langs: 18 апреля [ru] / april 18 [en] / 18. april [de] / 18 avril [fr] / 18 aprile [it] / 18 de abril [es]
days: april 15 / april 16 / april 17 / april 18 / april 19 / april 20 / april 21
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 Barry E. Wilmore
Barry Eugene "Butch" Wilmore (born December 29, 1962) is a NASA astronaut and United States Navy test pilot . [2] He has had two spaceflights , the first of which was an 11-day Space Shuttle mission in November 2009, to the International Space Station . Wilmore was designated as pilot with five othe
- ... crewed flight of the CST-100 Starliner launching to the International Space Station in 2021. [9] On april 18, 2022, NASA said that it has not finalized which of the cadre of Starliner astronauts, including Wil ...
#2 Frank Borman
Frank Frederick Borman II (born March 14, 1928) is a retired United States Air Force (USAF) colonel , aeronautical engineer , test pilot , businessman, and NASA astronaut . He was the commander of Apollo 8 , the first mission to fly around the Moon, and together with crewmates Jim Lovell and William
- ... powerless descent, and restarting the engine on the way down. A pressure suit was required. [25] On april 18, 1962, NASA formally announced that it was accepting applications for a new group of astronauts who ...
#3 Michael Fincke
Edward Michael " Mike "/" Spanky " Fincke [1] (born March 14, 1967) is an American astronaut who formerly held the American record for the most time in space (381.6 days). His record was broken by Scott Kelly on October 16, 2015. United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut E. Michael Fincke F
- ... dition 9 Fincke was the space station science officer and flight engineer for ISS Expedition 9 from april 18 through October 23, 2004. Expedition 9 was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome , Kazakhstan aboard ...
- ... ant to the chief for commercial crew in the astronaut office at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. [5] On 18 april 2022, NASA said that it has not finalized which of the cadre of Starliner astronauts, including Bar ...
#4 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
- ... mates were the 1999 recipients of the Langley Gold Medal from the Smithsonian Institution. [246] On april 18, 2006, he received NASA's Ambassador of Exploration Award. [247] The Space Foundation named Armstron ...
#5 David Scott
David Randolph Scott (born June 6, 1932) is an American retired test pilot and NASA astronaut who was the seventh person to walk on the Moon . Selected as part of the third group of astronauts in 1963, Scott flew to space three times and commanded Apollo 15 , the fourth lunar landing; he is one of f
- ... ager who was there as a consulting test pilot, and to whom Scott granted flying privileges. [82] On april 18, 1975, at age 42, Scott became the Center Director at Dryden. [1] This was a civilian appointment, a ...
#6 Sunita Williams
Sunita Lyn Williams (born September 19, 1965) is an American astronaut and United States Navy officer who formerly held the records for most spacewalks by a woman (seven) and most spacewalk time for a woman (50 hours, 40 minutes). [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Williams was assigned to the International Sp
- ... st mission flight, CTS-1 , to the International Space Station of Boeing CST-100 Starliner . [27] On april 18, 2022, NASA said that it has not finalized which of the cadre of Starliner astronauts, including Bar ...
#7 Charles Simonyi
Charles Simonyi ( / s ɪ ˈ m oʊ n i / ; Hungarian : Simonyi Károly , pronounced [ˈʃimoɲi ˈkaːroj] ; born September 10, 1948) is a Hungarian-American software architect . He started and led Microsoft 's applications group, where he built the first versions of Microsoft Office . [1] Hungarian-America
- ... mation Award for the industry-wide impact of his innovative work in information technology. [25] On april 18, 2017, Intentional Software was acquired by Microsoft . [26] PATENTS Simonyi currently holds 11 pate ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 Galaxy 4R
Galaxy 4R was a communications satellite operated by PanAmSat from 2000 to 2006, and by Intelsat from 2006 to 2009. It spent most of its operational life at an orbital location of 99° W, a slot once occupied by the Galaxy IV , which suffered a failure in 1998. G4R was launched on April 18, 2000, wit
- ... 9° W, a slot once occupied by the Galaxy IV , which suffered a failure in 1998. G4R was launched on april 18, 2000, with an Ariane launch vehicle, and covered North America with twenty-four transponders each o ...
#2 GSAT-1
GSAT-1 was an experimental communications satellite launched aboard the maiden flight of the GSLV rocket. The spacecraft was equipped with instrumentation to test Pulse-code modulation (PCM) transmitting on S-band frequencies and transponders operating in the C-band. [ citation needed ] The spacecra
- ... ties Bus I-2K Manufacturer ISRO Launch mass 1,540 kilograms (3,400 lb) Start of mission Launch date 18 april 2001, 10:13 ( 2001-04-18UTC10:13Z ) UTC Rocket GSLV Mk.I Launch site Shiharikota FLP Contractor ISR ...
#3 ANUSAT
The Anna University Satellite , or ANUSAT was an Indian student research microsatellite designed, developed and integrated at Aerospace Engineering, Madras Institute of Technology (MIT), Chromepet , Anna University . Students and faculty members of Madras Institute of Technology and College of Engin
- ... Launch site Satish Dhawan SLP Contractor ISRO End of mission Last contact 9 January 2012 Decay date 18 april 2012 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Low Earth Perigee altitude 402 kilometre ...
#4 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
- ... ew of Mission Specialists Linda Godwin, Jay Apt and Tom Jones documented activity with the payload. 18 april On Monday, 18 April 1994, 2 p.m. Central time, Endeavour' s crew were starting to pack up while fin ...
- ... lists Linda Godwin, Jay Apt and Tom Jones documented activity with the payload. 18 APRIL On Monday, 18 april 1994, 2 p.m. Central time, Endeavour' s crew were starting to pack up while final radar observation ...
#5 Poisk (ISS module)
Poisk ( Russian : Поиск , lit. ' Search ' ), also known as the Mini-Research Module 2 ( MRM 2 ), Малый исследовательский модуль 2 , or МИМ 2 , is a docking module of the International Space Station . Its original name was Docking Module 2 ( Stykovochniy Otsek 2 , SO-2 ), as it is almost identical
- ... ecraft Docking Undocking Soyuz TMA-16 January 21, 2010 05:24 UTC March 18, 2010 08:03 UTC Soyuz TMA- 18 april 4, 2010 05:25 UTC September 25, 2010 02:02 UTC Soyuz TMA-01M October 10, 2010 00:01 UTC March 16, 2 ...
#6 Kosmos 467
Kosmos 467 ( Russian : Космос 467 meaning Cosmos 467 ), known before launch as DS-P1-Yu No.45 , was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1971 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
- ... -12-17UTC10:39:58Z ) UTC Rocket Kosmos-2I 63SM Launch site Plesetsk 133/1 End of mission Decay date 18 april 1972 ( 1972-04-19 ) Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Low Earth Perigee altitud ...
- ... riod of 91.7 minutes. [1] [6] It remained in orbit until it decayed and reentered the atmosphere on 18 april 1972. [6] SEE ALSO Spaceflight portal 1971 in spaceflight
#7 Progress M-22M
Progress M-22M ( Russian : Прогресс М-22М ), identified by NASA as Progress 54P , is a Progress spacecraft used by Roskosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) during 2014. [2] Progress M-22M was built by RKK Energia . Progress M-22M was launched on a six-hours rendezvous profile towa
- ... UTC [1] Rocket Soyuz-U Launch site Baikonur , Site 1/5 End of mission Disposal Deorbited Decay date 18 april 2014, 15:46 UTC Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Low Earth Perigee altitude 19 ...
- ... 4] UNDOCKING AND REENTRY Progress M-22M undocked from the ISS on 7 April 2014, and was deorbited on 18 april 2014 after supporting a scientific experiment in free-fly mode.
#8 Lucy (spacecraft)
Lucy is a NASA space probe on a twelve-year journey to eight different asteroids, visiting a main belt asteroid as well as seven Jupiter trojans , [3] [4] asteroids which share Jupiter 's orbit around the Sun , orbiting either ahead of or behind the planet. All target encounters will be flyby encoun
- ... nt of a larger P-type asteroid. Its red color suggests surface is rich in organic tholin compounds. 18 april 2028 11351 Leucus Greek camp at L 4 34 km 1000 km D-type asteroid Slow rotator taking 466 hours per ...
#9 Soyuz TM-31
Soyuz TM-31 was the first Soyuz spaceflight to dock with the International Space Station (ISS). [1] The spacecraft carried the members of Expedition 1 , the first long-duration ISS crew. It was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 07:52 UT on October 31, 2000, by a Soyuz-U rocket. Firs
- ... f Zvezda ) Docked to ISS: February 24, 2001, 10:37 UTC (to nadir port of Zarya ) Undocked from ISS: april 18, 2001, 12:40 UTC (from nadir port of Zarya ) Docked to ISS: April 18, 2001, 13:01 UTC (to aft port o ...
- ... of Zarya ) Undocked from ISS: April 18, 2001, 12:40 UTC (from nadir port of Zarya ) Docked to ISS: april 18, 2001, 13:01 UTC (to aft port of Zvezda ) Undocked from ISS: May 6, 2001, 02:21 UTC (from aft port o ...
- ... th ISS (Relocation) Docking port Zarya nadir Docking date 24 February 2001 10:37 UTC Undocking date 18 april 2001 12:40 UTC Time docked 53d 2h 3m Docking with ISS (Relocation) Docking port Zvezda aft Docking ...
- ... 12:40 UTC Time docked 53d 2h 3m Docking with ISS (Relocation) Docking port Zvezda aft Docking date 18 april 2001 13:01 UTC Undocking date 6 May 2001 02:21 UTC Time docked 17d 13h 20m (L-R) Gidzenko, Shepherd ...
#10 Cygnus OA-7
OA-7 , previously known as Orbital-7 , is the eighth flight of the Orbital ATK uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its seventh flight to the International Space Station (ISS) under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA . [5] The mission launched on 18 April 2017 at 15:11:26 UTC . O
- ... ation (ISS) under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA . [5] The mission launched on 18 april 2017 at 15:11:26 UTC . Orbital and NASA jointly developed a new space transportation system to prov ...
- ... acturer Orbital ATK Thales Alenia Launch mass 7,220 kg (15,920 lb) [3] Start of mission Launch date 18 april 2017, 15:11:26 UTC [4] Rocket Atlas V 401 (AV-070) [5] Launch site Cape Canaveral SLC-41 Contractor ...
- ... onducted from control centers in Dulles, Virginia and Houston , Texas . [9] Cygnus OA-7 launched on 18 april 2017 at 15:11:26 UTC aboard an Atlas V 401 rocket. [13] The freighter rendezvoused and was berthed ...
#11 Koronas-Foton
Koronas-Foton ( Russian : Коронас-Фотон ), also known as CORONAS-Photon ( Complex Orbital Observations Near-Earth of Activity of the Sun-Photon ), [2] was a Russian Solar research satellite. It is the third satellite in the Russian Coronas programme , and part of the international Living With a Star
- ... were turned off due to the problems with power supply that were caused by a design flaw. [4] [5] On 18 april 2010 the creators of the satellite announced it was lost "with a good deal of certainty". [6] [7] R ...
#12 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
- ... ervice 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 o ...
- ... g (13,000 lb) Dimensions 8.1 m (27 ft) (height) 4 m (13 ft) (diameter) Start of mission Launch date 18 april 2014, 19:25:21 UTC [1] Rocket Falcon 9 v1.1 Launch site Cape Canaveral , SLC-40 [2] [3] Contractor ...
- ... age on a NASA/Dragon mission. [5] The Falcon 9 with CRS-3 on board launched on time at 19:25 UTC on 18 april 2014, [1] and was grappled on 20 April at 11:14 UTC by Expedition 39 commander Koichi Wakata . The ...
- ... 19:05 UTC on 18 May 2014. [7] LAUNCH SCHEDULE HISTORY Launch of SpaceX CRS-3 from Cape Canaveral on 18 april 2014. The launch was notionally scheduled by NASA, as of November 2012, to be no earlier than 30 Se ...
- ... t 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 flight scheduled for as early as 10 Ap ...
- ... y known anomalies. [21] The launch was immediately rescheduled for no earlier than the backup date, 18 april 2014. [22] That date was confirmed two days later, following replacement of the defective valve, bu ...
- ... placement of the defective valve, but also noted that weather constraints may prevent the launch on 18 april 2014 from occurring at the instantaneous launch window of 19:25 UTC. If that launch had been scrubb ...
- ... aunch had been scrubbed, the next launch window would have been 19 April 2014 at 19:02 UTC. [21] On 18 april 2014 at 19:25:21 UTC, the vehicle was successfully launched. [1] PRIMARY PAYLOAD AND DOWNMASS NASA ...
- ... ion test of this type, after the first test on Falcon 9 Flight 6 in September 2013. [40] During the 18 april 2014 test, the CRS-3 booster became the first successful controlled ocean soft touchdown of a liqui ...
#13 UPSat
UPSat was the first satellite manufactured in Greece , [1] by the University of Patras and Libre Space Foundation . It was part of the QB50 mission with ID GR-02. The UPSat mission was the first satellite launched into orbit made entirely of open-source software and open-source hardware . [2] Open s
- ... PSat, as part of the QB50 cubesat constellation, was launched to the International Space Station at april 18, 2017 11:11 EDT at Cape Canaveral in Florida, on board an Atlas V rocket transferring the Cygnus car ...
#14 Star One C2
Star One C2 is a Brazilian communications satellite . It was launched on 18 April 2008 22:17 UTC by an Ariane 5ECA carrier rocket, as part of a dual-payload launch with Vinasat-1 . It was built by Thales Alenia Space , based on the Spacebus-3000B3 satellite bus . [1] It is operated by Star One , a s
- Star One C2 is a Brazilian communications satellite . It was launched on 18 april 2008 22:17 UTC by an Ariane 5ECA carrier rocket, as part of a dual-payload launch with Vinasat-1 . ...
- ... anufacturer Thales Alenia Space Launch mass 4,100 kilograms (9,000 lb) Start of mission Launch date 18 april 2008, 22:17 ( 2008-04-18UTC22:17Z ) UTC Rocket Ariane 5ECA Launch site Kourou ELA-3 Contractor Aria ...
#15 Kosmos 214
Kosmos 214 ( Russian : Космос 214 meaning Cosmos 214 ) or Zenit-4 No.45 was a Soviet , optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1968. A Zenit-4 satellite, Kosmos 214 was the fortieth of seventy-six such spacecraft to be launched. [3] Kosmos 214 Mission type Optical imaging reconnaiss
- ... perties Spacecraft type Zenit-4 Manufacturer OKB-1 Launch mass 6300 kg Start of mission Launch date 18 april 1968, 10:33:00 GMT [1] Rocket Voskhod 11A57 s/n V15001-12 Launch site Plesetsk , Site 41/1 Contract ...
- ... ow Earth Perigee altitude 200 km Apogee altitude 373 km Inclination 81.4° Period 90.3 minutes Epoch 18 april 1968 SPACECRAFT Kosmos 18 was a Zenit-4 satellite, a second generation, high-resolution, reconnaiss ...
- ... 001-12, flying from Site 41/1 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome . The launch took place at 10:33:00 GMT on 18 april 1968, and following its successful arrival in orbit the spacecraft received its Kosmos designation, ...
- ... ite Catalog Number 03203. [1] MISSION Kosmos 214 was operated in a low Earth orbit , at an epoch of 18 april 1968, it had a perigee of 200 kilometres (120 mi) , an apogee of 373 kilometres (232 mi) , an incli ...
#16 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 part of an international agreement in return for foreign aid and diplomatic concessions. [62] On april 18, Pyongyang unexpectedly announced that it would interpret sanctions and criticism levelled after the ...
#17 USA-84
USA-84 , also known as GPS IIA-6 , GPS II-15 and GPS SVN-27 , is an American navigation satellite which forms part of the Global Positioning System . It was the sixth of nineteen Block IIA GPS satellites to be launched. USA-84 Names Navstar 2A-06 GPS IIA-6 GPS II-15 GPS SVN-27 Mission type Navigatio
- ... Donnell Douglas Entered service 11 October 1992 End of mission Disposal Graveyard orbit Deactivated 18 april 2017 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit [3] Regime Medium Earth orbit ( Semi-sync ...
#18 KickSat
KickSat was a satellite dispenser for small- satellite ( femtosatellite ) project inaugurated in early October 2011, to launch many very small satellites from a 3U CubeSat . The satellites have been characterized as being the size of a large postage stamp. [1] [2] and also as "cracker size". [3] The
- ... "cracker size". [3] The mission launch was originally scheduled for late 2013 [4] and was launched april 18, 2014. [5] [6] Citizen science project Zac Manchester and KickSat KickSat Sprite prototype Kicksat r ...
- ... supply mission, SpaceX CRS-3 , originally scheduled for late 2013, [4] but ultimately delayed until april 18, 2014. [19] On April 30, 2014, the microcontroller managing the master clock was found to have reset ...
#19 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
- ... day due to weather conditions at Edwards and Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Orbiter returned to KSC on 18 april 1991. Landing weight: 86,227 kg (190,098 lb) . Due to an incorrect call on winds aloft, Atlantis la ...
#20 Kosmos 215
Kosmos 215 ( Russian : Космос 215 meaning Cosmos 215 ), also known as DS-U1-A No.1 , was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1968 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 385-kilogram (849 lb) spacecraft, [1] which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau , and was used to stu
- ... rties Spacecraft type DS-U1-A Manufacturer Yuzhnoye Launch mass 400 kg Start of mission Launch date 18 april 1968, 22:29:52 GMT Rocket Kosmos-2I 63SM Launch site Kapustin Yar , Site 86/4 Contractor Yuzhnoye E ...
- ... ow Earth Perigee altitude 255 km Apogee altitude 403 km Inclination 48.5° Period 91.1 minutes Epoch 18 april 1968 A Kosmos-2I 63SM carrier rocket was used to launch Kosmos 215 into low Earth orbit . The launc ...
- ... h orbit . The launch took place from Site 86/4 at Kapustin Yar . [4] It occurred at 22:29:52 GMT on 18 april 1968, and resulted in the successfully insertion of the satellite into orbit. [5] Upon reaching orb ...