langs: 11 апреля [ru] / april 11 [en] / 11. april [de] / 11 avril [fr] / 11 aprile [it] / 11 de abril [es]
days: april 8 / april 9 / april 10 / april 11 / april 12 / april 13 / april 14
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 Yuri Malyshev (cosmonaut)
Yuri Vasilyevich Malyshev ( Russian : Ю́рий Васи́льевич Ма́лышев ; 27 August 1941 – 8 November 1999) was a Soviet cosmonaut who served on the Soyuz T-2 (5–9 June 1980) and Soyuz T-11 (3–11 April 1984) missions. [1] [2] Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Vasilyevich Malyshev Born ( 1941-08-27 ) 27 August 1941 Nik
- ... ovember 1999) was a Soviet cosmonaut who served on the Soyuz T-2 (5–9 June 1980) and Soyuz T-11 (3–1 11 april 1984) missions. [1] [2] Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Vasilyevich Malyshev Born ( 1941-08-27 ) 27 August 194 ...
- ... uz T-2 , Soyuz T-11 / Soyuz T-10 AWARDS AND HONORS Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (16 June 1980 and 11 april 1984) Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR (16 June 1980) Two Orders of Lenin (16 June 1980 and 11 April 198 ...
- ... and 11 April 1984) Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR (16 June 1980) Two Orders of Lenin (16 June 1980 and 11 april 1984) Ashoka Chakra (India, 1984) PUBLICATIONS Co-author of the book USSR-India. At Space Orbit
#2 Linda M. Godwin
Linda Maxine Godwin Ph.D. (born July 2, 1952) is an American scientist and retired NASA astronaut . [1] Godwin joined NASA in 1980 and became an astronaut in July 1986. She retired in 2010. During her career, Godwin completed four space flights and logged over 38 days in space. Godwin also served as
- ... Complex 39B April 5, 1991, 14:22:45 UTC and returned to land at Edwards Air Force Base , California april 11, 1991, 13:55:29 UTC. During the 93 orbits of the mission, the crew deployed the Gamma Ray Observator ...
#3 Michael Collins (astronaut)
Michael Collins (October 31, 1930 – April 28, 2021) was an American astronaut who flew the Apollo 11 command module Columbia around the Moon in 1969 while his crewmates, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin , made the first crewed landing on the surface . He was also a test pilot and major general in the
- ... 1 Mission insignia 12th Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs In office January 6, 1970 – april 11, 1971 President Richard Nixon Preceded by Dixon Donnelley Succeeded by Carol Laise Military career A ...
- ... 10] His departure was officially announced on February 22, 1971. [111] He worked in that role until april 11, 1971. [112] The position remained vacant until Carol Laise replaced him in October 1973. [113] [114 ...
#4 Gherman Titov
Gherman Stepanovich Titov ( Russian : Герман Степанович Титов ; 11 September 1935 – 20 September 2000) was a Soviet cosmonaut who, on 6 August 1961, [1] became the second human to orbit the Earth, aboard Vostok 2 , preceded by Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1 . He was the fourth person in space, counting su
- ... (Congo, 1965) Order of Friendship and Cooperation (Syria, 1988) Honour of the President of Ukraine ( 11 april 1995) – for outstanding contributions to the development of space rocket systems, the strengthening ...
#5 Frederick Hauck
Frederick Hamilton "Rick" Hauck (pronounced "Howk"; born April 11, 1941) is a retired captain in the United States Navy , a former fighter pilot and NASA astronaut . He piloted Space Shuttle mission STS-7 and commanded STS-51-A and STS-26 . Frederick H. Hauck Born Frederick Hamilton Hauck ( 1941-04-
- Frederick Hamilton "Rick" Hauck (pronounced "Howk"; born april 11, 1941) is a retired captain in the United States Navy , a former fighter pilot and NASA astronaut . ...
- ... and commanded STS-51-A and STS-26 . Frederick H. Hauck Born Frederick Hamilton Hauck ( 1941-04-11 ) april 11, 1941 (age 81) Long Beach, California , U.S. Status Retired Nationality American Alma mater Tufts Un ...
- ... sions STS-7 , STS-51-A , STS-26 Mission insignia Retirement April 3, 1989 PERSONAL DATA He was born april 11, 1941, in Long Beach, California , but considers Winchester, Massachusetts and Washington, D.C. to b ...
#6 Ronald J. Grabe
Ronald John Grabe (born June 13, 1945, in New York , New York ), ( Col , USAF , Ret.), is a former NASA astronaut. American astronaut Ronald J. Grabe Born Ronald John Grabe ( 1945-06-13 ) June 13, 1945 (age 77) New York , New York , U.S. Status Executive VP and General Manager at Orbital LSG Natio
- ... 0, 1992) and STS-57 (June 21 to July 1, 1993). Grabe has logged over 627 hours in space . Effective april 11, 1994, Grabe left NASA and the Air Force to join Orbital Sciences Corporation, Dulles, Virginia . SP ...
#7 Fred Haise
Fred Wallace Haise Jr. ( / h eɪ z / HAYZ ; [1] born November 14, 1933) is an American former NASA astronaut , engineer , fighter pilot with the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force , and a test pilot . He is one of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon , having flown as Lunar Module Pilot on Apol
- ... 8 and Apollo 11 . [3] APOLLO 13 Main article: Apollo 13 Haise suiting up for the Apollo 13 mission, april 11, 1970 "It only seems interesting to the public if it's the first exploration of another planetary bo ...
#8 Yuri Romanenko
Yuri Viktorovich Romanenko ( Russian : Ю́рий Ви́кторович Романе́нко ; born 1 August 1944) is a former Soviet cosmonaut , twice Hero of the Soviet Union (March 16, 1978 and September 26, 1980). Over his career, Yuri Romanenko spent a total of 430 days 20 hours 21 minutes 30 seconds in space and 18 ho
- ... t 326 days aboard Mir, which was the longest stay in space then. He conducted three space walks, on april 11, June 11 and June 16, 1987, with a total duration 8 hr 48 min. He returned to Earth on December 29, ...
#9 Steven R. Nagel
Steven Ray Nagel (October 27, 1946 – August 21, 2014), ( Col , USAF ), was an American astronaut , aeronautical and mechanical engineer , test pilot , and a United States Air Force pilot . [1] In total, he logged 723 hours in space. [2] After NASA, he worked at the University of Missouri College of
- ... S-37, which launched into orbit on April 5, 1991, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, and landed on april 11, 1991, at Edwards Air Force Base, California . During this mission, the crew aboard the Shuttle Atla ...
#10 Jerry L. Ross
Jerry Lynn Ross (born January 20, 1948, Crown Point, Indiana ) is a retired United States Air Force officer, engineer and a former NASA astronaut . He is a veteran of seven Space Shuttle missions, making him the joint record holder for most spaceflights (a record he shares with Franklin Chang-Diaz )
- ... nutes, 44 seconds, the mission concluded with a landing on Runway 33, at Edwards Air Force Base, on april 11, 1991. STS-55 Columbia , was launched from KSC on April 26, 1993. With Ross serving as Payload Comma ...
#11 Piers Sellers
Piers John Sellers OBE (11 April 1955 – 23 December 2016) was a British-American meteorologist , NASA astronaut [1] and Director of the Earth Science Division at NASA/GSFC . He was a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions. Sellers attended Cranbrook School , Cranbrook, Kent , United Kingdom, until
- Piers John Sellers OBE ( 11 april 1955 – 23 December 2016) was a British-American meteorologist , NASA astronaut [1] and Director of ...
- ... the American director, see Peter Sellars . Piers Sellers OBE Born Piers John Sellers ( 1955-04-11 ) 11 april 1955 Crowborough , East Sussex , England Died 23 December 2016 (2016-12-23) (aged 61) Houston , Tex ...
#12 Anatoly Berezovoy
Anatoly Nikolayevich Berezovoy ( Russian : Анато́лий Никола́евич Березово́й ; 11 April 1942 – 20 September 2014) was a Soviet cosmonaut . Soviet cosmonaut Anatoly Berezovoy Born ( 1942-04-11 ) 11 April 1942 Enem , RSFSR , USSR Died 20 September 2014 (2014-09-20) (aged 72) Moscow , Russia Nationali
- Anatoly Nikolayevich Berezovoy ( Russian : Анато́лий Никола́евич Березово́й ; 11 april 1942 – 20 September 2014) was a Soviet cosmonaut . Soviet cosmonaut Anatoly Berezovoy Born ( 1942-0 ...
- ... 20 September 2014) was a Soviet cosmonaut . Soviet cosmonaut Anatoly Berezovoy Born ( 1942-04-11 ) 11 april 1942 Enem , RSFSR , USSR Died 20 September 2014 (2014-09-20) (aged 72) Moscow , Russia Nationality ...
#13 Talgat Musabayev
Talgat Amangeldyuly Musabayev ( Kazakh : Талғат Аманкелдіұлы Мұсабаев , Talğat Amankeldıūly Mūsabaev ; born 7 January 1951) [1] is a Kazakh test pilot and former cosmonaut who flew on three spaceflights . His first two spaceflights were long-duration stays aboard the Russian space station Mir . His
- ... 2007 he was General Director of "Bayterek" Corp. which was a Kazakhstani-Russian Joint Venture. [3] 11 april 2007, Musabayev was appointed Head of the National Space Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan, also ...
#14 Francis G. Neubeck
Francis Gregory "Greg" Neubeck (born April 11, 1932) is a retired Colonel in the United States Air Force and a former USAF astronaut . Although he trained for the USAF Manned Orbital Laboratory (MOL), the program was cancelled before any of the MOL crews reached space. [1] Francis G. Neubeck Born (
- Francis Gregory "Greg" Neubeck (born april 11, 1932) is a retired Colonel in the United States Air Force and a former USAF astronaut . Although he ...
- ... was cancelled before any of the MOL crews reached space. [1] Francis G. Neubeck Born ( 1932-04-11 ) april 11, 1932 (age 90) Washington, D.C. , U.S. Status Retired Nationality American Alma mater USNA , B.S. 19 ...
- ... r USAF Astronaut Rank Colonel , USAF Selection 1965 USAF MOL Group 1 Missions None Neubeck was born april 11, 1932, in Washington, D.C. , and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1955 from the United ...
#15 Aleksandr Kaleri
Aleksandr "Sasha" Yuriyevich Kaleri ( Russian : Александр Юрьевич Калери ; born in Jūrmala , Latvia on 13 May 1956) is a Russian cosmonaut and veteran of extended stays on the Mir Space Station and the International Space Station (ISS). Kaleri has most recently been in space aboard the ISS serving a
- ... and heroism displayed during spaceflight on the orbital scientific research complex Mir 3rd class ( 11 april 1997) - for courage and heroism displayed during prolonged space flight 22nd major expedition to th ...
#16 Gennady Strekalov
Gennady Mikhailovich Strekalov ( Russian : Генна́дий Миха́йлович Стрека́лов ; 26 October 1940 – 25 December 2004) [1] was an engineer, cosmonaut , and administrator at Russian aerospace firm RSC Energia . He flew into space five times and lived aboard the Salyut 6 , Salyut 7 , and Mir space stations
- ... previous two attempts, successfully docked with Salyut-7. [1] [2] The crew stayed on Salyut-7 until 11 april 1984, and returned to Earth not in the spacecraft in which they had come, but in the reentry module ...
- ... Energia until his death. [1] AWARDS AND HONORS Hero of the Soviet Union , twice (10 December 1980, 11 april 1984) [6] Order of Merit for the Fatherland , 3rd class (7 September 1995) - for active participati ...
- ... esearch complex Mir , displaying courage and heroism Three Orders of Lenin (10 December 1980, 1983, 11 april 1984) [2] Order of the October Revolution (10 December 1990) - for the successful implementation of ...
#17 Jim Lovell
James Arthur Lovell Jr. ( / ˈ l ʌ v əl / ; born March 25, 1928) is an American retired astronaut , naval aviator , test pilot and mechanical engineer. In 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8 , he became, with Frank Borman and William Anders , one of the first three astronauts to fly to and orbi
- ... eloped rubella and later flew to the Moon on Apollo 16 . [88] Lovell lifted off aboard Apollo 13 on april 11, 1970. [89] He and Haise were to land near the Fra Mauro crater . The Fra Mauro formation was believ ...
#18 Jack Swigert
John Leonard Swigert Jr. (August 30, 1931 – December 27, 1982) was an American NASA astronaut , test pilot , mechanical engineer , aerospace engineer , United States Air Force pilot , and politician . In April 1970, as command module pilot of Apollo 13 , he became one of twenty-four astronauts who f
- ... n article: Apollo 13 Swigert was one of three astronauts aboard the Apollo 13 Moon mission launched april 11, 1970. Originally part of the backup crew for the mission, he was assigned to the mission three days ...
#19 Nikolai Budarin
Nikolai Mikhailovich Budarin ( Russian : Николай Михайлович Бударин ) (born April 29, 1953 in Kirya , Chuvashia ) is a retired Russian cosmonaut , a veteran of three extended space missions aboard the Mir Space Station and the International Space Station . He has also performed eight career spacewal
- ... last of the 10 locks that was closed so tightly and in the process he broke three wrenches. [9] On april 11, 1998, Budarin conducted his sixth career spacewalk. Along with Talgat Musabayev, the two removed Mi ...
#20 Richard Mastracchio
Richard Alan "Rick" Mastracchio (born February 11, 1960) is an American engineer and former NASA astronaut . He has flown on three NASA Space Shuttle missions as a mission specialist in addition to serving as a Flight Engineer on the Soyuz TMA-11M ( Expedition 38 / Expedition 39 ) long duration miss
- ... , whereby they replaced a backup multiplexer-demultiplexer (MDM) that failed during routine testing april 11, 2014. They duration of the EVA was 1 hour and 36 minutes. Mastracchio, Tyurin and Wakata returned t ...
Museum / Museum
#1 USS Midway (CV-41)
USS Midway (CVB/CVA/CV-41) is an aircraft carrier , formerly of the United States Navy , the lead ship of her class . Commissioned 8 days after the end of World War II, Midway was the largest ship in the world until 1955, as well as the first U.S. aircraft carrier too big to transit the Panama Canal
- ... ding Laid down 27 October 1943 Launched 20 March 1945 Commissioned 10 September 1945 Decommissioned 11 april 1992 In service 1945 Out of service 1992 Stricken 17 March 1997 Nickname(s) Midway Magic Status Mus ...
- ... through of USS Midway , Virtual Tour Midway was decommissioned at Naval Air Station North Island on 11 april 1992 in a ceremony in which the main speaker was Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney . During decommis ...
#2 Aviation Museum Hannover-Laatzen
The Aviation Museum Hannover-Laatzen ( German : Luftfahrtmuseum Hannover-Laatzen ) is a permanent exhibition in Laatzen of the history of aviation . 38 airplanes, 800 aircraft models, and more than 30 aircraft engines are displayed on 3.500 m². Aviation Museum in Hanover-Laatzen, Germany Luftfahrtmu
- ... er, located on the premises of the company he by then owned. The company Nelke was sold in 1994. On april 11, 2013, the Aviation Museum Laatzen-Hannover, the Aeronauticum in Nordholz, the Helicopter Museum Büc ...
#3 Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum
Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum (formerly the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor ) is a non-profit founded in 1999 to develop an aviation museum in Hawaii . [3] Part of Senator Daniel Inouye 's vision for a rebirth of Ford Island , the museum hosts a variety of aviation exhibits with a majority relat
- ... d to the museum in 2006. [3] Swamp Ghost restoration at the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor On april 11, 2013, the remains of a B-17 bomber arrived at the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor almost 70 ye ...
#4 Floyd Bennett Field
Floyd Bennett Field is an airfield in the Marine Park neighborhood of southeast Brooklyn in New York City , along the shore of Jamaica Bay . The airport originally hosted commercial and general aviation traffic before being used as a naval air station . Bennett Field is currently part of the Gateway
- ... Docks Architectural style Art Deco Classical Revival NRHP reference No. 80000363 [1] Added to NRHP april 11, 1980 Floyd Bennett Field was created by connecting Barren Island and several smaller islands to the ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 STS-59
STS-59 was a Space Shuttle program mission that took place in 1994. The launch was chronicled by the 1994 Discovery Channel special about the Space Shuttle program . 1994 American crewed spaceflight to conduct Earth observations STS-59 Space Shuttle Endeavour in orbit with SIR-C in its payload bay N
- ... ones , awakened about 4 pm to begin their third flight day on orbit, and would go to bed about 5 am 11 april As of Monday, 11 April 1994, 6:30 am Central time, three real-time radar images were downlinked fro ...
- ... pm to begin their third flight day on orbit, and would go to bed about 5 am 11 APRIL As of Monday, 11 april 1994, 6:30 am Central time, three real-time radar images were downlinked from Endeavour overnight. ...
- ... od beginning about 8 am The Red Team went to work a few minutes after five that morning. By Monday, 11 april 1994, 6 p.m. CDT, several more real-time images were processed by X-SAR – Sahara Desert , a geology ...
#2 CryoSat-2
CryoSat-2 is a European Space Agency (ESA) Earth Explorer Mission that launched on April 8th 2010. [3] CryoSat-2 is dedicated to measuring polar sea ice thickness and monitoring changes in ice sheets. [4] Its primary objective is to measure the thinning of Arctic sea ice, but has applications to oth
- ... at least three years. [56] Launch and Early Orbit Phase operations were completed in the morning of 11 april 2010, and SIRAL was activated later the same day. [58] At 14:40 UTC, the spacecraft returned its fi ...
#3 Mars 3
Mars 3 was a robotic space probe of the Soviet Mars program , launched May 28, 1971, nine days after its twin spacecraft Mars 2 . The probes were identical robotic spacecraft launched by Proton-K rockets with a Blok D upper stage, each consisting of an orbiter and an attached lander . After the Mars
- ... ut-away view of the Mars 3 Lander at the NPO Lavochkin Museum. POSSIBLE IMAGES OF LANDER ON MARS On april 11, 2013, NASA announced that the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) may have imaged the Mars 3 lander h ...
#4 Viking program
The Viking program consisted of a pair of identical American space probes , Viking 1 and Viking 2 , which landed on Mars in 1976. [1] Each spacecraft was composed of two main parts: an orbiter designed to photograph the surface of Mars from orbit , and a lander designed to study the planet from the
- ... 13, 1982 [1] Viking 2 orbiter July 25, 1978 [1] Viking 2 lander September 3, 1976 [1] (landing) to april 11, 1980 [1] Maiden launch Viking 1 August 20, 1975 [1] [2] Last launch Viking 2 September 9, 1975 [1] ...
- ... 1 months, 18 days Shut down after fuel leak in propulsion system. Viking 2 lander September 3, 1976 april 11, 1980 3 years, 7 months, 8 days Shut down after battery failure. Viking 1 orbiter June 19, 1976 Augu ...
#5 Kosmos 903
Kosmos 903 ( Russian : Космос 903 meaning Cosmos 903 ) was a Soviet US-K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1977 as part of the Soviet military's Oko programme. The satellite was designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors . [2] Kosmos 903 M
- ... erties Spacecraft type US-K [2] Launch mass 1,900 kilograms (4,200 lb) Start of mission Launch date 11 april 1977, 01:38 ( 1977-04-11UTC01:38Z ) UTC Rocket Molniya-M / 2BL [2] Launch site Plesetsk Cosmodrome ...
- ... rier rocket with a 2BL upper stage was used to perform the launch, which took place at 01:38 UTC on 11 april 1977. [3] The launch successfully placed the satellite into a molniya orbit . It subsequently recei ...
#6 Explorer 60
Explorer 60 , also called as SAGE ( Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment ) and was the second of the Applications Explorer Missions (AEM), AEM-B ( Applications Explorer Mission-B ), was a NASA scientific satellite launched on 18 February 1979, from Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) by a Scout D-1 la
- ... actor Vought Entered service 18 February 1979 End of mission Last contact 7 January 1982 Decay date 11 april 1989 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit [2] Regime Low Earth orbit Perigee altitu ...
- ... The signal from the spacecraft was last received on 7 January 1982, when the battery failed. [3] On 11 april 1989, the spacecraft decayed in the atmosphere. [4] SEE ALSO Spaceflight portal Explorer program
#7 Kosmos 485
Kosmos 485 ( Russian : Космос 485 meaning Cosmos 485 ), known before launch as DS-P1-Yu No.58 , was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1972 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 325-kilogram (717 lb) spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau , and was used
- ... type DS-P1-Yu Manufacturer Yuzhnoye Launch mass 325 kilograms (717 lb) Start of mission Launch date 11 april 1972, 11:04:58 ( 1972-04-11UTC11:04:58Z ) UTC Rocket Kosmos-2I 63SM Launch site Plesetsk 133/1 End ...
- ... es Period 91.6 minutes Kosmos 485 was successfully launched into low Earth orbit at 11:04:58 UTC on 11 april 1972. [2] The launch took place from Site 133/1 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome , [3] and used a Kosmos- ...
#8 SpaceX CRS-3
SpaceX CRS-3 , also known as SpX-3 , [4] was a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station (ISS), contracted to NASA , which was launched on 18 April 2014. It was the fifth flight for SpaceX 's uncrewed Dragon cargo spacecraft and the third SpaceX operational mission contr
- ... upon a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V flight scheduled for as early as 10 April 2014. [18] On 11 april 2014, the International Space Station (ISS) suffered a failure of an external computer known as a M ...
#9 Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3
Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 ( Korean : 광명성 3호 ; Hanja : 光明星3號 ; lit. Bright Star-3 [2] or Lode Star-3 [3] ) was a North Korean Earth observation satellite which, according to the DPRK , was for weather forecast purposes, and whose launch was widely portrayed in the West to be a veiled ballistic missile t
- ... y and preparations of the satellite launch were done, including fueling of the rocket. [56] [57] On 11 april 2012, Paek Chang Ho, head of the General Satellite Control Center , briefed journalists inside the ...
#10 USA-165
USA-165 or XSS-11 [2] ( Experimental Satellite System-11 ) is a small, washing-machine-sized, low-cost spacecraft developed by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory 's Space Vehicles Directorate to test technology for proximity operations. In particular, the satellite was designed to demonstrate "a
- ... erties Manufacturer Lockheed Martin Launch mass 100 kilograms (220 lb) Start of mission Launch date april 11, 2005 ( 2005-04-11 ) Rocket Minotaur I Launch site Vandenberg SLC-8 Contractor Orbital End of missio ...
- ... and weighed 125 kg with an excess of 600 m/s delta-v . USA-165 was launched into Low Earth Orbit on april 11, 2005 on a Minotaur rocket and remained in its primary orbit for over eighteen months, but then in D ...
#11 SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2
SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2 ( COTS 2 ), also known as Dragon C2+ , was the second test-flight for SpaceX 's uncrewed Cargo Dragon spacecraft. It launched in May 2012 on the third flight of the company's two-stage Falcon 9 launch vehicle. The flight was performed under a funded agreement from NASA as t
- ... d Pettit (foreground) and André Kuipers practice grappling Dragon in a simulation aboard the ISS on 11 april 2012. Dragon with trunk pontoons installed on 26 April 2012. The Falcon 9/Dragon vertical at launch ...
#12 Galaxy 26
Galaxy 26 is a communications satellite owned by Intelsat . It was built by Space Systems/Loral , as part of its SSL 1300 satellite bus . Galaxy 26 was formerly known as Intelsat Americas 6 and Telstar 6 . It was launched aboard a Proton-K / DM-03 from Baikonur Cosmodrome , Site 81/23 . [1] Galaxy 2
- ... t down on 22 April 2001 causing the Fox network to relocate feeds to Telstar 5 at 97° West. Then on 11 april 2002 it shut down again and went into a very slow spin. [2] On 29 June 2008, Galaxy 26 had a power ...
#13 Salyut 7
Salyut 7 ( Russian : Салют-7 ; English: Salute 7 ) (a.k.a. DOS-6 , short for Durable Orbital Station [1] ) was a space station in low Earth orbit from April 1982 to February 1991. [1] It was first crewed in May 1982 with two crew via Soyuz T-5 , and last visited in June 1986, by Soyuz T-15 . [1] Var
- ... EP-3 Yury Malyshev , Gennady Strekalov , Rakesh Sharma – India 3 April 1984 13:08:00 UTC Soyuz T-11 11 april 1984 10:48:48 UTC Soyuz T-10 7.90 Salyut 7 – EP-4 Vladimir Dzhanibekov , Svetlana Savitskaya , Igor ...
- ... -10-1 – 26 September 1983 – Launch abort Vladimir Titov Gennady Strekalov Soyuz T-10 – 8 February – 11 april 1984 Leonid Kizim Vladimir Solovyov Oleg Atkov TKS 3 – 4 March – 14 August 1983 – Launched unmanned ...
#14 Vostok 1
Vostok 1 ( Russian: Восток , East or Orient 1) was the first spaceflight of the Vostok programme and the first human orbital spaceflight in history. The Vostok 3KA space capsule was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on April 12, 1961, with Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin aboard, making him the first h
- ... ] : 278 Prior to the flight, Kamanin and others told Gagarin the code (1-2-5) anyway. [22] [23] april 11, 1961 Electrocardiogram of Gagarin recorded April 11, 1961, at 19 hours and 35 minutes. Exhibited at ...
- ... old Gagarin the code (1-2-5) anyway. [22] [23] APRIL 11, 1961 Electrocardiogram of Gagarin recorded april 11, 1961, at 19 hours and 35 minutes. Exhibited at the Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics in Moscow. At Ba ...
- ... xhibited at the Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics in Moscow. At Baikonur Cosmodrome on the morning of april 11, 1961, the Vostok-K rocket, together with the attached Vostok 3KA space capsule, were transported se ...
#15 STS-1
STS-1 ( Space Transportation System -1) was the first orbital spaceflight of NASA 's Space Shuttle program . The first orbiter , Columbia , launched on April 12, 1981, and returned on April 14, 1981, 54.5 hours later, having orbited the Earth 36 times. Columbia carried a crew of two—mission commande
- ... pril 1 without ever regaining consciousness, and Mullon suffered permanent brain damage and died on april 11, 1995, from complications of his injuries. [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] These were the first launchpad d ...
#16 TD-1A
TD-1A , or Thor-Delta 1A (or just TD-1 ), was a European astrophysical research satellite which was launched in 1972. Operated by the European Space Research Organisation , TD-1A made astronomical surveys primarily in the ultraviolet , but also using x-ray and gamma ray detectors. [4] TD-1A Mission
- ... a N, and the last launch from Space Launch Complex 2E. TD-1A was placed into a low Earth orbit ; on 11 april 1974 it was tracked in an orbit with a perigee of 525 kilometres (326 mi) , an apogee of 544 kilome ...
#17 STS-37
STS-37 , the thirty-ninth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the eighth flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis , was a six-day mission with the primary objective of launching the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO), the second of the Great Observatories program which included the visible-spectrum Hubble
- ... ch site Kennedy Space Center , LC-39B Contractor Rockwell International End of mission Landing date 11 april 1991, 13:55:29 UTC Landing site Edwards Air Force Base , Runway 33 Orbital parameters Reference sys ...
- ... ril 7, 1991, as seen during STS-37. [6] LANDING Atlantis touches down at Edwards Air Force Base. On 11 april 1991, at 06:55:29 PDT , Runway 33, Edwards Air Force Base , California . Rollout distance: 1,940 m ...
#18 Double Asteroid Redirection Test
Double Asteroid Redirection Test ( DART ) is a NASA space mission aimed at testing a method of planetary defense against near-Earth objects (NEOs). Launched from Earth in November 2021, the mission will deliberately crash a space probe into the minor-planet moon Dimorphos of the double asteroid Didy
- ... and in August 2018 NASA approved the project to start the final design and assembly phase. [14] On 11 april 2019, NASA announced that a SpaceX Falcon 9 would be used to launch DART. [15] DESCRIPTION SPACECRA ...
#19 Progress M-27
Progress M-27 ( Russian : Прогресс M-27 ) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in April 1995 to resupply the Mir space station. Russian cargo spacecraft Progress M-27 A Progress-M spacecraft Mission type Mir resupply COSPAR ID 1995-020A SATCAT no. 23555 [1] Spacecraft
- ... nutes [4] Epoch 9 April 1995 Docking with Mir Docking port Mir Core Module forward [4] Docking date 11 april 1995, 21:00:44 UTC Undocking date 22 May 1995, 23:42:37 UTC Progress (spacecraft) ← Progress M-26 P ...
- ... oyuz-U rocket. [2] [5] DOCKING Progress M-27 docked with the forward port of the Mir Core Module on 11 april 1995 at 21:00:44 UTC, and was undocked on 22 May 1995 at 23:42:37 UTC. [3] [4] DECAY It remained in ...
#20 STS-56
STS-56 was a NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission to perform special experiments. The mission was launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida , on 8 April 1993. 1993 American crewed spaceflight STS-56 Components of the ATLAS-2 laboratory in the payload bay of Discovery Names Space Transportation Sy
- ... ruments first flew on ATLAS-1 during STS-45 , and flew a third time in late 1994 on STS-66 . [2] On 11 april 1993, the crew used the remote manipulator arm ( Canadarm ) to deploy the Shuttle Point Autonomous ...