langs: 14 августа [ru] / august 14 [en] / 14. august [de] / 14 août [fr] / 14 agosto [it] / 14 de agosto [es]
days: august 11 / august 12 / august 13 / august 14 / august 15 / august 16 / august 17
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 Lance Bass
James Lance Bass [3] ( / b æ s / ; born May 4, 1979) [4] is an American singer, dancer, actor, film, and television producer. He grew up in Mississippi and rose to fame as the bass singer for the American pop boy band NSYNC . NSYNC's success led Bass to work in film and television. He starred in the
- ... video game realm, Bass voiced the Final Fantasy VII character Sephiroth in Kingdom Hearts . [44] On august 14, 2007, Bass began a six-month stint playing Corny Collins in the Broadway musical Hairspray , coinci ...
#2 Bernard A. Harris Jr.
Bernard Anthony Harris Jr. (born June 26, 1956) is a former NASA astronaut . On February 9, 1995, Harris became the first African American to perform an extra-vehicular activity (spacewalk), during the second of his two Space Shuttle flights. Former NASA astronaut "Bernard Harris" redirects here. Fo
- ... o, Texas named a middle school under construction after Harris. Bernard Harris Middle School opened august 14, 2006, to have a capacity of 1500 students. [1] ASTRONAUT EXPERIENCE Harris first became interested ...
#3 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
- 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 ...
- ... 2 hrs of EVA . [2] [4] American chemist and NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson Born ( 1969-08-14 ) 14 august 1969 (age 53) Arcadia, California , U.S Status Active Nationality American Alma mater University of ...
#4 Mark C. Lee
Mark Charles Lee USAF Colonel, (born August 14, 1952) is a former NASA astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions. He retired from the Air Force and NASA on July 1, 2001. American astronaut This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification . ( November 2020 ) Mark
- Mark Charles Lee USAF Colonel, (born august 14, 1952) is a former NASA astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions. He retired from the Air F ...
- ... ditional citations for verification . ( November 2020 ) Mark C. Lee Lee in 1996 Born ( 1952-08-14 ) august 14, 1952 (age 70) Viroqua , Wisconsin , U.S. Status Retired Nationality American Other names Mark Charl ...
- ... 4 NASA Group 10 Missions STS-30 , STS-47 , STS-64 , STS-82 Mission insignia EARLY LIFE Lee was born august 14, 1952, in Viroqua, Wisconsin , and graduated from Viroqua High School in 1970. Lee is an Eagle Scout ...
#5 Jon McBride
Jon Andrew McBride (born August 14, 1943), is a retired NASA astronaut and American naval officer. This article is about the astronaut. For the film director, see Jon McBride (filmmaker) . Jon A. McBride Born ( 1943-08-14 ) August 14, 1943 (age 78) Charleston, West Virginia , U.S. Status Retired N
- Jon Andrew McBride (born august 14, 1943), is a retired NASA astronaut and American naval officer. This article is about the astronaut. ...
- ... astronaut. For the film director, see Jon McBride (filmmaker) . Jon A. McBride Born ( 1943-08-14 ) august 14, 1943 (age 78) Charleston, West Virginia , U.S. Status Retired Nationality American Other names Jon ...
- ... the wake of the Challenger disaster . EARLY LIFE, EDUCATION AND PERSONAL LIFE Jon McBride was born august 14, 1943, in Charleston, West Virginia , but considers Beckley, West Virginia , to be his hometown. He ...
#6 Lisa Nowak
Lisa Marie Nowak (née Caputo , born May 10, 1963) is an American aeronautical engineer , and former NASA astronaut and United States Navy captain . Nowak served as naval flight officer and test pilot in the Navy, and was selected by NASA for NASA Astronaut Group 16 in 1996, qualifying as a mission s
- ... ames XII at the Home Depot Center in Los Angeles from August 3 to 6, and the Houston Astros game on august 14 at Minute Maid Park , where the crew met pitcher Roger Clemens and threw ceremonial first pitches. [ ...
#7 William Shepherd
William McMichael "Bill" Shepherd (born July 26, 1949), ( Capt , USN , Ret.), is an American former Navy SEAL , aerospace , ocean , and mechanical engineer , and NASA astronaut , who served as Commander of Expedition 1 , [1] the first crew on the International Space Station . He is a recipient of th
- ... issions STS-27 , STS-41 , STS-52 , Soyuz TM-31 , Expedition 1 , STS-102 Mission insignia Retirement august 14, 2002 EDUCATION AND TRAINING Shepherd was born on July 26, 1949, to George R. Shepherd and Barbara S ...
#8 Sarah Brightman
Sarah Brightman (born 14 August 1960) [1] is an English classical crossover soprano singer, actress and dancer. British soprano (born 1960) Sarah Brightman Brightman at the World Athletics Championships in Osaka in 2007 Born ( 1960-08-14 ) 14 August 1960 (age 62) Berkhamsted , Hertfordshire , Engl
- Sarah Brightman (born 14 august 1960) [1] is an English classical crossover soprano singer, actress and dancer. British soprano (bo ...
- ... Sarah Brightman Brightman at the World Athletics Championships in Osaka in 2007 Born ( 1960-08-14 ) 14 august 1960 (age 62) Berkhamsted , Hertfordshire , England Occupation Singer actress dancer Years active 1 ...
#9 Vasily Tsibliyev
Vasily Vasiliyevich Tsibliyev ( Russian : Василий Василиевич Циблиев ); born on February 20, 1954) is a Russian cosmonaut . Russian cosmonaut This article includes a list of references , related reading or external links , but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations . ( March 20
- ... er on Soyuz TM-17 from July 1, 1993 to January 14, 1994 and on Soyuz TM-25 from February 2, 1997 to august 14 of the same year. He retired on June 19, 1998. Tsibliyev is currently Chief of the Yuri Gagarin Cosm ...
Museum / Museum
#1 Air Force Space and Missile Museum
The Air Force Space and Missile Museum is located at Launch Complex 26 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station , Florida . It includes artifacts from the early American space program and includes an outdoor area displaying rockets, missiles, and space-related equipment chronicling the space and missil
- ... sile Museum outside the gate 1 of the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station which opened to the public august 14, 2010. It is located in a 3,200-square-foot (300 m 2 ) facility and highlights the progress and hist ...
#2 Space Center Houston
Space Center Houston is a science museum that serves as the official visitor center of NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston. It has earned a place as a Smithsonian Affiliate museum in 2014. The organization is owned by NASA, and operated under a contract by the nonprofit Manned Spaceflight Education
- ... lantis . Independence is now displayed atop the retired Shuttle Carrier Aircraft , NASA 905. [6] On august 14, 2014, a heavy lift called The Rise of Independence was completed to place Independence on top of NA ...
#3 Aeronautical Museum Belgrade
The Aeronautical Museum Belgrade , formerly known as the Yugoslav Aeronautical Museum , is a museum located in Surčin , Belgrade , the capital of Serbia. Founded in 1957, the museum is located adjacent to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport . The current facility, designed by architect Ivan Štraus , was o
- ... -23MLD Soviet Union 23269 Sent from Iraq for upgrades, never returned. Moved to unknown location on 14 august 2009. [ citation needed ] North American F-86D Sabre United States Republic F-84G-31-RE Thunderjet ...
#4 B-36 Peacemaker Museum
The B-36 Peacemaker Museum is a non-profit organization "Dedicated to the preservation of the rich aviation history of North Texas". Non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of the rich aviation history of North Texas This article includes a list of references , related reading or exter
- ... f Fort Worth was built in Fort Worth , Texas in 1954. The aircraft was accepted by the Air Force on august 14, 1954 and was retired on 12, February 1959. It was displayed at Amon Carter Field, later Greater Sou ...
#5 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
- ... aviators flew the same Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor non-stop from Bennett Field, arriving to Berlin on august 14 in a record time of 19:55:01 hours, cutting the previous record of Wiley Post by 5:50 hours. [289] [ ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 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
- ... 1.6° 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 date 22 December 2004, 19:37:02 UTC Time docked 131 days Cargo Mass 25 ...
- ... 11 August 2004. [1] The spacecraft docked with the aft port of the Zvezda module at 05:01:08 UTC on 14 august 2004. [2] [3] It remained docked for 131 days before undocking at 19:37:02 UTC on 22 December 2004. ...
#2 SpaceX CRS-1
SpaceX CRS-1 , also known as SpX-1 , [8] was SpaceX's first operational cargo mission to the International Space Station , under their Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-1) contract with NASA . It was the third flight for the uncrewed Dragon cargo spacecraft , and the fourth overall flight for the co
- ... that the Falcon 9 had been transported to Cape Canaveral (CCAFS). [11] The Dragon CRS-1 arrived on 14 august 2012. [12] On 31 August 2012, a wet dress rehearsal (WDR) was completed for the Falcon 9, and on 29 ...
#3 AMC-21
AMC-21 , or GE-21 , is an American communications satellite operated by SES S.A. , formerly SES World Skies and SES Americom . It was launched in August 2008 and is expected to remain in service for approximately 15 years. It is currently located at 125° West longitude. AMC-21 Names GE-21 Americom-2
- ... nch mass 2,473 kg (5,452 lb) Dry mass 1,161 kg (2,560 lb) Power 4.4 kW Start of mission Launch date 14 august 2008, 20:44 UTC Rocket Ariane 5 ECA Launch site Centre Spatial Guyanais , ELA-3 Contractor Arianesp ...
- ... NCH AMC-21 was launched, along with the Superbird-7 satellite, by an Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle on 14 august 2008 at 20:44 UTC . [5] The satellite separated from the launch vehicle in a geosynchronous transfe ...
#4 PharmaSat
PharmaSat was a nanosatellite developed by NASA Ames Research Center which measured the influence of microgravity upon yeast resistance to an antifungal agent. As a follow on to the GeneSat-1 mission, the Ames Small Spacecraft Division conducted the PharmaSat mission in collaboration with industry a
- ... ] Rocket Minotaur I Launch site MARS , Pad 0B Contractor Orbital Sciences End of mission Decay date 14 august 2012 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit [3] Regime Low Earth orbit Perigee altitu ...
- ... via the Mission Dashboard website. [6] PharmaSat decayed from orbit and reentered the atmosphere on 14 august 2012. SEE ALSO Spaceflight portal List of CubeSats
#5 Progress M-15M
Progress M-15M ( Russian : Прогресс М-15М ), identified by NASA as Progress 47P , is a Progress spacecraft used by Roskosmos to resupply the International Space Station during 2012. The fifteenth Progress-M 11F615A60 spacecraft, it has the serial number 415 and was built by RKK Energia . It arrived
- ... 2 at 21:16 UTC. [5] [6] EXPERIMENTS Progress M-15M will conduct two experiments: Khlopushka, from 6- 14 august 2012, and Radar-Progress, from 15-20 August 2012. At the completion of the Radar-Progress experimen ...
#6 Galaxy 4R
Galaxy 4R was a communications satellite operated by PanAmSat from 2000 to 2006, and by Intelsat from 2006 to 2009. It spent most of its operational life at an orbital location of 99° W, a slot once occupied by the Galaxy IV , which suffered a failure in 1998. G4R was launched on April 18, 2000, wit
- ... f 15 years, Galaxy 4R suffered a propulsion system failure in 2003 and was replaced by Galaxy 16 on august 14, 2006. [2] It was moved to 76.85 degrees west after being replaced and its orbit was allowed to beco ...
#7 Kosmos 78
Kosmos 78 ( Russian: Космос 78 , romanized: Cosmos 78 ) or Zenit-2 No.30 was a Soviet , first generation, low resolution, optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1965. A Zenit-2 spacecraft, Kosmos 78 was the thirtieth of eighty-one such satellites to be launched [4] [5] and had a
- ... ies Spacecraft type Zenit-2 Manufacturer OKB-1 Launch mass 4730 kg [1] Start of mission Launch date 14 august 1965 11:17:00 GMT [2] Rocket Vostok-2 s/n U15001-02 Launch site Baikonur , Site 31/6 Contractor OKB ...
- ... ow Earth Perigee altitude 218 km Apogee altitude 298 km Inclination 69.0° Period 89.9 minutes Epoch 14 august 1965 Kosmos 78 was launched by a Vostok-2 rocket, serial number U15001-02, [6] flying from Site 31/ ...
- ... 01-02, [6] flying from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome . The launch took place at 11:17 GMT on 14 august 1965, and following its successful arrival in orbit the spacecraft received its Kosmos designation; ...
- ... nd the Satellite Catalog Number 01505. Kosmos 78 was operated in a low Earth orbit ; at an epoch of 14 august 1965, it had a perigee of 218 kilometres (135 mi) , an apogee of 298 kilometres (185 mi) , an incli ...
#8 Superbird-C2
Superbird-C2 , known as Superbird-7 before launch, is a geostationary communications satellite operated by JSAT Corporation and designed and manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric on the DS2000 satellite bus . [3] [4] It had a launch weight of 4,820 kg (10,630 lb) , a 15-year design life and was th
- ... Electric Launch mass 4,820 kg (10,630 lb) Dry mass 2,018 kg (4,449 lb) Start of mission Launch date 14 august 2008, 20:44 UTC Rocket Ariane 5 ECA (V185) Launch site Centre Spatial Guyanais , ELA-3 Contractor A ...
- ... was a JSAT spacecraft. [7] Superbird-7 was successfully launched along AMC-21 by an Ariane 5 ECA on 14 august 2008, at 20:44 UTC . It separated from the spacecraft at 21:09 UTC and less than an hour later, at ...
#9 ICESat
ICESat ( Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite ) was a NASA satellite mission for measuring ice sheet mass balance , cloud and aerosol heights, as well as land topography and vegetation characteristics. It operated as part of NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS). ICESat was launched 13 January 200
- ... r Boeing Launch Services Entered service 2003 End of mission Declared February 2010 [3] Deactivated 14 august 2010, 17:37 UTC Decay date 30 August 2010, 08:49 UTC [4] Orbital parameters Reference system Geocen ...
- ... July 2010, the spacecraft was maneuvered into a lower orbit in order to speed up orbital decay . On 14 august 2010, it was decommissioned, [9] and at 08:49 UTC on 30 August 2010 it reentered the atmosphere . [ ...
#10 Stardust (spacecraft)
Stardust was a 390-kilogram robotic space probe launched by NASA on 7 February 1999. Its primary mission was to collect dust samples from the coma of comet Wild 2 , as well as samples of cosmic dust , and return them to Earth for analysis. It was the first sample return mission of its kind. En rou
- ... System body previously visited by Deep Impact in 2005. Stardust ceased operations in March 2011. On 14 august 2014, scientists announced the identification of possible interstellar dust particles from the Star ...
#11 SpaceX CRS-12
SpaceX CRS-12 , also known as SpX-12 , was a Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station launched on 14 August 2017. [1] The mission was contracted by NASA and was flown by SpaceX using a new Dragon capsule. [8] The Falcon 9 rocket's reusable first stage performed a contr
- ... SpX-12 , was a Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station launched on 14 august 2017. [1] The mission was contracted by NASA and was flown by SpaceX using a new Dragon capsule. [8 ...
- ... kg (9,300 lb) Dimensions Height: 6.1 m (20 ft) Diameter: 3.7 m (12 ft) Start of mission Launch date 14 august 2017, 16:31:37 ( 2017-08-14UTC16:31:37 ) UTC [2] Rocket Falcon 9 Block 4 [1] Launch site Kennedy LC ...
- ... ed for December 2016, the flight was delayed multiple times to August 2017. [11] Launch occurred on 14 august 2017 at 16:31:37 UTC from Kennedy Space Center ' s Launch Complex 39A aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rock ...
#12 Progress 23
Progress 23 ( Russian : Прогресс 23 ) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in August 1984 to resupply the Salyut 7 space station. Soviet unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft Progress 23 A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft Mission type Salyut 7 resupply COSPAR ID 1984-086A SATCAT
- ... s (No.124) Spacecraft type Progress 7K-TG [2] Manufacturer NPO Energia Start of mission Launch date 14 august 1984, 06:28:15 UTC [1] Rocket Soyuz-U [2] Launch site Baikonur , Site 1/5 End of mission Disposal D ...
- ... altitude 186 km [3] Apogee altitude 250 km [3] Inclination 51.6° [3] Period 88.9 minutes [3] Epoch 14 august 1984 Docking with Salyut 7 Docking port Aft [3] Docking date 16 August 1984, 08:11 UTC Undocking da ...
- ... st 1984, 16:13 UTC Progress (spacecraft) ← Progress 22 Progress 24 → LAUNCH Progress 23 launched on 14 august 1984 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR . It used a Soyuz-U rocket. [2] [4] DOCKING Pro ...
#13 Telkom-3
Telkom-3 is an Indonesian communications satellite which failed to reach its target orbit due to a launch failure on 6 August 2012. It was built by ISS Reshetnev for Indonesian telecommunications provider PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia . It was based on the Ekspress-1000H bus and had 32 C band transpon
- ... billions of rubles" due to the frequent launch failures. Medvedev chaired a meeting on the issue on 14 august 2012 and President Vladimir Putin had a meeting on organisational issues. One of the suggestions is ...
#14 Kosmos 2345
Kosmos 2345 ( Russian : Космос 2345 meaning Cosmos 2345 ) is a Russian US-KS missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1997 as part of the Russian Space Forces ' Oko programme. The satellite is designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors . [1] Kosm
- ... Manufacturer Lavochkin [1] Launch mass 2,400 kilograms (5,300 lb) [1] Start of mission Launch date 14 august 1997, 20:49:00 ( 1997-08-14UTC20:49Z ) UTC [2] Rocket Proton-K / DM-2 Launch site Baikonur 200/39 E ...
- ... ier rocket with a DM-2 upper stage was used to perform the launch, which took place at 20:49 UTC on 14 august 1997. [2] [3] The launch successfully placed the satellite into geostationary orbit . It subsequent ...
#15 JCSAT-16
JCSAT-16 is a geostationary communications satellite operated by SKY Perfect JSAT Group and designed and manufactured by SSL on the SSL 1300 platform. [1] [7] It has a launch weight of 4,600 kg (10,100 lb) , a power production capacity of 8.5 kW and a 15-year design life. [5] Its payload is co
- ... turer SSL Launch mass 4,600 kg (10,100 lb) [5] Power 8.5 kW [5] Start of mission Launch date 05:26, august 14, 2016 (UTC) ( 2016-08-14T05 : 26Z ) [6] [3] Rocket Falcon 9 Full Thrust Launch site Cape Canaveral S ...
- ... 2B JCSAT-15 → SpaceX 's Falcon 9 Flight 28 propelled JCSAT-16 to a geosynchronous transfer orbit on august 14, 2016. HISTORY In April 2014, SSL announced that it had been awarded a contract by SKY Perfect JSAT ...
- ... ing in 2016. [1] On August 4, 2016, JSAT announced that the expected launch date of JCSAT-16 was on august 14. [12] First stage landed after successfully delivering JCSAT-16 At the scheduled August 14 at 05:26 ...
- ... 6 was on August 14. [12] First stage landed after successfully delivering JCSAT-16 At the scheduled august 14 at 05:26 UTC, SpaceX successfully launched the JCSAT-16 satellite into a 184 km × 35,912 km × 20.85° ...
#16 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
- ... can worked to fix the S-II, parts of the rocket began to arrive at KSC, beginning with the S-IVB on august 14, 1966, (by Pregnant Guppy aircraft) and followed closely by the first stage S-IC on September 12 (by ...
#17 Kounotori 5
Kounotori 5 , also known as HTV-5 , was the fifth flight of the H-II Transfer Vehicle , an uncrewed cargo spacecraft launched to resupply the International Space Station . It was launched on 19 August 2015. 2015 Japanese resupply spaceflight to the ISS Kounotori 5 A view of the docked Kounotori 5 sp
- ... uled to be launched at around 13:01 UTC on 16 August 2015. [11] Due to the bad weather forecast, on 14 august 2015 the launch was postponed to 17 August 2015, [12] and then on 16 August it was postponed again ...
#18 Lunar Orbiter 1
The 1966 Lunar Orbiter 1 robotic spacecraft mission, part of NASA 's Lunar Orbiter program , was the first American spacecraft to orbit the Moon. It was designed primarily to photograph smooth areas of the lunar surface for selection and verification of safe landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo
- ... 1,866.8 km (1,160.0 mi) Inclination 12 degrees Period 208.1 minutes Lunar orbiter Orbital insertion august 14, 1966 Impact site 6.35°N 160.72°E / 6.35; 160.72 Orbits 577 Lunar Orbiter program ← None Lunar Orb ...
#19 Explorer S-1 (satellite)
Explorer S-1 , also known as NASA S-1 or Explorer 7X , [1] was a NASA Earth science satellite equipped with a suite of scientific instruments to study the environment around the Earth . The spacecraft and its Juno II launch vehicle were destroyed five seconds after launch on 16 July 1959, in a spect
- ... 11] S-1 was the first geocentric orbit launch attempt for the launch vehicle; its second attempt on 14 august 1959, carrying the Beacon 2 inflatable sphere experiment to low Earth orbit , also failed. [6] [12] ...
#20 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
- ... Soyuz T-10 – 8 February – 11 April 1984 Leonid Kizim Vladimir Solovyov Oleg Atkov TKS 3 – 4 March – 14 august 1983 – Launched unmanned as Kosmos 1443. Soyuz T-11 – 3 April – 2 October 1984 – Intercosmos Flight ...