.

Space History for March 28

If you are not already a subscriber, you are welcome to enter your email address here to sign up to receive the Space History newsletter on a daily basis. Under no circumstances will we release your legitimate email address entered here to outside persons or organizations, and it will only be used for mailing the specific information you have requested.

Unsubscribe instructions are included in every newsletter issue in case you decide you no longer wish to receive it.

Note: We record the IP address from which subscriptions are entered to help prevent SPAM abuses.

Race To Space
Someone will win the prize...
               ... but at what cost?
Visit RaceToSpaceProject.com to find out more!

1900
A. Schwassmann discovered asteroid #454 Mathesis.

1910
Henri Fabre became the first person to fly a seaplane after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaplane#Early_pioneers

1922
Bradley A. Fiske of Washington, DC was granted the first patent for a microfilm reading device.
https://patents.google.com/patent/US1411008

1935
Robert Goddard launched the first rocket equipped with gyroscopic controls.
https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/thismonth/this_month_march10.html

1947
The last episode of the "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" was aired on radio.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Rogers_in_the_25th_Century_(radio_series)

1948
Born, Wubbo J. Ockels PhD (at Almelo, Netherlands), ESA astronaut (STS 61-A; 7d 44m in spaceflight) (deceased)

ESA astronaut Wubbo Ockels PhD, NASA photo
Source: Wikipedia
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Astronauts/Wubbo_J._Ockels

1968
T. Smirnova discovered asteroid #3049.

1973
T. Smirnova discovered asteroid #3071 Nesterov.

1982
E. Bowell discovered asteroid #2873 Binzel.

1985 23:58:00 GMT
NASA launched Intelsat 5A F-10, a COMSAT Corporation commercial communications satellite, the first in a series of improved commercial communications satellites for Intelsat.
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1985-025A

1986
The International Cometary Explorer measured the Solar wind ahead of Comet Halley.
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1978-079A

1993
A Type II supernova was detected in M81 (NGC 3031).

Supernova 1993J in M81, the brighter star in the lower right corner
Source: Greg Bothun's Messier collection
http://messier.seds.org/more/m081sn93J.html

We are going to run out of oil!
Visit SpacePowerNow.org to help fix the problem.
SpacePowerNow.org - For Human Survival

Please help support our efforts by shopping from our sponsors.

In affiliation with AllPosters.com

This newsletter and its contents are
Copyright © 2006-2024 by The L5 Development Group.  All rights reserved.
 - Publication, in part or in whole, requires previous written permission.
 - Academic or personal-use citations must refer to http://L5Development.com
   as their source.
Thank you for your cooperation.