langs: 14 апреля [ru] / april 14 [en] / 14. april [de] / 14 avril [fr] / 14 aprile [it] / 14 de abril [es]
days: april 11 / april 12 / april 13 / april 14 / april 15 / april 16 / april 17
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 John Young (astronaut)
John Watts Young (September 24, 1930 – January 5, 2018) was an American astronaut , naval officer and aviator , test pilot , and aeronautical engineer . He became the ninth person to walk on the Moon as commander of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972. He is the only astronaut to fly on four different c
- ... its mechanical and computer systems. [1] : 232–234 STS-1 reentered the atmosphere and landed on april 14 at Edwards Air Force Base , California. [30] : III-24 STS-9 Further information: STS-9 Young (le ...
#2 Vanessa O'Brien
Vanessa Audi Rhys O'Brien (born 2 December 1964) is a British and American mountaineer, sub-orbital spaceflight participant, explorer, author and former business executive. [2] On 4 August 2022, Vanessa became the first woman to complete the Explorers’ Extreme Trifecta – reaching extremes on land, s
- ... 4 October 2011 Asia (Tibet) Cho Oyu 26,906 ft. 12 October 2011 Asia (Tibet) Lobuche East 19,700 ft. 14 april 2012 Asia (Nepal) Mont Blanc 15,781 ft. 25 June 2014 Europe Manaslu 26,759 ft. 25 September 2014 As ...
#3 Neil Armstrong
Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer , and the first person to walk on the Moon . He was also a naval aviator , test pilot , and university professor. American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2012) For other uses, see Neil A
- ... art because NASA management saw him as a person who did not have a large ego. A press conference on april 14, 1969, gave the design of the LM cabin as the reason for Armstrong's being first; the hatch opened i ...
#4 Valentin Lebedev
Valentin Vitalyevich Lebedev ( Russian : Валентин Витальевич Лебедев ; born April 14, 1942 in Moscow ) is a Soviet cosmonaut who made two flights into space . His stay aboard the Space Station Salyut 7 with Anatoly Berezovoy in 1982, which lasted 211 days, [1] was recorded in the Guinness Book of Re
- Valentin Vitalyevich Lebedev ( Russian : Валентин Витальевич Лебедев ; born april 14, 1942 in Moscow ) is a Soviet cosmonaut who made two flights into space . His stay aboard the Space ...
- ... May 2010 ) Valentin Vitaljevich Lebedev Lebedev (right) on Soviet postage stamp Born ( 1942-04-14 ) april 14, 1942 (age 80) Moscow , Russia Nationality Soviet Occupation Engineer Awards Hero of the Soviet Unio ...
#5 Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin [lower-alpha 1] (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space . Travelling in the Vostok 1 capsule, Gagarin completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. By achieving this major milestone in the Space
- ... and the second was Gagarin's plane crashing. [98] AWARDS AND HONOURS MEDALS AND ORDERS OF MERIT On 14 april 1961, Gagarin was honoured with a 12-mile (19 km) parade attended by millions of people that conclu ...
#6 Robert Crippen
Robert Laurel Crippen (born September 11, 1937) is an American retired naval officer and aviator , test pilot , aerospace engineer , and retired astronaut . He traveled into space four times: as Pilot of STS-1 in April 1981, the first Space Shuttle mission; and as Commander of STS-7 in June 1983, ST
- ... rs; [15] a reentry vehicle to land on a conventional runway. It launched April 12, 1981, and landed april 14, 1981. [16] STS-7 Main article: STS-7 Crippen served as the commander of STS-7, the second launch of ...
#7 Frederick D. Gregory
Frederick Drew Gregory (born January 7, 1941) is a former United States Air Force pilot , military engineer , test pilot , and NASA astronaut as well as former NASA Deputy Administrator. He also served briefly as NASA Acting Administrator in early 2005, covering the period between the departure of S
- ... ng Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration In office February 11, 2005 – april 14, 2005 President George W. Bush Preceded by Sean O'Keefe Succeeded by Michael D. Griffin 10th Deputy ...
- ... rom the departure of Sean O'Keefe on February 20, 2005, to the swearing in of Michael D. Griffin on april 14, 2005, he was the NASA Acting Administrator. He returned to the post of Deputy Administrator and on ...
#8 Sergei Krikalev
Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev ( Russian : Сергей Константинович Крикалёв , also transliterated as Sergei Krikalyov ; born 27 August 1958) is a Russian mechanical engineer and former cosmonaut . As a prominent rocket scientist , he is a veteran of six space flights and ranks third to Gennady Padalk
- ... the International Space Station . Expedition 11 launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on 14 april 2005 aboard a Soyuz spacecraft and docked with the ISS on 16 April 2005. Following eight days of jo ...
- ... : Launched 4 December 1998 ISS Expedition 1 : Launched 31 October 2000 ISS Expedition 11 : Launched 14 april 2005 AWARDS He was a member of the Russian and Soviet national aerobatic flying teams, and was Cham ...
#9 William E. Thornton
William Edgar Thornton (April 14, 1929 – January 11, 2021) was an American NASA astronaut. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from University of North Carolina and a doctorate in medicine , also from UNC. He flew on Challenger twice, the STS-8 and STS-51B missions. American astronau
- William Edgar Thornton ( april 14, 1929 – January 11, 2021) was an American NASA astronaut. He received a Bachelor of Science degree i ...
- ... (disambiguation) . William E. Thornton Thornton in 1981 Born William Edgar Thornton ( 1929-04-14 ) april 14, 1929 Faison , North Carolina , U.S. Died January 11, 2021 (2021-01-11) (aged 91) Fair Oaks Ranch , ...
- ... ission insignia Retirement May 31, 1994 EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION William Edgar Thornton was born on april 14, 1929. He attended primary and secondary schools in Faison, North Carolina . He received a bachelor ...
Museum / Museum
#1 Canada Aviation and Space Museum
The Canada Aviation and Space Museum ( French: Musée de l'Aviation et de l'Espace du Canada ) (formerly the Canada Aviation Museum and National Aeronautical Collection ) is Canada's national aviation history museum. The museum is located in Ottawa , Ontario, Canada, at the Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport
- ... uilding. The rectangular white building to the left of it is the new museum storage building opened 14 april 2005. Nose section of Avro Arrow RL 206 Bensen B-8 Canadair CL-84 Dynavert prototype Bell CH-135 Tw ...
#2 Newark Air Museum
Newark Air Museum is an air museum located on a former Royal Air Force station at Winthorpe , near Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire , England . The museum contains a variety of aircraft . This article needs additional citations for verification . ( April 2012 ) Aviation museum in Newark-on-Trent,
- ... k (Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire) Air Museum was formed in 1968. The museum officially opened on 14 april 1973. In 1990, the museum opened its first exhibition hall. This was followed by the purchase of an ...
#3 KAI Aerospace Museum
The KAI Aerospace Museum is an aerospace museum in Sacheon , South Korea located at 35.071340°N 128.063297°E / 35.071340; 128.063297 adjacent to Sacheon Airport . This article includes a list of general references , but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations . ( October 2009 )
- ... DOM-515 Saddletree and be modified to carry nuclear weapons. The aircraft served in the USAF until april 14, 1954, at which point it was retired at Randolph AFB and sent to the B-29 boneyard at NAS China Lake ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 USA-10
USA-10 , also known as Navstar 11 , GPS I-11 and GPS SVN-11 , was an American navigation satellite launched in 1985 as part of the Global Positioning System development programme. It was the last of eleven Block I GPS satellites to be launched. [2] USA-10 Names Navstar 11 GPS I-11 GPS SVN-11 Mission
- ... [3] Contractor Convair General Dynamics Entered service 8 November 1985 End of mission Deactivated 14 april 1994 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit [1] Regime Medium Earth orbit ( Semi-sync ...
- ... broadcast the PRN 03 signal in the GPS demonstration constellation, and was retired from service on 14 april 1994.
#2 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
- ... m Mutual Radio Network listeners during an interview for the Jim Bohannon Show at 11:15 pm central. 14 april On Thursday, 14 April 1994, 3:30 am Central Time, Rich Clifford answered listeners' questions about ...
- ... listeners during an interview for the Jim Bohannon Show at 11:15 pm central. 14 APRIL On Thursday, 14 april 1994, 3:30 am Central Time, Rich Clifford answered listeners' questions about space flight, mission ...
#3 Nimbus 3
Nimbus 3 (also called Nimbus-B2 ) was a meteorological satellite . It was the third in a series of the Nimbus program . Nimbus 3 Nimbus 3 in the space. Mission type Weather satellite Operator NASA COSPAR ID 1969-037A SATCAT no. 3890 Mission duration 2 years and 9 months Spacecraft properties Manufac
- ... 9 lb) [1] Dimensions 3.7 m × 1.5 m × 3.0 m (12.1 ft × 4.9 ft × 9.8 ft) Start of mission Launch date april 14, 1969, 07:54:03 ( 1969-04-14UTC07:54:03Z ) UTC [2] Rocket Thorad-SLV2G Agena-D Launch site Vandenber ...
- ... Apogee altitude 1,135 kilometers (705 mi) [1] Inclination 99.91° [1] Period 107.4 minutes [1] Epoch april 14, 1969 [1] Nimbus program ← Nimbus B Nimbus 4 → LAUNCH Nimbus 3 was launched on April 14, 1969, by a ...
- ... s [1] Epoch April 14, 1969 [1] Nimbus program ← Nimbus B Nimbus 4 → LAUNCH Nimbus 3 was launched on april 14, 1969, by a Thor-Agena rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base , Lompoc , CA . The spacecraft function ...
#4 Tranquility (ISS module)
Tranquility , also known as Node 3 , [3] is a module of the International Space Station (ISS). It contains environmental control systems, life support systems , a toilet, exercise equipment, and an observation cupola . American module of the International Space Station Tranquility Tranquility in 201
- ... anned to use congressional power to force NASA to honor the winning Colbert write-in votes. [22] On 14 april 2009, astronaut Sunita Williams appeared on The Colbert Report , and announced the name of the node ...
#5 Luna 4
Luna 4 , or E-6 No.4 (Ye-6 series), sometimes known in the West as Sputnik 26 , was a Soviet spacecraft launched as part of the Luna program to attempt the first soft landing on the Moon . Following a successful launch, the spacecraft failed to perform a course correction and as a result it missed t
- ... C08:04Z ) UTC [1] Rocket Molniya-L 8K78/E6 Launch site Baikonur 1/5 [2] End of mission Last contact april 14, 1963 [4] Orbital parameters Reference system Barycentric (Earth-Moon system) Semi-major axis 394,12 ...
#6 Kosmos 212
Kosmos 212 ( Russian : Космос 212 meaning Cosmos 212 ) was one of a series of Soviet Soyuz programme test spacecraft whose purpose was to further test and develop the passenger version. Scientific data and measurements were relayed to earth by multichannel telemetry systems equipped with space-borne
- ... ecraft type Soyuz 7K-OK # 8 Manufacturer OKB-1 Launch mass 6000 kg [1] Start of mission Launch date 14 april 1968, 10:00:00 GMT Rocket Soyuz 11A511 s/n Ya15000-09 Launch site Baikonur , Site 31/6 Contractor O ...
- ... w Earth Perigee altitude 186 km Apogee altitude 225 km Inclination 51.7° Period 88.75 minutes Epoch 14 april 1968 Docking with Kosmos 213 Docking date 15 April 1968 Undocking date 15 April 1968 MISSION On 14 ...
- ... ril 1968 Docking with Kosmos 213 Docking date 15 April 1968 Undocking date 15 April 1968 MISSION On 14 april 1968 at 10:00:00 GMT, [3] the Soyuz 11A511 s/n Ya15000-09 booster and Kosmos 212 were set up at Sit ...
#7 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
- ... e repaired and back online to support launches, and the CRS-3 launch was slated for no earlier than 14 april 2014 with a backup date of 18 April 2014, contingent upon a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V fl ...
- ... hallenges, the CRS-3 mission – which could have been impacted by the MDM failure – was still on for 14 april 2014, [19] with ISS berthing scheduled to take place two days later on 16 April 2014. [20] However, ...
- ... scheduled to take place two days later on 16 April 2014. [20] However, during the launch attempt on 14 april 2014, a primary helium supply valve used in the stage separation system failed a pre-launch diagnos ...
#8 Sloshsat-FLEVO
SLOSHSAT-FLEVO ( Sloshsat Facility for Liquid Experimentation and Verification in Orbit ) is a microsatellite launched to investigate the dynamics of fluids in microgravity. FLEVO stands for Facility for Liquid Experimentation and Verification in Orbit. Multiple sensors were used to monitor the beha
- ... ) Apogee altitude 35,726 kilometres (22,199 mi) Inclination 6.7 degrees Period 631.19 minutes Epoch 14 april 2005 [2] The project is a joint program between ESA , the Netherlands Agency for Aerospace Programm ...
#9 USA-35
USA-35 , also known as Navstar 2-01 , GPS II-1 and GPS SVN-14 , was an American navigation satellite which formed part of the Global Positioning System . It was the first of nine Block II GPS satellites to be launched, which were the first operational GPS satellites to be launched. USA-35 Names Navs
- ... eral , LC-17A Contractor McDonnell Douglas Entered service 16 March 1989 End of mission Deactivated 14 april 2000 Last contact 26 March 2000 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit [3] Regime Med ...
- ... however, it operated until 26 March 2000, when its reaction wheels failed. It was decommissioned on 14 april 2000, having been replaced by USA-150 . [7]
#10 DART (satellite)
DART , or Demonstration for Autonomous Rendezvous Technology , was a NASA spacecraft with the goal to develop and demonstrate an automated navigation and rendezvous capability. At the time of the DART mission, only the Roscosmos and JAXA had autonomous spacecraft navigation. Orbital Sciences Corpora
- ... . First reports pointed to the spacecraft running out of fuel before concluding its mission. [2] On 14 april 2006, NASA announced that they would not release the investigation's report, citing that the report ...
#11 Nimbus 4
Nimbus 4 (also called Nimbus D ) was a meteorological satellite . It was the fourth in a series of the Nimbus program . Nimbus 4 Artist rendering of the Nimbus 4. Mission type Weather satellite Operator NASA COSPAR ID 1970-025A SATCAT no. 4362 Mission duration 10 years and 5 months Spacecraft proper
- ... rological and geophysical data from remote collection stations. The spacecraft performed well until 14 april 1971, when attitude problems started. The experiments operated on a limited time basis after that t ...
#12 Kosmos 1867
Kosmos 1867 ( Russian : Космос 1867 ) is a nuclear powered radar ocean reconnaissance satellite (RORSAT) that was launched by the Soviet Union on July 10, 1987. It was put into an orbit of about 800 km (500 mi) . Its mission was to monitor the oceans for naval and merchant vessels, and had a mis
- ... 95 mi) Apogee altitude 813 kilometres (505 mi) Inclination 65.01 degrees Period 100.8 minutes Epoch april 14, 2014 UTC 21:26:10.75 DESCRIPTION Kosmos 1867 was launched on July 10, 1987, on a Tsyklon-2 rocket f ...
#13 Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2
Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 ( Korean : 광명성 2호 , meaning Bright Star-2 [1] or Lode Star-2 [2] ) was a satellite launched by North Korea on April 5, 2009. North Korean satellite Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 Kwangmyongsong-2 as it would have looked in orbit in a 2009 computer graphic video Mission type Communication /Technol
- ... as a violation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006). [8] [9] One day after, on april 14, 2009, North Korea called the Presidential Statement an infringement on a country's right for space ...
- ... ndemned the rocket launch, North Korea responded in a statement released by its foreign ministry on april 14, 2009 that the UN action was an "unbearable insult", and the UN statement infringed its sovereignty ...
- ... d that it had conducted a second nuclear test . [67] The International Atomic Energy Agency said on april 14 that North Korea informed its inspectors of immediate cessation of all cooperation with the IAEA and ...
- ... and the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula." [61] The Foreign Ministry issued a statement on april 14 urging all parties to "exert calmness and restraint, jointly maintain peace and stability of the Kor ...
#14 Intelsat V F-2
Intelsat V F-2 , then named Intelsat 502 , was a communications satellite operated by COMSAT . Launched in 1980, it was the first of fifteen Intelsat V satellites to be launched. The Intelsat V series was constructed by Ford Aerospace , based on the Intelsat V satellite bus . Intelsat V F-2 was part
- ... tor General Dynamics Entered service 1800 watts End of mission Disposal Graveyard orbit Deactivated 14 april 1998 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit Regime Geostationary orbit Longitude 21.5 ...
- ... llite enabled a direct link between United States and the Somalia. The satellite was deactivated on 14 april 1998. [3] LAUNCH The satellite was successfully launched into space on 6 December 1980, at 23:31:00 ...
#15 Ekspress-AM33
Ekspress-AM33 ( Russian : Экспресс-АМ33 , meaning Express-AM33 ) is a Russian domestic communications satellite . It belongs to the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) based in Moscow , Russia. To provide of communications services (digital television, telephony, videoconferencing, data
- ... onur , Site 200/39 Contractor Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center Entered service 14 april 2008 [2] Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit [4] Regime Geostationary orbit Longit ...
- ... 33 was launched into orbit on 28 January 2008. The commercial operation of the satellite started on 14 april 2008. [2] The Ekspress-103 satellite entered in service at orbital position 96.5° East on 25 March ...
#16 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
- ... 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 c ...
- ... ch site Kennedy Space Center , LC-39A Contractor Rockwell International End of mission Landing date april 14, 1981, 18:20:57 UTC Landing site Edwards Air Force Base , Runway 23 Orbital parameters Reference sys ...
- ... f better than predicted Orbiter lift-to-drag ratios and tail wind. Touch down time was 18:21 UTC on april 14, 1981. [15] As they rolled to a stop, Young remarked over the radio, "This is the world's greatest a ...
- ... ft section, on 12 April 1981. Columbia landing on Rogers Dry Lake bed at Edwards Air Force Base, on 14 april 1981. Columbia after its successful landing. An overall view of the Mission Operations Control Room ...
#17 Sputnik 2
Sputnik 2 ( Russian pronunciation: [ˈsputʲnʲɪk] , Russian : Спутник-2 , Satellite 2 ), or Prosteyshiy Sputnik 2 ( PS-2 , Russian : Простейший Спутник 2 , Simplest Satellite 2 ) was the second spacecraft launched into Earth orbit , on 3 November 1957, and the first to carry a living animal, a Sovie
- ... UTC02:30Z ) GMT Rocket Sputnik 8K71PS , ICBM Launch site Baikonur (?) 1/5 End of mission Decay date 14 april 1958 ( 1958-04-15 ) Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Low Earth Semi-major axis ...
- ... a transmission ceased, after 150 separate telemetry sessions. Sputnik 2 reentered the atmosphere on 14 april 1958 after 162 days in space and about 2500 orbits. Reentry was sighted from the east coast of the ...
- ... f the U.S. satellites Explorer 1, 3 , and 4 . REENTRY Sputnik 2 reentered the Earth's atmosphere on 14 april 1958, at approximately 0200 hrs, on a line that stretched from New York to the Amazon. Its track wa ...
#18 GOES 13
EWS-G1 (Electro-optical Infrared Weather System Geostationary) [1] is a weather satellite of the U.S. Space Force , formerly GOES-13 (also known as GOES-N before becoming operational) and part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
- ... eanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite system. On 14 april 2010, GOES-13 became the operational weather satellite for GOES-East. [2] It was replaced by GOES-1 ...
#19 Discoverer 2
Discoverer 2 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite launched on 13 April 1959 at 21:18:39 GMT, the second of three test flights of the Corona KH-1 spy satellite series. Discoverer 2 was the first satellite to be stabilized in orbit in all three axes and to be maneuvered on command from the
- ... l equipment functioned as programmed except the timing device. Satellite telemetry functioned until april 14, 1959, and the main tracking beacon functioned until April 21, 1959. [1] The satellite bus reentered ...
- ... T Rocket Thor DM-21 Agena-A (Thor 170) Launch site Vandenberg LC 75-3-4 End of mission Last contact 14 april 1959 ( 1959-04-15 ) Decay date 26 April 1959 ( 1959-04-27 ) Landing date 13 April 1959 (SRV) Landin ...
- ... A booster, Discoverer 2 was three-axis stabilized and was commanded from Earth. After 17 orbits, on 14 april 1959, a reentry vehicle was ejected. The reentry vehicle separated into two sections, one consistin ...
#20 Cassini–Huygens
Cassini–Huygens ( / k ə ˈ s iː n i ˈ h ɔɪ ɡ ən z / kə- SEE -nee HOY -gənz ), commonly called Cassini , was a space-research mission by NASA , the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to send a space probe to study the planet Saturn and its system, including its rings and n
- ... y labeled S/2009 S 1 and is approximately 300 m (1000 ft) in diameter in the B-ring system. [79] On april 14, 2014, NASA scientists reported the possible beginning of a new moon in Saturn's A Ring . [80] PHOEB ...