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March 16

Date Time (UT) Explanation
Mar 16, 1927
Was born Vladimir Mikhailovich Komarov .
Mar 16, 1932
Was born Ronnie Walter Cunningham .
Mar 16, 1959
Was born Michael John Bloomfield .
Mar 16, 1966 16:41:02 Lift-off spacecraft "Gemini-8"   (crew: Armstrong,   Scott ).
Mar 16, 1978 07:58? Undocking of spacecraft "Soyuz-27"   (crew: Romanenko,   Grechko ) from fore (transitional) unit of station "Salyut-6" .
Mar 16, 1978 11:18:47 Landing of spacecraft "Soyuz-27"   (crew: Romanenko,   Grechko ).
Mar 16, 1989 18:54:15 Lift-off cargo "Progress-41" .
Mar 16, 1995 07:45:25 Docking of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM21"   (crew: Dezhurov,   Strekalov,   Thagard ) to module "Kvant"   of orbital complex "Mir"   - "Soyuz-TM20" .
Mar 16, 2008
Died George David Low .
Mar 16, 2008 06:57 Ending of EVA ( Linnehan,   Foreman ), duration 7:08; mission "STS-123" .

March 17

Date Time (UT) Explanation
Mar 17, 1930
Was born James Benson Irwin .
Mar 17, 1936
Was born Thomas Kenneth II Mattingly .
Mar 17, 1966 03:22:28 Splashdown of spacecraft "Gemini-8"   (crew: Armstrong,   Scott ).
Mar 17, 1992 10:54:30 Lift-off spacecraft "Soyuz-TM14"   (crew: Viktorenko,   Kaleri,   Flade ).
Mar 17, 1998 00:31:17 Docking of "Progress M-38"   to module "Kvant"   of orbital complex "Mir"   - "Soyuz-TM27"   in TOC mode.
Mar 17, 2008 22:51 Beginning of EVA ( Linnehan,   Behnken ); the 3rd [of 5] EVA of the mission "STS-123" . The 56th EVA from airlock Quest.
Mar 17, 2009 21:19:53 Docking of "STS-119"   mission spacecraft (crew: Archambault,   Antonelli,   Acaba,   Swanson,   Arnold,   Phillips,   Wakata ) to PMA-2   of module "Harmony"   of orbital complex ISS   - "Soyuz-TMA13"   - "Progress M66" .
Mar 17, 2009 23:09 Opened hatches between Shuttle and ISS (crew of mission "STS-119" : Archambault,   Antonelli,   Acaba,   Swanson,   Arnold,   Phillips,   Wakata ).

March 18

Date Time (UT) Explanation
Mar 18, 1954
Was born James Francis Reilly .
Mar 18, 1957
Was born Christer Arne Fuglesang .
Mar 18, 1965 07:00:00 Lift-off spacecraft "Voskhod-2"   (crew: Belyaev,   Leonov ).
Mar 18, 1965 08:28:13 Depressurization of EVA airlock ( Leonov );spacecraft "Voskhod-2" .
Mar 18, 1965 08:32:54 Hatch of EVA airlock opened ( Leonov );spacecraft "Voskhod-2" .
Mar 18, 1965 08:34:51 Beginning of THE FIRST MAN'S EVA ( Leonov );spacecraft "Voskhod-2" .
Mar 18, 1965 08:47:00 Ingress completed, ending of EVA ( Leonov ), duration 12 min; spacecraft "Voskhod-2" .
Mar 18, 1965 08:48:40 Hatch of EVA airlock closed and locked ( Leonov );spacecraft "Voskhod-2" .
Mar 18, 1965 08:51:54 Beginning of repressurization of EVA airlock Leonov );spacecraft "Voskhod-2" .
Mar 18, 1989 14:36:41 Landing of Shuttle, mission "STS-29"   (crew: Coats,   Blaha,   Buchli,   Springer,   Bagian ).
Mar 18, 1989 20:50:45 Docking of "Progress-41"   to module "Kvant"   of orbital complex "Mir"   - "Soyuz-TM7" .
Mar 18, 1994 13:10:35 Landing of Shuttle, mission "STS-62"   (crew: Casper,   Allen,   Thuot,   Gemar,   Ivins ).
Mar 18, 1995 21:48:00 Landing of Shuttle, mission "STS-67"   (crew: Oswald,   Gregory,   Grunsfeld,   Lawrence,   Jernigan,   Durrance,   Parise ).
Mar 18, 2001 10:42 MPLM Leonardo unberthed from bottom (nadir) port of module "Unity"   of ISS (spacecraft "STS-102" , operator of the robot arm Thomas ).
Mar 18, 2008 05:44 Ending of EVA ( Linnehan,   Behnken ), duration 6:53; mission "STS-123" .

March 19

Date Time (UT) Explanation
Mar 19, 1965 09:02:17 Landing of spacecraft "Voskhod-2"   (crew: Belyaev,   Leonov ).
Mar 19, 1981 18:14 Undocking of "Progress-12"   from aft (aggregative) unit of orbital complex "Salyut-6"   - "Soyuz-T4" .
Mar 19, 1986 10:08:25 Lift-off cargo "Progress-25" .
Mar 19, 1991 13:05:15 Lift-off cargo "Progress M-7" .
Mar 19, 1992 12:32:50 Docking of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM14"   (crew: Viktorenko,   Kaleri,   Flade ) to module "Kvant"   of orbital complex "Mir"   - "Soyuz-TM13" .
Mar 19, 2001 02:32 Closed hatches between spacecraft Discovery and ISS (crew of mission "STS-102" : Wetherbee,   Kelly,   Thomas,   Richards,   Krikalyov,   Shepherd,   Gidzenko ). Total time hatches between the two vehicles were open is 5d23h21m.
Mar 19, 2001 04:32 Undocking of "STS-102"   mission spacecraft (crew: Wetherbee,   Kelly,   Thomas,   Richards,   Krikalyov,   Shepherd,   Gidzenko ) from PMA-2   of module "Destiny"   of orbital complex ISS   - "Soyuz-TM31"   - "Progress M44" .
Mar 19, 2002 17:43:04 Undocking of "Progress M1-7"   from aft docking port of module "Zvezda"   of orbital complex ISS   - "Soyuz-TM33" .
Mar 19, 2009 17:16 Beginning of EVA ( Swanson,   Arnold ); the 1st [of 3] EVA of the mission "STS-119" . The 66th EVA from airlock Quest.
Mar 19, 2009 19:06 S6   module mounted on the truss S5   of the ISS by the participants of EVA, operator of the station's robot arm Canadarm-2 Swanson   (mission "STS-119" ) assisted by Magnus   (mission "STS-119" ), then Wakata   (ISS-18); Shuttle's robot arm operator Antonelli   (mission "STS-119" ).
Mar 19, 2009 23:23 Ending of EVA ( Swanson,   Arnold ), duration 6:07; mission "STS-119" .

March 20

Date Time (UT) Explanation
Mar 20, 1960
Was born Yuri Georgiyevich Shargin .
Mar 20, 1981 17:45? End of existence of "Progress-12" .
Mar 20, 2002 02:20 End of existence of "Progress M1-7" .
Mar 20, 2006 ? Closed hatches between spacecraft Soyuz-TMA7 and ISS (crew of spacecraft "Soyuz-TMA7" : Tokarev,   McArthur ).
Mar 20, 2006 06:49:23 Undocking (redocking to another docking unit of ISS)   of spacecraft Soyuz-TMA7 (crew of spacecraft "Soyuz-TMA7" : Tokarev,   McArthur ).
Mar 20, 2006 07:11:23 Docking of spacecraft "Soyuz-TMA7"   (crew: Tokarev,   McArthur ) to aft docking port of module "Zvezda"   of orbital complex ISS   - "Progress M55" .
Mar 20, 2006 ? Opened hatches between spacecraft Soyuz-TMA7 and ISS (crew of spacecraft "Soyuz-TMA7" : Tokarev,   McArthur ).
Mar 20, 2008 22:04 Beginning of EVA ( Behnken,   Foreman ); the 4th [of 5] EVA of the mission "STS-123" . The 57th EVA from airlock Quest.

Remark. Possible absence of data for some rare dates means absence of the significant events in manned astronautics on that days. Holiday, for example, may be the reason of that phemomenon.



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