Space March

Compared with the first two months, March was a very rich variety of events related to the cosmos. See our material parts and details of the events that occurred on Earth and beyond.

Carrier rocket "Proton-M" put on the suborbital trajectory American satellite Intelsat 22, the Baikonur cosmodrome on 25 March.





The picture side of the moon made the American probe "Ebb" the mission, "NASA's Grail."



Photos aurora made by Dutch astronaut Andre Kuipers with ISS, somewhere between Australia and Antarctica.



Another picture of the astronaut. Ornate patterns of ice off the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula.



Austrian Felix Baumgartner skydive from a height of almost 22 kilometers. Test jump was successful, and now Felix plans to set the record and jump from a height of 36, 5 km.



The launch of five NASA suborbital sounding rockets, to study the movement of air masses at the edge of space.



Infrared picture taken together with the help of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and the European Herschel telescope. Through the dust and gases can be seen in the Orion Nebula young star.



Testing of astronauts and engineers of NASA spacecraft SpaceX's Dragon, which is planned to be used not only for the delivery of goods, and transport for the crew.



This photo in the middle of the month published by NASA. In the photo the Soviet Lunokhod "Luna-17", which is a satellite of the Earth 42 years.



HiRISE camera captured an unusual "pattern" Crater in Arabia Terra, Mars. The crater was given the nickname "The Eye of Mars."



Another picture of the same camera. In the photo you see the dust streamers. Such frequent movement of dust on the surface of the red planet, but very rarely get into the lens.



Partial solar eclipse in the ultraviolet lasted less than two hours on the last day of winter. Picture taken by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.



Humanoid robot Robonaut 2 is tested in the laboratory «Destiny», to the ISS.



Saturn's moon, Enceladus (the small celestial body in the photo), covered with ice, in the background, seemingly a giant, Titan and the rings of Saturn. Picture taken orbiter Cassini.



Andre Kuipers shows juggling fruit on the ISS in weightlessness. Many of mind for this is not necessary.



Photos made by NASA satellites «Galaxy Evolution», shows the Cygnus Loop Nebula, which is situated at a distance of 1,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus.



Image of ancient volcanic plains on Mercury's surface. This historic event. We have made available the first images of Mercury's surface from orbit. Picture taken American probe «Messenger».



Satellite «Terra» (NASA) engraved unfrozen Lake Erie, which is full of algae, North America.



The lights of the city of Dubai (UAE) to the ISS.



During part of February and March could be seen very bright glow of Venus (right) and Jupiter (left). March 14 planets are as close to each other. And now once again moving away.



Photo: AFP, Reuters, NASA