Voskhod 2 was a Soviet manned space mission in March 1965. Vostok-based Voskhod 3KD spacecraft with two crew members on board, Pavel Belyaev and Alexei Leonov, was equipped with an inflatable airlock. It established another milestone in space exploration when Alexei Leonov became the first pers...
On March 18, 1980 a Vostok-2M rocket exploded on its launch pad at Plesetsk during a fueling operation, killing 48. An investigation into a similar - but avoided - accident revealed that the substitution of lead-based for tin-based solder in hydrogen peroxide filters had resulted in the breakdown...
Philippe de La Hire (or Lahire or Phillipe de La Hire) (March 18, 1640 - April 21, 1718) was a French mathematician and astronomer. According to Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle he was an "academy unto himself". Read more
Werner Mölders (18 March 1913 - 22 November 1941) was a World War II German Luftwaffe pilot and the leading German fighter ace in the Spanish Civil War. Mölders became the first pilot in aviation history to claim 100 aerial victories. Read more
Wilfred Edward Salter Owen MC (18 March 1893 - 4 November 1918) was an English poet and soldier, one of the leading poets of the First World War. His shocking, realistic war poetry on the horrors of trenches and gas warfare was heavily influenced by his friend Siegfried Sassoon and stood in stark contr...
The Pedaliante (Italian for "Pedal Glider") was a human-powered aircraft designed and built by Enea Bossi and Vittorio Bonomi and disputably credited with, on 18 March 1937, performing the first fully human-powered flight. Read more
Although I'm a purest for a clean light transmission through a telescope i'm also a big fan of filters. Filters can have a large and real effect on your observations. Mars appears as a tiny red/orange disk even in large telescopes so filter colour, light transmission, telescope magnification, and...
Orbital elements:
2012 EW14 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0457 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 343.77244 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.34084944 Peri. 218.27888 -0.58705017 +0.80913275
a 2.0296804 Node 15.82763 -0.71727297 -0.50497181
e 0.4971041 Incl. 5.47133 -0.37535528 -0.30051234
P 2.89 H 2...
Orbital elements:
2012 ES14 Earth MOID = 0.1641 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 339.46987 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.24633736 Peri. 77.75641 -0.06236024 +0.99567200
a 2.5202823 Node 189.51238 -0.99798794 -0.06141476
e 0.6497925 Incl. 24.64359 +0.01145696 +0.06975316
P 4.00 H 20.0...
Orbital elements:
2012 FE Earth MOID = 0.0269 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 348.16382 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.42821366 Peri. 25.70051 -0.91295283 +0.40805826
a 1.7432608 Node 178.37681 -0.38731833 -0.86469760
e 0.4199966 Incl. 4.78932 -0.12845872 -0.29289335
P 2.30 H 27.0 G 0....
Outburst of the dwarf nova AR Andromedae on the 16th August, 2011 Magnitude range: 11.0-17.6 V Period: ? days Satellite period: 0.163 Type: UGSS Position (2000): RA 01 45 03.27 | Dec +37° 56' 33.4"
An astronomy group in Dulverton has held its first official meeting after nearby Dunster's Stargazing Live event in January sparked a wealth of interest in the hobby. Exmoor Stargazers were joined by 18 people aged from seven up to 70 at their inaugural gathering at Dulverton Middle School last wee...
Sunspots 11433 (left), 11432 and 11434 (bottom) captured with a 100mm refractor and Vesta pro webcam. (DIY) Solar filter + Baader contrast filter + IR-cut filter.
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