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Belgium | March 21 | 1941 | Born Dirk Dries David Damiaan Frimout - first astronaut of Belgium and third astronaut of ESA. Made one space mission in 1992. |
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USSR | March 21 | 1958 | 4th test launch of "Burya" cruise missile ended with accident. |
| USSR | March 21 | 1963 | Under "Spiral" program conducted a launch of "R-12"/SS-4/Sandal booster to ballistic trajectory with rocket plane. | |
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USSR | March 21 | 1964 | Launch of 4th "E-6" probe for soft moon landing ended with accident of 3rd stage of "Molnya-M"/SL-6 booster. |
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USA | March 21 | 1965 | 9th launch of "Ranger" probe for rough moon landing. |
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USSR | March 21 | 1967 | Launch of "Cosmos-149" satellite - first satellite with aerodynamic capability of orientation. |
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USSR | March 21 | 1968 | Launch of "Cosmos-208" - first spy satellite of 3rd generation "Zenith-2M" - "Gector". |
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USSR | March 21 | 1986 | First launch of 4th generation ICBM "R-36M2"/SS-18 Mod 3/Satan ended with accident. |
| Russia-China | March 21 | 1999 | Asiasat-3S the Chinese communication satellite was launched from Baikonur cosmodrome. | |
| International | March 21 | 2000 | AsiaStar American communication satellite and Insat-3B Indian communication satellite were launched from Kuru cosmodrome. | |
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USSR | March 22 | 1951 | Born Musa Hiromanovich Manarov - pilot-cosmonaut of USSR. Made two space missions in 1987 and 1990 years. |
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USA | March 22 | 1957 | Second launch of "Navaho" Inter Continental Cruise Missile ended with accident. |
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USSR | March 22 | 1967 | 7th launch of "R-36-Orb"/SS-9 Mod 3/Scarp under "global rocket" program ended with accident. |
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USSR | March 22 | 1981 | Launch of "Soyuz-39" spacecraft under the program of 10th Visiting Mission to "Salyt-6" space station with crew of V.A. Djanibekov and first cosmonaut of Mongolia J. Gurragcha. |
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USA | March 22 | 1982 | Third test launch of STS Space Shuttle "Columbia" - mission STS-3. |
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Russia | March 22 | 1994 | Launch of "Progress M-22"cargo vehicle for "Mir" space station supply |
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Russia | March 22 | 1995 | Cosmonaut V.V. Polyakov returned to Earth after 473 days 17 hours 58 minutes and 31 second of Space mission. It is a World record of long-duration Space mission. |
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USA | March 22 | 1996 | 16th launch of STS Space Shuttle "Atlantis"- mission STS-76. It brought to "Mir" space station astronaut S. Lucid for long-duration space mission. |
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Germany | March 23 | 1912 | Born Werner von Braun - German and American designer of space technology. Chief Designer of "A-4"/V-2/SS-1/Scunner, Redstone, Saturn-1, Saturn-5 boosters. |
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USA | March 23 | 1958 | Second test launch of ICBM "Polaris-A1", and first from submarine, ended with accident. |
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USA | March 23 | 1960 | Launch of "Juno II" booster with "Explorer" type S-46 ended with accident. |
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USSR | March 23 | 1962 | Approved a Decision of Central Committee of Communist Party and Soviet of Ministers about "E-6" program - design a probe for soft landing on the Moon. |
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USA | March 23 | 1965 | Launch of first spacecraft of new series "Gemini-3" with the crew of V.Grissom and J.Young. |
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USSR | March 23 | 1968 | Launch of "Cosmos-3"/SL-8 booster for high-altitude space probe under science program. |
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USSR | March 23 | 1983 | Launch of "Astron" probe for researches of galactic sources of space radiations. |
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USA | March 23 | 1983 | President of the USA Ronald Reagan declared a beginning of SDI program development. |
| USSR | March 23 | 1989 | Cosmos-2007 the optical spy satellite was launched. | |
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Russia | March 23 | 2001 | Mir the Russian Orbital Complex was removed from orbit and drowned in the Pacific Ocean. |
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USA | March 24 | 1932 | Born Lodewijk Van den Berg - astronaut of the US. Made one space mission in 1985. |
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USA | March 24 | 1951 | Born Kenneth Stanley Reightler, Jr. - astronaut of the US. Made two space missions in 1991 and 1994 years. |
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USA | March 24 | 1957 | Born Scott Jay "Doc" Horowitz - astronaut of the US. Made three space missions in 1996, 1997 and 2000 years. |
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USA | March 24 | 1961 | Test launch of "Redstone" booster with "Mercury" unmanned spacecraft on ballistic trajectory. |
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USA | March 24 | 1961 | 6th test launch of ICBM "Atlas-E" ended with accident. |
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USA | March 24 | 1964 | 4th launch of KH-4A ("Keyhole") "Corona" series spy satellite ended with accident of "TAT-Agena D" booster. |
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USSR | March 24 | 1966 | Launch of "Proton"/SL-9 booster with "Proton-3" satellite ended with accident of the booster. |
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India | March 24 | 1987 | Launch of "ASLV" booster with "SROSS-A" satellite ended with accident. |
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USA | March 24 | 1987 | Launch of "Atlas-G" booster with "FltSatCom-6" military communication satellite ended with accident. |
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USSR | March 24 | 1988 | Launch of "Progress-35" cargo vehicle for "Mir" space station supply. |
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USA | March 24 | 1992 | 11th launch of "Atlantis" STS Space Shuttle -mission STS-45 with first astronaut of Belgium D. Frimout. |
| France | March 24 | 1998 | SPOT-4 the French satellite of remote probing of surface was launched from Kuru cosmodrome. | |
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USA | March 25 | 1928 | Born James Arthur Lovell, Jr. - astronaut of the US. Made four space missions in 1965, 1966, 1968 and 1970 years. |
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USSR | March 25 | 1961 | Launch of "Spacecraft-satellite-5" - 7th spacecraft under the program of "First Man into Space" with dog Zvezdochka onboard. |
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USA | March 25 | 1978 | 5th launch of two "DSCS-2" military communication satellites ended with accident of "Titan-3C" booster. |
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Italy | March 25 | 1988 | Launch of American "Scout-G" booster with "San Marco-5" Italian satellite, from floating platform near Kenya coast. |
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Russia | March 25 | 1993 | First test launch of "Start" booster designed on the base of ICBM "Topol"/SS25/Sickle, with experimental satellite. |
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USA | March 25 | 1993 | Launch of "Atlas-1"booster with "USA-98/UFO-1" military communication satellite ended with accident of upper stage of the booster. |
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China-USA | March 25 | 1998 | Conducted the start of Chang Zheng-2C launch vehicle with Iridium-51 and Iridium-61 American communication satellites from Chinese cosmodrome. |
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USA | March 25 | 2000 | Launched Image satellite for exploration of the ionosphere. |
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USA | March 26 | 1958 | Launch of "Juno-I" booster with "Explorer-3" satellite ended with accident of the booster. |
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USSR | March 26 | 1961 | Second in the World interception of "R-5"/SS-3/Shyster target missile with "V-1000"anti-missile, under the program "System A" missile defense system. |
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USSR | March 26 | 1962 | Born Yuri Petrovich Gidzenko - pilot-cosmonaut of Russia. Made two space missions in 1995 and 2000. |
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USSR | March 26 | 1969 | 10th launch of "Meteor-1" meteorological satellite. |
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USSR | March 26 | 1972 | Approved a Decision of Central Committee of Communist Party and Soviet of Ministers of the USSR to put on duty spy satellite complex "Tsilina-O". |
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USSR | March 26 | 1974 | First launch of "Proton-K"/SL-12 booster with "Cosmos-637" satellite for communication system "Raduga". |
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USSR | March 26 | 1986 | 29th launch of "Zenith-8"/"Oblik" spy satellite ended with accident of "Soyuz-U"/SL-4 space booster. |
| USA | March 26 | 1990 | USA-54 navigation satellite of GPS system was launched. | |
| Russia | March 26 | 1993 | Cosmos-2237 satellite of radio intelligence was launched. | |
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Russia | March 26 | 1998 | Signed a decree of the government of the Russian Federation “About technological guarantees compliance during launches of Echostar-4, PAS-8, JI-Satcom-1 and Telesat DTH-1 American satellites from Baikonur cosmodrome”. |
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USSR | March 27 | 1941 | Signed an order of Minister of Defense # 812 about creation of Mozhaisky Academy on the base of Leningrad Institute of Civil fleet. (Later - Academy of Soviet Strategic Missile Forces, also - Academy of Military Space Forces). |
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USSR | March 27 | 1943 | 7th test flight of rocket plane "BI-1" ended with accident, pilot Bahchivanji perished. |
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USSR | March 27 | 1964 | 8th launch of "Molnya-M"/SL-6booster with "3MV-1"#3 probe to Venus ended with accident of upper stage of the booster. |
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USA | March 27 | 1964 | Launch of "Scout X-3" booster with "Ariel-2" satellite - second British satellite. |
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USSR | March 27 | 1966 | 5th launch of "Molnya-M"/SL-6 booster with "Molnya-1" satellite ended with accident |
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USSR | March 27 | 1968 | First Man in Space - Yuri Gagarin - perished during training flight on MIG-17 jet together with pilot-instructor V. Seregin. |
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USSR | March 27 | 1969 | Launch of "Proton-K"/SL-12 booster with "M-69" probe to Mars ended with accident of the booster. |
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USA | March 27 | 1969 | Launch of "Mariner-7" probe - 4th American probe to Mars. Probe sent to the Earth 93 pictures of Mars. |
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USSR | March 27 | 1972 | Launch of "Venera-8" probe with the purpose of soft landing to the Venus. It was first completely successful mission. |
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USSR | March 27 | 1975 | Launch of "Intercosmos-13" satellite under International science program. |
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USSR | March 27 | 1980 | Launch of "Progress-8" cargo vehicle to "Salyut-6" space station supply. |
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Russia - USA | March 27 | 1999 | First test-demonstration launch of "Zenit-3SL" booster of International "Sea Launch Company". |
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Netherlands | March 28 | 1946 | Born Wubbo Johannes Ockels - first astronaut of the Netherlands. Made one space mission in 1985. |
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USA | March 28 | 1963 | 4th test launch of "Saturn-1" booster for "Apollo" program. |
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USSR | March 28 | 1981 | Launch of "Soyuz-U"/SL-4 booster with 17th "Yantar-2K"/"Feniks" 4th generation spy satellite ended with accident of the booster. |
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Russia - Kazakhstan | March 28 | 1994 | Russia and Kazakhstan signed " The agreement on main principles and use conditions of cosmodrome Baykonur ". |
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Russia | March 28 | 1995 | 2nd launch of "Start" booster designed on the base of ICBM "Topol"/SS25/Sickle with Israeli "Gurwin-1" satellite and Russian "Experimental scientific block" ended with accident. |
| USA | March 28 | 1996 | GPS-33 navigation satellite was launched. | |
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March 28 | 1999 | Conducted the first test start of Zenit-3SL launch vehicle from Odyssey the start platform. | |
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USSR | March 29 | 1931 | Born Alexsey Alexandrovich Gubarev - pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR. Made two space missions in 1975 and 1978 years. |
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Germany | March 29 | 1945 | Last launch of "A-1"/V-1 rocket to England by German Air Force |
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USSR | March 29 | 1947 | Born Alexander Stepanovich Viktorenko - pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR and Russia. Made four space missions in 1987, 1989, 1992 and 1994 years. |
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USSR | March 29 | 1958 | 6th test launch of ICBM "R-7"/SS-6/Sapwood. Warhead for the first time reached the Earth surface without destruction. |
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USA | March 29 | 1962 | Launch of "Scout" booster ended with accident. |
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Russia | March 30 | 1899 | Born Ivan Terent'evich Kleymenov - first head of first Soviet Rocket institute in 1933-1937. Arrested and executed by NKVD on January 10th, 1938. |
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Germany | March 30 | 1945 | Last military launch of "V-2"/A-4/SS-1/Scunner. |
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USSR | March 30 | 1957 | Born Elena Vladimirovna Kondakova - Russian cosmonaut. Made two space missions in 1994 and 1997 years. |
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USA | March 30 | 1961 | 4th launch of KH-2 ("Keyhole"),"Corona" series spy satellite ended with accident of "Thor-Agena B" booster. |
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USSR | March 30 | 1963 | Approved a Decision of Central Committee of Communist Party and Soviet of Ministers of the USSR about design of missiles complex RS-10 with ICBM "UR-100"/SS-11 Mod 1/Sego. |
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USSR | March 30 | 1967 | Under the instruction of Joint Chief of Staff - created a new kind of Military Forces in the structure of Air Defense Forces of country - Missile and Space defense forces. |
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USSR | March 30 | 1978 | Conducted a third successful flight test of two returned vehicles of "TKS" ("Almaz" program). Known as "Cosmos-997" and "Cosmos-998" |
| USSR | March 30 | 1988 | Cosmos-1936 optical spy satellite was launched. | |
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USA | March 30 | 1998 | 5 communication satellites of Iridium type were put into orbit. |
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USSR | March 31 | 1951 | Beginning of Moscow Air Defense system constructions with "Berkut"/C-25/SA-1/Guild missile. |
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USSR | March 31 | 1959 | 13th test launch of ICBM "R-7"/SS-6/Sapwood ended with accident. |
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USSR | March 31 | 1966 | Launch of "Luna-10" probe, which became the first satellite of the Moon. |
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USSR | March 31 | 1972 | Launch of "Molnya-M"/SL-6 booster with "4V-1" probe to the Venus ended with accident of the booster. |
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USSR | March 31 | 1987 | Launch of astrophysical module "Kvant" to "Mir" space station. |
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Russia | March 31 | 1991 | Launch of "Almaz-1" satellite for remote sensing - third and last automatic satellite which was created on the base of Almaz Space station. |
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Russia | March 31 | 1993 | Launch of "Progress M-17" cargo vehicle for "Mir" space station supply. |
| March 31 | 2002 | Conducted separation of Intelsat-903 telecommunicational satellite from DM-3 booster and the satellite went into geosynchronous orbit. |
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