23 March
1912: On 23 March 1912, Wernher Magnus Maximilian von Braun was born.
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2003: On 24 March 2003, scientists working on ESA's Integral mission discussed their gamma-ray burst findings so far in a press conference at the American Astronomical Society at Mount Tremblant, Quebec, Canada.
They announced that ESA's Integral satellite was detecting gamma-ray bursts at a rate of nearly one per day, establishing itself as a key player in the hunt for these enigmatic explosions.
Launched in October 2002, Integral had just captured four bursts in the previous four months, right in the middle of its field of view. Such precision observations are providing scientists with a remarkable view of gamma-ray bursts, which occur randomly, fade within seconds, and yet shine with the intensity of millions upon millions of Suns.
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22 March
1799: On 22 March 1799, Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander was born.
21 March
1993: On 21 March 1993, a trio of interplanetary spacecraft, ESA's Ulysses and NASA's Mars Observer and Galileo, began operating in a joint experiment to prove the existence of waves in the Universe's gravitational field.
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