langs: 15 апреля [ru] / april 15 [en] / 15. april [de] / 15 avril [fr] / 15 aprile [it] / 15 de abril [es]
days: april 12 / april 13 / april 14 / april 15 / april 16 / april 17 / april 18
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 Georgy Beregovoy
Georgy Timofeyevich Beregovoy ( Russian : Гео́ргий Тимофе́евич Берегово́й , Ukrainian : Гео́ргій Тимофі́йович Берегови́й ; 15 April 1921 – 30 June 1995) was a Soviet cosmonaut who commanded the space mission Soyuz 3 in 1968. [1] At the time of his flight, Beregovoy was 47 years of age: he was the ea
- ... n space 3d 22h 50m Selection 1962 Missions Soyuz 3 Retirement 1987 BACKGROUND Beregovoy was born on april 15, 1921, in Fedorivka, Poltava Oblast , Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (now Ukraine ). His father ...
- ... egovoy ( Russian : Гео́ргий Тимофе́евич Берегово́й , Ukrainian : Гео́ргій Тимофі́йович Берегови́й ; 15 april 1921 – 30 June 1995) was a Soviet cosmonaut who commanded the space mission Soyuz 3 in 1968. [1] At ...
- ... le needs additional citations for verification . ( June 2021 ) Georgy Beregovoy Born ( 1921-04-15 ) 15 april 1921 Fedorivka, Poltava Oblast , Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (now Ukraine ) Died 30 June 19 ...
#2 David M. Walker (astronaut)
David Mathieson "Dave" Walker (May 20, 1944 – April 23, 2001), ( Capt , USN ), was an American naval officer and aviator , fighter pilot , test pilot , and a former NASA astronaut . He flew aboard four Space Shuttle missions in the 1980s and 1990s. David M. Walker Born ( 1944-05-20 ) May 20, 1944 Co
- ... election 1978 NASA Group 8 Missions STS-51-A , STS-30 , STS-53 , STS-69 Mission insignia Retirement april 15, 1996 PERSONAL LIFE Born May 20, 1944, in Columbus, Georgia . He was a Boy Scout with Troop 8 in Eus ...
#3 Owen Garriott
Owen Kay Garriott (November 22, 1930 – April 15, 2019) was an American electrical engineer and NASA astronaut , who spent 60 days aboard the Skylab space station in 1973 during the Skylab 3 mission, and 10 days aboard Spacelab-1 on a Space Shuttle mission in 1983. American electrical engineer and
- Owen Kay Garriott (November 22, 1930 – april 15, 2019) was an American electrical engineer and NASA astronaut , who spent 60 days aboard the Skylab ...
- ... 9) Owen Garriott Born Owen Kay Garriott ( 1930-11-22 ) November 22, 1930 Enid, Oklahoma , U.S. Died april 15, 2019 (2019-04-15) (aged 88) Huntsville, Alabama , U.S. Alma mater University of Oklahoma (BS) Stanf ...
- ... or the launch and was in attendance when his son returned 12 days later. [14] [15] Garriott died on april 15, 2019, at his home in Huntsville, Alabama . [16] ORGANIZATIONS Garriott was a member of the followin ...
#4 John L. Phillips
John Lynch Phillips (born April 15, 1951) is a NASA astronaut . Phillips is also a Naval Aviator and retired captain , United States Navy Reserve . Phillips has received numerous awards and special honors. He is a National Merit Scholar , graduated 2nd in his class of 906 people at the U.S. Naval Ac
- John Lynch Phillips (born april 15, 1951) is a NASA astronaut . Phillips is also a Naval Aviator and retired captain , United States Na ...
- ... itations for verification . ( March 2010 ) John Lynch Phillips Phillips in 2001 Born ( 1951-04-15 ) april 15, 1951 (age 71) Fort Belvoir, Virginia Nationality American Alma mater U.S. Naval Academy ( BS ) Univ ...
- ... netary magnetic field effects on the interaction of the solar wind with Venus (1987) BIOGRAPHY Born april 15, 1951, in Fort Belvoir, Virginia , but considers Scottsdale, Arizona to be his hometown. He is marri ...
- ... ight engineer and was the intravehicular activity coordinator during two spacewalks. Expedition 11 ( april 15 to October 11, 2005). Expedition 11 was a six-month mission to the ISS. On April 15, 2005, Phillips, ...
- ... Expedition 11 (April 15 to October 11, 2005). Expedition 11 was a six-month mission to the ISS. On april 15, 2005, Phillips, along with his fellow crew-members Sergei Krikalev , and Roberto Vittori launched t ...
#5 Roberto Vittori
Brigadier Roberto Vittori , OMRI (born 15 October 1964, in Viterbo ) is an Italian Air Force officer and an ESA astronaut . After graduating from the Italian Accademia Aeronautica in 1989, Vittori flew in the Italian Air Force . He then trained as a test pilot in the United States. Roberto Vittori O
- ... n the event of an on-board emergency. Vittori returned to Earth aboard Soyuz TM-33 . SOYUZ TMA-6 On 15 april 2005 Vittori participated in a second taxi-flight to the International Space Station (ISS), Soyuz T ...
#6 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
- ... d a reputation as an adept public figure and was noted for his charismatic smile. [59] [60] [61] On 15 april 1961, accompanied by officials from the Soviet Academy of Sciences, he answered questions at a pres ...
- ... ted Master of Sports of the Soviet Union [101] and the first Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR . [100] On 15 april , the Soviet Academy of Sciences awarded him with the Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Gold Medal, named after ...
#7 Gregory Jarvis
Gregory Bruce Jarvis (August 24, 1944 – January 28, 1986) was an American engineer and astronaut who died during the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L , where he was serving as payload specialist for Hughes Aircraft . American engineer and astronaut (1944–1986) "Greg Ja
- ... , his body escaped from the wreckage, floated to the surface, and disappeared back into the sea. On april 15, 1986, on the last scheduled attempt to recover wreckage, it was rediscovered and returned to shore. ...
#8 Gregory J. Harbaugh
Gregory Jordan Harbaugh is a former NASA astronaut . [1] This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . ( Learn how and when to remove these template messages ) This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification . ( May
- ... ufficient corresponding inline citations . ( May 2021 ) Gregory Jordan Harbaugh Born ( 1956-04-15 ) april 15, 1956 (age 66) Cleveland, Ohio Status Retired Nationality American Occupation Engineer Space career ...
#9 Umberto Guidoni
Umberto Guidoni (born 18 August 1954 in Rome ) is an Italian astrophysicist, science writer and a former ESA astronaut , being the first European to visit the International Space Station . He is a veteran of two NASA Space Shuttle missions. He was also a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from
- ... d the most recent published in 2019: "Voglio la LUNA" and "Guida per Giovani Astronauti". HONORS On 15 april 1996, Guidoni was nominated Commendatore dell'Ordine al merito della Repubblica Italiana [6] by Osc ...
#10 Robert Michael White
Robert Michael "Bob" White (July 6, 1924 – March 17, 2010) ( Maj Gen , USAF ) [2] was an American electrical engineer , test pilot , fighter pilot , and astronaut . [3] [4] He was one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15 , an experimental spaceplane jointly operated by the Air Force and
- ... Maxwell Air Force Base , Alabama , graduating in 1959. He made his first test flight of the X-15 on april 15, 1960, when the aircraft was fitted with two interim, 16,000 lbf (71 kN) XLR-11 thrust rocket engine ...
#11 Mikhail Kornienko
Mikhail Borisovich Kornienko (Михаил Борисович Корниенко; born 15 April 1960) is a Russian cosmonaut . Kornienko served as a flight engineer on the International Space Station during Expedition 23 / 24 and was selected along with Scott Kelly for a year-long mission aboard the ISS. [1] Russian cosmon
- Mikhail Borisovich Kornienko (Михаил Борисович Корниенко; born 15 april 1960) is a Russian cosmonaut . Kornienko served as a flight engineer on the International Space Sta ...
- ... short to adequately summarize the key points . ( June 2010 ) Mikhail Kornienko Born ( 1960-04-15 ) 15 april 1960 (age 62) Syzran , Kuibyshev (Samara) Region, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union Status Retired Nationa ...
#12 Soichi Noguchi
Soichi Noguchi ( 野口 聡一 , Noguchi Sōichi , born 15 April 1965) is a Japanese aeronautical engineer and former JAXA astronaut . His first spaceflight was as a Mission Specialist aboard STS-114 on 26 July 2005 for NASA 's first "return to flight" Space Shuttle mission after the Columbia disaster . He w
- Soichi Noguchi ( 野口 聡一 , Noguchi Sōichi , born 15 april 1965) is a Japanese aeronautical engineer and former JAXA astronaut . His first spaceflight was as ...
- ... for readers and may be threatened by link rot . ( August 2022 ) Soichi Noguchi Born ( 1965-04-15 ) 15 april 1965 (age 57) Yokohama , Japan Status Retired Nationality Japan Occupation Engineer Space career NA ...
#13 Marsha Ivins
Marsha Sue Ivins (born April 15, 1951) is an American retired astronaut and a veteran of five Space Shuttle missions. American astronaut This article includes a list of general references , but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations . ( April 2021 ) Marsha Sue Ivins Ivins in 1996 Born (
- Marsha Sue Ivins (born april 15, 1951) is an American retired astronaut and a veteran of five Space Shuttle missions. American astro ...
- ... corresponding inline citations . ( April 2021 ) Marsha Sue Ivins Ivins in 1996 Born ( 1951-04-15 ) april 15, 1951 (age 71) Baltimore, Maryland , U.S. Status Retired Alma mater University of Colorado at Boulde ...
- ... SA Group 10 Missions STS-32 , STS-46 , STS-62 , STS-81 , STS-98 Mission insignia CAREER Ivins, born april 15, 1951, in Baltimore, Maryland , graduated from Nether Providence High School in Wallingford, Pennsyl ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer ( AMS-02 ) is a particle physics experiment module that is mounted on the International Space Station (ISS). [4] The experiment is a recognized CERN experiment (RE1). [5] [6] The module is a detector that measures antimatter in cosmic rays ; this information is needed
- ... g AMS-02 took place on May 16, 2011, and the spectrometer was installed on May 19, 2011. [7] [8] By april 15, 2015, AMS-02 had recorded over 60 billion cosmic ray events [9] and 90 billion after five years of ...
#2 Discoverer 14
Discoverer 14 , also known as Corona 9009 , [1] : 236 was a spy satellite used in the Corona program managed by Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the Department of Defense and the United States Air Force . On 19 August 1960, usable photographic film images of the Soviet Union taken by
- ... satellites, all of them partial or complete failures, [1] : 236 though Discoverer 11, launched 15 april 1960, carried a new vacuum-resistant film and was the first mission on which the onboard camera wor ...
#3 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
- ... r is able to determine the soil moisture content as it fluctuates from day to day and week to week. 15 april On Friday, 15 April 1994. Tom Jones commented that the pollution cloud noted over Manila Bay in the ...
- ... ne the soil moisture content as it fluctuates from day to day and week to week. 15 APRIL On Friday, 15 april 1994. Tom Jones commented that the pollution cloud noted over Manila Bay in the Philippines on flig ...
#4 Discoverer 13
Discoverer 13 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite launched on 10 Aug 1960 at 20:37:54 GMT. The last of five test flights of the Corona KH-1 spy satellite series, it was the first fully successful flight in the Discoverer series. On 11 Aug, after 17 orbits, the satellite's reentry capsul
- ... satellites, all of them partial or complete failures, [4] : 236 though Discoverer 11, launched 15 april 1960, carried a new vacuum-resistant film and was the first mission on which the onboard camera wor ...
#5 UoSAT-4
UoSAT-4 , also known as UO-15 and OSCAR-15 , is a British satellite in Low Earth Orbit . It was built by a spin-off company of the University of Surrey , Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) and launched in January 1990 from French Guiana . [1] UoSAT-4 Mission type OSCAR Operator University of Surrey
- ... km (480 mi) Apogee altitude 796 km (495 mi) Inclination 98.8074 degrees Period 100.6 minutes Epoch 15 april 2019, 20:59 [3] OSCAR ← OSCAR 14 OSCAR 16 → UoSAT-4 was launched on the same rocket as its sister s ...
#6 OPUSAT-II
OPUSAT-II (COSPAR 1998-067SG, SATCAT 47930) was a CubeSat developed by Osaka Prefecture University and Muroran Institute of Technology . OPUSAT-II was launched from Wallops Flight Facility on 20 February 2021, [1] [2] and was deployed from the International Space Station . The satellite was nickname
- ... is folding method on space-based solar power in the future. [6] [7] OPUSAT-II decayed from orbit on 15 april 2022. [8] SEE ALSO RSP-01 STARS-EC WARP-01
#7 Long March 4C
The Long March 4C , also known as the Chang Zheng 4C , CZ-4C and LM-4C , previously designated Long March 4B-II , is a Chinese orbital launch vehicle . It is launched from the Jiuquan , Taiyuan , and Xichang Satellite Launch Centers , and consists of 3 stages. Long March 4C vehicles have been used t
- ... LS-2 Yaogan 34-02 LEO Success 42 Y38 6 April 2022 23:47 JSLC , SLS-2 Gaofen 3-03 SSO Success 43 Y28 15 april 2022 18:16 TSLC , LA-9 Daqi-1 (AEMS) SSO Success 44 Y46 27 June 2022 15:46 JSLC , SLS-2 Gaofen 12-0 ...
#8 Dong Fang Hong 1
Dong Fang Hong 1 ( simplified Chinese : 东方红一号 ; traditional Chinese : 東方紅一號 ; pinyin : Dōngfānghóng Yīhào ; lit. 'The East is Red 1' ), in the western world also known as China 1 or PRC 1 , [3] was the first space satellite of the People's Republic of China (PRC), launched successfully on 24 April 1
- ... D) Perigee (km) Apogee (km) 24 April 1970 441 2286 23 August 1996 431 2164 01 January 2010 430 2073 15 april 2022 429 2030 [6] REACTION With the successful launch of Dong Fang Hong 1 , China became the fifth ...
#9 Progress 20
Progress 20 ( Russian : Прогресс 20 ) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in April 1984 to resupply the Salyut 7 space station. Soviet unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft Progress 20 A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft Mission type Salyut 7 resupply COSPAR ID 1984-038A SATCAT
- ... s (No.121) Spacecraft type Progress 7K-TG [2] Manufacturer NPO Energia Start of mission Launch date 15 april 1984, 08:12:53 UTC [1] Rocket Soyuz-U2 [2] Launch site Baikonur , Site 31/6 End of mission Disposal ...
- ... altitude 186 km [3] Apogee altitude 260 km [3] Inclination 51.6° [3] Period 89.0 minutes [3] Epoch 15 april 1984 Docking with Salyut 7 Docking port Aft [3] Docking date 17 April 1984, 09:22 UTC Undocking dat ...
- ... to three days, remaining docked to the station for up to thirty. [6] LAUNCH Progress 20 launched on 15 april 1984 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR . It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket. [2] [7] DOCKING Pr ...
#10 Luna E-3 No.1
Luna E-3 No.1 , [1] sometimes identified by NASA as Luna 1960A , [2] was a Soviet spacecraft which was lost in a launch failure in 1960. It was a 279-kilogram (615 lb) Luna E-3 spacecraft, [3] the first of two to be launched, [4] both of which were lost in launch failures. [4] It was intended to f
- ... cecraft type E-3 Manufacturer OKB-1 Launch mass 279 kilograms (615 lb) Start of mission Launch date 15 april 1960, 15:06:45 ( 1960-04-15UTC15:06:45Z ) UTC Rocket Luna 8K72 s/n L1-9 Launch site Baikonur 1/5 Lu ...
- ... ite Baikonur 1/5 Luna ← Luna 3 Luna E-3 No.2 → LAUNCH Luna E-3 No.1 was launched at 15:06:45 UTC on 15 april 1960, atop a Luna 8K72 carrier rocket , [5] flying from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome . [1] T ...
#11 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
- ... equipped with space-borne memory units. Kosmos 212 and Kosmos 213 automatically docked in orbit on 15 april 1968. Both spacecraft landed on Soviet territory. Kosmos 212 Mission type Uncrewed spacecraft Opera ...
- ... 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 April 1968 at 10:00:00 GMT, [3] the Soyuz 11A511 s/ ...
- ... 88.75 minutes Epoch 14 April 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 Kosm ...
#12 Shenzhou 6
Shenzhou 6 ( Chinese : 神舟六号 ; pinyin : Shénzhōu lìuhào ) was the second human spaceflight of the Chinese space program , launched on October 12, 2005 on a Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center . The Shenzhou spacecraft carried a crew of Fèi Jùnlóng (费俊龙) and Niè Hǎishèng (聂海胜
- ... erience at long-duration spaceflights. After 2,920 orbits of the Earth, its active mission ended on april 15, 2006. It is still in orbit, and will reenter when its orbit sufficiently decays. [19] There were tw ...
#13 Discoverer 12
Discoverer 12 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite launched on 29 Jun 1960 at 22:00:44 GMT. The fourth of five test flights of the Corona KH-1 spy satellite series, it was lost when the second stage failed during launch. Reconnaissance satellite Discoverer 12 Mission type Optical reconna
- ... satellites, all of them partial or complete failures, [4] : 236 though Discoverer 11, launched 15 april 1960, carrying a new vacuum-resistant film, was the first mission on which the onboard camera worke ...
#14 Kosmos 1001
Kosmos 1001 ( Russian : Космос 1001 meaning Cosmos 1001 ) was a redesigned Soviet Soyuz T spacecraft that was flown on an unmanned test in 1978. The spacecraft was the upgraded Soyuz for Salyut-6 and Salyut-7 . This Kosmos flight, launched from Baikonur , was the first orbital tests of the Soyuz T d
- ... 228km. [2] Inclination: 52 degrees. [3] Mass: 6680 kg. Crew: None. Launched: April 4, 1978. Landed: april 15, 1978.
#15 USA-229
USA-229 , known before launch as NRO Launch 34 ( NROL-34 ), is a pair of American signals intelligence satellites which were launched in 2011. They are operated by the United States National Reconnaissance Office . USA-229 Names NROL-34 NRO Launch 34 NOSS-3 5A and 5B Intruder 9A and 9B Mission type
- ... der Bus NOSS-3 Manufacturer Lockheed Martin Launch mass 3250 kg (each) Start of mission Launch date 15 april 2011, at 04:24 UTC Rocket Atlas V 411 (AV-027) Launch site Vandenberg , SLC-3E Contractor ULA Orbit ...
- ... , which launched from SLC-3E at the Vandenberg Air Force Base . The launch occurred at 04:24 UTC on 15 april 2011. [2] The rocket placed the satellites into a low Earth orbit . By 04:29 UTC, official updates ...
#16 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
- ... US$110 million (2005). [1] The contract was awarded in June 2001 and the spacecraft was launched on 15 april 2005. The mission ended prematurely, very shortly after an anomalous slow-velocity collision with i ...
#17 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
- ... rveillance Network reported that 11 new objects were detected, and 24 more objects ware reported on april 15, 2014. [ citation needed ] The coolant tube of Kosmos 1867 may have cracked due to thermal stresses ...
#18 UoSAT-3
UoSAT-3 , also known as UO-14 and OSCAR-14 , is a British satellite in Low Earth Orbit . It was built by a spin-off company of the University of Surrey , Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) and launched in January 1990 from French Guiana . [1] The satellite functioned as one of a series of OSCAR sate
- ... km (482 mi) Apogee altitude 792 km (492 mi) Inclination 98.7491 degrees Period 100.5 minutes Epoch 15 april 2019, 21:11 UTC [3] OSCAR ← OSCAR 13 OSCAR 15 → UoSAT-3 was launched on the same rocket as its sist ...
#19 Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission ( TRMM ) was a joint space mission between NASA and JAXA designed to monitor and study tropical rainfall . The term refers to both the mission itself and the satellite that the mission used to collect data. TRMM was part of NASA's Mission to Planet Earth , a l
- ... n. TRMM operated for 17 years, including several mission extensions, before being decommissioned on 15 april 2015. TRMM re-entered Earth's atmosphere on 16 June 2015. Joint space mission between NASA and JAXA ...
- ... ashima , LA-Y1 Contractor Mitsubishi Heavy Industries End of mission Disposal Deorbited Deactivated 15 april 2015 Decay date 6 June 2015, 06:54 UTC [2] Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit [2] ...
- ... ched off for the final time on 1 April 2015 and the final scientific sensor, LIS, was turned off on 15 april 2015. [8] Re-entry occurred on 16 June 2015 at 06:54 UTC. [10] INSTRUMENTS ABOARD THE TRMM PRECIPIT ...
#20 Tianhe core module
Tianhe ( Chinese : 天和 ; pinyin : Tiānhé ; lit. 'Harmony of the Heavens' ), [8] [9] officially the Tianhe core module ( Chinese : 天和核心舱 ), is the first module to launch of the Tiangong space station . It was launched into orbit on 29 April 2021, [1] as the first launch of the final phase of Tiangong
- ... ] 299 days, 12 hours and 51 minutes 15 October 2021, 16:23:56 [43] [44] 15 October 2021, 22:56 [45] 15 april 2022, 16:44 [46] Shenzhou 13 Long March 2F Jiuquan SLS-1 CASC Tianhe nadir 181 days, 14 hours and 4 ...