick Borman - astronaut of the US. Made two space missions in 1965 and 1968.
USSR	March 14	1930	Born Boris Ivanovich Gubanov - designer of ballistic missiles and space boosters. Chief Designer of "Energia"/SL-17 booster.
Germany	March 14	1931	Second launch of first European liquid propellant rocket "WR-1", near Dessau City. Designer - I. Winkler.
USA	March 14	1934	Born Eugene Andrew Cernan - astronaut of the US. Made three space missions in 1966, 1969 and 1972 years.
USA	March 14	1939	Born William Benjamin Lenoir - astronaut of the US. Made one space mission in 1982.
USA	March 14	1956	First test launch of "Jupiter-A" ballistic missile.
Spain	March 14	1963	Born Pedro Duque - first astronaut of Spain. Made one space mission in 1998.
USSR	March 14	1972	First test launch of solid motor ICBM "Temp-2S "/SS-16/Sinner.
USA	March 14	1990	Launch of "Intelsat-603" satellite ended with accident of "Titan-3" booster.
Russia	March 14	1995	Launch of "Soyuz TM-21" spacecraft under the program of 18^th Main Mission to "Mir" space station, with the crew of V.N. Degyrov, G.M. Strekalov and astronaut of the US N. Thagard.
Russia	March 14	1998	Progress M-38 cargo supply spacecraft was launched.
USA	March 14	2001	Conducted the first flight test of demonstrator of X-40A the perspective spacecraft for nonexpendable using.
USA	March 14	2002	Conducted removal of Atlantis space shuttle to start position.
USA	March 15	1932	Born Alan LaVern Bean - astronaut of the US. Made two space missions in 1969 and 1973.
USSR	March 15	1953	First test launch of BM "R-5"/SS-3/Shyster.
USSR	March 15	1958	Published an offer of Soviet Government to prohibit military use of Auto Space.
USA	March 15	1960	Project "Saturn" and it designer Werner von Braun and ABMA joined the NASA.
Russia	March 15	1998	Launch of cargo vehicle "Progress M-38" for "Mir" supply.
USA	March 16	1926	First in the World launch of liquid fuel rocket of Robert Goddard.
USSR	March 16	1927	Born Vladimir Mikhailovich Komarov - pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR. Made two space missions in 1964 and 1967. Perished during second mission.
USA	March 16	1932	Born Ronnie Walter Cunningham - astronaut of the US . Made one space mission in 1968.
USA	March 16	1959	Born Michael J. Bloomfield - astronaut of the US. Made two space missions in 1997 and 2000 years.
USA	March 16	1962	First test launch of new ICBM "Titan-2".
USSR	March 16	1962	First successful launch of "Cosmos-2" space booster /SS-7 with "Cosmos-1" from Cosmodrome Kapustin Yar
USSR	March 16	1966	During the preparation of third launch of "global missiles" orbital missile "R-36-Orb"/SS-9 Mod 3/Scarp - it was burned down on the launch pad.
USA	March 16	1966	Launch of "Agena-D"/TDA-3 booster with docking module for docking with "Gemini-8" spacecraft.
USA	March 16	1966	Launch of "Gemini-8" spacecraft, with the crew of N. Armstrong and D.Scott, conducted docking with "Agena D-8" - another object in Space.
USSR	March 16	1967	First launch of "Cosmos-2M" /SS-7 from "Raduga" complex of Plesetsk Cosmodrome with "Cosmos-148" military satellite.
USSR	March 16	1976	Approved a Decision of Central Committee of Communist Party and Soviet of Ministers of USSR about design of two-stage booster "Zenith-2"/SL-17.
USSR	March 16	1983	Launch of "Cosmos-1445" - it was third launch of "Bor-4" spacecraft for definition of heat flows of "Buran" space plane.
USSR	March 16	1989	Launch of "Progress-41" cargo vehicle for "Mir" space station supply.
USA	March 16	1998	UHF F/O F8 military communication satellite was launched.
Russia	March 17	1909	Born Vladimir Pavlovich Barmin - Designer General of on-ground launch pads for Space boosters and military missiles, academician of Soviet Academy of Science since 1966.
USA	March 17	1930	Born James Benson Irwin - astronaut of the US. Made one space mission in 1971.
USA	March 17	1936	Born Thomas Kenneth Mattingly - astronaut of the US. Made three space missions in 1972, 1982 and 1985 years.
USA	March 17	1958	Third (successful) attempt and launch of "Vanguard" booster with experimental satellite "Vanguard-1", mass of the satellite 1,47 kg.
USSR	March 17	1966	First launch of space booster "Vostok-2"/SL-3 with military spy satellite "Cosmos-112"/"Zenith-2" - from new Cosmodrome Plesetsk.
USSR	March 17	1988	Launch of "Vostok-2M/SL-3 booster with Indian satellite for remote sensing "IRS-1A", cosmodrome Baikonur
Russia	March 17	1992	Launch of "Soyuz TM-14" spacecraft under the program of Main Mission 11 to "Mir" space station with the crew of A.S. Viktorenko, Y.A. Kaleri and astronaut of Germany K-D Flade.
Russia	March 17	2002	Conducted the start of Rokot launch vehicle with Briz-KM booster which put into orbit Grace-1 and Grace-2 satellites for study of gravitational field of Earth and climate.
USSR	March 18	1933	Beginning of test firing of F.A. Tsander's engine on gasoline and oxygen with the thrust of 50 kg.
Germany	March 18	1943	18^th test launch of "A-4"/SS-1/Scunner/ (V-2) missile, Penemende center.
USSR	March 18	1953	Second test launch of BM "R-5"/SS-3/Shyster.
USA	March 18	1954	Born James Francis Reilly - astronaut of the US. Made one space mission in 1998.
USA	March 18	1959	4^th test launch of ICBM "Atlas-C" ended with accident.
USA	March 18	1961	7^th launch of "Little Joe" booster to a ballistic trajectory with "Mercury" spacecraft, for improvement of systems of the spacecraft.
USA	March 18	1963	First launch of new spy satellite KH-6 ("Keyhole") "Corona" series ended with accident of "TAT-Agena D" booster.
USSR	March 18	1963	4^th test launch (1^st successful) of experimental solid motor ICBM "RT-1".
USSR	March 18	1965	Launch of "Voshod-2" spacecraft with the crew of P.I. Belyaev and A.A. Leonov. Leonov made first in the World EVA (Extra Vehicular Activity) in Space.
USSR	March 18	1980	Plesetsk Cosmodrome - during the preparation for the launch of "Vostok-2M"/SL-3 with 24^th spy satellite "Ikar"- complex "Tsilina -D", - booster exploded. Perished 48 persons.
USSR	March 18	1987	Cosmos-1833 the satellite of radio intelligence was launched.
Japan	March 18	1995	Himawari-5 the weather satellite was launched.
	March 18	2001	XM Rock the telecommunicational satellite was launched from Odyssey floating firing pad.
USA	March 19	1948	32^nd launch of "A-4"/SS-1/Scunner (V-2) missile under science program ended with accident.
USSR	March 19	1965	First landing of manned "Voshod-2" spacecraft in manual orientation mode. Spacecraft landed near Perm city in deep taiga forest.
USSR	March 19	1986	Launch of "Progress-25" cargo vehicle for "Mir" space station supply.
Russia	March 19	1991	Launch of "Progress M-7"cargo vehicle for "Mir" space station supply.
Russia	March 19	1992	First visit of NASA employees to NPO "Energia".
Russia	March 19	2002	Launch vehicle was removed from assembly testing agency to start position of Baikonur the Fifth State Test cosmodrome.
USSR	March 20	1930	Created A High Aeromechanical School, renamed in August - Moscow Aviation Institute.
USSR	March 20	1958	Approved Decision of Central Committee of Communist Party and Soviet of Ministers of the USSR about design on the base of ICBM "R-7" a three-stage booster "Vostok-L"/SL-3 with the target to achieve Second space speed.
Europe	March 20	1964	Created European Space Research Organization - ESRO.
Russia	March 20	2000	Second test launch of "Soyuz-U" booster with "Fregat" upper stage and two "Cluster" satellite mock-ups.