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- March 2, 1978 - Vladimír Remek of Czechoslovakia becomes the first non-Soviet, non-American in space.
- March 10, 1972 - Pioneer 10 is launched toward the first flyby of Jupiter.
- March 16, 1926 - Robert Goddard launches the world's first liquid-fueled rocket.
- March 17, 1958 - Launch of Vanguard 1, the oldest artificial satellite still in orbit.
- March 17, 1992 - Aleksandr Kaleri and Aleksandr Viktorenko become the first cosmonauts to go into space as Russians, after the breakup of the Soviet Union.
- March 18, 1965 - Aleksei Leonov makes the first spacewalk on the Voskhod 2 mission.
- March 22, 1995 - Valeri Polyakov returns to Earth after 437.7 days, setting the space endurance record.
- March 31, 1966 - Luna 10 is launched to become the first lunar orbiter.