langs: 29 апреля [ru] / april 29 [en] / 29. april [de] / 29 avril [fr] / 29 aprile [it] / 29 de abril [es]
days: april 26 / april 27 / april 28 / april 29 / april 30 / may 1 / may 2
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 Lodewijk van den Berg
Lodewijk van den Berg ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈloːdəʋɛik fɑn dəm ˈbɛr(ə)x] ; [lower-alpha 1] born March 24, 1932) is a Dutch-American chemical engineer , specializing in crystal growth , who flew on a 1985 Space Shuttle Challenger mission as a Payload Specialist . Chemical engineer and astronaut (bo
- ... astronauts. [2] [3] STS-51B Van den Berg was assigned as Payload Specialist on STS-51B Challenger ( april 29 May 6, 1985). STS-51B, the Spacelab-3 mission, was launched from the Kennedy Space Center , Florida ...
#2 Norman Thagard
Norman Earl Thagard , M.D. (born July 3, 1943), ( Capt , USMC , Ret.), is an American scientist and former U.S. Marine Corps officer and naval aviator and NASA astronaut . He is the first American to ride to space on board a Russian vehicle, and can be considered the first American cosmonaut . He di
- ... on STS-51-B , the Spacelab-3 science mission, which launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on april 29, 1985, aboard Challenger . He assisted the commander and pilot on ascent and entry. Mission duration ...
#3 Gordon Cooper
Leroy Gordon " Gordo " Cooper Jr. (March 6, 1927 – October 4, 2004) was an American aerospace engineer , test pilot , United States Air Force pilot , and the youngest of the seven original astronauts in Project Mercury , the first human space program of the United States. Cooper learned to fly as
- ... s (along with those of Star Trek actor James Doohan and 206 others) was launched from New Mexico on april 29, 2007, on a sub-orbital memorial flight by a privately owned UP Aerospace SpaceLoft XL sounding rock ...
#4 Charles Bolden
Charles Frank Bolden Jr. (born August 19, 1946) [1] is a former Administrator of NASA , a retired United States Marine Corps Major General , and a former astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions. Former NASA administrator, Major-General, and astronaut For the jazz musician, see Buddy Bolden
- ... 400 miles. Following 75 orbits of Earth in 121 hours, Discovery landed at Edwards Air Force Base on april 29, 1990. On STS-45 , Bolden commanded a crew of seven aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis , launched on Marc ...
#5 Taylor Wang
Taylor Gun-Jin Wang ( simplified Chinese : 王赣骏 ; traditional Chinese : 王贛駿 ; pinyin : Wáng Gànjùn ; born June 16, 1940) is a Chinese-born American scientist and in 1985, became the first person of Chinese origin to go into space. While an employee of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory , Wang was a payloa
- ... y Excited Resonant Chamber. U.S. Patent No. 3,882,732) SPACEFLIGHT Wang flew on STS-51B Challenger ( april 29- May 6, 1985). STS-51B/Spacelab-3 was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, and returned to la ...
#6 Kathryn D. Sullivan
Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan (born October 3, 1951) is an American geologist and oceanographer , and a former NASA astronaut and US Navy officer. She was a crew member on three Space Shuttle missions. "Kathryn Sullivan" redirects here. For other uses, see Kathryn Sullivan (disambiguation) . American geolo
- ... 76 orbits of the Earth in 121 hours, Discovery landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California , on april 29, 1990. [29] STS-45 Sullivan served as Payload Commander on STS-45 , the first Spacelab mission dedic ...
#7 Mark Kelly
Mark Edward Kelly (born February 21, 1964) is an American politician, businessman, retired astronaut , and U.S. Navy captain serving as the junior United States senator from Arizona since December 2020. [3] A member of the Democratic Party , he was elected in the special election triggered by the de
- ... 4 Mission poster, based on a Star Trek promotional poster [32] STS-134 launched on May 16, 2011. On april 29, 2011, the first launch attempt of STS-134 was scrubbed. Giffords traveled to Florida on her first t ...
- ... ed in years," according to The New York Times . President Obama visited the Kennedy Space Center on april 29 on a trip with the original intention of watching the Endeavour launch. [33] Kelly was the commander ...
#8 Bruce McCandless II
Bruce McCandless II (born Byron Willis McCandless ; [1] June 8, 1937 – December 21, 2017) was a United States Navy officer and aviator , electrical engineer , and NASA astronaut . In 1984, during the first of his two Space Shuttle missions, he completed the first untethered spacewalk by using the
- ... partially depressurized airlock. [13] Discovery landed at Edwards Air Force Base , California , on april 29, 1990. [4] AFTER NASA After retiring from NASA in 1990, McCandless worked for Lockheed Martin Space ...
#9 Don Lind
Don Leslie Lind [1] (May 18, 1930 – August 30, 2022) was an American scientist, naval officer , aviator , and NASA astronaut . He graduated from the University of Utah with an undergraduate degree in physics in 1953. Following his military service obligation, he earned a PhD in high-energy nuclear p
- ... ave flown on Skylab Rescue . Lind was the Payload Commander on his only flight, STS-51-B , launched april 29, 1985. He designed an experiment to capture the Earth's aurora. The payload experiments consisted pr ...
- ... . [5] Lind finally flew as the lead Mission Specialist and de facto Payload Commander on STS-51-B ( april 29 to May 6, 1985), logging over 168 hours in space. Due to Apollo-era managerial preferences, his cont ...
- ... n. [16] STS-51-B , the Spacelab-3 science mission, launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida, on april 29, 1985. Following several delays, this was the first fully operational Spacelab mission. A space prog ...
#10 Sergey Zhukov (cosmonaut)
Sergey Aleksandrovich Zhukov ( Russian : Сергей Александрович Жуков ; born 9 September 1956 in Dzhezkazgan , Kazakh SSR , USSR, now Jezkazgan, Kazakhstan ) is a retired Russian cosmonaut first selected in 2003 . He retired from the cosmonaut corps before completing any spaceflights. Russian cosmonau
- ... the International Space Station at the time he announced his retirement from the cosmonaut corps on 29 april 2011. On 4 May 2011, concurrent with his retirement from the cosmonaut corps, Zhukov began working ...
#11 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
- ... the course of his career. [24] He was honoured as a Hero of Socialist Labor from Czechoslovakia on 29 april 1961, [103] [104] and Hero of Socialist Labor (Bulgaria, including the Order of Georgi Dimitrov ) t ...
#12 Bill Nelson
Clarence William Nelson II (born September 29, 1942) is an American politician and attorney serving as the administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Nelson previously served as a United States Senator from Florida from 2001 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party ,
- ... he position of NASA administrator . [14] Nelson was confirmed by unanimous consent by the Senate on april 29, 2021, and was sworn in by vice president Kamala Harris on May 3, 2021. EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION Nel ...
- ... ] The United States Senate in unanimous consent voted to confirm Nelson to be NASA Administrator on april 29, 2021. Nelson was sworn in on May 3, 2021, by Vice President Kamala Harris . [59] POLITICAL POSITION ...
#13 Toyohiro Akiyama
Toyohiro Akiyama ( 秋山 豊寛 , Akiyama Toyohiro , born 22 July 1942) is a retired Japanese TV journalist and professor at Kyoto University of Art and Design . In December 1990, he spent seven days aboard the Mir space station. [4] He became the first person of Japanese nationality to fly in space, [5] a
- ... Signature EDUCATION AND CAREER Akiyama interview with President Reagan as TBS chief correspondent ( 29 april 1985) Akiyama attended and earned his bachelor's degree at the International Christian University l ...
#14 Victor Vescovo
Victor Lance Vescovo (born 1966) is an American private equity investor, retired naval officer, space tourist and undersea explorer. He is a co-founder and managing partner of private equity company Insight Equity Holdings. [1] Vescovo achieved the Explorers Grand Slam by reaching the North and Sout
- ... h ( −10,924 metres (−35,840 ft) ), Earth's lowest point, in the deep submersible Limiting Factor on 29 april 2019, [23] for a total vertical distance of 19,772 metres (64,869 ft) . [24] Vescovo completed the ...
#15 Alvin S. White
Alvin Swauger White (December 9, 1918 – April 29, 2006) was an American test pilot and mechanical engineer . He flew the maiden flights of both XB-70 Valkyrie aircraft, the first 2,000 mph (3,200 km/h) flight, and all subsequent Mach 3 exploration flights. [1] Alvin S. White Born Alvin Swauger W
- Alvin Swauger White (December 9, 1918 – april 29, 2006) was an American test pilot and mechanical engineer . He flew the maiden flights of both XB-70 ...
- ... ghts. [1] Alvin S. White Born Alvin Swauger White December 9, 1918 Berkeley, California , U.S. Died april 29, 2006 (2006-04-29) (aged 87) Tucson, Arizona , U.S. Nationality American Alma mater University of Ca ...
#16 Robert F. Overmyer
Colonel Robert Franklyn "Bob" Overmyer (July 14, 1936 – March 22, 1996) was an American test pilot , naval aviator , aeronautical engineer , physicist , United States Marine Corps officer , and USAF / NASA astronaut . Overmyer was selected by the Air Force as an astronaut for its Manned Orbiting Lab
- ... to launch a small payload from a "Getaway Special" canister. STS-51-B launched at 12:02 p.m. EDT on april 29, 1985 from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, and landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, at 9:11 ...
#17 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
- 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 miss ...
- ... al time of 44 hours. Russian cosmonaut (born 1953) Nikolai Mikhailovich Budarin Born ( 1953-04-29 ) april 29, 1953 (age 69) Kirya , Chuvashia , Russia Status Retired Nationality Russian Occupation Mechanical E ...
#18 Georgi Ivanov (cosmonaut)
Major general Georgi Ivanov Kakalov ( Bulgarian : Георги Иванов Какалов ; born July 2, 1940) is a Bulgarian former military officer who was the first Bulgarian cosmonaut . He was a member of the National Assembly of Bulgaria in 1990. Bulgarian cosmonaut This biography of a living person needs additi
- ... he People's Republic of Bulgaria (1979) Hero of the Soviet Union (1979) Honorary citizen of Lovech ( 29 april 1979) Order of Georgi Dimitrov (1979) Order of Lenin (Soviet Union) (1979) Order of Stara Planina , ...
#19 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
- ... an of three Shuttle missions he has logged about 456 hours in space. He served as pilot on STS-51B ( april 29 to May 6, 1985), and was the spacecraft commander on STS-33 (November 22–27, 1989), and STS-44 (Nove ...
- ... STS-51B Main article: STS-51B STS-51B /Spacelab-3 launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida, on april 29, 1985, with Gregory serving as pilot. The crew aboard the Orbiter Challenger included spacecraft com ...
#20 Michael Foale
Colin Michael Foale CBE ( / f oʊ l / ; born 6 January 1957) is a British-American astrophysicist and former NASA astronaut . [1] He is a veteran of six space missions, and is the only NASA astronaut to have flown extended missions aboard both Mir and the International Space Station . He was the seco
- ... when significant amounts of water in Kaleri's helmet prevented further work. Expedition 8 ended on 29 april 2004. For about a year, Foale was Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration Operations at NASA ...
Museum / Museum
#1 Ryazan Museum of Long-Range Aviation
Ryazan Museum of Long-Range Aviation ( Russian : Рязанский музей дальней авиации ) is a Russian thematic museum and exhibition complex located on the territory of the 43rd Air Force Flight Training and Retraining Center at Dyagilevo air base , Ryazan . Exposition of the complex combines a large numb
- ... of the Long-Range Aviation's Political Department. The opening of the museum complex took place on april 29, 1975. In accordance with the Directive of the Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation dated J ...
#2 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
- ... se people to Midway and other U.S. ships in the South China Sea. Major Buang's O-1 touching down On 29 april 1975, Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) Major Buang-Ly (also spelled Buang Lee) loaded his wife ...
#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
- ... ced at Kjeller Airport. [72] The runway was further extended all the way to Storgaten between 2 and 29 april 1975, to create a 50-meter (160 ft) overrun. [70] By 1981 the new F-16 Fighting Falcons needed thei ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 Vanguard TV-5
Vanguard TV-5 , also called Vanguard Test Vehicle-Five , was a failed flight of the American Vanguard rocket following the successful launch of Vanguard 1 on Vanguard TV-4. Vanguard TV-5 launched on 29 April 1958 at 02:53:00 GMT , from Launch Complex 18A at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station . The
- ... rd rocket following the successful launch of Vanguard 1 on Vanguard TV-4. Vanguard TV-5 launched on 29 april 1958 at 02:53:00 GMT , from Launch Complex 18A at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station . The rocket ...
- ... Launch mass 9.75 kg (21.5 lb) Dimensions 50.8 cm (20.0 in) of diameter Start of mission Launch date 29 april 1958, 02:53:00 GMT Rocket Vanguard TV-5 Launch site Cape Canaveral , LC-18A Contractor Glenn L. Mar ...
- ... modifications were made to the existing, static stand. [3] : 223 Vanguard TV-5 was launched on 29 april 1958 at 02:53:00 GMT (28 April 1958, 21:53:00 ET), [3] : 223 from Cape Canaveral , Florida . Th ...
#2 Crew Return Vehicle
The Crew Return Vehicle ( CRV ), sometimes referred to as the Assured Crew Return Vehicle ( ACRV ), was a proposed dedicated lifeboat or escape module for the International Space Station (ISS). A number of different vehicles and designs were considered over two decades – with several flying as devel
- ... $275,000,000 provided in this bill, until all conditions are fully satisfied. [24] CANCELLATION On april 29, 2002, NASA announced that it was cancelling the CRV and X-38 programs, due to budget pressures asso ...
#3 Progress MS-14
Progress MS-14 ( Russian : Прогресс МC-14 ), Russian production No.448, identified by NASA as Progress 75P , was a Progress spaceflight operated by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS). [3] [4] This was the 166th flight of a Progress spacecraft. 2020 Russian resupply spaceflig
- ... ur , Site 31/6 Contractor Progress Rocket Space Centre End of mission Disposal Deorbited Decay date 29 april 2021, 00:42 UTC Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit Regime Low Earth orbit Inclina ...
- ... It re-entered the Earth's atmosphere for destruction over the South Pacific Ocean at 00:42 UTC, on 29 april 2021. [12] SEE ALSO Uncrewed spaceflights to the International Space Station
#4 Kosmos 4
Kosmos 4 ( Russian : Космос 4 meaning Kosmos 4 ), also known as Zenit-2 No.2 and occasionally in the West as Sputnik 14 was the first Soviet reconnaissance satellite to successfully reach orbit. Kosmos 4 Names Zenit-2 No.2 Sputnik-14 Mission type Optical imaging reconnaissance Operator OKB-1 Harvard
- ... o.7 Launch site Baikonur , Site 1/5 Contractor OKB-1 End of mission Disposal Recovered Landing date 29 april 1962 Landing site Steppe in Kazakhstan Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit [2] Reg ...
- ... of the flight the spacecraft was uncontrollable, before being deorbited and landing by parachute on 29 april 1962, and recovered by the Soviet forces in the steppe in Kazakhstan . [6] The next Zenit launch at ...
#5 Ekspress-MD1
Ekspress-MD1 ( Russian : Экспресс-МД1 ), was a Russian geostationary communications satellite operated by Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) and designed and manufactured by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center on the Yakhta satellite bus for RSCC's Ekspress series . It
- ... ress-MD1 and Ekspress-AM4 were the company to priority and would launch by December 2007. [8] In an 29 april 2008 interview, Mr Izmailov stated that the Ekspress-MD1 was expected to fly in 2008. [9] On 10 Sep ...
#6 STS-84
STS-84 was a crewed spaceflight mission by Space Shuttle Atlantis to the Mir space station . 1997 American crewed spaceflight to Mir This article includes a list of references , related reading or external links , but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations . ( May 2008 ) STS-84
- ... ch 1996. Other significant events during Linenger's stay included first U.S.-Russian space walk. On 29 april 1997 Linenger participated in five-hour extravehicular activity (EVA) with Mir 23 Commander Vasily ...
#7 STS-51-B
STS-51-B was the 17th flight of NASA 's Space Shuttle program, and the seventh flight of Space Shuttle Challenger . The launch of Challenger on April 29, 1985 was delayed by 2 minutes and 18 seconds, due to a launch processing failure. Challenger was initially rolled out to the pad to launch on the
- ... e Shuttle program, and the seventh flight of Space Shuttle Challenger . The launch of Challenger on april 29, 1985 was delayed by 2 minutes and 18 seconds, due to a launch processing failure. Challenger was in ...
- ... an E. Thagard William E. Thornton Lodewijk van den Berg Taylor G. Wang Start of mission Launch date april 29, 1985, 16:02:18 UTC Rocket Space Shuttle Challenger Launch site Kennedy Space Center , LC-39A Contra ...
- ... eck. Challenger lifted off from Kennedy Space Center (KSC)'s launch pad 39A at 12:02:18 p.m. EDT on april 29, 1985. The crew members included Robert F. Overmyer , commander; Frederick D. Gregory , pilot; Don L ...
#8 STS-100
STS-100 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour . STS-100 launch on 19 April 2001, and installed the ISS Canadarm2 robotic arm. 2001 American crewed spaceflight to the ISS STS-100 Parazynski assists in installing Canadarm2 on the ISS duri
- ... with ISS Docking port PMA-2 ( Destiny forward) Docking date 21 April 2001, 13:59 UTC Undocking date 29 april 2001, 17:34 UTC Time docked 8 days, 3 hours, 35 minutes Left to right: Front row - Lonchakov, Romin ...
#9 Explorer 27
Explorer 27 (or BE-C or Beacon Explorer-C , Beacon-C or S-66C ) was a small NASA satellite, launched in 1965, designed to conduct scientific research in the ionosphere . [2] It was powered by 4 solar panels . One goal of the mission was to study in detail the shape of the Earth by way of investigati
- ... 30 × 45 cm (12 × 18 in) Power 4 deployable solar arrays and batteries Start of mission Launch date 29 april 1965, 14:17:00 GMT Rocket Scout X-4 (S-136R) Launch site Wallops Flight Facility , Contractor Vough ...
- ... T Rocket Scout X-4 (S-136R) Launch site Wallops Flight Facility , Contractor Vought Entered service 29 april 1965 End of mission Last contact 20 July 1973 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit ...
- ... /April 1965 to extend the geodetic experiments of its predecessor. [10] Upon the backup's launch on 29 april 1965 at 14:17:00 GMT via Scout X-4 from Wallops Island , this third S-66 satellite was designated E ...
#10 STS-31
STS-31 was the 35th mission of the NASA Space Shuttle program . The primary purpose of this mission was the deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) into low Earth orbit . The mission used the Space Shuttle Discovery (the tenth mission for this orbiter), which lifted off from Launch Complex 39
- ... ch site Kennedy Space Center , LC-39B Contractor Rockwell International End of mission Landing date 29 april 1990, 13:49:57 UTC Landing site Edwards Air Force Base , Runway 22 Orbital parameters Reference sys ...
- ... nt orbital inclinations. [10] Discovery landed on Runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base in California 29 april 1990 at 6:49:57 a.m. PDT . The landing had a rollout distance of 2,705 m (8,875 ft) took 61 seconds ...
#11 Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope (often referred to as HST or Hubble ) is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation. It was not the first space telescope , but it is one of the largest and most versatile, renowned both as a vital research tool and as a publi
- ... erved only in the far infrared and submillimeter . It needed helium coolant, of which it ran out on 29 april 2013. [273] Selected space telescopes and instruments [274] Name Year Wavelength Aperture Human eye ...
#12 Explorer 28
Explorer 28 , also called IMP-C , IMP-3 and Interplanetary Monitoring Platform-3 , was a NASA satellite launched on 29 May 1965 to study space physics , and was the third spacecraft launched in the Interplanetary Monitoring Platform program. It was powered by chemical batteries and solar panels . Th
- ... specially in the lowest energy channel. The date of transmission of the last useful information was 29 april 1967. [4] COSMIC RAYS This experiment consisted of two detector systems. The first was a dE/dx vers ...
#13 STS-135
STS-135 ( ISS assembly flight ULF7 ) [4] was the 135th and final mission of the American Space Shuttle program . [5] [6] It used the orbiter Atlantis and hardware originally processed for the STS-335 contingency mission, which was not flown. STS-135 launched on 8 July 2011, and landed on 21 July 201
- ... d Atlantis at the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF-1) on their visit to the Kennedy Space Center on 29 april 2011. [48] The president's family missed the launch of Endeavour on the STS-134 mission, as the fir ...
#14 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
- ... 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 program , part of the China Manned Spa ...
- ... robotic arm at docking position Module statistics COSPAR ID 2021-035A Part of Tiangong Launch date 29 april 2021, 03:23:15 UTC [1] Launch vehicle Long March 5B (Y2) Mass 22,600 kg (49,800 lb) [2] [3] [4] [5] ...
- ... for astronauts and houses the outpost's power and propulsion elements. [25] [26] Tianhe launched on 29 april 2021, at 03:23:15 UTC atop a Long March 5B launch vehicle from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site ...
- ... t/payload Launch vehicle Launch site Launch provider Docking/berthing port Duration [lower-alpha 1] 29 april 2021, 03:23:15 [35] — — Success Tianhe Long March 5B Wenchang LC-1 CASC N/A 29 May 2021, 12:55:29 [ ...
#15 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
- ... y's willingness to defend against "aggression" from South Korea and the United States. [63] [64] On april 29, it further demanded "apology" from the U.N. Security Council and threatened with more nuclear tests ...
#16 Salyut 6
Salyut 6 ( Russian : Салют-6 ; lit. Salute 6 ), DOS-5 , was a Soviet orbital space station , the eighth station of the Salyut programme . It was launched on 29 September 1977 by a Proton rocket . Salyut 6 was the first space station to receive large numbers of crewed and uncrewed spacecraft for huma
- ... ear 25 April 1980 11:04 26.50 Soyuz 35 10 April 1980 18:16 front 3 June 1980 14:47 53.85 Progress 9 29 april 1980 11:09 rear 20 May 1980 21:51 21.45 Soyuz 36 27 May 1980 22:56 rear 4 June 1980 18:08 7.86 Soyu ...
#17 NASA X-38
The X-38 was an experimental re-entry vehicle designed by NASA to research a possible emergency crew return vehicle (CRV) for the International Space Station (ISS). The 1995–2002 program also developed concepts for a crew return vehicle design that could be modified for other uses, such as a possibl
- ... IMCE, including the implementation of Core Complete. The X-38 project cancellation was announced on april 29, 2002 [2] as a cost-cutting measure in accordance with the IMCE's recommendations. The Core Complete ...
- ... sites (prototypes) Designer NASA , ESA , DLR , Dassault Aviation First flight 1999 Status Cancelled 29 april 2002 Primary users NASA ESA Number built 2 atmospheric prototypes 1 orbital prototype (90 % complet ...
#18 STS-134
STS-134 ( ISS assembly flight ULF6 ) [9] was the penultimate mission of NASA 's Space Shuttle program and the 25th and last spaceflight of Space Shuttle Endeavour . [10] This flight delivered the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and an ExPRESS Logistics Carrier to the International Space Station . [11] M
- ... d, AMS-02, as well as delays to STS-133 , led to delays in the mission. The first launch attempt on 29 april 2011 was scrubbed at 12:20 pm by launch managers due to problems with two heaters on one of the orb ...
- ... ng to The New York Times . U.S. President Barack Obama scheduled a visit to Kennedy Space Center on 29 april 2011 to view the launch, [29] and despite the canceled launch attempt he toured an Orbiter Processi ...
#19 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
- ... April 1984 02:40 26 April 1984 07:40 4 h, 56 min Repair ODU Salyut 7 – PE-3 – EVA 3 Kizim, Solovyov 29 april 1984 01:35 29 April 1984 04:20 2 h, 45 min Repair ODU Salyut 7 – PE-3 – EVA 4 Kizim, Solovyov 3 May ...
- ... April 1984 07:40 4 h, 56 min Repair ODU Salyut 7 – PE-3 – EVA 3 Kizim, Solovyov 29 April 1984 01:35 29 april 1984 04:20 2 h, 45 min Repair ODU Salyut 7 – PE-3 – EVA 4 Kizim, Solovyov 3 May 1984 23:15 4 May 19 ...
#20 Shenzhou 12
Shenzhou 12 ( Chinese : 神舟十二号 ; pinyin : Shénzhōu shí'èr hào , see § Etymology ) was a Chinese spaceflight launched on 17 June 2021. [5] The flight marked the seventh crewed Chinese spaceflight and the twelfth flight of the Shenzhou program . The spacecraft carried three members of the People's Libe
- ... the Tiangong space station which currently consists of one module, the Tianhe module , launched on 29 april 2021. [9] The flight marks the first of four crewed missions scheduled to dock with the Tiangong st ...