langs: 4 апреля [ru] / april 4 [en] / 4. april [de] / 4 avril [fr] / 4 aprile [it] / 4 de abril [es]
days: april 1 / april 2 / april 3 / april 4 / april 5 / april 6 / april 7
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 Roger B. Chaffee
Roger Bruce Chaffee ( / ˈ tʃ æ f iː / ; February 15, 1935 – January 27, 1967) was an American naval officer , aviator and aeronautical engineer who was a NASA astronaut in the Apollo program . American astronaut, naval aviator and aeronautical engineer Roger B. Chaffee Chaffee in 1964 Born Roger Bru
- ... er Cape Canaveral , during which aerial photographs of future launch sites were taken. [20] Between april 4, 1960, and October 25, 1962, including during the critical time of the Cuban Missile Crisis , Chaffe ...
#2 Story Musgrave
Franklin Story Musgrave (born August 19, 1935) is an American physician and a retired NASA astronaut . He is a public speaker [2] and consultant to both Disney 's Imagineering group and Applied Minds in California. In 1996, he became only the second astronaut to fly on six spaceflights, and he is th
- ... TS-6 Main article: STS-6 He first flew on STS-6 , which launched from the Kennedy Space Center , on april 4, 1983, and landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California , on April 9, 1983. During this maiden voy ...
#3 Paul J. Weitz
Paul Joseph Weitz (July 25, 1932 – October 22, 2017) was an American naval officer and aviator , aeronautical engineer , test pilot , and NASA astronaut , who flew into space twice. He was a member of the three-man crew who flew on Skylab 2 , the first crewed Skylab mission. He was also Commander
- ... spacecraft commander on the crew of STS-6 , which launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida , on april 4, 1983. This was the maiden voyage of the orbiter Challenger . During the mission, the crew conducted ...
#4 Susan Kilrain
Susan Kilrain (born Susan Leigh Still , October 24, 1961) is an American engineer , a former United States Navy officer, and a former NASA astronaut . American engineer, US Navy officer, and astronaut This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification . ( July 2020 ) Susan
- ... A veteran of two space flights, she logged nearly 472 hours in space. She flew as pilot on STS-83 ( april 4 to 8, 1997) and STS-94 (July 1 to 17, 1997). She was most recently the Legislative Specialist for Sh ...
#5 Sergey Zalyotin
Sergei Viktorovich Zalyotin ( Russian : Серге́й Викторович Залётин ; born April 21, 1962) is a Russian cosmonaut and a veteran of two space missions. Russian cosmonaut This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification . ( September 2009 ) Sergei Viktorovich Zalyotin Born
- ... From June 1999 to March 2000 he passed training as the commander of the prime crew for PC-28. From april 4 to June 16, 2000, he performed the first space flight as the commander of the Soyuz TM-30 spacecraft ...
#6 Donald A. Thomas
Donald Alan Thomas , Ph.D. (born May 6, 1955) is an American engineer and a former NASA astronaut . Donald Alan Thomas Born ( 1955-05-06 ) May 6, 1955 (age 67) Cleveland, Ohio Status Retired Nationality American Occupation Engineer Space career NASA astronaut Time in space 43d 08h 13m Selection 19
- ... pecialist on STS-65 (July 8, 1994 – July 23, 1994), STS-70 (July 13, 1995 – July 22, 1995), STS-83 ( april 4, 1997 – April 8, 1997) and STS-94 (July 1, 1997 – July 17, 1997). Initially assigned to the ISS Expe ...
- ... an "Honorary Ohioan", making this flight "The All-Ohio Space Shuttle Mission". [3] STS-83 Columbia ( april 4, 1997 – April 8, 1997). The STS-83 Microgravity Science Laboratory (MSL-1) Spacelab mission, was cut ...
#7 Andrey Borisenko
Andrey Ivanovich Borisenko ( Russian : Андрей Иванович Борисенко ; born 17 April 1964) is a Russian cosmonaut . [1] He was selected as a cosmonaut in May 2003, and is a veteran of two long duration missions to the International Space Station . Russian cosmonaut Andrey Borisenko Born ( 1964-04-17 ) 1
- ... aboard Soyuz TMA-21 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome 's Gagarin's Start launch pad, at 23:18:20 UTC on 4 april 2011. The launch of Soyuz TMA-21 was dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the first manned space fl ...
#8 Karol J. Bobko
Karol Joseph "Bo" Bobko (born December 23, 1937), ( Col , USAF , Ret.), is an American aerospace engineer , retired U.S. Air Force officer , test pilot , and a former USAF and NASA astronaut . Bobko was the first graduate of the US Air Force Academy to travel in space. [1] Karol J. Bobko Bobko in Se
- ... ran of three space flights, Bobko logged a total of 386 hours in space . He was the pilot on STS-6 ( april 4 9, 1983); and was the mission commander on STS-51-D (April 12–19, 1985) and STS-51-J (October 3–7, 1 ...
- ... aining for STS-6 Bobko was pilot for STS-6, which launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on april 4, 1983. During the maiden voyage of Challenger , the crew deployed a large communications satellite ( ...
#9 Donald H. Peterson
Donald Herod Peterson (October 22, 1933 – May 27, 2018) was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut . Peterson was originally selected for the Air Force Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) program, but, when that was canceled, he became a NASA astronaut in September 1969. He was a missio
- ... [6] He was a mission specialist on STS-6 , which launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida , on april 4, 1983. [5] He was accompanied by Paul J. Weitz (spacecraft commander), Col. Karol J. Bobko (Pilot), ...
#10 Jeff Bezos
Jeffrey Preston Bezos ( / ˈ b eɪ z oʊ s / BAY -zohss ; [2] né Jorgensen ; born January 12, 1964) is an American entrepreneur, media proprietor , investor, computer engineer, and commercial astronaut . [3] [4] He is the founder, executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon . With a net
- ... to divorce after a "long period" of separation. [246] [ non-primary source needed ] [247] [248] On april 4, 2019, the divorce was finalized, with Bezos keeping 75% of the couple's Amazon stock and MacKenzie ...
#11 Satoshi Furukawa
Satoshi Furukawa ( 古川 聡 , Furukawa Satoshi , born April 4, 1964) is a Japanese surgeon and JAXA astronaut . Furukawa was assigned to the International Space Station as a flight engineer on long-duration missions Expedition 28 / 29 , lifting off 7 June 2011 and returning 22 November 2011. Japanese su
- Satoshi Furukawa ( 古川 聡 , Furukawa Satoshi , born april 4, 1964) is a Japanese surgeon and JAXA astronaut . Furukawa was assigned to the International Space S ...
- ... ing 22 November 2011. Japanese surgeon and JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa 古川 聡 Born ( 1964-04-04 ) april 4, 1964 (age 58) Yokohama City / Kanagawa , Japan Status Active Nationality Japanese Occupation Surgeo ...
#12 Gregory T. Linteris
Gregory Thomas Linteris , Ph.D. (born October 4, 1957 in Englewood, New Jersey ) is an American scientist who flew as a payload specialist on two NASA Space Shuttle missions in 1997. Gregory Thomas Linteris Born ( 1957-10-04 ) October 4, 1957 (age 64) Demarest, New Jersey Nationality American Occu
- ... ctroscopy , and heat transfer . SPACEFLIGHT EXPERIENCE Linteris was a payload specialist on STS-83 ( april 4 8, 1997) and STS-94 (July 1–17, 1997) and logged over 471 hours in space. STS-83, the Microgravity S ...
#13 Roger K. Crouch
Roger Keith Crouch (born September 12, 1940) is an American scientist and astronaut who flew as a payload specialist on two NASA Space Shuttle missions in 1997. American scientist and astronaut Roger Keith Crouch Born ( 1940-09-12 ) September 12, 1940 (age 81) Jamestown, Tennessee Nationality Amer
- ... ry ) which flew in January 1992. [1] SPACEFLIGHT EXPERIENCE Flew as a Payload Specialist on STS-83 ( april 4 8, 1997) and STS-94 (July 1–17, 1997) and logged over 471 hours in space. STS-83, the Microgravity S ...
#14 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 ,
- ... cy that prevented gay and lesbian people from serving openly in the United States Armed Forces . On april 4, 2013, Nelson announced that he no longer opposed same-sex marriage. He wrote, "The civil rights and ...
#15 Michael L. Gernhardt
Michael Landon Gernhardt (born May 4, 1956) is a NASA astronaut and manager of the Environmental Physiology Laboratory, and principal investigator of the Prebreathe Reduction Program (PRP) at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center . [1] NASA astronaut and manager of Environmental Physiology Laboratory M
- ... tes, and 8 seconds, traveling 4.5 million miles in 171 orbits of the Earth . STS-83 took place from april 4 8, 1997. [1] This was the Microgravity Science Laboratory (MSL-1) Spacelab mission, and it was cut s ...
#16 Aleksandr Samokutyaev
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Samokutyaev ( Russian : Александр Михайлович Самокутяев ; born 13 March 1970 in Penza , Russian SFSR, USSR) is a Russian politician and former cosmonaut. Samokutyaev served as a Flight Engineer for the International Space Station (ISS) long duration Expedition 27 / 28 missions
- ... launched on schedule from the Baikonur Cosmodrome 's Gagarin's Start launch pad, at 23:18:20 UTC on 4 april 2011. Samokutyayev served as Commander of Soyuz TMA-21. [5] The launch of Soyuz TMA-21 was devoted ...
#17 Ronald J. Garan Jr.
Ronald John Garan Jr. (born October 30, 1961) [1] [2] is a retired NASA astronaut . After graduating from State University of New York College at Oneonta in 1982, he joined the Air Force , becoming a Second Lieutenant in 1984. He became an F-16 pilot, and flew combat missions in Desert Shield and De
- ... on the May 2008 STS-124 mission to the International Space Station (ISS). [1] He returned to ISS on april 4, 2011, for a six-month stay as a member of Expedition 27 . [1] [2] American astronaut Ronald J. Gara ...
- ... -21 launch craft was named Gagarin in honor of the 50th anniversary, eight days after its launch on april 4, of the first human spaceflight by Yuri Gagarin . [12] Garan participated in the last space-shuttle- ...
#18 Charles Duke
Charles Moss Duke Jr. (born October 3, 1935) is an American former astronaut , United States Air Force (USAF) officer and test pilot . As lunar module pilot of Apollo 16 in 1972, he became the tenth and youngest person to walk on the Moon , at age 36 years and 201 days. [note 1] For the British Labo
- ... Duke that he had been selected. [29] NASA officially announced the names of the 19 men selected on april 4, 1966. [31] Young named the group the "Original Nineteen" in a parody of the original Mercury Seven ...
Museum / Museum
#1 Queensland Air Museum
The Queensland Air Museum is a not-for-profit community-owned aviation museum located at Caloundra Airport in Queensland , Australia . Its mission is to collect and preserve all aspects of aviation heritage with an emphasis on Australia and Queensland. The museum has the largest collection of histor
- ... Caloundra Airport which had a newly built hangar . The official opening of the museum took place on 4 april 1987 by Mrs Ly Bennett, wife of the museum's first patron , the late Air Vice-Marshal Don Bennett. ...
#2 Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum
Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum (formerly the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor ) is a non-profit founded in 1999 to develop an aviation museum in Hawaii . [3] Part of Senator Daniel Inouye 's vision for a rebirth of Ford Island , the museum hosts a variety of aviation exhibits with a majority relat
- ... n affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution as part of the Smithsonian Affiliations program. [16] On april 4, 2013, the museum received its millionth visitor. [17] The museum opened a 4,000 square foot Aviatio ...
#3 Floyd Bennett Field
Floyd Bennett Field is an airfield in the Marine Park neighborhood of southeast Brooklyn in New York City , along the shore of Jamaica Bay . The airport originally hosted commercial and general aviation traffic before being used as a naval air station . Bennett Field is currently part of the Gateway
- ... dents. [172] [173] The governor's proposal had been in planning since November 1969. [172] [160] On april 4, 1970, the Navy conducted its last daily formal inspections of officers, an act that started the pro ...
#4 National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History (formerly named National Atomic Museum ) is a national repository of nuclear science information chartered by the 102nd United States Congress under Public Law 102-190, [1] and located in unincorporated Bernalillo County , New Mexico , with an Albuque
- ... llery [6] where photos were posted weekly to show the building's progress. The new Museum opened on april 4, 2009 in its new location under the new name National Museum of Nuclear Science & History. [7] Fundi ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 Kosmos 277
Kosmos 277 ( Russian : Космос 277 meaning Cosmos 277 ), known before launch as DS-P1-Yu No.20 , was a Soviet satellite which was used as a radar calibration target for tests of anti-ballistic missiles . It was a 325-kilogram (717 lb) spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau , and
- ... type DS-P1-Yu Manufacturer Yuzhnoye Launch mass 325 kilograms (717 lb) Start of mission Launch date 4 april 1969, 13:00:04 ( 1969-04-04UTC13:00:04Z ) UTC Rocket Kosmos-2I 63SM Launch site Plesetsk 133/1 End ...
- ... 33/1 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome , [2] atop a Kosmos-2I 63SM carrier rocket . The launch occurred on 4 april 1969 at 13:00:04 UTC, and resulted in Kosmos 277's successful deployment into low Earth orbit . [3] ...
#2 Soyuz TMA-18
Soyuz TMA-18 was a 2010 Soyuz flight to the International Space Station (ISS). TMA-18 was the 105th crewed flight of a Soyuz spacecraft since the first crewed flight in 1967. 2010 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS Soyuz TMA-18 Soyuz TMA-18 launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome, 2 April 2010. Mission
- ... t Regime Low Earth orbit Inclination 51.66° Docking with ISS Docking port Poisk zenith Docking date 4 april 2010, 05:25 UTC Undocking date 25 September 2010 02:02 UTC Time docked 173 days, 20 hours and 37 mi ...
- ... and test facility and was erected at launch pad 1. [11] DOCKING Soyuz TMA-18 approaches the ISS. On 4 april 2010, three minutes ahead of schedule, Soyuz TMA-18 successfully docked to the Poisk module on the ...
#3 USA-204
USA-204 , or Wideband Global SATCOM 2 ( WGS-2 ) is a United States military communications satellite which is operated by the United States Air Force as part of the Wideband Global SATCOM programme. Launched in 2009, it was the second WGS satellite to reach orbit, and operates in geostationary orbit
- ... Manufacturer Boeing Satellite Systems Launch mass 5,987 kg (13,199 lb) Start of mission Launch date 4 april 2009, 00:31:00 UTC [1] Rocket Atlas V 421 (AV-016) Launch site Cape Canaveral , SLC-41 Contractor U ...
- ... ch occurred from Space Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 00:31:00 UTC on 4 april 2009, [1] and successfully placed the satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit , from which t ...
#4 SpaceX CRS-14
SpaceX CRS-14 , also known as SpX-14 , was a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station launched on 2 April 2018. The mission was contracted by NASA and was flown by SpaceX . This mission reused the Falcon 9 first stage booster previously flown on CRS-12 and the Dragon ca
- ... throp Grumann CRS-14 mission, see Cygnus NG-14 . SpaceX CRS-14 SpaceX CRS-14 arriving at the ISS on 4 april 2018 Mission type ISS resupply Operator SpaceX COSPAR ID 2018-032A SATCAT no. 43267 Mission duratio ...
- ... ocentric Regime Low Earth Inclination 51.6° Berthing at ISS Berthing port Harmony nadir RMS capture 4 april 2018, 10:40 UTC [4] Berthing date 4 April 2018, 13:00 UTC [4] Unberthing date 5 May 2018, ≈05:30 [5 ...
- ... ° Berthing at ISS Berthing port Harmony nadir RMS capture 4 April 2018, 10:40 UTC [4] Berthing date 4 april 2018, 13:00 UTC [4] Unberthing date 5 May 2018, ≈05:30 [5] RMS release 5 May 2018, 13:23 UTC [6] Ti ...
- ... Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40 . [10] The Dragon spacecraft rendezvoused with the ISS on 4 april ; it was captured by Canadarm2 at 10:40 UTC and was berthed to the Harmony module at 13:00 UTC. [4] ...
#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
- ... aft 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, 2011 ...
#6 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
- ... ptember 16, 2016 21:51 UTC Soyuz MS-02 October 21, 2016 09:52 UTC April 10, 2017 07:57 UTC Soyuz MS- 04 april 20, 2017 13:18 UTC September 2, 2017 21:58 UTC Soyuz MS-06 September 13, 2017 02:55 UTC February 27 ...
#7 STS-83
STS-83 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission flown by Columbia . It was a science research mission that achieved orbit successfully, but the planned duration was a failure due to a technical problem with a fuel cell that resulted in the abort of the 15 day duration. Columbia returned to Earth just shy of
- ... Voss Michael L. Gernhardt Donald A. Thomas Roger Crouch Greg Linteris Start of mission Launch date 4 april 1997, 19:20:32.074 ( 1997-04-04UTC19:20:32Z ) UTC Launch site Kennedy LC-39A End of mission Landing ...
- ... ialist 2 Greg Linteris First spaceflight MISSION HIGHLIGHTS This mission was originally launched on 4 april 1997, and was intended to be on orbit for 15 days, 16 hours. The mission was cut short due to a pro ...
#8 Progress M-41
Progress M-41 ( Russian : Прогресс M-41 ) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in April 1999 to resupply the Mir space station and carry the Sputnik 99 satellite. [5] Russian cargo spacecraft Progress M-41 A Progress-M spacecraft Mission type Mir resupply COSPAR ID 19
- ... riod 88.6 minutes [4] Epoch 2 April 1999 Docking with Mir Docking port Kvant-1 aft [4] Docking date 4 april 1999, 12:46:50 UTC Undocking date 17 July 1999, 11:24 UTC Progress (spacecraft) ← Progress M-40 Pro ...
- ... uz-U rocket. [2] [6] DOCKING Progress M-41 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 4 april 1999 at 12:46:50 UTC, and was undocked on 17 July 1999 at 11:24 UTC. [3] [4] DECAY It remained in o ...
#9 Kosmos 28
Kosmos 28 ( Russian : Космос 28 meaning Cosmos 28 ) or Zenit-2 No.16 was a Soviet , a first generation, low resolution, optical film-return reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1964. A Zenit-2 spacecraft, Kosmos 28 was the sixteenth of eighty-one such satellites to be launched [3] [4] and
- ... ies Spacecraft type Zenit-2 Manufacturer OKB-1 Launch mass 4730 kg [1] Start of mission Launch date 4 april 1964, 09:36:00 GMT Rocket Vostok-2 s/n G15001-04 Launch site Baikonur , 31/6 Contractor OKB-1 End o ...
- ... ow Earth Perigee altitude 213 km Apogee altitude 373 km Inclination 65.0° Period 90.4 minutes Epoch 4 april 1964 A Vostok-2 rocket, s/n G15001-04, [5] was used to launch Kosmos 28. The launch took place at 0 ...
- ... ok-2 rocket, s/n G15001-04, [5] was used to launch Kosmos 28. The launch took place at 09:36 GMT on 4 april 1964 from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome . [6] Following its successful arrival in orbit the ...
- ... 1964-017A and the Satellite Catalog Number 00779. Kosmos 28 was operated in a low Earth orbit . On 4 april 1964, it had a perigee of 213 kilometres (132 mi) , an apogee of 373 kilometres (232 mi) , with inc ...
#10 Kosmos 2446
Kosmos 2446 ( Russian : Космос 2446 meaning Cosmos 2446 ) is a Russian US-K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 2008 as part of the Russian Space Forces ' Oko programme. [5] The satellite is designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors . [2] K
- ... ne ATV STS-123 ( Kibō ELM-PS , Dextre , Spacelab MD002 ) USA-200 AMC-14 USA-201 DirecTV-11 SAR-Lupe 4 april Soyuz TMA-12 ICO G1 C/NOFS Vinasat-1 , Star One C2 Tianlian I-01 GIOVE-B Cartosat-2A , TWSAT , CanX ...
#11 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
- ... award, claiming that it could launch Lucy into the same orbit at a "significantly cheaper cost". On 4 april 2019, SpaceX withdrew the protest. [23] On 28 August 2020, NASA announced that Lucy had passed its ...
#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
- ... telemetry communication capability to the Air Force facility responsible for launch safety. [17] By 4 april 2014, the Eastern Range radars were repaired and back online to support launches, and the CRS-3 lau ...
#13 Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3
Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 ( Korean : 광명성 3호 ; Hanja : 光明星3號 ; lit. Bright Star-3 [2] or Lode Star-3 [3] ) was a North Korean Earth observation satellite which, according to the DPRK , was for weather forecast purposes, and whose launch was widely portrayed in the West to be a veiled ballistic missile t
- ... or the relaunch of six-sided negotiations about the nuclear issue on the Korean peninsula". [38] On 4 april , Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said "There should be no place for emotions and we must not ...
- ... ry ahead of the planned launch on 12–16 April: the evidence, contained in satellite photos taken on 4 april , suggested the completion of fuelling activity, with most of the empty fuel and oxidizer tanks remo ...
#14 Apollo 4
Apollo 4 (November 9, 1967), also known as SA-501 , was the uncrewed first test flight of the Saturn V launch vehicle, the rocket that eventually took astronauts to the Moon . The space vehicle was assembled in the Vehicle Assembly Building , and was the first to be launched from Kennedy Space Cente
- ... to land on the Moon by mid-1969. [43] Apollo 6, the second flight of the Saturn V, was launched on april 4, 1968. Although the Saturn V's stages gave more trouble than on Apollo 4 (the mission experienced po ...
#15 Solar Mesosphere Explorer
The Solar Mesosphere Explorer (also known as Explorer 64 ) was a NASA spacecraft to investigate the processes that create and destroy ozone in Earth's upper of the atmosphere of Earth . The mesosphere is a layer of the atmosphere extending from the top of the stratosphere to an altitude of about 80
- ... aft Company Entered service 6 October 1981 End of mission Deactivated 31 December 1988 Last contact 4 april 1989 Decay date 5 March 1991 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit Regime Low Earth ...
- ... Thor-Delta 2310 from Vandenberg Air Force Base , in California , the satellite returned data until 4 april 1989. [1] ATMOSPHERIC ENTRY The spacecraft reentered Earth's atmosphere on 5 March 1991. [1] SEE AL ...
#16 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
- ... hangar at LC-40 on 23 October 2011. SpaceX technicians stow cargo in the COTS 2 Dragon at LC-40 on 4 april 2012. Astronauts Donald Pettit (foreground) and André Kuipers practice grappling Dragon in a simula ...
#17 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
- ... uz-7K-ST. Orbit: 200 x 228km. [2] Inclination: 52 degrees. [3] Mass: 6680 kg. Crew: None. Launched: april 4, 1978. Landed: April 15, 1978.
#18 Kosmos 1547
Kosmos 1547 ( Russian : Космос 1547 meaning Cosmos 1547 ) is a Soviet US-K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1984 as part of the Soviet military's Oko programme. The satellite is designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors . [2] Kosmos 1547
- ... erties Spacecraft type US-K [2] Launch mass 1,900 kilograms (4,200 lb) Start of mission Launch date 4 april 1984, 01:40 ( 1984-04-04UTC01:40Z ) UTC Rocket Molniya-M / 2BL [2] Launch site Plesetsk Cosmodrome ...
- ... rier rocket with a 2BL upper stage was used to perform the launch, which took place at 01:40 UTC on 4 april 1984. [3] The launch successfully placed the satellite into a molniya orbit . It subsequently recei ...
#19 Soyuz TM-30
Soyuz TM-30 ( Russian : Союз ТМ-30 , Union TM-30 ), also known as Mir EO -28 , was a Soyuz mission, the 39th and final human spaceflight to the Mir space station . The crew of the mission was sent by MirCorp , a privately funded company, to reactivate and repair the station. The crew also resupplied
- ... Members Sergei Zalyotin Aleksandr Kaleri Callsign Енисе́й ( Yenisei ) Start of mission Launch date april 4, 2000, 05:01:29 ( 2000-04-04UTC05:01:29Z ) UTC [2] Rocket Soyuz-U Launch site Baikonur 1/5 End of mi ...
- ... nogradov were tentatively assigned as the crew. [5] MISSION HIGHLIGHTS The launch of Soyuz TM-30 on april 4, 2000 Soyuz TM-30 launched at 05:01:29 UT on April 4, 2000. Docking occurred on April 6 at 06:31:24 ...
- ... ISSION HIGHLIGHTS The launch of Soyuz TM-30 on April 4, 2000 Soyuz TM-30 launched at 05:01:29 UT on april 4, 2000. Docking occurred on April 6 at 06:31:24 UT. Although the Soyuz docking system is automated un ...
#20 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
- ... 1989 (EO-2–EO-4), the record-breaking run from 5 September 1989 – 28 August 1999 (EO-5–EO-27), and 4 april –16 June 2000 ( EO-28 ). [47] [ page needed ] By the end, it had been visited by 104 different peopl ...
- ... ovie studio [ citation needed ] . The privately funded Soyuz TM-30 mission by MirCorp , launched on 4 april 2000, carried two crew members, Sergei Zalyotin and Aleksandr Kaleri , to the station for two month ...