langs: 5 августа [ru] / august 5 [en] / 5. august [de] / 5 août [fr] / 5 agosto [it] / 5 de agosto [es]
days: august 2 / august 3 / august 4 / august 5 / august 6 / august 7 / august 8
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 Pavel Vinogradov
Pavel Vladimirovich Vinogradov ( Russian : Павел Владимирович Виноградов ; born 31 August 1953 in Magadan , USSR ) is a cosmonaut and former commander of the International Space Station . As of May 2013, he has flown into space three times, aboard Mir and the International Space Station , and is one
- ... problems. [ citation needed ] SOYUZ TM-26 Vinogradov flew as the flight engineer on Soyuz TM-26 on 5 august 1997 with cosmonaut Anatoly Solovyev to the Mir space station. After two days of autonomous flight ...
#2 Jeff Bezos
Jeffrey Preston Bezos ( / ˈ b eɪ z oʊ s / BAY -zohss ; [2] né Jorgensen ; born January 12, 1964) is an American entrepreneur, media proprietor , investor, computer engineer, and commercial astronaut . [3] [4] He is the founder, executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon . With a net
- ... onboard The Virgin Galactic Unity 22 mission. THE WASHINGTON POST See also: The Washington Post On august 5, 2013, Bezos announced his purchase of The Washington Post for $250 million in cash, [109] at the su ...
#3 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
- Neil Alden Armstrong ( august 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer , and the first person ...
- ... strong (disambiguation) . Neil Armstrong Armstrong in 1969 Born Neil Alden Armstrong ( 1930-08-05 ) august 5, 1930 Wapakoneta, Ohio , U.S. Died August 25, 2012 (2012-08-25) (aged 82) Cincinnati , Ohio, U.S. Al ...
- ... ary bypass surgery , at the age of 82. EARLY LIFE Armstrong was born near Wapakoneta, Ohio , [1] on august 5, 1930, the son of Viola Louise (née Engel) and Stephen Koenig Armstrong. He was of German, Scots-Iri ...
#4 Leonid Kizim
Leonid Denisovich Kizim ( Russian : Леонид Денисович Кизим ; 5 August 1941 – 14 June 2010) was a Soviet cosmonaut . Soviet cosmonaut This article needs additional citations for verification . ( January 2010 ) Leonid Denisovich Kizim Born ( 1941-08-05 ) August 5, 1941 Krasnyi Lyman , Donetsk Oblast ,
- ... dditional citations for verification . ( January 2010 ) Leonid Denisovich Kizim Born ( 1941-08-05 ) august 5, 1941 Krasnyi Lyman , Donetsk Oblast , Soviet Union (now Lyman, Ukraine ) Died June 14, 2010 (2010-0 ...
- Leonid Denisovich Kizim ( Russian : Леонид Денисович Кизим ; 5 august 1941 – 14 June 2010) was a Soviet cosmonaut . Soviet cosmonaut This article needs additional citati ...
#5 Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin [lower-alpha 1] (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space . Travelling in the Vostok 1 capsule, Gagarin completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. By achieving this major milestone in the Space
- ... he candidates in an anechoic chamber in complete isolation; Gagarin was in the chamber on 26 July – 5 august . [40] [31] In August 1960, a Soviet Air Force doctor evaluated his personality as follows: Modest; ...
#6 André Kuipers
André Kuipers ( Dutch: [ˈɑndreː ˈkœy̯pərs] ( listen ) ; born 5 October 1958) is a Dutch physician and ESA astronaut . He became the second Dutch citizen, third Dutch-born and fifth Dutch -speaking astronaut upon launch of Soyuz TMA-4 on 19 April 2004. Kuipers returned to Earth aboard Soyuz TMA-3 1
- ... ( Expedition 30 / 31 ) Mission insignia Kuipers is the first Dutch astronaut to return to space. On 5 august 2009, Dutch minister of economic affairs Maria van der Hoeven , announced Kuipers was selected as a ...
- ... with ESA director general Jean-Jacques Dordain on 4 August 2009, Maria van der Hoeven confirmed on 5 august that Kuipers would be making a second space flight, starting in December 2011. [10] Kuipers was the ...
#7 Kenneth D. Cameron
Kenneth Donald Cameron (born November 29, 1949), ( Col , USMC , Ret.), is a retired American naval aviator , test pilot , engineer , U.S. Marine Corps officer , and NASA astronaut . This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification . ( July 2020 ) Kenneth D. Cameron Born
- ... enter on November 20, 1995. POST-NASA CAREER Cameron in 2008 Following his first NASA retirement on august 5, 1996, he joined Hughes Training, Inc., a subsidiary of General Motors Corporation, as Executive Dir ...
Museum / Museum
#1 Armstrong Air & Space Museum
The Armstrong Air & Space Museum is a museum in Wapakoneta, Ohio , the hometown of aviator and astronaut Neil Armstrong , the first man to set foot on the Moon . Opened in 1972, the museum chronicles Ohio 's contributions to the history of aeronautics and space flight. The museum is home to the orig
- ... ASA F5D Skylancer flown by Armstrong on display outside the museum Neil Alden Armstrong was born on august 5, 1930, on his grandparents' farm, in Washington Township, Auglaize County, near Wapakoneta to Stephe ...
#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
- ... new world record. A crowd of 50,000 people gathered at Bennett Field to see him arrive. [281] [257] august 5 7, 1933 – Lt. Maurice Rossi and Paul Codos flew a Bleriot 110 , powered by a Hispano-Suiza engine, f ...
#3 Historic Flight Foundation
The Historic Flight Foundation (HFF) is an aviation museum located at Felts Field in Spokane, Washington . The museum collects, restores, and flies historic aircraft from the period between Charles Lindbergh's solo Atlantic crossing in 1927 and the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 in 1957,
- ... ac Touring Phaeton car in which President Franklin Delano Roosevelt toured Glacier National Park on august 5, 1934. [12] The automobile collection features two "Jammer" touring buses —one from Yellowstone Park ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 Progress M-28M
Progress M-28M ( Russian : Прогресс М-28М ), identified by NASA as Progress 60P was a Progress spacecraft used by Roskosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) during 2015. It was launched on 3 July 2015, less than a week following the failure of SpaceX CRS-7 and the previous failure o
- ... e station on 19 December 2015 at 07:35 UTC. CARGO The typhoon Soudelor photographed from the ISS on 5 august 2015 while the storm was in the western Pacific . The Soyuz TMA-17M (bottom left) and the Progress ...
#2 AsiaSat 8
AsiaSat 8 then AMOS-7 is a Hong Kong -turned- Israeli geostationary communications satellite which is operated by the Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company (Asiasat). Asiasat communication satellite AsiaSat 8 / AMOS-7 The launch of the Falcon 9 carrying AsiaSat 8. Mission type Communications Ope
- ... turer Space Systems/Loral Launch mass 4,535 kg (9,998 lb) Power 8.5 kW Start of mission Launch date 5 august 2014, 08:00 UTC Rocket Falcon 9 v1.1 Launch site Cape Canaveral , SLC-40 Contractor SpaceX Entered ...
- ... took place from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) on 5 august 2014 at 08:00 UTC . [6] [7] FALCON 9 UPPER STAGE The Falcon 9 upper stage used to launch AsiaSat 8 ...
#3 Mariner 6 and 7
Mariner 6 and Mariner 7 ( Mariner Mars 69A and Mariner Mars 69B ) were two unmanned NASA robotic spacecraft that completed the first dual mission to Mars in 1969 as part of NASA's wider Mariner program . Mariner 6 was launched from Launch Complex 36B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station [3] and Marin
- ... Disposal Decommissioned Deactivated December 28, 1970 ( 1970-12-29 ) Flyby of Mars Closest approach august 5, 1969 Distance 3,430 kilometers (2,130 mi) Mariner Mariner 8 → LAUNCH Three Mariner probes were cons ...
- ... 3,431 kilometers (2,132 mi) [3] above the martian surface. Closest approach for Mariner 7 occurred august 5, 1969 at 05:00:49 UT [2] at a distance of 3,430 kilometers (2,130 mi) above the martian surface. Thi ...
#4 Leonardo (ISS module)
The Leonardo Permanent Multipurpose Module ( PMM ) is a module of the International Space Station . It was flown into space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-133 on 24 February 2011 and installed on 1 March. Leonardo is primarily used for storage of spares, supplies and waste on the ISS, whi
- ... w additional ISS modules to be launched on an EELV even after the retirement of the Shuttle. [6] On august 5, 2009 it was announced that STS-133 would indeed leave one MPLM permanently attached to the station. ...
#5 Kosmos 2286
Kosmos 2286 ( Russian : Космос 2286 meaning Cosmos 2286 ) is a Russian US-K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1994 as part of the Russian Space Forces ' Oko programme. The satellite is designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors . [2] Kosmo
- ... es Spacecraft type US-K [2] Launch mass 1,900 kilograms (4,200 lb) [3] Start of mission Launch date 05 august 1994, 01:12 ( 1994-08-05UTC01:12Z ) UTC Rocket Molniya-M / 2BL [2] Launch site Plesetsk Cosmodrome ...
#6 Kosmos 2286
Kosmos 2286 ( Russian : Космос 2286 meaning Cosmos 2286 ) is a Russian US-K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1994 as part of the Russian Space Forces ' Oko programme. The satellite is designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors . [2] Kosmo
- ... rier rocket with a 2BL upper stage was used to perform the launch, which took place at 01:12 UTC on 5 august 1994. [3] The launch successfully placed the satellite into a molniya orbit . It subsequently recei ...
#7 STS-128
STS-128 ( ISS assembly flight 17A ) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) that launched on August 28, 2009. Space Shuttle Discovery carried the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo as its primary payload. Leonardo contained a collection of experiments for study
- ... erminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT). [22] Discovery ' s seven astronauts flew to Kennedy on august 5, 2009, for the training activity which concludes later in the week with a complete practice countdow ...
#8 Vostok 2
Vostok 2 ( Russian : Восток-2 , Orient 2 or East 2 ) was a Soviet space mission which carried cosmonaut Gherman Titov into orbit for a full day on August 6, 1961, to study the effects of a more prolonged period of weightlessness on the human body. [1] Titov orbited the Earth over 17 times, exceeding
- ... nevitably require lengthy stays in space. The flight was targeted for somewhere between July 25 and august 5. To ensure safe radiation levels, balloons equipped with Geiger counters were flown aloft; in additi ...
#9 Soyuz TM-26
Soyuz TM-26 was a Russian spaceflight that ferried cosmonauts and supplies to Mir . [1] It was the 32nd expedition to Mir. It was launched by a Soyuz-U rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome on August 5, 1997. The main mission was to transport two specially-trained cosmonauts to repair or salvage the troub
- ... It was the 32nd expedition to Mir. It was launched by a Soyuz-U rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome on august 5, 1997. The main mission was to transport two specially-trained cosmonauts to repair or salvage the t ...
- ... Vinogradov Landing Léopold Eyharts Callsign Родни́к (Rodnik - Spring ) Start of mission Launch date august 5, 1997, 15:35:54 ( 1997-08-05UTC15:35:54Z ) UTC Rocket Soyuz-U End of mission Landing date February 1 ...
#10 Landsat 1
Landsat 1 ( LS-1 ), formerly named ERTS-A and ERTS-1, was the first satellite of the United States' Landsat program . It was a modified version of the Nimbus 4 meteorological satellite and was launched on July 23, 1972, by a Delta 900 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California . First satel
- ... the Earth's surface. [4] The majority of these images were taken with the multispectral scanner. On 5 august 1972 the return beam vidicon failed after taking only 1690 images. [8] In 1976, Landsat 1 discovere ...
#11 Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3
Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 ( Korean : 광명성 3호 ; Hanja : 光明星3號 ; lit. Bright Star-3 [2] or Lode Star-3 [3] ) was a North Korean Earth observation satellite which, according to the DPRK , was for weather forecast purposes, and whose launch was widely portrayed in the West to be a veiled ballistic missile t
- ... yŏngsŏng-3 4 February 7, 2016 Kwangmyŏngsŏng (Unha-3) Okinawa Yes Satellite launch Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4 5 august 29, 2017 Hwasong-12 Hokkaido No Missile launch N/A 6 September 15, 2017 Hwasong-12 Hokkaido No Miss ...
#12 Kosmos 152
Kosmos 152 ( Russian : Космос 152 meaning Cosmos 152 ), also known as DS-P1-Yu No.7 was a Soviet satellite which was used as a radar calibration target for tests of anti-ballistic missiles . [2] It was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau , and launched in 1967 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik p
- ... cket Kosmos-2I 63SM Launch site Plesetsk , Site 133/3 Contractor Yuzhnoye End of mission Decay date 5 august 1967 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Low Earth Perigee altitude 272 km Apogee ...
- ... mi) , an inclination of 71.0°, and an orbital period of 92.2 minutes. [6] It decayed from orbit on 5 august 1967. [7] Kosmos 152 was the seventh of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites to be launched, [3] and th ...
#13 Progress 31
Progress 31 ( Russian : Прогресс 31 ) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in August 1987 to resupply the Mir space station. Progress 31 A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft Mission type Mir resupply COSPAR ID 1987-066A SATCAT no. 18283 [1] Spacecraft properties Spacecraft Prog
- ... iod 88.9 minutes [3] Epoch 3 August 1987 Docking with Mir Docking port Kvant-1 aft [3] Docking date 5 august 1987, 22:27:35 UTC Undocking date 21 September 1987, 23:57:41 UTC Progress (spacecraft) ← Progress ...
- ... yuz-U2 rocket. [2] [4] DOCKING Progress 31 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 5 august 1987 at 22:27:35 UTC, and was undocked on 21 September 1987 at 23:57:41 UTC. [3] [5] DECAY It remai ...
#14 USA-224
USA-224 , also known as NROL-49 , is an American reconnaissance satellite . Launched in 2011 to replace the decade-old USA-161 satellite, it is the fifteenth KH-11 optical imaging satellite to reach orbit. US spy satellite USA-224 Launch of USA-224 Mission type Optical imaging Operator US NRO COSPAR
- ... e altitude 986 kilometers (613 mi) [1] Inclination 97.92 degrees [1] Period 97.13 minutes [1] Epoch 5 august 2014, 00:12:52 UTC [1] PROJECT HISTORY AND COST After the Boeing -led Future Imagery Architecture p ...
#15 Amazonas 1
Amazonas 1 or Hispasat 55W-1 was a communications satellite based on the Eurostar 3000 satellite bus and owned by satellites operator Hispasat , based in Madrid , Spain. It was launched on 5 August 2004, with a launch mass of 4,5 ton, on a Proton-M Briz-M launcher to be located in the 61º W geosta
- ... tellite bus and owned by satellites operator Hispasat , based in Madrid , Spain. It was launched on 5 august 2004, with a launch mass of 4,5 ton, on a Proton-M Briz-M launcher to be located in the 61º W geost ...
- ... ,4 m x 2,9 m (body) 36,10 m (solar arrays) Power 9,500 watts (EOL) [1] Start of mission Launch date 5 august 2004 ( 2004-08-05 ) Rocket Proton-M Briz-M Launch site Baikonur , Kazakhstan End of mission Disposa ...
#16 Koreasat 1
Koreasat 1 (also known as Mugunghwa 1 and Europe*Star B ) was a South Korean communications satellite launched by a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station , Florida , United States. Owned by KT Corporation . [3] Koreasat 1 → Europe*Star B Mission type Communications Operator KT Corpor
- ... s 1,464 kilograms (3,228 lb) [1] Dry mass 711 kilograms (1,567 lb) [1] Start of mission Launch date august 5, 1995, 11:10 ( 1995-08-05UTC11:10 ) UTC [1] Rocket Delta II 7925 Launch site Cape Canaveral LC-17B [ ...
- ... ee altitude 35,796 kilometers (22,243 mi) [2] Inclination 2.7° [2] Period 1,436.1 minutes [2] Epoch august 5, 1995 ( 1995-08-05 ) Transponders Band 12 FSS Ku band , 3 BSS Ku band Bandwidth 36 MHz , 27 MHz Cove ...
#17 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
- ... amended the House version of the bill to add an additional shuttle mission to the manifest. [23] On 5 august 2010, the Senate passed its version of the NASA reauthorization bill, just before lawmakers left fo ...
#18 Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2
Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 ( Korean : 광명성 2호 , meaning Bright Star-2 [1] or Lode Star-2 [2] ) was a satellite launched by North Korea on April 5, 2009. North Korean satellite Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 Kwangmyongsong-2 as it would have looked in orbit in a 2009 computer graphic video Mission type Communication /Technol
- ... yŏngsŏng-3 4 February 7, 2016 Kwangmyŏngsŏng (Unha-3) Okinawa Yes Satellite launch Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4 5 august 29, 2017 Hwasong-12 Hokkaido No Missile launch N/A 6 September 15, 2017 Hwasong-12 Hokkaido No Miss ...
#19 Mars 6
Mars 6 ( Russian : Марс-6 ), also known as 3MP No.50P was a Soviet spacecraft launched to explore Mars. A 3MP bus spacecraft launched as part of the Mars program , it consisted of a lander, and a coast stage with instruments to study Mars as it flew past. Soviet spacecraft launched in 1973 to study
- ... 0 kg (lander, bus, and fuel) [2] Landing mass 635 kilograms (1,400 lb) Start of mission Launch date 5 august 1973, 17:45:48 ( 1973-08-05UTC17:45:48Z ) UTC [3] Rocket Proton-K / D Launch site Baikonur 81/23 En ...
- ... pper stage, flying from Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 81/23 . [3] The launch occurred at 17:45:48 UTC on 5 august 1973, with the first three stages placing the spacecraft and upper stage into a low Earth parking o ...
#20 Intelsat 9
Intelsat 9 ( IS-9 ) (formerly PAS-9 ) is an Intelsat Atlantic Ocean region satellite which delivers communications services throughout the Americas , the Caribbean and Western Europe . Following its launch from a floating platform in the Pacific Ocean ( Sea Launch ), Intelsat 9 succeeded the PAS-5 A
- ... e [1] and emails to customers, Intelsat's statement at the beginning of the outage said: On Sunday, august 5, at approximately 12:20 GMT, the Intelsat 9 satellite, which provides data and media services to cus ...
- ... s to customers primarily in Mexico and South America, experienced a service interruption on Sunday, august 5. Satellite functionality has since been fully re-established, and Intelsat has restored services to ...
- ... acional Chile TV5Monde Telemundo 3ABN WWE AUGUST 2012 OUTAGE Starting at approximately 12:50 UTC on 5 august 2012, Intelsat lost communications with the satellite and it stopped transmitting its signals. This ...