langs: 16 августа [ru] / august 16 [en] / 16. august [de] / 16 août [fr] / 16 agosto [it] / 16 de agosto [es]
days: august 13 / august 14 / august 15 / august 16 / august 17 / august 18 / august 19
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 Valery Korzun
Valery Grigoryevich Korzun ( Russian : Валерий Григорьевич Корзун , born 5 March 1953) is a Russian cosmonaut . He has been in space twice totalling 381 days. He has also conducted four career spacewalks. Russian cosmonaut Valery Grigoryevich Korzun Валерий Григорьевич Корзун Born ( 1953-03-05 ) 5 M
- ... hours and 38 minutes. Korzun performed two spacewalks during his six-month stay aboard the ISS. On 16 august 2002 Korzun performed his third career spacewalk together with NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson . [5] T ...
#2 Oleg Kotov
Oleg Valeriyevich Kotov ( Russian : Олег Валериевич Котов ) was born on 27 October 1965 in Simferopol , Crimean oblast in the Ukrainian SSR . After a career as a physician assigned to the Soviet space program, he joined the Russian cosmonaut corps. He has flown three long duration spaceflights on th
- ... osmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin and Alexander Misurkin , who conducted a 7-hour, 29 minute spacewalk on 16 august 2013. [10] On 27 January 2014, Kotov did perform his sixth spacewalk outside the ISS with cosmonaut ...
#3 Peter Wisoff
Peter Jeffrey Kelsay Wisoff (born August 16, 1958) is an American physicist and former NASA astronaut . [1] Wisoff qualified as mission specialist and flew in four Space Shuttle missions, with his first launch in 1993 and his last in 2000. American astronaut (born 1958) Peter Wisoff Born ( 1958-08-1
- Peter Jeffrey Kelsay Wisoff (born august 16, 1958) is an American physicist and former NASA astronaut . [1] Wisoff qualified as mission speciali ...
- ... aunch in 1993 and his last in 2000. American astronaut (born 1958) Peter Wisoff Born ( 1958-08-16 ) august 16, 1958 (age 64) Norfolk, Virginia Status Retired Nationality American Occupation Physicist Space care ...
#4 Eileen Collins
Eileen Marie Collins (born November 19, 1956) is a retired NASA astronaut and United States Air Force (USAF) colonel . A former flight instructor and test pilot , Collins was the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle and the first to command a Space Shuttle mission. American astronaut and pilot (bo
- ... ly carried out a publicity tour. Collins appeared with Coleman on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on august 16. She opened the New York Stock Exchange on January 7, 2000, and appeared on the Oprah Winfrey show o ...
#5 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
- ... ctioning 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, 18 minutes and 38 se ...
#6 Timothy Creamer
Timothy "TJ" Creamer (born November 15, 1959) is a NASA flight director, retired astronaut and a colonel in the United States Army . Creamer was born in Fort Huachuca , Arizona , but considers Upper Marlboro, Maryland , to be his hometown. He is married to the former Margaret E. Hammer. They have tw
- ... 2010, Creamer was the first astronaut to live tweet from the space. [4] [5] [6] FLIGHT DIRECTOR On august 16, 2016, Creamer was the first astronaut to be certified as a flight director at NASA's Johnson Space ...
#7 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
- ... Texas for training on the Grumman F8F Bearcat , culminating in a carrier landing on USS Wright . On august 16, 1950, Armstrong was informed by letter that he was a fully qualified naval aviator . His mother and ...
#8 Sergey Ryazansky
Sergey Nikolayevich Ryazansky ( Russian : Серге́й Николаевич Рязанский ; born November 13, 1974) is a Russian cosmonaut . He was selected as commander of the IMBP-6 cosmonaut group in 2003, but later transferred to the TsPK Cosmonaut Group. [2] Ryazansky made his first spaceflight aboard the Soyuz T
- ... osmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin and Alexander Misurkin , who conducted a 7-hour, 29 minute spacewalk on 16 august 2013. [12] On 27 January 2014, Ryazansky did perform his third spacewalk outside the ISS with cosmo ...
#9 Oleg Grigoriyevich Kononenko
Oleg Grigoriyevich Kononenko (August 16, 1938 – September 8, 1980) was a member of Soviet cosmonaut group LII-1. He was born in the village of Samarskoye, in Rostov , Russia , then part of the Soviet Union. [1] He graduated from Zhukovsky Air Force Institute in 1975. [2] [3] On July 12, 1977, he was
- Oleg Grigoriyevich Kononenko ( august 16, 1938 – September 8, 1980) was a member of Soviet cosmonaut group LII-1. He was born in the village ...
- ... ssian cosmonaut born in 1964, see Oleg Kononenko . Oleg Grigoriyevich Kononenko Born ( 1938-08-16 ) august 16, 1938 Samarskoye, Rostov Oblast , Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Died September 8, 198 ...
#10 Albert Sacco
Albert Sacco Jr. (born May 3, 1949) is an American chemical engineer who flew as a Payload Specialist on the Space Shuttle Columbia on Shuttle mission STS-73 in 1995. American chemical engineer (born 1949) Albert Sacco Jr. Born ( 1949-05-03 ) 3 May 1949 (age 73) Boston , Massachusetts Nationality
- ... he Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering at Texas Tech University , from January 1, 2011 to august 16, 2022. [2] Sacco flew as a payload specialist on STS-73, which launched on October 20, 1995, and lan ...
#11 Stuart Roosa
Stuart Allen Roosa (August 16, 1933 – December 12, 1994) was an American aeronautical engineer , smokejumper , United States Air Force pilot , test pilot , and NASA astronaut , who was the Command Module Pilot for the Apollo 14 mission. The mission lasted from January 31 to February 9, 1971, and was
- Stuart Allen Roosa ( august 16, 1933 – December 12, 1994) was an American aeronautical engineer , smokejumper , United States Air F ...
- ... SA lunar astronaut (1933–1994) Stuart A. Roosa Roosa in 1971 Born Stuart Allen Roosa ( 1933-08-16 ) august 16, 1933 Durango, Colorado , U.S. Died December 12, 1994 (1994-12-12) (aged 61) Falls Church, Virginia ...
- ... insignia Retirement February 1, 1976 Signature BIOGRAPHY EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION Roosa was born on august 16, 1933, in Durango, Colorado , to parents Dewey Roosa (1903–1988) and Lorine Roosa ( née DeLozier ; 1 ...
#12 Wally Funk
Mary Wallace Funk (born February 1, 1939) is an American aviator , commercial astronaut , [1] [2] and Goodwill Ambassador . She was the first female air safety investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board , the first female civilian flight instructor at Fort Sill, Oklahoma , and the fir
- ... y 's 25th Annual Race, sixth in the Pacific Air Race, and eighth in the Palms to Pines Air Race. On august 16, 1975, she placed second in the Palms to Pines All Women Air Race from Santa Monica, California, to ...
#13 Valery Ryumin
Valery Victorovich Ryumin ( Russian : Валерий Викторович Рюмин ; 16 August 1939 – 6 June 2022) [1] was a Soviet cosmonaut . Soviet and Russian cosmonaut (1939–2022) This article needs additional citations for verification . ( June 2022 ) In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions ,
- Valery Victorovich Ryumin ( Russian : Валерий Викторович Рюмин ; 16 august 1939 – 6 June 2022) [1] was a Soviet cosmonaut . Soviet and Russian cosmonaut (1939–2022) This arti ...
- ... mic is Victorovich and the family name is Ryumin . Valery Ryumin Ryumin in 1998 Born ( 1939-08-16 ) 16 august 1939 Komsomolsk-on-Amur , Khabarovsk Krai , Russian SFSR , USSR Died 6 June 2022 (2022-06-06) (aged ...
#14 Fyodor Yurchikhin
Fyodor Nikolayevich Yurchikhin ( Russian : Фёдор Николаевич Юрчихин, Greek : Θεόδωρος Γιουρτσίχιν του Νικόλαου; born 3 January 1959 ) is a Russian cosmonaut of Greek descent, engineer and RSC Energia test-pilot who has flown on five spaceflights . His first spaceflight was a 10-day Space Shuttle mis
- ... 010 Oleg Skripochka Six hours, 27 minutes 6 24 June 2013 Alexander Misurkin Six hours, 34 minutes 7 16 august 2013 Alexander Misurkin Seven hours, 29 minutes 8 22 August 2013 Alexander Misurkin Five hours, 58 ...
- ... wo science experiments and installed one new one. The spacewalk lasted six hours and 34 minutes. On 16 august 2013, Yurchikhin performed his seventh spacewalk with cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin. [29] They first ...
#15 Sergei Krikalev
Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev ( Russian : Сергей Константинович Крикалёв , also transliterated as Sergei Krikalyov ; born 27 August 1958) is a Russian mechanical engineer and former cosmonaut . As a prominent rocket scientist , he is a veteran of six space flights and ranks third to Gennady Padalk
- ... ck in US spacesuits, and the second, in September, in Russian spacesuits from the Pirs airlock . On august 16, 2005 at 1:44 a.m. EDT he passed the record of 748 days in space held by Sergei Avdeyev . [1] Expedi ...
#16 Milton Orville Thompson
Milton Orville Thompson (May 4, 1926 – August 6, 1993), ( Lt Cmdr , USNR ), better known as Milt Thompson , was an American naval officer , aviator , engineer , and NASA research pilot. He was one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15 , an experimental spaceplane jointly operated by the
- ... National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). He became a research pilot in January 1958. On august 16, 1963, Thompson became the first person to fly a lifting body , the lightweight NASA M2-F1 . The ply ...
Museum / Museum
#1 Aerospace Bristol
Aerospace Bristol is an aerospace museum at Filton , to the north of Bristol , England , U.K. The project is run by the Bristol Aero Collection Trust and houses a varied collection of exhibits, including Concorde Alpha Foxtrot , the final Concorde to be built and the last to fly. [1] Aerospace museu
- ... r was delivered to the museum site, airlifted by an RAF Chinook , for display in the exhibition. On 16 august , the Red Arrows performed a flypast in Concorde formation whilst members of the public formed the s ...
#2 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
- ... ay 18, they established 8 more speed records with the same model of airplane. [284] [257] July 18 – august 16, 1935 – Thor Solberg flew a Leoning amphibian , powered by a Wright Cyclone engine, from Bennett Fie ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 STS-115
STS-115 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis . It was the first assembly mission to the ISS after the Columbia disaster , following the two successful Return to Flight missions, STS-114 and STS-121 . STS-115 launched from LC-39B at the
- ... ractice countdown 10 August. [6] Top NASA managers held a Flight Readiness Review (FRR) meeting 15–1 16 august 2006 to finalize the launch date. [7] Foam loss from the external tank was a key issue at this meeti ...
#2 Mars 7
Mars 7 ( Russian : Марс-7 ), also known as 3MP No.51P was a Soviet spacecraft launched in 1973 to explore Mars . A 3MP bus spacecraft which comprised the final mission of the Mars programme , it consisted of a lander and a coast stage with instruments to study Mars as it flew past . Due to a malfunc
- ... opel Mars 7 into heliocentric orbit bound for Mars. The spacecraft performed a course correction on 16 august 1973. [5] Mars 7's lander separated from the flyby bus on 9 March 1974. Initially, it failed to sep ...
#3 NOAA-6
NOAA-6 , known as NOAA-A before launch, was an American operational weather satellite for use in the National Operational Environmental Satellite System (NOESS) and for the support of the Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP) during 1978-1984. The satellite design provided an economical and sta
- ... on 31 March 1987. [5] GALLERY Hurricane Allen in the Yucatán Channel 7 August 1980 Hurricane Bonnie 16 august 1980 Hurricane Charley 23 August 1980 Hurricane Georges 8 September 1980 Hurricane Frances 9 Septem ...
#4 STS-105
STS-105 was a mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station , launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida, 10 August 2001. This mission was Discovery ' s final mission until STS-114 , because Discovery was grounded for a refit, and then all Shuttles were grounded in the
- ... nd last spaceflight ISS Flight Engineer 2 [1] SPACE WALKS Barry and Forrester – EVA 1 EVA 1 Start : 16 august 2001 – 13:58 UTC EVA 1 End : 16 August 2001 – 20:14 UTC Duration : 6 hours, 16 minutes Barry and Fo ...
- ... 2 [1] SPACE WALKS Barry and Forrester – EVA 1 EVA 1 Start : 16 August 2001 – 13:58 UTC EVA 1 End : 16 august 2001 – 20:14 UTC Duration : 6 hours, 16 minutes Barry and Forrester – EVA 2 EVA 2 Start : 18 August ...
#5 ESSA-7
ESSA-7 (or TOS-E ) was a spin-stabilized operational meteorological satellite. Its name was derived from that of its oversight agency, the Environmental Science Services Administration (ESSA).
- ... ght agency, the Environmental Science Services Administration (ESSA). LAUNCH ESSA-7 was launched on august 16, 1968, at 11:31 UTC . It was launched atop a Delta rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base , Californi ...
#6 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
- ... ocentric Regime Low Earth Inclination 51.6° Berthing at ISS Berthing port Harmony nadir RMS capture 16 august 2017, 10:52 UTC [4] Berthing date 16 August 2017, 13:07 UTC [5] Unberthing date 16 September 2017 R ...
- ... Berthing at ISS Berthing port Harmony nadir RMS capture 16 August 2017, 10:52 UTC [4] Berthing date 16 august 2017, 13:07 UTC [5] Unberthing date 16 September 2017 RMS release 17 September 2017, 08:40 UTC [6] ...
- ... s Launch Complex 39A aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. [2] After Dragon rendezvoused with the ISS on 16 august 2017, the station's Canadarm2 grappled the spacecraft at 10:52 UTC. [4] It was then berthed to the ...
#7 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
- ... eriod 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 date 26 August 1984, 16:13 UTC Progress (spacecraft) ← Progress 22 Progre ...
- ... SSR . It used a Soyuz-U rocket. [2] [4] DOCKING Progress 23 docked with the aft port of Salyut 7 on 16 august 1984 at 08:11 UTC, and was undocked on 26 August 1984 at 16:13 UTC. [3] [5] DECAY It remained in or ...
#8 Progress M-8
Progress M-8 ( Russian : Прогресс М-8 ) was a Soviet uncrewed cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1991 to resupply the Mir space station. [2] The twenty-sixth of sixty four Progress spacecraft to visit Mir, it used the Progress-M 11F615A55 configuration, [3] and had the serial number 207. [4] It
- ... 3Z ) UTC Rocket Soyuz-U2 Launch site Baikonur Site 1/5 End of mission Disposal Deorbited Decay date 16 august 1991, 06:59:32 ( 1991-08-16UTC06:59:33Z ) UTC Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime ...
#9 USA-94
USA-94 , also known as GPS IIA-13 , GPS II-22 and GPS SVN-35 , was an American navigation satellite which formed part of the Global Positioning System . It was the thirteenth of nineteen Block IIA GPS satellites to be launched. USA-94 Names Navstar 2A-13 GPS IIA-13 GPS II-22 GPS SVN-35 Mission type
- ... a residual satellite. [7] SVN 35 was then recalled to replace SVN 30 in the active constellation on 16 august 2011. [8] [9] It was then decommissioned again on 1 May 2013, after almost 20 years in orbit, [10] ...
#10 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
- ... ad to fly on the capsule. [10] In June 2015, it was scheduled 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 ...
- ... ad weather forecast, on 14 August 2015 the launch was postponed to 17 August 2015, [12] and then on 16 august it was postponed again to 19 August 2015. [13] Kounotori 5 was successfully launched with a H-IIB N ...
#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
- ... ials processing with the Kristall and Splav furnaces, and the crew underwent medical experiments on 16 august . [3] SOYUZ 31 CREW VISITS, FIRST SOYUZ REDOCK Soyuz 29's second visiting crew was launched on 26 Au ...
#12 AMPTE-CCE
AMPTE-Charge Composition Explorer , also called as AMPTE-CCE or Explorer 65 , was a NASA satellite designed and tasked to study the magnetosphere of Earth , being launched as part of the Explorer program . The AMPTE (Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Explorers) mission was designed to study the
- ... rers (AMPTE) Bus AMPTE-CEE Launch mass 242 kg (534 lb) Power 140 watts Start of mission Launch date 16 august 1984, 14:48 UTC [1] Rocket Delta 3924 (Delta 175) Launch site Cape Canaveral , LC-17A Contractor Do ...
- ... (Delta 175) Launch site Cape Canaveral , LC-17A Contractor Douglas Aircraft Company Entered service 16 august 1984 End of mission Last contact 12 July 1989 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit ...
- ... olar array. [3] LAUNCH AMPTE-CCE was launched with the two other satellites of the AMPTE program on 16 august 1984, at 16:48 UTC , from a Cape Canaveral launch pad by a Delta 3924 launch vehicle . [1] It was p ...
#13 AMPTE-IRM
AMPTE-IRM , also called as AMPTE-Ion Release Module , was a Germany satellite designed and tasked to study the magnetosphere of Earth , being launched as part of the Explorer program . The AMPTE (Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Explorers) mission was designed to study the access of solar wind
- ... Extraterrestrial Physics Launch mass 705 kg (1,554 lb) Power 60 watts Start of mission Launch date 16 august 1984, 14:48 UTC [1] Rocket Delta 3924 (Delta 175) Launch site Cape Canaveral , LC-17A Contractor Do ...
- ... (Delta 175) Launch site Cape Canaveral , LC-17A Contractor Douglas Aircraft Company Entered service 16 august 1984 End of mission Last contact 14 August 1986 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbi ...
- ... om Germany. [3] LAUNCH AMPTE-IRM was launched with the two other satellites of the AMPTE program on 16 august 1984, at 16:48 UTC , from a Cape Canaveral launch pad by a Delta 3924 launch vehicle . [1] [2] EXPE ...
#14 Kosmos 482
Kosmos 482 ( Russian : Космос 482 meaning Cosmos 482 ), launched March 31, 1972, at 04:02:33 UTC, was an attempted Venus probe which failed to escape low Earth orbit. It is expected to crash back to Earth between 2023 and 2025. [1] Its landing module, which weighs 495 kilograms (1,091 lb) , [2] is
- ... gee altitude 2,464.8 kilometres (1,531.6 mi) Inclination 52.1° Period 112.2 minutes Epoch Thursday, august 16, 2018 3:44:57 UTC Venera ← Venera 8 Venera 9 → Beginning in 1962, the name Kosmos was given to Sovie ...
#15 CONTOUR
The Comet Nucleus Tour ( CONTOUR ) was a NASA Discovery-class space probe that failed shortly after its July 2002 launch. It had as its primary objective close flybys of two comet nuclei with the possibility of a flyby of a third known comet or an as-yet-undiscovered comet. NASA space probe CONTOUR
- ... ybys were scheduled in February 2007 and 2008, and a flyby of comet d'Arrest might have occurred on 16 august 2008 at a relative velocity of 11.8 km/s, 1.35 AU from the Sun and 0.36 AU from Earth. All flybys w ...
#16 GOES 12
GOES-12 , known as GOES-M before becoming operational, is an American weather satellite , which is part of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite system. It was launched on July 23, 2001, [3] and spent its first 21 months in space a
- ... devote time to South American imagery. [4] It remained at this post until it was decommissioned on august 16, 2013 [3] and subsequently boosted to a graveyard orbit. GOES-12 GOES-M during processing Mission ty ...
- ... te Cape Canaveral SLC-36A Contractor ILS End of mission Disposal Decommissioned [1] [2] Deactivated august 16, 2013, 13:00 ( 2013-08-16UTC14Z ) UTC Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Geostati ...
- ... problems, GOES-12 was replaced by GOES-13 in the GOES-East position. GOES-12 was decommissioned on august 16, 2013. [3] SEE ALSO Spaceflight portal 2001 in spaceflight List of GOES satellites
#17 AMPTE-UKS
AMPTE-UKS , also called as AMPTE-United Kingdom Subsatellite , was a United Kingdom satellite designed and tasked to study the magnetosphere of Earth , being launched as part of the Explorer program . The AMPTE (Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Explorers) mission was designed to study the acces
- ... Manufacturer Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Launch mass 77 kg (170 lb) Start of mission Launch date 16 august 1984, 14:48 UTC [1] Rocket Delta 3924 (Delta 175) Launch site Cape Canaveral , LC-17A Contractor Do ...
- ... (Delta 175) Launch site Cape Canaveral , LC-17A Contractor Douglas Aircraft Company Entered service 16 august 1984 End of mission Last contact 15 January 1985 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orb ...
- ... kilometers. [3] LAUNCH AMPTE-UKS was launched with the two other satellites of the AMPTE program on 16 august 1984, at 16:48 UTC , from a Cape Canaveral launch pad by a Delta 3924 launch vehicle . [1] [2] EXPE ...
#18 Aqua (satellite)
Aqua ( EOS PM-1 ) is a NASA scientific research satellite in orbit around the Earth , studying the precipitation , evaporation , and cycling of water . It is the second major component of the Earth Observing System (EOS) preceded by Terra (launched 1999) and followed by Aura (launched 2004). NASA sc
- ... then. On September 8, 2007, the Dual Thruster Module (DTM-2) Heater experienced an anomaly. [3] On august 16, 2020, The Formatter Multiplexer Unit (FMU) experienced an anomaly, corrupting some data in the SSR ...
#19 Explorer 12
Explorer 12 , also called EPE-A or Energetic Particles Explorer-A and as S3 ), was a NASA satellite built to measure the solar wind , cosmic rays , and the Earth's magnetic field . It was the first of the S-3 series of spacecraft, which also included Explorer 12, 14, 15, and 26. [2] It was launched
- ... e S-3 series of spacecraft, which also included Explorer 12, 14, 15, and 26. [2] It was launched on 16 august 1961, aboard a Thor-Delta launch vehicle. [1] It ceased transmitting on 6 December 1961 due to powe ...
- ... nch mass 37.6 kg (83 lb) Power 4 deployable solar arrays and batteries Start of mission Launch date 16 august 1961, 03:21:25 GMT Rocket Thor-Delta A (Thor 312 / Delta 006) Launch site Cape Canaveral , LC-17B C ...
- ... Delta 006) Launch site Cape Canaveral , LC-17B Contractor Douglas Aircraft Company Entered service 16 august 1961 End of mission Last contact 6 December 1961 Decay date 1 September 1963 Orbital parameters Ref ...
- ... [8] LAUNCH This satellite was launched from the Atlantic Missile Range by a Delta launch vehicle on 16 august 1961. Its objective was the investigation solar wind , interplanetary magnetic fields , distant por ...
#20 Quantum Experiments at Space Scale
Quantum Experiments at Space Scale ( QUESS ; Chinese : 量子 科学 实验 卫星 ; pinyin : Liàngzǐ kēxué shíyàn wèixīng ; lit. 'Quantum Science Experiment Satellite' ), is a Chinese research project in the field of quantum physics. Quantum Experiments at Space Scale Names Quantum Space Satellite Micius / Mozi Mi
- ... urer Chinese Academy of Sciences BOL mass 631 kg (1,391 lb) Start of mission Launch date 17:40 UTC, 16 august 2016 [2] Rocket Long March 2D Launch site Jiuquan LA-4 Contractor Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight T ...