Date |
Story or event |
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| 1st March, 1924 |
Birthday of Deke Slayton
(One of the original Mercury astronauts, though he never made it into space) |
| 3rd March, 1703 |
Anniversary of the death of astronomer Robert Hooke |
| 6th March, 1927 |
Birthday of Astronaut Leroy G. Cooper
(Project Mercury Astronaut on board Faith 7) |
| 7th March, 1792 |
Birthday of John Herschel |
| 12th March, 1923 |
Birthday of Astronaut Walter M. Schirra
Only astronaut to fly on all three major missions (Mercury, Gemini & Apollo) |
| 13th March, 1855 |
Birthday of Astrnomer Percival Lowell |
| 14th Match, 1934 |
Birthday of astronaut Eugene A. Cernan
(Gemini and Apollo Astronaut) |
| 15th March, 1932 |
BIrthday of Astronaut Alan l. Bean
(Gemini, Apollo & Skylab astronaut) |
| 16th March, 1750 |
Birthday of Astronomer caroline herschel |
| 16th March, 1966 |
Launch of Gemini VIII spacecraft |
| 23rd March, 1749 |
Birthday of Pierre-Simon Laplace
(Mathematician & astronomer) |
| 23rd March, 1965 |
Launch of Gemini III spacecraft |
| 25th March, 1928 |
Birthday of Astronaut James A. Lovell
(Gemini astronaut & Apollo 13 commander) |
| 31st March, 1643 |
anniversary of the death of Sir Isaac Newton |
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