langs: 23 апреля [ru] / april 23 [en] / 23. april [de] / 23 avril [fr] / 23 aprile [it] / 23 de abril [es]

days: april 20 / april 21 / april 22 / april 23 / april 24 / april 25 / april 26

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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

• ... nished their EVA after seven hours on the lunar surface. [12] The third EVA began on the morning of april 23. The two astronauts drove to North Ray crater and collected rock samples from its rim. They collecte ...

#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

• David Mathieson "Dave" Walker (May 20, 1944 – april 23, 2001), ( Capt , USN ), was an American naval officer and aviator , fighter pilot , test pilot , and ...
• ... the 1980s and 1990s. David M. Walker Born ( 1944-05-20 ) May 20, 1944 Columbus, Georgia , U.S. Died april 23, 2001 (2001-04-23) (aged 56) Houston , Texas , U.S. Resting place Arlington National Cemetery Nation ...
• ... Boy Scout with Troop 8 in Eustis, Florida and earned its highest rank of Eagle Scout . [1] Died on april 23, 2001, from cancer , Walker was 56 years old and was being treated at University of Texas M.D. Ander ...

#3 Nikolai Rukavishnikov

Nikolai Nikolayevich Rukavishnikov ( Russian : Никола́й Никола́евич Рукави́шников ; 18 September 1932 – 19 October 2002 [1] ) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew three space missions of the Soyuz programme : Soyuz 10 , Soyuz 16 , and Soyuz 33 . Two of these missions, Soyuz 10 and Soyuz 33 were intended

• ... was selected for cosmonaut training in 1967. Rukavishnikov became the 50th human to fly in space on 23 april 1971, the launch date of Soyuz 10 . The mission, along with Vladimir Shatalov and Aleksei Yeliseyev ...

#4 Philip K. Chapman

Philip Kenyon Chapman (5 March 1935 – 5 April 2021) was the first Australian-born American astronaut , serving for about five years in NASA Astronaut Group 6 (1967). American astronaut (1935–2021) This article needs additional citations for verification . ( April 2021 ) Philip Kenyon Chapman Chapman

• ... his event will contribute to a USAF policy paper on its energy strategy. VIEWS ON GLOBAL WARMING On 23 april 2008, Chapman authored an op-ed in The Australian newspaper, noting a new ice age will eventually o ...

#5 Svetlana Savitskaya

Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya ( Russian : Светла́на Евге́ньевна Сави́цкая ; born 8 August 1948) is a Russian former aviator and Soviet cosmonaut who flew aboard Soyuz T-7 in 1982, becoming the second woman in space. On her 1984 Soyuz T-12 mission she became the first woman to fly to space twice, a

• ... 00 km MiG-25 2333 km/h January 17, 1979 internal combustion plane Climb to 3000 m Yak-50 4:21.4 min april 23, 1981 turbojet, take-off weight 16–20 tons Payload at 2000 m altitude Yak-40K 5012 kg April 24, 1981 ...

#6 Larry Connor

Larry Connor (January 7, 1950) is an American real estate, technology business person, and private astronaut [1] on Axiom Mission 1 . Connor is the head of the Connor Group, a real estate investment firm located in Dayton, Ohio . American real estate and technology entrepreneur Larry Connor Larry Co

• ... d-19 pandemic , Connor made efforts to help alleviate effects of the pandemic for his employees. On april 23, 2020, he donated $1.6 Million as bonuses to his associates, which was given to those on salaries un ...

#7 Brian O'Leary

Brian Todd O'Leary (January 27, 1940   – July 28, 2011) [1] was an American scientist, author , and NASA astronaut . He was part of NASA Astronaut Group 6 , [1] a group of scientist -astronauts chosen with the intention of training for the Apollo Applications Program . American astronaut (1940–2011)

• ... n NASA Astronaut Group 6 1967 Missions None, resigned before completing initial training Retirement april 23, 1968 Scientific career Fields Astronomy Thesis Mars: visible and near infrared studies and the comp ...

#8 Thomas Pesquet

Thomas Gautier Pesquet ( French pronunciation:   ​ [tɔma gotje pɛskɛ] ; born 27 February 1978 in Rouen ) is a French aerospace engineer , pilot , and European Space Agency astronaut . Pesquet was selected by ESA as a candidate in May 2009, [1] and he successfully completed his basic training in Nove

• ... the Sun, following the French mission naming tradition. [20] Crew Dragon Endeavour was launched on 23 april 2021 at 09:49:02 UTC , and docked to the International Space Station on 24 April at 09:08 UTC. [21] ...

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Museum / Museum

#1 Taganrog Aviation Museum

Taganrog Aviation Museum ( Russian : Таганрогский музей авиационной техники ) is one of the eleven Aviation museums in Russia and is the only one of its kind in Southern Russia . Taganrog Aviation Museum Таганрогский музей авиационной техники Established 23   April   1973   ( 1973-04-23 ) Website av

• ... nd in Southern Russia . Taganrog Aviation Museum Таганрогский музей авиационной техники Established 23 april 1973 ( 1973-04-23 ) Website avia-museum .ru HISTORY Since 1948, the 325th Aviation Repair Plant (32 ...
• ... Aviation. The commander of the 4th Air Army Vladimir Sergeyevich Mikhaylov approved their idea. On 23 april 1995 he ordered to save MiG-21bis, MiG-23M, MiG-25BM and Su-22 from utilization programme. Soon new ...

#2 Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum

The Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum , the largest aviation museum in Illinois , [ citation needed ] occupied part of the grounds of the decommissioned Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul, Illinois . It and the base were named for Octave Chanute , railroad engineer and aviation pioneer. The museum was

• ... -25 . The United States Air Force wanted to transfer the airplane to a base in Alabama . [2] [3] On 23 april 2015, it was announced that the museum would be closing due to lack of funds on December 30 of that ...

#3 Kjeller Airport

Kjeller Airport ( Norwegian : Kjeller flyplass ; ICAO : ENKJ ) is a military and general aviation airport located in Kjeller in Skedsmo in Viken county , Norway. Situated in the outskirts of Lillestrøm , it is 9 nautical miles (17   km; 10   mi) east northeast of Oslo , making it the airport located

• ... ements from the International Civil Aviation Organization . Removal of the wooden runway started on 23 april 1949, and during this work it was discovered that the runway had been mined with dynamite. Drainage ...

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Spacecraft / Spacecraft

#1 AGILE (satellite)

AGILE ( Astro‐Rivelatore Gamma a Immagini Leggero ) is an X-ray and gamma ray astronomical satellite of the Italian Space Agency (ASI). X-ray and gamma ray astronomical satellite AGILE A model of the satellite Mission type Gamma-ray astronomy Operator ASI COSPAR ID 2007-013A SATCAT no. 31135 Website

• ... ex Compagnia Generale per lo Spazio Launch mass 352 kilograms (776 lb) Start of mission Launch date 23 april 2007, 10:00:00 ( 2007-04-23UTC10Z ) UTC Rocket PSLV C8 Launch site Satish Dhawan SLP Contractor ISR ...
• ... nergy radiation bursts in its energy band. LAUNCH AND OPERATIONS AGILE was successfully launched on 23 april 2007, from the Indian base of Sriharikota and was inserted in an equatorial orbit with low particle ...
• ... Indian base of Sriharikota and was inserted in an equatorial orbit with low particle background. On 23 april 2007, ASI made contact with AGILE; its signals were acquired by the ground station at the Broglio S ...

#2 Akebono (satellite)

Akebono (known as EXOS-D before launch) is a satellite to study aurora and Earth 's magnetosphere environment. It was developed by Institute of Space and Astronautical Science and launched by M-3SII rocket on February 22, 1989. Akebono Names EXOS-D Mission type Earth observation Operator ISAS   · Un

• ... ble and UV Auroral Television After 26 years of successful observation, operation was terminated on april 23, 2015, due to the degradation of solar cells and the decay of orbit. [1] SEE ALSO Spaceflight portal ...
• ... SII-1 Launch site Uchinoura Space Center , Japan End of mission Disposal Decommissioned Deactivated 23 april 2015 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Low Earth Eccentricity 0.36552 Perigee a ...

#3 Kosmos 334

Kosmos 334 ( Russian : Космос 334 meaning Cosmos 334 ), known before launch as DS-P1-Yu No.31 , was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1970 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 23 april 1970, 13:20:00 ( 1970-04-23UTC13:20Z ) UTC Rocket Kosmos-2I 63SM Launch site Plesetsk 133/1 End of ...
• ... 33/1 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome , [2] atop a Kosmos-2I 63SM carrier rocket . The launch occurred on 23 april 1970 at 13:20:00 UTC, and resulted in the successful deployment of Kosmos 334 into low Earth orbit ...

#4 USA-212

USA-212 [1] was the first flight of the Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle 1 ( X-37B OTV-1 ), an American robotic vertical-takeoff, horizontal-landing (VTHL) spaceplane . It was launched aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral on 22 April 2010, and operated in low Earth orbit . Its designation i

• ... unch pad for launch. [13] The launch window on 22 April opened at 23:52 UTC, and closed at 00:01 on 23 april . MISSION Most of the mission parameters for the USA-212 flight have not been disclosed. [8] The veh ...

#5 STS-39

STS-39 was the twelfth mission of the NASA Space Shuttle Discovery , and the 40th orbital shuttle mission overall. The primary purpose of the mission was to conduct a variety of payload experiments for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). 1991 American crewed spaceflight for the Department of Defen

• ... d reinforced. Discovery was returned to the pad on 1 April 1991, and the launch was rescheduled for 23 april . The mission was again postponed when, during prelaunch external tank loading, a transducer on high ...

#6 Ranger 4

Ranger 4 was a spacecraft of the Ranger program , launched in 1962. It was designed to transmit pictures of the lunar surface to Earth stations during a period of 10 minutes of flight prior to crashing upon the Moon , to rough-land a seismometer capsule on the Moon, to collect gamma-ray data in flig

• ... 1 kg (730 lb) Dimensions 1.52 m × 2.51 m (5.0 ft × 8.2 ft) Power 135 W Start of mission Launch date april 23, 1962, 20:50:00 ( 1962-04-23UTC20:50Z ) UTC Rocket Atlas LV-3 Agena-B Launch site Cape Canaveral LC- ...
• ... h ease. On April 20, Ranger 4 was stacked atop the booster and liftoff took place at 3:50 pm EST on april 23. [5] [6] Launch proceeded perfectly this time and there were no anomalies with either the Atlas or t ...

#7 Zond 5

Zond 5 ( Russian : Зонд 5 , lit.   ' Probe 5 ' ) was a spacecraft of the Soviet Zond program . In September 1968 it became the first spaceship to travel to and circle the Moon , the first Moon mission to include animals, and the first to return safely to Earth. Zond 5 carried the first terrestrial o

• ... hree failures. [5] After Zond 4 's mission in March 1968, a follow-up, Zond 1968A , was launched on 23 april . The launch failed when an erroneous abort command shut down the Proton rocket's second stage. The ...

#8 Progress M-21M

Progress M-21M ( Russian : Прогресс М-21М ), identified by NASA as Progress 53P , is a Progress spacecraft used by Roskosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) during 2013. [1] Progress M-21M was built by RKK Energia . Russian cargo spacecraft Progress M-21M Progress M-21M undocking f

• ... spacecraft Progress M-21M Progress M-21M undocking from the ISS during the 2nd Kurs system test on 23 april 2014. Mission type ISS resupply Operator Roskosmos COSPAR ID 39456 SATCAT no. 2013-069A Mission dur ...
• ... Docking with ISS Docking port Zvezda aft Docking date 29 November 2013, 22:30:20 UTC Undocking date 23 april 2014, 08:58 UTC Time docked 145 days Docking with ISS Docking port Zvezda aft Docking date 25 April ...
• ... ay free flying period in April 2014. Progress M-21M undocked from the Zvezda module at 08:58 UTC on 23 april 2014 and was guided back to the same docking port two days later, docking at 12:13 UTC on 25 April ...

#9 T12 (satellite)

T12 , formerly known as D12 , is a Boeing model 702 satellite built by the Boeing Satellite Development Center . It was launched on December 29, 2009 and became operational on May 19, 2010. It is used by DirecTV to provide additional high definition channels and Video on demand content, as well as 3

• ... 10 and began testing 2 days later. After 3 weeks of scheduled testing, RB-2A began being tested. On april 23, T12 was granted a Special Temporary Authority to continue testing at 76° W for 30 more days. [11] T ...
• ... Temporary Authority for permission to drift to its final position at 103° W. [12] It was granted on april 23. [13] It reached its final position on May 11 and began operations on May 13. [14] Boeing handed the ...

#10 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

• ... by SpaceX for the computer code that controlled berthing, causing another delay to be announced on 23 april , delaying the launch to 7 May at 09:38 EDT (13:38 UTC). [83] [84] A further delay was announced by ...

#11 AMC-14

AMC-14 is a communications satellite . Initially owned by SES Americom , AMC-14 was designed to be placed in geostationary orbit , following launch on a Proton-M / Briz-M space vehicle . Built by Lockheed Martin and based on the A2100 satellite bus , AMC-14 was to have been located at 61.5° West lon

• ... pellant, significantly reducing its useful life from the 15-year expectation before launch. [10] On 23 april 2008, it was reported that SES was in talks with a United States Department of Defense agency, pres ...

#12 Soyuz 3

Soyuz 3 ( Russian : Союз 3 , Union 3 ) was a spaceflight mission launched by the Soviet Union on 26 October 1968. Flown by Georgy Beregovoy , the Soyuz 7K-OK spacecraft completed 81 orbits over four days. The 47-year-old Beregovoy was a decorated World War II flying ace and the oldest person to go i

• ... lives of the three-man Soyuz 2 crew; Soyuz 1 ended with the death of cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov on 23 april 1967, due to a faulty parachute system. Soyuz 2 would have flown with the same defective system as ...

#13 Progress 26

Progress 26 ( Russian : Прогресс 26 ) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in April 1986 to resupply the Mir space station. Progress 26 A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft Mission type Mir resupply COSPAR ID 1986-032A SATCAT no. 16687 [1] Spacecraft properties Spacecraft Progr

• ... s (No.136) Spacecraft type Progress 7K-TG [2] Manufacturer NPO Energia Start of mission Launch date 23 april 1986, 19:40:05 UTC [1] Rocket Soyuz-U2 [2] Launch site Baikonur , Site 1/5 End of mission Disposal ...
• ... altitude 184 km [3] Apogee altitude 257 km [3] Inclination 51.6° [3] Period 88.9 minutes [3] Epoch 23 april 1986 Docking with Mir Docking port Mir Core Module aft [3] Docking date 26 April 1986, 21:26:06 UTC ...
• ... 1986, 18:25:00 UTC Progress (spacecraft) ← Progress 25 Progress 27 → LAUNCH Progress 26 launched on 23 april 1986 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR . It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket. [2] [4] DOCKING Pr ...

#14 SpaceX Crew-2

SpaceX Crew-2 was the second operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft, and the third overall crewed orbital flight of the Commercial Crew Program . The mission was launched on 23 April 2021 at 09:49:02 UTC , and docked to the International Space Station on 24 April at 09:08 UTC. [2] 2021 Ameri

• ... h from LC-39A , at the Kennedy Space Center, with the SpaceX Crew-2 crew members aboard, on Friday, april 23r d, 2021 SpaceX Crew-2 promotional poster WAKE-UP CALLS NASA began a tradition of playing music to as ...
• ... he third overall crewed orbital flight of the Commercial Crew Program . The mission was launched on 23 april 2021 at 09:49:02 UTC , and docked to the International Space Station on 24 April at 09:08 UTC. [2] ...
• ... edition Expedition 65 / 66 EVAs 4 EVA duration 27 hours and 22 minutes Start of mission Launch date 23 april 2021, 09:49:02 UTC [2] Rocket Falcon 9 Block 5 ( B1061.2 ) Launch site Kennedy Space Center , LC-39 ...
• ... urer , ESA MISSION The second SpaceX operational mission in the Commercial Crew Program launched on 23 april 2021. [10] [11] The Crew Dragon Endeavour (C206), docked to the International Docking Adapter (IDA) ...
• ... September 2021 (UTC). TIMELINE MET Time Date (UTC) Event [15] EDT UTC −6:40:00 11:09:00 PM 03:09:00 23 april 2021 Crew wake −05:30:00 0:19:02 AM 04:19:02 CE launch readiness briefing −05:00:00 0:49:02 AM 04:4 ...

#15 Mir

Mir ( Russian : Мир , IPA:   [ˈmʲir] ; lit.   ' peace ' or ' world ' ) was a space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, operated by the Soviet Union and later by Russia . Mir was the first modular space station and was assembled in orbit from 1986   to   1996. It had a greater

• ... tion statistics COSPAR ID 1986-017A SATCAT no. 16609 Call sign Mir Crew 3 Launch 20 February 1986 – 23 april 1996 Launch pad LC-200/39 , and LC-81/23 , Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch Complex 39A , Kennedy Space C ...

#16 Intelsat III F-7

Intelsat III F-7 was an American communications satellite owned by Intelsat . The satellite had an estimated useful life of 5 years. Intelsat III F-7 Mission type Communications Operator Intelsat COSPAR ID 1970-032A SATCAT no. 04376 Mission duration 5   years (planned) Spacecraft properties Manufact

• ... s 647 kilograms (1,426 lb) BOL mass 151 kilograms (333 lb) Power 183 W Start of mission Launch date april 23, 1970, 00:46:12 ( 1970-04-23UTC00:46:12Z ) UTC [1] Rocket Thor Delta M 559/D78 Launch site Cape Cana ...

#17 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

• ... 983 03:47 3 November 1983 06:42 2 h, 55 min Add solar array Salyut 7 – PE-3 – EVA 1 Kizim, Solovyov 23 april 1984 04:31 23 April 1984 08:46 4 h, 20 min ODU repair Salyut 7 – PE-3 – EVA 2 Kizim, Solovyov 26 Ap ...
• ... 1983 06:42 2 h, 55 min Add solar array Salyut 7 – PE-3 – EVA 1 Kizim, Solovyov 23 April 1984 04:31 23 april 1984 08:46 4 h, 20 min ODU repair Salyut 7 – PE-3 – EVA 2 Kizim, Solovyov 26 April 1984 02:40 26 Ap ...

#18 Cosmic Background Explorer

The Cosmic Background Explorer ( COBE / ˈ k oʊ b i / KOH -bee ), also referred to as Explorer 66 , was a NASA satellite dedicated to cosmology , which operated from 1989 to 1993. Its goals were to investigate the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB or CMBR) of the universe and provide measure

• ... rbit on 18 November 1989 aboard a Delta launch vehicle. A team of American scientists announced, on 23 april 1992, that they had found the primordial "seeds" (CMBE anisotropy) in data from COBE. The announcem ...

#19 Priroda

The Priroda ( Russian : Природа ; English: Nature ) (TsM-I, 77KSI, 11F77I) module was the seventh and final module of the Mir Space Station . Its primary purpose was to conduct Earth resource experiments through remote sensing and to develop and verify remote sensing methods. The control system of P

• ... ng STS-89 Mir insignia Station statistics COSPAR ID 1996-023A SATCAT no. 23848 Call sign Mir Launch april 23, 1996 Docked with Mir April 26, 1996 Launch pad LC-81/23 , Baikonur Cosmodrome , Kazakhstan Reentry ...
• ... oseup of the Travers antenna taken by the crew of STS-79 LAUNCH AND DOCKING Priroda was launched on april 23, 1996, on a Proton rocket . After reaching orbit , an electrical connector failure caused the amount ...

#20 Soyuz 1

Soyuz 1 ( Russian : Союз 1 , Union 1 ) was a crewed spaceflight of the Soviet space program . Launched into orbit on 23 April 1967 carrying cosmonaut colonel Vladimir Komarov , Soyuz 1 was the first crewed flight of the Soyuz spacecraft . The flight was plagued with technical issues, and Komarov was

• ... : Союз 1 , Union 1 ) was a crewed spaceflight of the Soviet space program . Launched into orbit on 23 april 1967 carrying cosmonaut colonel Vladimir Komarov , Soyuz 1 was the first crewed flight of the Soyuz ...
• ... Crew size 1 Members Vladimir Komarov Callsign Рубин ( Rubin – "Ruby") Start of mission Launch date 23 april 1967, 00:35:00 GMT Rocket Soyuz 11A511 s/n U15000-04 Launch site Baikonur , Site 1/5 [1] Contractor ...
• ... runov and Yeliseyev scheduled to do an EVA over to Soyuz 1. MISSION DETAILS Soyuz 1 was launched on 23 april 1967 at 00:32 GMT from Baikonur Cosmodrome carrying Komarov, the first Soviet cosmonaut to fly in s ...