What day is August 16?

August 16 is the 228th day of the solar calendar year (229th day in leap year), the 34th week of 2023, the third week of August and138th day before the end of the year. The current solar term is beginning of autumn, and there are 23 days before the next solar term (summer).

2065438+On August 6th, 2006 1 40, China successfully launched Mozi, the world's first experimental quantum science satellite, by the Long March II carrier rocket at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. With the complete success of this launch mission, mankind will complete the quantum communication between the satellite and the ground for the first time, marking another important step in the experimental research of quantum science in China.

2001August 16, the astronauts of the American space shuttle Discovery conducted their first scientific experiment outside the International Space Station: they installed a large box of ammonia coolant on the space station and fixed the box containing 750 scientific samples outside the space station.