langs: 20 августа [ru] / august 20 [en] / 20. august [de] / 20 août [fr] / 20 agosto [it] / 20 de agosto [es]

days: august 17 / august 18 / august 19 / august 20 / august 21 / august 22 / august 23

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Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut

#1 Daniel M. Tani

Daniel M. Tani (born February 1, 1961) is an American engineer and retired NASA astronaut . He was born in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania , but considers Lombard, Illinois , to be his hometown. [1] American engineer and NASA astronaut Daniel M. Tani Tani in 2001 Born ( 1961-02-01 ) February 1, 1961 (age

• ... ew out the ceremonial first pitch and sang the " Take Me Out to the Ball Game " at Wrigley Field on august 20, 2008. [10] His parents, Rose and Henry N. Tani, are both deceased. During World War II , they and t ...

#2 Gennady Padalka

Gennady Ivanovich Padalka ( Russian : Гeннадий Иванович Падалка ; born 21 June 1958 in Krasnodar , Soviet Union ) is a Russian Air Force officer and a Roscosmos cosmonaut . Padalka currently holds the world record for the most time spent in space , at 879 days. [1] [2] [3] He worked on both Mir and

• ... hours and 54 minutes. Gennady Padalka, Expedition 32 commander participates in a session of EVA on 20 august 2012. On 10 June 2009 Gennady Padalka and Michael Barratt entered the transfer compartment in the Z ...
• ... ng mechanism to accommodate the MRM-2. The event marked the eighth career spacewalk for Padalka. On 20 august 2012 Padalka, together with cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko , participated in his ninth career spacewalk ...

#3 Jean-Loup Chrétien

Jean-Loup Jacques Marie Chrétien (born 20 August 1938) is a French retired Général de Brigade (brigadier general) in the Armée de l'Air (French air force), and a former CNES spationaut . He flew on two Franco-Soviet space missions and a NASA Space Shuttle mission. Chrétien was the first Frenchman an

• Jean-Loup Jacques Marie Chrétien (born 20 august 1938) is a French retired Général de Brigade (brigadier general) in the Armée de l'Air (French air ...
• ... an and the first western European in space. French astronaut Jean-Loup Chrétien Born ( 1938-08-20 ) 20 august 1938 (age 84) La Rochelle , France Status Retired Nationality French Occupation Fighter pilot Space ...

#4 Yuri Malenchenko

Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko ( Russian : Юрий Иванович Маленченко ; born December 22, 1961) is a retired Russian cosmonaut . Malenchenko became the first person to marry in space, on 10 August 2003, when he married Ekaterina Dmitrieva, who was in Texas , while he was 240 miles (390   km) over New Zeal

• ... pace shuttle history. [13] Expedition 32 flight engineer Malenchenko participates in a spacewalk on 20 august 2012. On November 9, 2007, Malenchenko performed his fourth career spacewalk. [14] He and Expeditio ...
• ... UTC when the two spacewalkers returned to the ISS. The spacewalk lasted 6 hours and 55 minutes. On 20 august 2012, Malenchenko together with cosmonaut Gennady Padalka participated in his fifth career spacewal ...

#5 Liu Boming (taikonaut)

Liu Boming ( simplified Chinese : 刘伯明 ; traditional Chinese : 劉伯明 ; pinyin : Liú Bómíng ; born September 17, 1966) is a major general in the Chinese People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force (PLASSF). A fighter pilot in the PLA Air Force (PLAAF), he was selected into the PLA Astronaut Corps (

• ... r of Shenzhou 12, completed the first extravehicular activity of the Tiangong space station. [8] On 20 august 2021, Liu and mission commander Nie Haisheng carried out the second extravehicular activity of the ...

#6 Nie Haisheng

Nie Haisheng (born 13 October 1964 [2] ) is a major general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force (PLASSF) in active service as an taikonaut and the third commander (unit chief) of the PLA Astronaut Corps (PLAAC). He was a PLA Air Force fighter pilot and director of navigat

• ... ssion to the Tiangong space station . [11] Nie conducted his first spacewalk outside the station on 20 august 2021. [12] PERSONAL He is married to Nie Jielin ( 聂捷琳 ) and they have a daughter named Nie Tianxian ...

#7 Oliver Daemen

Oliver Daemen (born 20 August 2002) is a Dutch space tourist [1] [2] who flew as part of the 20 July 2021, sub-orbital Blue Origin NS-16 spaceflight . [3] [4] [5] At the time of his flight he was 18 years old, [6] and is the youngest person, first teenager, and first person born in the 21st century

• Oliver Daemen (born 20 august 2002) is a Dutch space tourist [1] [2] who flew as part of the 20 July 2021, sub-orbital Blue Origi ...
• ... icensed pilot. [7] Youngest person to travel to space (born 2002) Oliver Daemen Born ( 2002-08-20 ) 20 august 2002 (age 20) Oisterwijk , Netherlands Known for Being the youngest person to fly in space (as of J ...

#8 James S. Voss

James Shelton Voss (born March 3, 1949) is a retired United States Army colonel and NASA astronaut . During his time with NASA, Voss flew in space five times on board the Space Shuttle and International Space Station . He also served as deputy of Flight Operations for the Space Station Program Missi

• ... ned home from his fifth spaceflight as a Mission Specialist on board the Space Shuttle Discovery on august 20, 2001 ( STS-105 ). The mission saw a crew rotation, two spacewalks, and another flight of the MPLM. ...

#9 Tim Peake

Major Timothy Nigel “Tim” Peake CMG (born 7 April 1972) is a British Army Air Corps officer, European Space Agency astronaut [3] and a former International Space Station (ISS) crew member. British Army Air Corps officer and astronaut Tim Peake CMG HonFIET Official NASA portrait photograph, taken in

• ... 94. [9] On 9 July 1997, he transferred to a regular commission, receiving a promotion to captain on 20 august . [10] [11] Peake became a qualified helicopter pilot in 1994 and a qualified helicopter instructor ...

#10 Return from Orbit

Return from Orbit ( Russian : Возвращение с орбиты , romanized :   Vozvraschenie s orbiti ) is a Soviet 1984 science fiction film directed by Aleksandr Surin. [2] [3] It featured scenes filmed in orbit onboard Salyut 7 space station and Soyuz T-9 spacecraft. [4] This article is about the 1984 Soviet

• ... phy Sergei Stasenko Music by Eduard Artemyev Production company Dovzhenko Film Studios Release date 20 august 1984 (Soviet Union) [1] Running time 84 minutes Country Soviet Union Language Russian Return from O ...

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Museum / Museum

#1 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

• ... Canada and Florida. [1] [2] The museum's gift shop and model collection were destroyed in a fire on 20 august 2015. [3] AIRCRAFT Richard King's reproduction Sopwith Pup, now at Owls Head Museum in Maine. [4] O ...

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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

• ... h pad. NASA had no procedure to replace these on the pad, but the work was nonetheless completed by 20 august , without affecting the planned launch date. [10] Image of lightning strike On 25 August 2006, a dir ...

#2 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

• ... 24 UTC Rocket Soyuz-U Launch site Baikonur , Site 31/6 End of mission Disposal Deorbited Decay date 20 august 2012 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Low Earth Perigee altitude 193.68 km Apo ...
• ... 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 experiment, Progress M-15M will de-orbit for a destru ...

#3 Voyager 2

Voyager 2 is a space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977, to study the outer planets and interstellar space beyond the Sun's heliosphere . As a part of the Voyager program , it was launched 16 days before its twin, Voyager 1 , on a trajectory that took longer to reach gas giants Jupiter and Sa

• Voyager 2 is a space probe launched by NASA on august 20, 1977, to study the outer planets and interstellar space beyond the Sun's heliosphere . As a part of ...
• ... ory Launch mass 825.5 kilograms (1,820 lb) Power 470 watts (at launch) Start of mission Launch date august 20, 1977, 14:29:00 ( 1977-08-20UTC14:29Z ) UTC Rocket Titan IIIE Launch site Cape Canaveral LC-41 Flyby ...
• ... liopause and entered interstellar space . LAUNCH AND TRAJECTORY The Voyager 2 probe was launched on august 20, 1977, by NASA from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral, Florida , aboard a Titan IIIE / Centa ...
• ... sooner, as Voyager 2 had been launched into a longer, more circular trajectory. Voyager 2 launch on august 20, 1977, with a Titan IIIE / Centaur Animation of Voyager 2 ' s trajectory from August 20, 1977, to De ...
• ... 2 launch on August 20, 1977, with a Titan IIIE / Centaur Animation of Voyager 2 ' s trajectory from august 20, 1977, to December 30, 2000 Voyager 2 · Earth · Jupiter · Saturn · Uranus · Neptune · Sun Trajectory ...

#4 INSAT-4B

INSAT-4B was an Indian communications satellite which forms part of the Indian National Satellite System . Launched in 2007, it was placed in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 93.48° East. [5] INSAT-4B Mission type Communications Operator INSAT COSPAR ID 2007-007A SATCAT no. 30793 Mission durati

• ... o lower its altitude and drifted eastward to reach new slot at 111.2°E on 18 December 2017. [11] On 20 august 2019, [12] altitude of INSAT-4B was raised and it was relocated to new 83°E slot on 12 October 2019 ...

#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

• ... 78 [1] Viking 2 lander September 3, 1976 [1] (landing) to April 11, 1980 [1] Maiden launch Viking 1 august 20, 1975 [1] [2] Last launch Viking 2 September 9, 1975 [1] [3] The Viking program grew from NASA 's ea ...
• ... not related to the successful Voyager deep space probes of the late 1970s. Viking 1 was launched on august 20, 1975, and the second craft, Viking 2 , was launched on September 9, 1975, both riding atop Titan II ...

#6 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

• ... with ISS Docking port PMA-2 ( Destiny forward) Docking date 12 August 2001 18:41 UTC Undocking date 20 august 2001 14:51 UTC Time docked 7 days, 20 hours, 9 minutes Left to right. Centre group: Sturckow, Forre ...

#7 Discoverer 6

Discoverer 6 , also known as Corona 9003 , [1] :   236   was an American optical reconnaissance satellite launched on 19 August 1959 at 19:24:44 GMT, the third of ten operational flights of the Corona KH-1 spy satellite series. Though the spacecraft was orbited successfully, the onboard camera cease

• ... nch site Vandenberg LC 75-3-5 End of mission Decay date 20 October 1959 ( 1959-10-21 ) Landing date 20 august 1959 ( 1959-08-21 ) (SRV) Landing site Pacific Ocean (SRV) Orbital parameters Reference system Geoc ...

#8 STS-8

STS-8 was the eighth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the third flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger . It launched on August 30, 1983, and landed on September 5, 1983, conducting the first night launch and night landing of the Space Shuttle program . It also carried the first African-American astron

• ... 6] The launch had originally been scheduled for on August 4, 1983, and was later rescheduled for on august 20, 1983. [27] The requirement to conduct testing with the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TD ...

#9 Eutelsat 8 West B

Eutelsat 8 West B is a geostationary communications satellite . Operated by Eutelsat , it provides direct-to-home (DTH) broadcasting services from geostationary orbit . The satellite is part of Eutelsat's constellation at a longitude of 13° East. Eutelsat announced the order of a new Spacebus-4000C3

• ... turer Thales Alenia Space Launch mass 5,782 kg (12,747 lb) Power watts Start of mission Launch date 20 august 2015, 20:34:08 UTC Rocket Ariane 5ECA (VA255) Launch site Centre Spatial Guyanais , ELA-3 Contracto ...
• ... n from Centre Spatial Guyanais at the Kourou in French Guiana . Liftoff occurred at 20:34:08 UTC on 20 august 2015, [3] with the launch vehicle successfully injecting its payload into geosynchronous transfer o ...

#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

• ... trols were established shortly after the launch. [15] Phase Manoeuvre was performed by 19:25 UTC on 20 august 2015, [16] and the first Height Adjustment Manoeuvre by 17:55 UTC on 22 August 2015. [17] The secon ...

#11 STS-135

STS-135 ( ISS assembly flight ULF7 ) [4] was the 135th and final mission of the American Space Shuttle program . [5] [6] It used the orbiter Atlantis and hardware originally processed for the STS-335 contingency mission, which was not flown. STS-135 launched on 8 July 2011, and landed on 21 July 201

• ... SA reauthorization bill, just before lawmakers left for the traditional August recess. [24] [25] On 20 august 2010, NASA managers approved STS-135 mission planning targeting a 28 June 2011 launch. [5] On 29 Se ...

#12 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

• ... lley Closest approach March 8, 1986 Distance 151,000 km (94,000 mi) Flyby of Earth Closest approach august 20, 1992 Distance ~900,000 km (560,000 mi) It constituted a part of the Halley Armada together with Sak ...
• ... il 5 – 10, 1987, yielded a 65 m/s velocity increase for a 60,000 km Earth gravity assist swingby on august 20, 1992, although the craft was then lost behind the Sun for the summer . The hydrazine fuel was deple ...

#13 Voyager 1

Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977, as part of the Voyager program to study the outer Solar System and interstellar space beyond the Sun's heliosphere . Launched 16 days after its twin Voyager 2 , Voyager 1 has been operating for 45   years and 1   month as of October 5

• ... , aboard a Titan IIIE launch vehicle . The Voyager 2 probe had been launched two weeks earlier, on august 20, 1977. Despite being launched later, Voyager 1 reached both Jupiter [34] and Saturn sooner, followin ...

#14 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

• ... lb) Lander: 572 kg (1,261 lb) Power Orbiter: 620 W Lander: 70 W Start of mission Launch date 21:22, august 20, 1975 (UTC) ( 1975-08-20T21 : 22Z ) [2] [3] Rocket Titan IIIE / Centaur Launch site LC-41 , Cape Can ...
• ... ) [2] Flagship ← None Viking 2 → MISSION Following launch using a Titan / Centaur launch vehicle on august 20, 1975, and an 11-month cruise to Mars, [7] the orbiter began returning global images of Mars about f ...
• ... the surface of Mars. Captured on 20 July 1976 VIKING 1 IMAGE GALLERY Launch of the Viking 1 probe ( 20 august 1975). Model of Viking Lander First image by the Viking 1 lander from the surface of Mars, showing ...

#15 Shenzhou 12

Shenzhou 12 ( Chinese : 神舟十二号 ; pinyin : Shénzhōu shí'èr hào , see § Etymology ) was a Chinese spaceflight launched on 17 June 2021. [5] The flight marked the seventh crewed Chinese spaceflight and the twelfth flight of the Shenzhou program . The spacecraft carried three members of the People's Libe

• ... duration of the spacewalk of 6 hours and 46 minutes was also China's longest to date. [14] [15] On 20 august 2021, commander Nie Haisheng and Liu Boming carried out the second scheduled spacewalk to test out ...

#16 Progress M-9

Progress M-9 ( Russian : Прогресс М-9 ) was a Soviet uncrewed cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1991 to resupply the Mir space station. [2] The twenty-seventh of sixty four Progress spacecraft to visit Mir, it used the Progress-M 11F615A55 configuration, [3] and had the serial number 210. [4] I

• ... 15A55 Manufacturer NPO Energia Launch mass 7,250 kilograms (15,980 lb) Start of mission Launch date 20 august 1991, 22:54:10 ( 1991-08-20UTC22:54:10Z ) UTC Rocket Soyuz-U2 Launch site Baikonur Site 1/5 End of ...
• ... te 30 September 1991, 01:53:00 UTC Time docked 38 days Progress M-9 was launched at 22:54:10 GMT on 20 august 1991, atop a Soyuz-U2 carrier rocket flying from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome . [4] Followin ...

#17 ABS-3

ABS-3 , formerly ABS-5 , was initially named Agila 2 after the Philippine eagle , [2] before being acquired by ABS (formerly known as Asia Broadcast Satellite ). Launched in 1997, the satellite provided telecommunications services for Mabuhay Satellite Corporation before being sold to ABS in 2009. B

• ... 0 satellite bus. ABS-3 was deployed to orbit by Chinese Long March 3B rocket in Sichuan province on 20 august 1997. The satellite was expected to operate for 15 years. [7] REACH "Agila" is the local name for t ...

#18 NERVA

The Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application ( NERVA ) was a nuclear thermal rocket engine development program that ran for roughly two decades. Its principal objective was to "establish a technology base for nuclear rocket engine systems to be utilized in the design and development of propulsi

• ... , met with T. Keith Glennan , the new administrator of NASA , and Hugh Dryden , Glennan's deputy on 20 august 1958, [38] the day they after Glennan and Dryden were sworn into office at the White House , [39] a ...

#19 Korabl-Sputnik 2

Korabl-Sputnik 2 [2] ( Russian : Корабль-Спутник 2 , lit.   ' Ship-Satellite 2 ' ), also known as Sputnik 5 in the West, [3] was a Soviet artificial satellite , and the third test flight of the Vostok spacecraft . It was the first spaceflight to send animals into orbit and return them safely back to

• ... 08:44:06Z ) UTC Rocket Vostok-L 8K72 s/n L1-12 Launch site Baikonur 1/5 End of mission Landing date 20 august 1960, 06:00:00 ( 1960-08-20UTC07Z ) UTC Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Low E ...
• ... levision camera, which took images of the dogs. The spacecraft returned to Earth at 06:00:00 UTC on 20 august , the day after its launch. Telemetry revealed that one dog had suffered seizures and vomited during ...

#20 Intelsat 34

INTELSAT 34 or IS-34 is communications satellite built on Space Systems/Loral 's 1300-series satellite platform. The satellite broadcasts television to homes in Brazil, distributes video programming for companies like HBO and Fox across Latin America, and beams Internet broadband services to travele

• ... anufacturer Space Systems/Loral Launch mass 3,300 kilograms (7,300 lb) Start of mission Launch date 20 august 2015 20:34 UTC ( 2015-08-20UTC20:34Z ) Rocket Ariane 5 ECA Launch site Kourou Contractor Arianespac ...
• ... Apogee altitude 35,800 kilometres (22,200 mi) Inclination 0.03 degrees Period 1436.22 minutes Epoch 20 august 2015 UTC Intelsat ← Intelsat 33e Intelsat 35e → Intelsat 34, unlike its predecessor, does not inclu ...