Space history on March 18
18 events
CORONA 61/LANYARD 1 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: CORONA 61/LANYARD 1
Thor SLV-2A Agena D launched on the CORONA 61/LANYARD 1 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad 75-3-4. Launch failure.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.
Kosmos-26 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-26
Kosmos 63S1 launched on the Kosmos-26 flight from GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya, pad Mayak-2. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.
Voskhod-2 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Voskhod-2
Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Voskhod-2 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.
Alexei Leonov performs the first spacewalk
Category: Human Spaceflight ActivitiesType: Spacewalk (EVA)
Leonov left Voskhod 2 through an airlock for the first extravehicular activity.
- NASA — mission history (opens in a new tab) — Factual summary; source attribution retained.
AFP-206 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: AFP-206
Atlas SLV-3 Agena D launched on the AFP-206 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad PALC2-4. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.
OV1-17/18/19 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: OV1-17/18/19
Atlas F launched on the OV1-17/18/19 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad ABRESA2. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.
Kosmos-327 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-327
Kosmos 11K63 launched on the Kosmos-327 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.
Kosmos-400 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-400
Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-400 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/1. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.
Kosmos-809 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-809
Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-809 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.
Raduga — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Raduga
Proton-K/DM launched on the Raduga flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/40. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.
Kosmos-1833 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-1833
Zenit-2 launched on the Kosmos-1833 flight from NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC45/1. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.
MESSENGER enters orbit around Mercury
Category: Mission Operations and MilestonesType: Orbit insertion
Mission: MESSENGER
MESSENGER entered Mercury orbit at 00:45 UT.
- NASA — MESSENGER mission (opens in a new tab) — Original factual summary; retain attribution to NASA.
Ekspress AM-7 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Ekspress AM-7
Proton-M/Briz-M (III) launched on the Ekspress AM-7 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.
Soyuz TMA-20M — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Soyuz TMA-20M
Soyuz-FG launched on the Soyuz TMA-20M flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.
Starlink-6 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-6
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-6 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.
Soyuz MS-21 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Soyuz MS-21
Soyuz-2-1A launched on the Soyuz MS-21 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.
High Five — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: High Five
Electron launched on the High Five flight from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, pad LC1A. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.
Starlink-244 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-244
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-244 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records.