langs: 17 августа [ru] / august 17 [en] / 17. august [de] / 17 août [fr] / 17 agosto [it] / 17 de agosto [es]
days: august 14 / august 15 / august 16 / august 17 / august 18 / august 19 / august 20
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
- ... -24 with cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri , and the first French woman in space, Claudie André-Deshays on 17 august 1996. The Soyuz spacecraft lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 13:18:03 UTC. After two days ...
#2 Richard Branson
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) [2] is a British billionaire, entrepreneur, and business magnate . [3] [4] [5] In the 1970s he founded the Virgin Group , which today controls more than 400 companies in various fields. [6] British entrepreneur and business magnate Not to be c
- ... nacted a famous scene from the 1997 film Titanic for the cameras. [120] [ better source needed ] On 17 august 2011, he was featured in the premiere episode of Hulu 's first long-form original production entitl ...
#3 Claudie Haigneré
Claudie (André-Deshays) Haigneré (born 13 May 1957) is a French doctor, politician and former astronaut with the Centre National d'Études Spatiales (1985–1999) and the European Space Agency (1999–2002). [1] French astronaut, politician and doctor Claudie Haigneré Born ( 1957-05-13 ) 13 May 1957 (age
- ... ty , Russia, for the Franco-Russian Cassiopée mission and learned Russian during her time there. On 17 august 1996, she became the first French woman to go to space as she and two Russian cosmonauts, commander ...
#4 Kathryn D. Sullivan
Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan (born October 3, 1951) is an American geologist and oceanographer , and a former NASA astronaut and US Navy officer. She was a crew member on three Space Shuttle missions. "Kathryn Sullivan" redirects here. For other uses, see Kathryn Sullivan (disambiguation) . American geolo
- ... for confirmation, and she arranged to be seconded from NASA to NOAA as acting chief scientist from august 17, 1992. [44] Interviewed on television after the launch of the National Polar-orbiting Operational En ...
#5 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
- ... marked the fourth EVA conducted during the Expedition 38 and lasted six hours and eight minutes. On 17 august 2017, Ryazansky performed his fourth spacewalk with cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin . The cosmonauts te ...
#6 Kathryn C. Thornton
Kathryn Ryan Cordell Thornton (born August 17, 1952) is an American scientist and a former NASA astronaut with over 975 hours in space, including 21 hours of extravehicular activity. [1] She was the associate dean for graduate programs at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied
- Kathryn Ryan Cordell Thornton (born august 17, 1952) is an American scientist and a former NASA astronaut with over 975 hours in space, including ...
- ... neering. [2] American scientist and a former NASA astronaut Kathryn C. Thornton Born ( 1952-08-17 ) august 17, 1952 (age 70) Montgomery, Alabama , U.S. Status Retired Alma mater Auburn University (B.S. 1974) Un ...
#7 Robert Thirsk
Robert Brent " Bob " Thirsk , OC OBC (born August 17, 1953) is a Canadian engineer and physician, and a former Canadian Space Agency astronaut. He holds the Canadian records for the most time spent in space (204 days 18 hours). He became an officer of the Order of Canada (OC) in 2013 and was named t
- Robert Brent " Bob " Thirsk , OC OBC (born august 17, 1953) is a Canadian engineer and physician, and a former Canadian Space Agency astronaut. He holds ...
- ... n 2012. Canadian engineer and physician, and former CSA astronaut Robert Thirsk Born ( 1953-08-17 ) august 17, 1953 (age 69) New Westminster , British Columbia , Canada Status Retired Nationality Canadian Alma ...
#8 Oleg Blinov
Oleg Vladimirovich Blinov ( Russian : Олег Владимирович Блинов ; born 17 August 1978 in Tatary , Kirovo-Chepetsky District , Kirov Oblast , RSFSR , USSR) is a retired Russian cosmonaut . Russian cosmonaut Oleg Vladimirovich Blinov Born ( 1978-08-17 ) 17 August 1978 (age 43) Tatary , Kirovo-Chepets
- Oleg Vladimirovich Blinov ( Russian : Олег Владимирович Блинов ; born 17 august 1978 in Tatary , Kirovo-Chepetsky District , Kirov Oblast , RSFSR , USSR) is a retired Russian cosm ...
- ... R) is a retired Russian cosmonaut . Russian cosmonaut Oleg Vladimirovich Blinov Born ( 1978-08-17 ) 17 august 1978 (age 43) Tatary , Kirovo-Chepetsky District , Kirov Oblast , RSFSR Status Retired Nationality ...
#9 Toyohiro Akiyama
Toyohiro Akiyama ( 秋山 豊寛 , Akiyama Toyohiro , born 22 July 1942) is a retired Japanese TV journalist and professor at Kyoto University of Art and Design . In December 1990, he spent seven days aboard the Mir space station. [4] He became the first person of Japanese nationality to fly in space, [5] a
- ... rom 1984 to 1988, he served as TBS chief correspondent in Washington D.C. [4] [5] SPACE TRAINING On august 17, 1989, Akiyama was selected for a commercial Soviet-Japanese flight. The flight was sponsored by the ...
#10 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
- ... In 1992, he participated in a 145-day flight aboard the Soyuz-TM-14 spacecraft and the Mir. Between 17 august 1996 to 2 March 1997, Kaleri spent 197-days in space aboard the Soyuz-TM-24 spacecraft and the Mir ...
#11 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
- ... ander Misurkin Seven hours, 29 minutes 8 22 August 2013 Alexander Misurkin Five hours, 58 minutes 9 17 august 2017 Sergey Ryazansky Seven hours, 34 minutes Total spacewalk time 59 hours, 28 minutes [1] On 30 M ...
- ... eir movements between the space station modules. The spacewalk lasted five hours and 58 minutes. On 17 august 2017, Yurchikhin performed his ninth spacewalk with cosmonaut Sergey Ryazansky . The cosmonauts tes ...
#12 Thomas J. Hennen
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Thomas John Hennen (born August 17, 1952) is a United States Army warrant officer and NASA payload specialist astronaut who flew aboard Space Shuttle mission STS-44 as a payload specialist . Thomas John Hennen Hennen in Cleveland August 29, 2008 to celebrate NASA's 50th anniv
- Chief Warrant Officer 4 Thomas John Hennen (born august 17, 1952) is a United States Army warrant officer and NASA payload specialist astronaut who flew aboard ...
- ... ing ready to board the Space Shuttle Atlantis for mission STS-44, 1991. PERSONAL Hennen was born on august 17, 1952, in Albany, Georgia , and was raised all over the world. He now lives in Houston, Texas . Tom ...
- ... ennen Hennen in Cleveland August 29, 2008 to celebrate NASA's 50th anniversary. Born ( 1952-08-17 ) 17 august 1952 (age 70) Albany, Georgia Nationality American Occupation Military Intelligence Space career NA ...
Museum / Museum
#1 USS Midway (CV-41)
USS Midway (CVB/CVA/CV-41) is an aircraft carrier , formerly of the United States Navy , the lead ship of her class . Commissioned 8 days after the end of World War II, Midway was the largest ship in the world until 1955, as well as the first U.S. aircraft carrier too big to transit the Panama Canal
- ... ned light damage and three F-4 Phantom aircraft parked on the flight deck also were damaged. [7] On 17 august , Midway relieved Constellation to begin another Indian Ocean deployment and to complement the Dwigh ...
#2 CAF Utah Wing Museum
CAF Utah Wing Museum [1] is one of many local detachments of the national Commemorative Air Force (CAF) non-profit aviation association dedicated to Honoring American Military Aviation through Flight, Exhibit and Remembrance. Aviation museum in Heber City, Utah CAF Utah Wing Museum Commemorative Air
- ... sed the salvage rights. After significant restoration work at Twin Falls, Idaho , N1387V flew again august 17, 1988. Since then it has been part of the Utah Wing and appears at local airshows and provides rides ...
#3 Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome
The Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome is a living museum in Rhinebeck, New York . It owns many examples of airworthy aircraft of the Pioneer Era , World War I and the Golden Age of Aviation between the World Wars, and multiple examples of roadworthy antique automobiles . Living aviation museum in Rhinebeck, N
- ... a. [13] [14] One of the Coughlin DVIII Fokkers returned to the Aerodrome in 2016. FATAL ACCIDENT On august 17, 2008, around 4 p.m. during the performance of a simulated dogfight at the aerodrome , Vincent Nasta ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 Luna E-1 No.1
Luna E-1 No.1 , [1] sometimes identified by NASA as Luna 1958A , [2] was a Soviet Luna E-1 spacecraft which was intended to impact the Moon . It did not accomplish this objective as it was lost in a launch failure. It was the first of four E-1 missions to be launched. [3] E-1 No.1 Mission type Lunar
- ... at breakneck speed. As Korolev knew that the United States was planning to launch a lunar probe on 17 august 1958, he faced considerable pressure getting the Luna and its booster ready for launch. Despite a n ...
- ... launch. Despite a number of technical issues, the pad crews managed to get the booster ready on the 17 august 1958, but Korolev instead decided to let the US flight go first on the reasoning that the Luna prob ...
#2 Progress 17
Progress 17 ( Russian : Прогресс 17 ) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in August 1983 to resupply the Salyut 7 space station. Soviet unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft Progress 17 A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft Mission type Salyut 7 resupply COSPAR ID 1983-085A SATCAT
- ... s (No.119) Spacecraft type Progress 7K-TG [2] Manufacturer NPO Energia Start of mission Launch date 17 august 1983, 12:08:23 UTC [1] Rocket Soyuz-U [2] Launch site Baikonur , Site 1/5 End of mission Disposal D ...
- ... to three days, remaining docked to the station for up to thirty. [6] LAUNCH Progress 17 launched on 17 august 1983 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR . It used a Soyuz-U rocket. [2] [7] DOCKING Pro ...
#3 Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope ( FGST , [3] also FGRST ), formerly called the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope ( GLAST ), is a space observatory being used to perform gamma-ray astronomy observations from low Earth orbit . Its main instrument is the Large Area Telescope (LAT), with which as
- ... , relative to the gravitational waves. [69] [70] GRB 170817A SIGNALS A MULTI-MESSENGER TRANSIENT On 17 august 2017, Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor software detected, classified, and localized a gamma-ray burst ...
#4 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
- ... launch date being brought forward and the crew reduced. STS-300 would have launched no earlier than 17 august 2006, and the crew for STS-300 would have been a four-person subset of the full STS-115 crew: [45] ...
#5 Viking program
The Viking program consisted of a pair of identical American space probes , Viking 1 and Viking 2 , which landed on Mars in 1976. [1] Each spacecraft was composed of two main parts: an orbiter designed to photograph the surface of Mars from orbit , and a lander designed to study the planet from the
- ... 4–6 years at Mars Dimensions Production Status Retired Built 2 Launched 2 Retired Viking 1 orbiter august 17, 1980 [1] Viking 1 lander July 20, 1976 [1] (landing) to November 13, 1982 [1] Viking 2 orbiter July ...
- ... 11, 1980 3 years, 7 months, 8 days Shut down after battery failure. Viking 1 orbiter June 19, 1976 august 17, 1980 4 years, 1-month, 19 days Shut down after depletion of attitude control fuel. Viking 1 lander ...
#6 Venera 7
Venera 7 ( Russian : Венера-7 , lit. ' Venus 7 ' ) was a Soviet spacecraft, part of the Venera series of probes to Venus . When it landed on the Venusian surface on 15 December 1970, it became the first spacecraft to soft land on another planet and the first to transmit data from there back to Ear
- ... mass 1,180 kilograms (2,600 lb) Landing mass 500 kilograms (1,100 lb) Start of mission Launch date 17 august 1970, 05:38:22 ( 1970-08-17UTC05:38:22Z ) UTC Rocket Molniya 8K78M Launch site Baikonur 31/6 End of ...
- ... ity. [5] The probe also carried a radar altimeter . [5] LAUNCH The probe was launched from Earth on 17 august 1970, at 05:38 UTC . It consisted of an interplanetary bus, based on the 3MV system, and a lander. ...
#7 USA-206
USA-206 , [1] also GPS SVN-50 , PRN-05 and NAVSTAR 64 and known before launch as GPS IIR-21 , GPS IIRM-8 or GPS IIR-21(M) , is an American navigation satellite which forms part of the Navstar Global Positioning System . It was the twenty-first and last Block IIR GPS satellite to be launched, and the
- ... 00 Manufacturer Lockheed Martin Launch mass 2,032 kilograms (4,480 lb) Start of mission Launch date 17 august 2009, 10:35:00 ( 2009-08-17UTC10:35Z ) UTC Rocket Delta II 7925-9.5, D343 Launch site Cape Canavera ...
- ... was launched by a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket, using the 7925-9.5 configuration, [3] on 17 august 2009 at 10:35 GMT. [4] It was the last spacecraft to launch from Space Launch Complex 17A at the Ca ...
#8 Phi-Sat-1
PhiSat-1 (also known as ɸ-Sat-1) is a CubeSat mission from the European Space Agency (ESA) that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Earth observation. The mission will collect a large number images from space in the visible, near-infrared and thermal-infrared parts of the electromagnetic spectrum,
- ... 30% of the images in Sentinel-2 are cloudy. [4] LAUNCH The satellite is intended to be launched on 17 august 2020. [2] [9] The satellite will be on-board of a Vega rocket which will lift off from Europe's Spa ...
#9 Progress MS-02
Progress MS-02 ( Russian : Прогресс МC-02 ), identified by NASA as Progress 63P , was a Progress spaceflight operated by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) in 2016. It was launched to deliver cargo to the ISS. 2016 Russian resupply spaceflight to the ISS Progress MS-02 Progr
- ... is 30 by 10 cm, weight is 5 kg. [5] Release of Tomsk-TPU 120 was made by hand during a spacewalk on 17 august 2017. [6] The satellite will broadcast congratulations on the 120th anniversary of the Tomsk Polyte ...
#10 Ekspress-AM4
Ekspress-AM4 was a Russian communications satellite placed into the wrong orbit from a faulty Briz-M rocket stage . This satellite was to be part of the Ekspress series of geostationary communications satellites owned by Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC). Proposals were made to reposit
- ... anufacturer Eurostar-3000 Launch mass 5,775 kg (12,732 lb) Power 14 kW Start of mission Launch date 17 august 2011, 21:25:01 UTC [1] Rocket Proton-M / Briz-M Launch site Baikonur , Site 200/39 Contractor Khrun ...
- ... t became the subject of numerous reuse proposals. LAUNCH The Ekspress-AM4 satellite was launched on 17 august 2011 on a Russian Proton-M launch vehicle from Kazakhstan , which included a Briz-M upper stage. [4 ...
#11 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
- ... 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 to 19 August 2015. [13] Kounotori 5 was suc ...
#12 Soyuz TM-24
Soyuz TM-24 was the 27th expedition to Mir . Soyuz TM-24 carried a crew of three. The crew consisted of Cosmonauts Valery Korzun and Aleksandr Kaleri, and the first French woman in space, Claudie André-Deshays . They joined American astronaut Shannon Lucid and Mir 21 crewmates Yuri Onufriyenko and Y
- ... ré-Deshays Landing Reinhold Ewald Callsign Фрега́т (Fregat - Frigate ) Start of mission Launch date 17 august 1996, 13:18:03 ( 1996-08-17UTC13:18:03Z ) UTC Rocket Soyuz-U End of mission Landing date 2 March 19 ...
#13 Nilesat 102
Nilesat 102 is an Egyptian owned geosynchronous communications satellite that was launched by an Ariane 44LP rocket from Kourou , French Guiana on August 17, 2000, at 23:16 UTC by the European Space Agency . It was manufactured by the European company Matra Marconi Space ( Astrium ), and started off
- ... communications satellite that was launched by an Ariane 44LP rocket from Kourou , French Guiana on august 17, 2000, at 23:16 UTC by the European Space Agency . It was manufactured by the European company Matra ...
- ... teries. [3] LAUNCH Nilesat 102 was launched by an Ariane 44LP rocket from Kourou , French Guiana on august 17, 2000, at 23:16 UTC by the European Space Agency . [2] MISSION OPERATIONS Nilesat 102 is operated by ...
- ... turer Matra Marconi Launch mass 1,827 kilograms (4,028 lb) Power watts Start of mission Launch date 17 august 2000, 23:16:00 ( 2000-08-17UTC23:16Z ) UTC Rocket Ariane 44LP Launch site Kourou ELA-2 Contractor A ...
#14 Tiangong-1
Tiangong-1 ( Chinese : 天宫一号 ; pinyin : Tiāngōng yīhào ; lit. 'Heaven's Palace-1" or "Celestial Palace-1"' ) was China's first prototype space station . [9] It orbited Earth from September 2011 to April 2018, serving as both a crewed laboratory and an experimental testbed to demonstrate orbital rende
- ... he Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on 23 July 2011, successfully passing a launch rehearsal test on 17 august 2011. [39] However, following the failed launch of a Long March 2C launch vehicle in August 2011, t ...
#15 Viking 1
Viking 1 was the first of two spacecraft , along with Viking 2 , each consisting of an orbiter and a lander, sent to Mars as part of NASA 's Viking program . [2] The lander touched down on Mars on July 20, 1976, the first successful Mars lander in history. Viking 1 operated on Mars for 2307 days (ov
- ... vent impact with Mars and possible contamination until the year 2019. Operations were terminated on august 17, 1980, after 1,485 orbits. A 2009 analysis concluded that, while the possibility that Viking 1 had i ...
#16 EduSAT
EduSAT is an Italian microsatellite which was launched in August 2011. The satellite was built and is operated by the Sapienza University of Rome in conjunction with the Italian Space Agency ASI, and is primarily used for educational outreach and technology demonstration. [4] [5] Italian microsatell
- ... properties Manufacturer Sapienza Launch mass 10 kilograms (22 lb) [1] Start of mission Launch date 17 august 2011, 07:12:20 ( 2011-08-17UTC07:12:20Z ) UTC [2] Rocket Dnepr Launch site Dombarovsky 370/13 Contr ...
- ... launch site in Russia. The launch was conducted by Kosmotras with liftoff occurring at 07:12:20 on 17 august 2011. The rocket carried six other satellites, with an additional payload bolted to the upper stage ...
#17 Kosmos 8
Kosmos 8 ( Russian : Космос 8 meaning Cosmos 8 ), also known as DS-K-8 No.1 and occasionally in the West as Sputnik 18 was a technology demonstration satellite which was launched by the Soviet Union in 1962. It was the eighth satellite to be designated under the Kosmos system, and the third spacecra
- ... ket Kosmos-2I 63S1 Launch site Kapustin Yar , Mayak-2 Contractor Yuzhnoye End of mission Decay date 17 august 1963 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric [2] Regime Low Earth Perigee altitude 251 km Ap ...
- ... metres (367 mi) , an inclination of 49.0°, and an orbital period of 92.9 minutes. [2] It decayed on 17 august 1963, one day short of a year after its launch. [8] SEE ALSO Spaceflight portal 1962 in spaceflight ...
#18 Kosmos 378
Kosmos 378 ( Russian : Космос 378 meaning Cosmos 378 ), also known as DS-U2-IP No.1 , was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1970 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 710-kilogram (1,570 lb) spacecraft, [1] which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau , and was used to
- ... 1970-11-17UTC18:20:01Z ) UTC Rocket Kosmos-3M Launch site Plesetsk 132/2 End of mission Decay date 17 august 1972 ( 1972-08-18 ) Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Low Earth Perigee altitud ...
- ... ed operations on 13 September 1971, [7] before decaying from orbit and reentering the atmosphere on 17 august 1972. [6]
#19 RASAT
RASAT is an earth observation satellite designed and developed by TÜBİTAK Space Technologies Research Institute (TÜBİTAK UZAY) and produced in Turkey to provide high resolution imagery. It is so the first one of its art completely realized in Turkey, and the second indigenously developed remote sens
- ... es Research Institute (TÜBİTAK UZAY) Launch mass 93 kilograms (205 lb) [1] Start of mission Launch d august 17, 17, 2011, 08:12:20 ( 2011-08-17UTC08:12:20Z ) UTC Rocket Dnepr Launch site Dombarovsky 370/13 Orbit ...
- ... d from Dombarovskiy Cosmodrome , near Yasny in Russia by a Dnepr space launch vehicle at 08:12:20 UT august 17, t 17, 2011, along with seven other satellites Sich-2 and BPA-2 of Ukraine , NigeriaSat-2 and Nigeria ...
- ... RASAT took images of 9,546,200 km 2 (3,685,800 sq mi) Earth surface on 22,699 orbitings since its l august 17, ugust 17, 2011. [8] A research project, named "Geoportal", was launched by Ministry of Development o ...
#20 Progress M-4
Progress M-4 ( Russian : Прогресс М-4 ) was a Soviet uncrewed cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1990 to resupply the Mir space station. [2] The twenty-second of sixty four Progress spacecraft to visit Mir, it used the Progress-M 11F615A55 configuration, and had the serial number 204. [3] It car
- ... etres (250 mi) [1] Inclination 51.6 degrees Docking with Mir Docking port Core Forward Docking date 17 august 1990, 05:26:13 UTC Undocking date 17 September 1990, 12:42:43 UTC Time docked 1 month Progress M-4 ...
- ... e Baikonur Cosmodrome . [3] It docked with the forward port of Mir's Core module at 05:26:13 GMT on 17 august . [4] [5] During the month for which Progress M-4 was docked, Mir was in an orbit of around 368 by 4 ...