langs: 11 августа [ru] / august 11 [en] / 11. august [de] / 11 août [fr] / 11 agosto [it] / 11 de agosto [es]
days: august 8 / august 9 / august 10 / august 11 / august 12 / august 13 / august 14
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 Michael A. Baker
Michael Allen Baker (born October 27, 1953) is a retired captain in the United States Navy , former NASA astronaut , and the International Space Station Program Manager for International and Crew Operations, at NASA's Johnson Space Center . He is responsible for the coordination of program operation
- ... f the Earth, the 9-day mission concluded with a landing on Runway 15 at the Kennedy Space Center on august 11, 1991. Mission duration was 213 hours, 21 minutes, 25 seconds. [2] STS-52 Space Shuttle Columbia lau ...
#2 Tracy Caldwell Dyson
Tracy Caldwell Dyson (born Tracy Ellen Caldwell ; August 14, 1969) is an American chemist and NASA astronaut . Caldwell Dyson was a Mission Specialist on Space Shuttle Endeavour flight STS-118 in August 2007 and part of the Expedition 23 and Expedition 24 crew on the International Space Station from
- ... o prepare the malfunctioning coolant pump for replacement on the next spacewalks that took place on august 11, 2010 and August 16, 2010. She performed all of this contingency EVA . [14] After 176 days, 1 hour, ...
#3 Aleksandr Viktorenko
Aleksandr Stepanovich Viktorenko ( Russian : Александр Степанович Викторенко ; born 29 March 1947) is a Soviet/Russian cosmonaut. Soviet cosmonaut This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification . ( November 2014 ) Aleksandr Stepanovich Viktorenko Born ( 1947-03-29 ) Ma
- ... olonged space flight on the orbital scientific research complex Mir Order of Friendship of Peoples ( 11 august 1992) - for the successful implementation of long-duration space flight on the orbital station Mir ...
#4 Frederick W. Sturckow
Frederick Wilford Sturckow (born August 11, 1961) is an engineer , retired United States Marine Corps officer, former NASA astronaut , and commercial spacecraft pilot. Sturckow is a veteran of four Space Shuttle missions. He flew on STS-88 and STS-105 as a pilot and STS-117 and STS-128 as a commande
- Frederick Wilford Sturckow (born august 11, 1961) is an engineer , retired United States Marine Corps officer, former NASA astronaut , and comm ...
- ... actic . [1] American astronaut Frederick W. Sturckow Born Frederick Wilford Sturckow ( 1961-08-11 ) august 11, 1961 (age 60) La Mesa, California , U.S. Status Retired Nationality American Other names "Rick" "CJ ...
#5 James C. Adamson
James Craig Adamson (born March 3, 1946) is a former NASA astronaut and retired Colonel of the United States Army . He is married with 3 children. James Adamson flew on two missions, STS-28 and STS-43 , and completed 263 orbits and 334 hours in space . After retiring from NASA, he was recruited by A
- ... 213 hours, the STS-43 mission concluded with a landing on Runway 15 at the Kennedy Space Center on august 11, 1991. Following Adamson's retirement from government service in June 1992, he continued as a manage ...
#6 G. David Low
George David Low (February 19, 1956 – March 15, 2008) [1] was an American aerospace executive and a NASA astronaut . He was born in 1956 to George M. Low , the Manager of the Apollo Spacecraft Program Office and, later, the 14th President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute . With undergraduate degr
- ... arth in 213 hours, the mission concluded with a landing on Runway 15 at the Kennedy Space Center on august 11, 1991. On STS-57 , Low served as payload commander aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour , which launch ...
#7 John S. Bull
John Sumter Bull (September 25, 1934 – August 11, 2008), was an American naval officer and aviator , fighter pilot , test pilot , mechanical and aeronautical engineer , and NASA astronaut . U.S. Navy test pilot, engineer and astronaut For other uses, see John Bull (disambiguation) . John S. Bull Por
- John Sumter Bull (September 25, 1934 – august 11, 2008), was an American naval officer and aviator , fighter pilot , test pilot , mechanical and aero ...
- ... Sumter Bull Born John Sumter Bull ( 1934-09-25 ) September 25, 1934 Memphis, Tennessee , U.S. Died august 11, 2008 (2008-08-11) (aged 73) South Lake Tahoe, California , U.S. Nationality American Alma mater Ric ...
- ... 8) and Whitney A. (born August 1, 1971), and four grandchildren. [3] ILLNESS AND DEATH Bull died on august 11, 2008, at the age of 73 in South Lake Tahoe, California , due to complications related to long-term ...
#8 Robert Michael White
Robert Michael "Bob" White (July 6, 1924 – March 17, 2010) ( Maj Gen , USAF ) [2] was an American electrical engineer , test pilot , fighter pilot , and astronaut . [3] [4] He was one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15 , an experimental spaceplane jointly operated by the Air Force and
- ... issions over North Vietnam , including leading an attack against the Paul Doumer Bridge in Hanoi on august 11, 1967, for which he was awarded the Air Force Cross . He was transferred in October to the Seventh A ...
- ... ophical Society [8] AIR FORCE CROSS CITATION Colonel Robert M. White U.S. Air Force Date Of Action: august 11, 1967 The President of the United States of America, authorized by Title 10, Section 8742, United St ...
- ... rations against an opposing armed force as an F-105 Mission Commander near Hanoi, North Vietnam, on 11 august 1967. On that date, Colonel White led the entire combat force against a key railroad and highway br ...
#9 Aleksandr Kaleri
Aleksandr "Sasha" Yuriyevich Kaleri ( Russian : Александр Юрьевич Калери ; born in Jūrmala , Latvia on 13 May 1956) is a Russian cosmonaut and veteran of extended stays on the Mir Space Station and the International Space Station (ISS). Kaleri has most recently been in space aboard the ISS serving a
- ... rsion was the fifth career spacewalk for Kaleri. HONOURS AND AWARDS Hero of the Russian Federation ( 11 august 1992) - for the successful implementation of long-duration space flight on the orbital station Mir ...
- ... e Medal Chevalier of the Legion of Honour (France, 1997) Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation ( 11 august 1992) - for the successful implementation of spaceflight on the space station Mir and expressed at ...
Museum / Museum
#1 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
- ... ney 875 hp (652 kW) Hornet engines, non-stop from Berlin, Germany. They arrived in Bennett Field on august 11 in a record time of 24:50:12 hours. On August 13, the aviators flew the same Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condo ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 JCSAT-3
JCSAT-3 was a geostationary communications satellite designed and manufactured by Hughes (now Boeing ) on the HS-601 satellite bus . It was originally ordered by JSAT Corporation , which later merged into the SKY Perfect JSAT Group . It has a mixed Ku-band and C-band payload and operated on the 128°
- ... xpected to replace JCSAT-3 at the 128° East orbital longitude after its planned 2006 launch. [5] On 11 august 2006, an Ariane 5 ECA launched JCSAT-10 (JCSAT-3A) along Syracuse-3B into a transfer orbit. Upon su ...
#2 Progress M-50
Progress M-50 ( Russian : Прогресс М-50 ), identified by NASA as Progress 15P , was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station . It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 350. [1] Russian spacecraft, in service in 2004 Progress M-50 Progress M-50 de
- ... properties Spacecraft type Progress-M s/n 350 Manufacturer RKK Energia Start of mission Launch date 11 august 2004, 05:03:07 UTC Rocket Soyuz-U Launch site Baikonur , Site 1/5 End of mission Disposal Deorbited ...
- ... ow Earth Perigee altitude 352 km Apogee altitude 363 km Inclination 51.6° Period 91.7 minutes Epoch 11 august 2004 Docking with ISS Docking port Zvezda aft Docking date 14 August 2004, 05:01:08 UTC Undocking d ...
- ... oyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome . Launch occurred at 05:03:07 UTC on 11 august 2004. [1] The spacecraft docked with the aft port of the Zvezda module at 05:01:08 UTC on 14 August ...
#3 Korabl-Sputnik 5
Korabl-Sputnik 5 [2] ( Russian : Корабль-Спутник 5 meaning Ship-Satellite 5 ) or Vostok-3KA No.2 , also known as Sputnik 10 in the West, [3] was a Soviet spacecraft which was launched in 1961, as part of the Vostok programme . It was the last test flight of the Vostok spacecraft design prior the fir
- ... expected to sell for USD 2–10 million, [12] and was sold for US$2,882,500. 2020 COVID-19 VACCINE On august 11t h, 2020 the Russian government announced the world's first release of a vaccine against COVID-19, re ...
#4 AsiaSat 5
AsiaSat 5 is a Hong Kong communications satellite , which is operated by the Hong Kong based Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company (AsiaSat). It is positioned in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 100.5° East of the Greenwich Meridian , where it replaced the AsiaSat 2 satellite. [2] It is use
- ... 300SX Manufacturer Space Systems/Loral Launch mass 3,760 kg (8,290 lb) Start of mission Launch date 11 august 2009, 19:47:33 UTC Rocket Proton-M / Briz-M Launch site Baikonur , Site 200/39 Contractor Khruniche ...
- ... launch was conducted from Site 200/39 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan , at 19:47:33 UTC on 11 august 2009. The Briz-M separated from the Proton-M nine minutes and forty one seconds into the flight, an ...
#5 Discoverer 14
Discoverer 14 , also known as Corona 9009 , [1] : 236 was a spy satellite used in the Corona program managed by Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the Department of Defense and the United States Air Force . On 19 August 1960, usable photographic film images of the Soviet Union taken by
- ... ortly after launch on 29 June 1960, the identical Discoverer 13 functioned perfectly during its 10–1 11 august mission. With Discoverer 14, operational missions would resume. [1] : 59 SPACECRAFT The battery- ...
#6 Discoverer 13
Discoverer 13 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite launched on 10 Aug 1960 at 20:37:54 GMT. The last of five test flights of the Corona KH-1 spy satellite series, it was the first fully successful flight in the Discoverer series. On 11 Aug, after 17 orbits, the satellite's reentry capsul
- ... denberg LC 75-3-5 by a Thor DM-21 Agena-A rocket, [6] Discoverer 13 performed according to plan. On 11 august , after 17 orbits, Discoverer 13 received a command from a ground station on Kodiak Island to start ...
#7 International Space Station
The International Space Station ( ISS ) is the largest modular space station currently in low Earth orbit . It is a multinational collaborative project involving five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA (Japan), ESA (Europe), and CSA (Canada). [7] [8] The own
- ... as not fully completed because of an ammonia leak in one of four quick-disconnects. A second EVA on 11 august successfully removed the failed pump module. [306] [307] A third EVA was required to restore Loop A ...
#8 JCSAT-3A
JCSAT-3A , known as JCSAT-10 before launch, is a geostationary communications satellite operated by SKY Perfect JSAT Group (JSAT) which was designed and manufactured by Lockheed Martin on the A2100 platform. [4] [1] JCSAT-10 → JCSAT-3A Names JCSAT-10 (Apr 2004 to Aug 2006) JCSAT-3A (Aug 2006 onward)
- ... m (89 ft × 30 ft) with solar panels and antennas deployed. Start of mission Launch date 22:14 : 00, august 11, 2006 (UTC) ( 2006-08-11T22 : 14 : 00Z ) [2] [3] Rocket Ariane 5 ECA Launch site GSC ELA-3 Contracto ...
- ... K u band payload and was expected to occupy the 128°East slot after its planned 2006 launch. [7] On august 11, 2006, an Ariane 5 ECA launched JCSAT-10 along Syracuse-3B into a transfer orbit. Upon successful de ...
#9 Prichal (ISS module)
Prichal nodal module also known as Uzlovoy Module or UM ( Russian : Узловой Модуль "Причал" , Nodal Module Berth ) [1] is a Russian spacecraft which is part of the International Space Station (ISS). It was approved in 2011 and was launched on 24 November 2021, at 13:06:35 UTC , atop Progress M-UM ,
- ... the cosmodrome by rail. [15] PROCESSING AT BAIKONUR After the successful launch of Nauka module, on 11 august 2021, Prichal arrived at Baikonur after a four-day train ride from Energia in Moscow with its servi ...
#10 STS-43
STS-43 , the ninth mission for Space Shuttle Atlantis , was a nine-day mission whose primary goal was launching the TDRS-E satellite (TDRS-5). The flight also tested an advanced heatpipe radiator for potential use on the then-future space station and conducted a variety of medical and materials scie
- ... ch site Kennedy Space Center , LC-39A Contractor Rockwell International End of mission Landing date 11 august 1991, 12:23:25 UTC Landing site Kennedy Space Center , SLF Runway 15 Orbital parameters Reference s ...
- ... r steering systems during entry and landing. APU 2 was still available for use in landing. Landing: 11 august 1991, 8:23:25 a.m. EDT, Runway 15, Kennedy Space Center , Florida . Rollout distance: 3,010 kg (6,6 ...
#11 Soyuz 29
Soyuz 29 ( Russian : Союз 29 , Union 29 ) was a 1978 crewed Soviet space mission to the Salyut 6 space station. [2] It was the fifth mission, the fourth successful docking, and the second long-duration crew for the orbiting station. Commander Vladimir Kovalyonok and flight engineer Aleksandr Ivanche
- ... rogress was de-orbited on 23 August. The station was put into gravity gradient stabilized flight on 11 august for materials processing with the Kristall and Splav furnaces, and the crew underwent medical exper ...
#12 STS-132
STS-132 ( ISS assembly flight ULF4 ) [5] was a NASA Space Shuttle mission, during which Space Shuttle Atlantis docked with the International Space Station on 16 May 2010. [6] STS-132 was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on 14 May 2010. [3] The primary payload was the Russian Rassvet Mini-Resea
- ... tephen G. Bowen Second spaceflight Mission Specialist 4 Piers Sellers Third and last spaceflight On 11 august 2009, Michael Good replaced Karen Nyberg as Mission Specialist 2 due to a temporary medical conditi ...
#13 Discoverer 15
Discoverer 15 , also known as Corona 9010 , [1] : 236 was a spy satellite used in the Corona program managed by Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the Department of Defense and the United States Air Force . Launched on 13 September 1960, the satellite took reconnaissance photos of the S
- ... ortly after launch on 29 June 1960, the identical Discoverer 13 functioned perfectly during its 10–1 11 august mission. Discoverer 14 , launched 18 August, marked the first completely successful operational Disc ...
#14 CASSIOPE
Cascade, Smallsat and Ionospheric Polar Explorer ( CASSIOPE ), [5] is a Canadian Space Agency (CSA) multi-mission satellite operated by the University of Calgary . The mission development and operations from launch to February 2018 was funded through CSA and the Technology Partnerships Canada progra
- ... atly increasing the amount of data that could be downloaded from the e-POP suite of instruments. On august 11, 2016, one of the four reaction wheels used for spacecraft attitude control failed. This did not aff ...
#15 Explorer 14
Explorer 14 , also called EPE-B or Energetic Particles Explorer-B , was a NASA spacecraft instrumented to measure cosmic-ray particles, trapped particles, solar wind protons, and magnetospheric and interplanetary magnetic fields . It was the second of the S-3 series of spacecraft, which also include
- ... -17B Contractor Douglas Aircraft Company Entered service 2 October 1962 End of mission Last contact 11 august 1963 Decay date 25 May 1988 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit Regime Highly elli ...
- ... tted redundantly every 76.8 seconds. The trapped particles experiment operated satisfactorily until 11 august 1963, when modulation of the telemetry signal ceased. [8] MISSION The spacecraft functioned well ex ...
- ... MISSION The spacecraft functioned well except for the period from 10 to 24 January 1963, and after 11 august 1963, when the encoder malfunctioned terminating the transmission of usable data. Good data were re ...
#16 Thaicom 4
THAICOM 4 , also known as IPSTAR 1 , is a high throughput satellite built by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) for Thaicom Public Company Limited . It was launched on August 11, 2005, from the European Space Agency's spaceport in French Guiana on board the Ariane rocket. The satellite had a launch mass of
- ... tellite built by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) for Thaicom Public Company Limited . It was launched on august 11, 2005, from the European Space Agency's spaceport in French Guiana on board the Ariane rocket. The s ...
#17 Vostok 3 and 4
Vostok 3 ( Russian : Восток-3 , lit. ' Orient 3' or 'East 3 ' ) and Vostok 4 ( Восток-4 , ' Orient 4' or 'East 4') were Soviet space program flights in August 1962, intended to determine the ability of the human body to function in conditions of weightlessness , test the ground control capability
- ... Cosmonaut Andriyan Nikolayev orbited the Earth 64 times in Vostok 3 over nearly four days in space, august 11 15, 1962, a feat which would not be matched by NASA until the Gemini program (1965–1966). [1] Pavel ...
- ... – "Falcon") Vostok 4: Беркут ( Berkut - "Golden Eagle") [3] Start of mission Launch date Vostok 3: august 11, 1962, 08:24 ( 1962-08-11UTC08:24Z ) UTC Vostok 4: August 12, 1962, 08:02:33 ( 1962-08-12UTC08:02:33 ...
- ... for Vostok 3. MISSION HIGHLIGHTS Vostok 3 lifted off from Gagarin's Start at Baikonur Cosmodrome on august 11, 1962 at 08:24 UTC atop a Vostok 8K72K rocket. [5] During his first day in orbit, Nikolayev unstrapp ...
- ... Vostok 4: 222 kilometres (138 mi) [6] Inclination 65.0 degrees Period 88.5 minutes Epoch Vostok 3: 11 august 1962, 04:24:00 UTC [5] Vostok 4: 12 August 1962, 07:55:00 UTC [6] Andryan G Nikolaiev / Pavel Popov ...
#18 Zond 7
Zond 7 , a formal member of the Soviet Zond program and unmanned version of Soyuz 7K-L1 manned Moon-flyby spacecraft, the first truly successful test of L1, was launched towards the Moon on a Proton-K D rocket on August 7, 1969, on a mission of further studies of the Moon and circumlunar space, to o
- ... tances, and to flight test the spacecraft systems. Earth photos were obtained on August 9, 1969. On august 11, 1969, the spacecraft flew past the Moon at a distance of 1984.6 km and conducted two picture taking ...
- ... :13 UTC Landing site 50 km south of Kustanai , Kazakhstan , USSR [2] Flyby of Moon Closest approach august 11, 1969 Distance 1,984.6 km (1,233.2 mi) Zond ← Zond 6 Zond 8 → Like other Zond circumlunar craft, Zon ...
#19 Luna 24
Luna 24 was a robotic probe of the Soviet Union 's Luna programme . The last of the Luna series of spacecraft, the mission of the Luna 24 probe was the third Soviet mission to return lunar soil samples from the Moon (the first two sample return missions were Luna 16 and Luna 20 ). The probe landed i
- ... lunar mascon (after Luna 23 and a launch failure in October 1975). After a trajectory correction on 11 august 1976, Luna 24 entered lunar orbit three days later. Initial orbital parameters were 115 by 115 km ( ...
#20 STS-51-F
STS-51-F (also known as Spacelab 2 ) was the 19th flight of NASA 's Space Shuttle program and the eighth flight of Space Shuttle Challenger . It launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida , on 29 July 1985, and landed just under eight days later on 6 August 1985. 1985 American crewed spaceflight S
- ... l payload activities due to the Abort to Orbit. The orbiter arrived back at Kennedy Space Center on 11 august 1985. MISSION INSIGNIA The mission insignia was designed by Houston, Texas artist Skip Bradley. Spa ...