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- March in Space history.
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- 1 Venera 3, first probe to land on Venus. (1966).
- 2 Pioneer 10 launched for Jupiter flyby. (1972).
- 4 Pioneer 4 makes 1st US lunar flyby. (1959).
- 5 Gerardus Mercator born. (1512).
- Voyager 1 flies past Jupiter. (1979).
- 6 Josephvon Fraunhaufer born (1787).
- 7 John Herschel born. (1792).
- 10 Uranus' rings discovered. (1977).
- 13 William Herschel discoveres Uranus. (1781).
- 14 Albert Einstein born. (1879).
- 15 Nicolas Louis de Lacaille born. (1713).
- 16 Caroline Herschel born. (1750).
- Goddard launches first liquid fueled rocket. (1926).
- 17 Shape of Earth measured by Vanguard 1. (1958).
- 18 First space walk made by Alexei Leonov. (1965).
- 20 Isaac Newton dies. (1727).
- 23 First photograph of moon taken. (1840).
- Gemini 3 completes 3 Earth orbits. (1965).
- 25 Christiaan Huygens discovers Titan. (1655).
- 27 Pallas (asteroid) discovered by Heinrich Olbers. (1802).
- Vesta (asteroid) discovered by OLbers. (1807).
- Gagarin and Seryogin die in aircraft accident. (1968).
- 31 Luna 10 launched to moon. (1966).