langs: 5 апреля [ru] / april 5 [en] / 5. april [de] / 5 avril [fr] / 5 aprile [it] / 5 de abril [es]
days: april 2 / april 3 / april 4 / april 5 / april 6 / april 7 / april 8
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 John Glenn
John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American Marine Corps aviator , engineer , astronaut , businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space, and the first American to orbit the Earth , circling it three times in 1962. Following his retirement from NASA
- ... hing." [261] President Obama ordered flags to be flown at half-staff until Glenn's burial. [262] On april 5, 2017, President Donald Trump issued presidential proclamation 9588 , titled "Honoring the Memory of ...
#2 Linda M. Godwin
Linda Maxine Godwin Ph.D. (born July 2, 1952) is an American scientist and retired NASA astronaut . [1] Godwin joined NASA in 1980 and became an astronaut in July 1986. She retired in 2010. During her career, Godwin completed four space flights and logged over 38 days in space. Godwin also served as
- ... crew of STS-37 . [7] : 63–64 Atlantis was launched from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B april 5, 1991, 14:22:45 UTC and returned to land at Edwards Air Force Base , California April 11, 1991, 13:5 ...
#3 Alan Shepard
Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) was an American astronaut , naval aviator , test pilot , and businessman. In 1961, he became the second person and the first American to travel into space, and in 1971, he walked on the Moon . American astronaut (1923–1998), first Ameri
- ... weds had only a brief time together before Shepard rejoined Cogswell at the Long Beach Navy Yard on april 5, 1945. [22] After the war, they had two children, both daughters: Laura, born in 1947, [23] and Juli ...
#4 Bjarni Tryggvason
Bjarni Valdimar Tryggvason (September 21, 1945 – April 5, 2022) was an Icelandic-born Canadian engineer and a NRC / CSA astronaut . He served as a Payload Specialist on Space Shuttle mission STS-85 in 1997, a 12-day mission to study changes in the Earth's atmosphere . Icelandic-Canadian astronaut (1
- Bjarni Valdimar Tryggvason (September 21, 1945 – april 5, 2022) was an Icelandic-born Canadian engineer and a NRC / CSA astronaut . He served as a Payload Sp ...
- ... yggvason Born Bjarni Valdimar Tryggvason ( 1945-09-21 ) September 21, 1945 Reykjavík , Iceland Died april 5, 2022 (2022-04-05) (aged 76) London, Ontario , Canada Nationality Icelandic, Canadian Alma mater Uni ...
- ... o went into aviation as a commercial pilot , while his daughter was a veterinarian . [6] He died on april 5, 2022, at the age of 76. [8] [9] HONORS AND AFFILIATIONS Tryggvason was a member of the Canadian Aer ...
#5 Vitaly Sevastyanov
Vitaly Ivanovich Sevastyanov ( Russian : Вита́лий Ива́нович Севастья́нов ; 8 July 1935 – 5 April 2010) was a Soviet cosmonaut and an engineer who flew on the Soyuz 9 and Soyuz 18 missions. Soviet engineer, cosmonaut, chess federation head and presenter In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming
- Vitaly Ivanovich Sevastyanov ( Russian : Вита́лий Ива́нович Севастья́нов ; 8 July 1935 – 5 april 2010) was a Soviet cosmonaut and an engineer who flew on the Soyuz 9 and Soyuz 18 missions. Soviet ...
- ... anovich Sevastyanov Born ( 1935-07-08 ) 8 July 1935 Krasnouralsk , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union Died 5 april 2010 (2010-04-05) (aged 74) Moscow , Russia Nationality Soviet Occupation Engineer Awards Hero of t ...
- ... rers in 1984. Membership is open to all people who have flown in outer space . He died in Moscow on 5 april 2010, aged 74. [2] AWARDS Twice Hero of the Soviet Union Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR Two Orders of ...
#6 John M. Grunsfeld
John Mace Grunsfeld (born October 10, 1958) is an American physicist and a former NASA astronaut . He is a veteran of five Space Shuttle flights and has served as NASA Chief Scientist . His academic background includes research in high energy astrophysics , cosmic ray physics and the emerging field
- ... NewsHour with Judy Woodruff , [15] the Colbert Report , [16] [17] and on NASA television . [18] On april 5, 2016, Grunsfield announced his retirement from NASA, starting April 30. SPACEFLIGHT EXPERIENCE John ...
#7 Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger
Dorothy Marie "Dottie" Metcalf-Lindenburger (born May 2, 1975, in Colorado Springs, Colorado ) is a retired American astronaut . In 2000, she married Jason Metcalf-Lindenburger, a fellow Whitman College graduate and educator, from Pendleton, Oregon, and they now have one daughter together. She was a
- ... d from NASA on June 13, 2014, to live and work in the Seattle area. SPACEFLIGHTS STS-131 Discovery ( april 5 to 20, 2010), a resupply mission to the International Space Station, was launched at night from the ...
#8 Judith Resnik
Judith Arlene Resnik (April 5, 1949 – January 28, 1986) was an American electrical engineer , software engineer, biomedical engineer , pilot and NASA astronaut who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster . She was the fourth woman, the second American woman and the first Jewish woman of any na
- Judith Arlene Resnik ( april 5, 1949 – January 28, 1986) was an American electrical engineer , software engineer, biomedical engine ...
- ... erican engineer and astronaut (1949–1986) Judith Resnik Official portrait, 1978 Born ( 1949-04-05 ) april 5, 1949 Akron, Ohio , U.S. Died January 28, 1986 (1986-01-28) (aged 36) North Atlantic Ocean Resting p ...
- ... er liftoff and crashed into the ocean. EARLY LIFE Judith Arlene Resnik was born in Akron, Ohio , on april 5, 1949, [1] [2] the daughter of Marvin Resnik, an optometrist , and his wife Sarah ( née Polensky), [ ...
#9 Vasily Lazarev
Vasily Grigoryevich Lazarev ( Russian : Васи́лий Григо́рьевич Ла́зарев ; 23 February 1928 – 31 December 1990) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 12 spaceflight as well as the abortive Soyuz 18a launch on 5 April 1975. Soviet cosmonaut Vasily Grigoryevich Lazarev Born ( 1928-02-23 ) 23 Febr
- ... a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 12 spaceflight as well as the abortive Soyuz 18a launch on 5 april 1975. Soviet cosmonaut Vasily Grigoryevich Lazarev Born ( 1928-02-23 ) 23 February 1928 Poroshino , ...
#10 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
- ... and the group spent the rest of the night drinking scotch and discussing what had happened. [94] On april 5, 1967, the same day the Apollo 1 investigation released its final report, Armstrong and 17 other ast ...
#11 Stephanie Wilson
Stephanie Diana Wilson (born September 27, 1966) is an American engineer and a NASA astronaut . She flew to space onboard three Space Shuttle missions, and is the second African American woman to go into space, after Mae Jemison . As of 2021 , [update] her 42 days in space are the most of any female
- ... lson to the bottom right), the first time four women being at the same time in space. [17] STS-131 ( april 5 20, 2010) was a resupply mission to the International Space Station. Space Shuttle Discovery was lau ...
#12 Steven R. Nagel
Steven Ray Nagel (October 27, 1946 – August 21, 2014), ( Col , USAF ), was an American astronaut , aeronautical and mechanical engineer , test pilot , and a United States Air Force pilot . [1] In total, he logged 723 hours in space. [2] After NASA, he worked at the University of Missouri College of
- ... in article: STS-37 On his third flight, Nagel was Commander of STS-37, which launched into orbit on april 5, 1991, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, and landed on April 11, 1991, at Edwards Air Force Base, ...
#13 Jerry L. Ross
Jerry Lynn Ross (born January 20, 1948, Crown Point, Indiana ) is a retired United States Air Force officer, engineer and a former NASA astronaut . He is a veteran of seven Space Shuttle missions, making him the joint record holder for most spaceflights (a record he shares with Franklin Chang-Diaz )
- ... ined to its critical heat-resistant tiles during ascent. STS-37 Atlantis , was launched from KSC on april 5, 1991, and deployed the 35,000 pound Compton Gamma Ray Observatory . Ross performed two spacewalks t ...
#14 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
- Philip Kenyon Chapman (5 March 1935 – 5 april 2021) was the first Australian-born American astronaut , serving for about five years in NASA Astro ...
- ... nyon Chapman Chapman in 1971 Born ( 1935-03-05 ) 5 March 1935 Melbourne , Victoria , Australia Died 5 april 2021 (2021-04-05) (aged 86) Arizona, U.S. Nationality Australian-American Alma mater Sydney Univers ...
- ... Australia's Astronauts: Three Men and a Spaceflight Dream, 1999, by Colin Burgess . Chapman died on 5 april 2021, at the age of 86. [7] PARTIAL BIBLIOGRAPHY Chapman, P. K.; Ezekiel, S. (1964). A sensitive cr ...
#15 James Dutton (astronaut)
James Patrick "Mash" Dutton, Jr. (born November 20, 1968) is an engineer , former NASA astronaut pilot of the Class of 2004 (NASA Group 19), and a former test pilot in the US Air Force with the rank of colonel . This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the
- ... 11 until his retirement from NASA in June 2012. STS-131 STS-131 James Dutton in the Cupola STS-131 ( april 5 20, 2010) was a resupply mission to the International Space Station performed by Space Shuttle Disco ...
#16 Alan G. Poindexter
Alan Goodwin "Dex" Poindexter (November 5, 1961 – July 1, 2012) was an American naval officer and a NASA astronaut . Poindexter was selected in the 1998 NASA Group (G17) and went into orbit aboard Space Shuttle missions STS-122 and STS-131 . American test pilot and astronaut (1961–2012) This artic
- ... and 40 seconds, and traveled 5,296,832 statute miles in 203 Earth orbits. STS-131 aboard Discovery ( april 5 20, 2010), a resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS), launched just before dawn fr ...
#17 Sonny Carter
Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter Jr. , M.D. (August 15, 1947 – April 5, 1991), ( Capt , USN ), was an American chemist , physician , professional soccer player, naval officer and aviator , test pilot , and NASA astronaut who flew on STS-33 . 20th-century American astronaut, chemist, and U.S. Navy office
- Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter Jr. , M.D. (August 15, 1947 – april 5, 1991), ( Capt , USN ), was an American chemist , physician , professional soccer player, naval offi ...
- ... rait, 1984 Born Manley Lanier Carter Jr. ( 1947-08-15 ) August 15, 1947 Macon , Georgia , U.S. Died april 5, 1991 (1991-04-05) (aged 43) Brunswick, Georgia , U.S. Alma mater Emory University , B.A. 1969, M.D. ...
- ... nal Microgravity Laboratory (IML-1). His place was taken by Dave Hilmers . DEATH Carter died in the april 5, 1991, crash of Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311 in Brunswick, Georgia . He was aboard the co ...
#18 Yuri Gidzenko
Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko ( Russian: Юрий Павлович Гидзенко ; born March 26, 1962) is a Russian cosmonaut . [1] He was a test cosmonaut of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (TsPK). Gidzenko has flown into space three times and has lived on board the Mir and the International Space Station. He
- ... tribution to space exploration, strengthening friendship and cooperation between nations 4th class ( april 5, 2002) – for their courage and professionalism shown during the implementation of long-duration spac ...
#19 Franklin Chang-Díaz
Franklin Ramón Chang-Díaz (born April 5, 1950) [1] is a Costa Rican-born American mechanical engineer , physicist and former NASA astronaut. He is the sole founder and CEO of Ad Astra Rocket Company [2] as well as a member of Cummins ' board of directors. [3] He became an American citizen in 1977. [
- Franklin Ramón Chang-Díaz (born april 5, 1950) [1] is a Costa Rican-born American mechanical engineer , physicist and former NASA astronaut. ...
- ... second or maternal family name is Díaz . Franklin Chang-Díaz Chang-Díaz in 1997 Born ( 1950-04-05 ) april 5, 1950 (age 72) San José, Costa Rica Status Retired Nationality Costa Rican and United States Alma ma ...
- ... t Hall of Fame . FAMILY AND EDUCATION Franklin Ramón Chang-Díaz was born in San José, Costa Rica on april 5, 1950, to Ramón Ángel Chang Morales, an oil worker whose own father fled China during the Boxer Rebe ...
#20 Richard Mastracchio
Richard Alan "Rick" Mastracchio (born February 11, 1960) is an American engineer and former NASA astronaut . He has flown on three NASA Space Shuttle missions as a mission specialist in addition to serving as a Flight Engineer on the Soyuz TMA-11M ( Expedition 38 / Expedition 39 ) long duration miss
- ... e STS-118 mission was completed in 12 days, 17 hours, 55 minutes and 34 seconds. STS-131 Discovery ( april 5 20, 2010), a resupply mission to the International Space Station, was launched at night from the Ken ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory ( CGRO ) was a space observatory detecting photons with energies from 20 k eV to 30 GeV, in Earth orbit from 1991 to 2000. The observatory featured four main telescopes in one spacecraft, covering X-rays and gamma rays , including various specialized sub-instrum
- ... owing 14 years of effort, the observatory was launched from Space Shuttle Atlantis during STS-37 on april 5, 1991, and operated until its deorbit on June 4, 2000. [3] It was deployed in low Earth orbit at 450 ...
- ... W Inc. Launch mass 17,000 kilograms (37,000 lb) Power 2000.0 Watts [1] Start of mission Launch date 5 april 1991, 14:22:45 ( 1991-04-05UTC14:22:45Z ) UTC Rocket Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-37 Launch site Kenn ...
#2 Leonardo (ISS module)
The Leonardo Permanent Multipurpose Module ( PMM ) is a module of the International Space Station . It was flown into space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-133 on 24 February 2011 and installed on 1 March. Leonardo is primarily used for storage of spares, supplies and waste on the ISS, whi
- ... November 2008 30 November 2008 STS-128 Discovery 29 August 2009 11 September 2009 STS-131 Discovery 5 april 2010 20 April 2010 STS-133 Discovery 24 February 2011 N/A Leonardo was left on-station to become th ...
#3 Superbird-B3
Superbird-B3 , known as Superbird-8 before launch, and DSN-1 ( Kirameki-1 ) for its military payload, is a geostationary communications satellite operated by SKY Perfect JSAT Group and designed and manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric on the DS2000 satellite bus . Superbird-B3 Names Superbird-8 DSN-1
- ... 2000 Manufacturer Mitsubishi Electric Launch mass 5,348 kg (11,790 lb) Start of mission Launch date 5 april 2018, 21:34:07 UTC [2] Rocket Ariane 5 ECA (VA242) Launch site Centre Spatial Guyanais , ELA-3 Cont ...
#4 Nahuel 1A
Nahuel 1A was a Spacebus 2000NG satellite manufactured Dornier Satellitensysteme as prime contractor with Aérospatiale of Cannes-Mandelieu supplying the bus. It was launched on January 30, 1997 by an Ariane 44L launcher along companion GE-2 . [6] The satellite was located in the 71.8 degrees West sl
- ... users. The Nahuel 1A had twelve such thrusters in two redundant strings (2A to 7A and 2B to 7B). On april 5, 2001 the 7B showed the first failure (excessive chamber temperature due to oxidizer rich combustion ...
- ... The state of the satellite was poor, but a slow transfer plan was developed. The process started on april 5 using only 4B+5B pair, the only that still worked perfectly. The maneuver transited very close to ot ...
#5 Salyut 4
Salyut 4 (DOS 4) ( Russian : Салют-4 ; English translation: Salute 4 ) was a Salyut space station launched on December 26, 1974 into an orbit with an apogee of 355 km, a perigee of 343 km and an orbital inclination of 51.6 degrees. It was essentially a copy of the DOS 3 (or Kosmos 557) , and unl
- ... RAFT AND CREWS Soyuz 17 – January 11 – February 10, 1975 Aleksei Gubarev Georgi Grechko Soyuz 18a – april 5, 1975 – Launch abort Vasily Lazarev Oleg Makarov Soyuz 18 – May 24 – July 26, 1975 Pyotr Klimuk Vita ...
#6 Luna 4
Luna 4 , or E-6 No.4 (Ye-6 series), sometimes known in the West as Sputnik 26 , was a Soviet spacecraft launched as part of the Luna program to attempt the first soft landing on the Moon . Following a successful launch, the spacecraft failed to perform a course correction and as a result it missed t
- ... n manoeuvre, which resulted in it missing the Moon by 8,336.2 kilometres (5,179.9 mi) at 1:24 UT on april 5, 1963. It then entered a barycentric 90,000 × 700,000 km Earth orbit. A lecture program entitled Hit ...
- ... entitled Hitting the Moon was scheduled to be broadcast on Radio Moscow at 7:45 p.m. the evening of april 5 but was cancelled. The spacecraft transmitted at 183.6 MHz at least until April 6. LUNAR SURFACE CLO ...
#7 STS-33
STS-33 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission, during which Space Shuttle Discovery deployed a payload for the United States Department of Defense (DoD). It was the 32nd shuttle mission overall, the ninth flight of Discovery , the fifth shuttle mission in support of the DoD, the seventh post- Space Shuttl
- ... Blaha. Sonny Carter, a Mission Specialist on this flight, was killed in a commercial plane crash on 5 april 1991 [3] while training to fly on STS-42 . MISSION SUMMARY STS-33 was originally scheduled to launc ...
#8 PicSat
PicSat is a French observatory nanosatellite , designed to measure the transit of Beta Pictoris b , an exoplanet which orbits the star Beta Pictoris . This article needs additional citations for verification . ( September 2021 ) This article is about the French CubeSat launched in 2018. For the Amer
- ... , but the signal received was from the TIGRISAT satellite. The mission was officially concluded on april 5. SUPPORTING INSTITUTIONS PicSat was financially supported by the European Research Council (ERC) und ...
#9 CoRoT
CoRoT (French: Co nvection, Ro tation et T ransits planétaires ; English: Co nvection, Ro tation and planetary T ransits) was a space telescope mission which operated from 2006 to 2013. The mission's two objectives were to search for extrasolar planets with short orbital periods, particularly those
- ... eptember 2010; LRa04 , from 27 September 2010 to 16 December 2010; LRa05 , from 16 December 2010 to 5 april 2011; LRc07 , from 5 April 2011 to 30 June 2011; SRc03 , from 1 July 2011 to 5 July 2011 – a run ma ...
- ... 27 September 2010 to 16 December 2010; LRa05 , from 16 December 2010 to 5 April 2011; LRc07 , from 5 april 2011 to 30 June 2011; SRc03 , from 1 July 2011 to 5 July 2011 – a run made to reobserve the transit ...
#10 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
- ... ean claim Satellite name 1 August 31, 1998 Taepodong-1 Akita No Satellite launch Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1 2 april 5, 2009 Unha-2 Akita , Iwate Yes Satellite launch Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 3 December 12, 2012 Unha-3 Okinawa ...
- ... ciated Press by the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies on 5 april asserted that evidence suggests the first stage might be in the launch stand's closed gantry ahead ...
#11 Starlink
Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by SpaceX , [3] providing satellite Internet access coverage to 40 countries. It also aims for global mobile phone service after 2023. [4] SpaceX started launching Starlink satellites in 2019. As of September 2022, Starlink consists of over 3,0
- ... 2 [142] Approval originally given in February 2021 but the Conseil d'État annulled that Decision on 5 april 2022 due to lack of public consultation. [141] Approval was given again after consultation was comp ...
#12 Uhuru (satellite)
Uhuru was the first satellite launched specifically for the purpose of X-ray astronomy . It was also known as the X-ray Explorer Satellite , SAS-A (for Small Astronomy Satellite A , being first of the three-spacecraft SAS series), SAS 1 , or Explorer 42 . The observatory was launched on December 12,
- ... t Scout B S175C Launch site San Marco End of mission Last contact March 1973 ( 1973-04 ) Decay date april 5, 1979 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Low Earth Eccentricity 0.002956 Perigee ...
#13 Kosmos 901
Kosmos 901 ( Russian : Космос 901 meaning Cosmos 901 ), also known as DS-P1-I No.18 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1977 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. [1] Kosmos 901 Mission type ABM radar ta
- ... type DS-P1-I Manufacturer Yuzhnoye Launch mass 400 kilograms (880 lb) Start of mission Launch date 5 april 1977, 10:30 ( 1977-04-05UTC10:30Z ) UTC Rocket Kosmos-2I 63SM Launch site Plesetsk 133/1 End of mis ...
- ... oard a Kosmos-2I 63SM rocket, [2] from Site 133/1 at Plesetsk . The launch occurred at 10:30 UTC on 5 april 1977. [3] Kosmos 901 was placed into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of 269 kilometres (167 mi) , ...
#14 GOES-16
GOES-16 , formerly known as GOES-R before reaching geostationary orbit , is the first of the GOES-R series of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) operated by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). GOES-16 serves as the operational geostationary
- ... ASA selected the Atlas V 541 operated by United Launch Services as the launch vehicle for GOES-R on 5 april 2012, with a launch date slated for October 2015 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch ...
#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
- ... raviolet astrophysical observations. [19] The initial rendezvous of the Kvant -1 module with Mir on 5 april 1987 was troubled by the failure of the onboard control system. After the failure of the second att ...
#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
- ... 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 ...
- ... n /Technology Operator KCST COSPAR ID Mission duration Failed to orbit Start of mission Launch date april 5, 2009, 02:20:00 ( 2009-04-05UTC02:20Z ) UTC Rocket Unha-2 Launch site Tonghae Orbital parameters Ref ...
- ... he launch site is expected to have either snow or rain in the afternoon on April 4, cloudy skies on april 5 and clear skies from April 6 to 10, [24] as pictures of the assembled launch vehicle were publicly d ...
- ... later, and announced the error was originated from the JSDF FPS-5 radar's faulty detection. [28] On april 5, 2009, North Korea announced that the Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 satellite had been officially launched at 11: ...
- ... ean claim Satellite name 1 August 31, 1998 Taepodong-1 Akita No Satellite launch Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1 2 april 5, 2009 Unha-2 Akita , Iwate Yes Satellite launch Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 3 December 12, 2012 Unha-3 Okinawa ...
#17 Suisei (spacecraft)
Suisei ( すいせい , lit. "Comet") , originally known as Planet-A , was an unmanned space probe developed by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (now part of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency , or JAXA). Japanese deep space probe to Halley's comet This article includes a list of refe
- ... fering only 2 dust impacts. EARTH FLYBY Fifteen burns of Suisei ' s 3 N motors during the period of april 5 – 10, 1987, yielded a 65 m/s velocity increase for a 60,000 km Earth gravity assist swingby on Augus ...
#18 Vostok 1
Vostok 1 ( Russian: Восток , East or Orient 1) was the first spaceflight of the Vostok programme and the first human orbital spaceflight in history. The Vostok 3KA space capsule was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on April 12, 1961, with Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin aboard, making him the first h
- ... he mission relied heavily on the opinion of the head of cosmonaut training, Nikolai Kamanin . In an april 5 diary entry, Kamanin wrote that he was still undecided between Gagarin and Titov. [14] "The only thi ...
#19 Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1
Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1 or Gwangmyeongseong-1 ( Korean : 광명성 1호 , Hanja : 光明星 1號 , meaning Bright Star 1 ) was a satellite allegedly launched by North Korea on 31 August 1998. While the North Korean government claimed that the launch was successful, no objects were ever tracked in orbit from the launch, [1
- ... ean claim Satellite name 1 August 31, 1998 Taepodong-1 Akita No Satellite launch Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1 2 april 5, 2009 Unha-2 Akita , Iwate Yes Satellite launch Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 3 December 12, 2012 Unha-3 Okinawa ...
#20 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
- ... ours, 29 minutes First: 4 hours, 32 minute Second: 5 hours, 57 minutes Start of mission Launch date 5 april 1991, 14:22:45 UTC Rocket Space Shuttle Atlantis Launch site Kennedy Space Center , LC-39B Contract ...
- ... s on STS-37 The STS-37 mission was successfully launched from launch pad 39B at 9:22:44 a.m. EST on 5 april 1991 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida . Resumption of the countdown after the T-9-minute ho ...