langs: 8 августа [ru] / august 8 [en] / 8. august [de] / 8 août [fr] / 8 agosto [it] / 8 de agosto [es]
days: august 5 / august 6 / august 7 / august 8 / august 9 / august 10 / august 11
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 James Irwin
James Benson Irwin (March 17, 1930 – August 8, 1991) was an American astronaut , aeronautical engineer , test pilot , and a United States Air Force pilot . He served as Apollo Lunar Module pilot for Apollo 15 , the fourth human lunar landing. He was the eighth person to walk on the Moon and the fi
- James Benson Irwin (March 17, 1930 – august 8, 1991) was an American astronaut , aeronautical engineer , test pilot , and a United States Air Forc ...
- ... in 1971 Born James Benson Irwin ( 1930-03-17 ) March 17, 1930 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , U.S. Died august 8, 1991 (1991-08-08) (aged 61) Glenwood Springs, Colorado , U.S. Resting place Arlington National Ceme ...
- ... testing indicated him having a tendency for cardiac arrhythmias during strenuous exercise. [21] On august 8, 1991, Irwin suffered another heart attack after a bike ride. Attempts at resuscitation were unsucce ...
#2 Thomas Reiter
Thomas Arthur Reiter (born 23 May 1958 in Frankfurt , West Germany ) is a retired European astronaut and is a Brigadier General [1] in the German Air Force currently working as ESA Interagency Coordinator and Advisor to the Director General at the European Space Agency (ESA). He was one of the top 2
- ... or almost half a year. His ISS mission was designated Astrolab by the European Space Agency. [4] On 8 august 2007 Thomas Reiter was named a member of DLR 's executive board. From 1 April 2011 to December 2015 ...
#3 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
- ... emoved the two most prominent protruding gap fillers. [89] Discovery was supposed to land at KSC on august 8, but unfavorable weather led to a postponement until August 9, and the landing site was changed to E ...
#4 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
- ... ission Specialist 1 on the first flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour after the Columbia disaster . On august 8, 2007, which was the 119th Space Shuttle flight, the 22nd flight to the station, and the 20th flight ...
#5 Christa McAuliffe
Sharon Christa McAuliffe ( née Corrigan ; September 2, 1948 – January 28, 1986) was an American teacher and astronaut from Concord, New Hampshire , who was killed on the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L where she was serving as a payload specialist . [2] American teacher and astronaut (1
- ... uary 1998, [29] and flew on Space Shuttle mission STS-118 , to the International Space Station , on august 8, 2007, aboard Endeavour , the orbiter that replaced Challenger . [29] [37] LEGACY McAuliffe was buri ...
#6 Andrew M. Allen
Andrew Michael "Andy" Allen (born 4 August 1955) is a retired American astronaut . A former Marine aviator and lieutenant colonel , he worked as a test pilot before joining NASA in 1987. He flew three Space Shuttle missions before retiring in 1997. [1] American astronaut (born 1955) This biography o
- ... e Agency . STS-46 launched July 31, 1992, [4] and landed at the Kennedy Space Center , Florida , on august 8, 1992. [5] The flight completed 126 orbits covering 3.3 million miles in 191.3 hours. [6] STS-62 All ...
#7 Scott Kelly (astronaut)
Scott Joseph Kelly (born February 21, 1964) is an American engineer , retired astronaut , and naval aviator . A veteran of four space flights, Kelly commanded the International Space Station (ISS) on Expeditions 26 , 45 , and 46 . American engineer, retired astronaut, and retired U.S. Navy captain F
- ... ter the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, STS-118 was delayed until August 2007. STS-118 launched on august 8, 2007. During the launch, the orbiter was struck by nine pieces of foam from the external tank just ...
#8 James C. Adamson
James Craig Adamson (born March 3, 1946) is a former NASA astronaut and retired Colonel of the United States Army . He is married with 3 children. James Adamson flew on two missions, STS-28 and STS-43 , and completed 263 orbits and 334 hours in space . After retiring from NASA, he was recruited by A
- ... following the reconstruction period. Columbia launched from the Kennedy Space Center , Florida , on august 8, 1989. The mission carried a classified Department of Defense payload and a number of secondary payl ...
#9 Barbara Morgan
Barbara Radding Morgan (born November 28, 1951) is an American teacher and a former NASA astronaut . She participated in the Teacher in Space program as backup to Christa McAuliffe for the 1986 ill-fated STS-51-L mission of the Space Shuttle Challenger . She then trained as a Mission Specialist , an
- ... onal Space Station , successfully launched from Florida's Kennedy Space Center at 6:36:42 p.m. EDT, 8 august 2007. [16] Morgan served as robotic arm operator and transfer coordinator, coordinating the transfe ...
#10 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
- ... maneuvers over the China Sea as part of his training to obtain the first class test pilot title. On august 8, 1980, it took off with this aircraft from the aircraft carrier Minsk. However, moments after taking ...
#11 Dafydd Williams
Dafydd Rhys Williams (alternately known as David Rhys Williams [2] ) OC OOnt CCFP FCFP FRCPC FRCP FRCGS (born May 16, 1954) [3] is a Canadian physician, public speaker , CEO , author and a retired CSA astronaut . [4] Williams was a mission specialist on two Space Shuttle missions. His first spacefli
- ... logged Williams over 381 hours in space. [12] STS-118 Williams was assigned to the crew of STS-118 ( august 8 to 21, 2007), an assembly mission to the International Space Station . He completed three spacewalks ...
#12 Ivan Anikeyev
Ivan Nikolayevich Anikeyev ( Russian : Иван Николаевич Аникеев ; 12 February 1933 – 8 August 1992) was a Soviet cosmonaut who was dismissed from the Soviet space program for disciplinary reasons. Soviet cosmonaut candidate Ivan Nikolayevich Anikeyev Born ( 1933-02-12 ) 12 February 1933 Soviet Union
- Ivan Nikolayevich Anikeyev ( Russian : Иван Николаевич Аникеев ; 12 February 1933 – 8 august 1992) was a Soviet cosmonaut who was dismissed from the Soviet space program for disciplinary reaso ...
- ... smonaut candidate Ivan Nikolayevich Anikeyev Born ( 1933-02-12 ) 12 February 1933 Soviet Union Died 8 august 1992 (1992-08-08) (aged 59) Nationality Russian Space career Soviet Cosmonaut Selection Air Force G ...
#13 David Leestma
David Cornell Leestma (born May 6, 1949) is a former American astronaut and retired Captain in the United States Navy . This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . ( Learn how and when to remove these template messages ) This article needs to b
- ... otal of 532.7 hours in space. He was a mission specialist on STS-41-G (October 5–13, 1984), STS-28 ( august 8 13, 1989), and STS-45 (March 24 to April 2, 1992). SPACE FLIGHT EXPERIENCE STS-41-G Challenger , lau ...
- ... ty of actual satellite refueling. STS-28 Columbia , launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on august 8, 1989. The mission carried Department of Defense payloads and a number of secondary payloads. After ...
#14 Svetlana Savitskaya
Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya ( Russian : Светла́на Евге́ньевна Сави́цкая ; born 8 August 1948) is a Russian former aviator and Soviet cosmonaut who flew aboard Soyuz T-7 in 1982, becoming the second woman in space. On her 1984 Soyuz T-12 mission she became the first woman to fly to space twice, a
- Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya ( Russian : Светла́на Евге́ньевна Сави́цкая ; born 8 august 1948) is a Russian former aviator and Soviet cosmonaut who flew aboard Soyuz T-7 in 1982, becoming ...
- ... cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya Savitskaya in the Moscow Kremlin , December 2018 Born ( 1948-08-08 ) 8 august 1948 (age 74) Moscow , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union Nationality Soviet / Russian Other names Svetlan ...
#15 Jeffrey A. Hoffman
Jeffrey Alan Hoffman (born November 2, 1944) is an American former NASA astronaut and currently a professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT . American former NASA astronaut (born 1944) For the baseball player, see Jeff Hoffman . Jeffrey Alan Hoffman Born ( 1944-11-02 ) November 2, 1944 (age
- ... he Hubble during STS-61 STS 51-D (April 12–19, 1985) STS-35 (December 2–10, 1990) STS-46 (July 31 – august 8, 1992) STS-61 (December 2–13, 1993) STS-75 (February 22 – March 9, 1996) Hoffman made his first spac ...
- ... ffman made his third space flight as payload commander and mission specialist on STS-46 , July 31 – august 8, 1992, on the Space Shuttle Atlantis . On this mission, the crew deployed the European Retrievable C ...
#16 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
- ... ndhurst , Peake received a short-service commission as a second lieutenant in the Army Air Corps on 8 august 1992. [7] He served as a platoon commander with the Royal Green Jackets , [8] and was promoted to l ...
- ... served as a platoon commander with the Royal Green Jackets , [8] and was promoted to lieutenant on 8 august 1994. [9] On 9 July 1997, he transferred to a regular commission, receiving a promotion to captain ...
#17 Richard N. Richards
Richard Noel "Dick" Richards (born August 24, 1946), ( Capt , USN , Ret.), is a retired American naval officer and aviator , test pilot , chemical engineer , and a former NASA astronaut . He flew aboard four Space Shuttle missions in the 1980s and 1990s. This biography of a living person needs addit
- ... rt ATO" call when Challenger's centre engine went down. [2] Richards flew on four missions: STS-28 ( august 8 13, 1989), STS-41 (October 6–10, 1990), STS-50 (June 25 – July 9, 1992), and STS-64 (September 9–20, ...
- ... STS-28 aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia , which launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida , on august 8, 1989. The mission carried Department of Defense payloads and a number of secondary payloads. After ...
#18 Brewster H. Shaw
Brewster Hopkinson Shaw Jr. (born May 16, 1945) is a retired NASA astronaut , U.S. Air Force colonel , and former executive at Boeing . Shaw was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame on May 6, 2006. [1] Retired NASA astronaut and US Air Force colonel Brewster H. Shaw Jr. Born ( 1945-05-16 )
- ... ers of the crew did. [8] STS-28 Main article: STS-28 Shaw was the commander of STS-28 Columbia [3] ( august 8 13, 1989). The mission included pilot Dick Richards and three mission specialists: Jim Adamson , Dav ...
#19 Richard Mastracchio
Richard Alan "Rick" Mastracchio (born February 11, 1960) is an American engineer and former NASA astronaut . He has flown on three NASA Space Shuttle missions as a mission specialist in addition to serving as a Flight Engineer on the Soyuz TMA-11M ( Expedition 38 / Expedition 39 ) long duration miss
- ... 9 hours, and 10 minutes. STS-118 Mastracchio rides the CETA Cart on the STS-118 mission. Endeavour ( august 8 21, 2007) was the 119th space shuttle flight, the 22nd flight to the station, and the 20th flight fo ...
#20 Dennis Tito
Dennis Anthony Tito (born August 8, 1940) is an American engineer and entrepreneur . In mid-2001, he became the first space tourist to fund his own trip into space, when he spent nearly eight days in orbit as a crew member of ISS EP-1 , a visiting mission to the International Space Station . This mi
- Dennis Anthony Tito (born august 8, 1940) is an American engineer and entrepreneur . In mid-2001, he became the first space tourist to ...
- ... ded by Soyuz TM-31 . American engineer and entrepreneur (born 1940) Dennis Tito Born ( 1940-08-08 ) august 8, 1940 (age 82) Queens , New York City, U.S. Nationality American Alma mater New York University ( B. ...
Museum / Museum
#1 Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is an American military and maritime history museum in New York City with a collection of museum ships . It is located at Pier 86 at 46th Street , along the Hudson River , in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood on the West Side of Manhattan . The museum showcases the
- ... r Michael D. Piccola, president of Odysseys in Flight saved USS Intrepid from scrapping in 1978. On august 8, 1988, the museum was awarded USS Growler , a Grayback -class submarine , which carried nuclear Regu ...
#2 Colonel Jaime Meregalli Aeronautical Museum
The Colonel Jaime Meregalli Aeronautical Museum in an aviation museum located in Ciudad de la Costa, Canelones . Aviation museum in Ciudad de la Costa, Canelones Colonel Jaime Meregalli Aeronautical Museum Museo Aeronáutico Cnel. (Av.) Jaime Meregalli Location within Uruguay Former name National Avi
- ... egalli Location within Uruguay Former name National Aviation Museum Aeronautical Museum Established 8 august 1954 ( 1954-08-08 ) Location Ciudad de la Costa, Canelones Coordinates 34.839681°S 56.016266°W / ...
- ... HISTORY Originating from an exhibition at Capitan Boiso Lanza Air Base , the museum was founded on 8 august 1954 by Colonel (Av.) Jaime Meregalli. The museum was moved a number of times in its early years, f ...
#3 Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum
The Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum is a volunteer-operated aviation museum located in and around the World War II-era watch tower (control tower) at the former RAF Dumfries , located two miles north east of the centre of Dumfries , Scotland, which was in service from June 1940 until 1957, whe
- ... 1 Gruppe of Kampfgeschwader 4 (1/KG4), based at Soesterberg , the Netherlands, which became lost on 8 august 1940, during a mission to lay mines off Belfast , and collided with the summit of Cairnsmore of Fle ...
#4 Misawa Aviation & Science Museum
Misawa Aviation & Science Museum, Aomori ( 青森県立三沢航空科学館 , Aomori Kenritsu Misawa Koku Kagaku Kan ) is an aerospace museum in the city of Misawa , Aomori Prefecture , Japan. The museum was opened on August 8, 2003, and is located adjacent to Misawa Airport . [1] Building in Aomori Prefecture, Japan Mi
- ... is an aerospace museum in the city of Misawa , Aomori Prefecture , Japan. The museum was opened on august 8, 2003, and is located adjacent to Misawa Airport . [1] Building in Aomori Prefecture, Japan Misawa A ...
- ... wn or city Misawa , Aomori Prefecture Country Japan Coordinates 40°42′31.15″N 141°23′29.71″E Opened august 8, 2003 Technical details Floor count 3 above ground Floor area 10,840.66 m2 Website www .kokukagaku . ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 Pioneer Venus Multiprobe
The Pioneer Venus Multiprobe , also known as Pioneer Venus 2 or Pioneer 13 , was a spacecraft launched in 1978 to explore Venus as part of NASA 's Pioneer program . This part of the mission included a spacecraft bus which was launched from Earth carrying one large and three smaller probes, which aft
- ... lb) (large probe) 3 x 90 kilograms (200 lb) (small probes) Power 241 W Start of mission Launch date august 8, 1978, 07:33 ( 1978-08-08UTC07:33Z ) UTC Rocket Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR Launch site Cape Canaveral ...
- ... w from Launch Complex 36A at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station . The launch occurred at 07:33 on august 8, 1978, and deployed the Multiprobe into heliocentric orbit for its coast to Venus. ARRIVAL AT VENUS ...
#2 Suzaku (satellite)
Suzaku (formerly ASTRO-EII ) was an X-ray astronomy satellite developed jointly by the Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science at JAXA and NASA 's Goddard Space Flight Center to probe high energy X-ray sources, such as supernova explosions , black holes and galactic clusters . It was launched on
- ... s occurred. These ultimately caused the entire reservoir of liquid helium to boil off into space by 8 august 2005. This effectively shut down the X-ray Spectrometer-2 (XRS-2), which was the spacecraft's prima ...
#3 Kosmos 670
Kosmos 670 ( Russian : Космос 670 meaning Cosmos 670 ) was an unmanned Soyuz 7K-S test . It used a new and unique inclination of 50.6 degree. [1] The experience from these flights were used in the development of the successor program Soyuz spacecraft the Soyuz 7K-ST . [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] 1974 So
- ... ight MISSION PARAMETERS Spacecraft : 7K-S Mass: 6700 kg Crew: None Launched: August 6, 1974 Landed: august 8, 1974 23:59 UTC. Perigee: 221 km Apogee: 294 km Inclination: 50.6 deg Duration: 2.99 days SEE ALSO C ...
#4 TV-SAT 1
TV-SAT 1 or TVSAT-1 was a West German communications satellite , which was to have been operated by Deutsche Bundespost . It was intended to provide television broadcast services to Europe , but it failed before entering service. It was built by Aérospatiale , was based on the Spacebus 300 satellite
- ... te's systems, before it was retired to a graveyard orbit in February 1988. [4] TV-Sat 2 followed on 8 august 1989. SEE ALSO Spaceflight portal 1987 in spaceflight
#5 Skylab 3
Skylab 3 (also SL-3 and SLM-2 [2] ) was the second crewed mission to the first American space station, Skylab . The mission began on July 28, 1973, with the launch of NASA astronauts Alan Bean , Owen Garriott , and Jack Lousma in the Apollo command and service module on the Saturn IB rocket, and las
- ... (263 mi) Apogee altitude 441 kilometers (274 mi) Inclination 50.0 degrees Period 93.2 minutes Epoch august 8, 1973 [1] Docking with Skylab Docking port Forward Docking date July 28, 1973, 19:37:00 UTC Undockin ...
#6 Skylab
Skylab was the first United States space station , launched by NASA , [3] occupied for about 24 weeks between May 1973 and February 1974. It was operated by three separate three-astronaut crews: Skylab 2 , Skylab 3 , and Skylab 4 . Major operations included an orbital workshop, a solar observatory ,
- ... Y COMPLETION AND LAUNCH Launch of the modified Saturn V rocket carrying the Skylab space station On august 8, 1969, the McDonnell Douglas Corporation received a contract for the conversion of two existing S-IV ...
#7 Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory ( SOHO ) is a European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft built by a European industrial consortium led by Matra Marconi Space (now Airbus Defence and Space ) that was launched on a Lockheed Martin Atlas IIAS launch vehicle on 2 December 1995, to study the Sun . It
- ... rging the battery , a successful attempt was made to modulate the carrier and downlink telemetry on 8 august . After instrument temperatures were downlinked on 9 August 1998, data analysis was performed, and p ...
#8 Explorer 39
Explorer 39 , also known as AD-C (Air Density experiment-C), was a NASA scientific satellite belonging to series Air Density . It was launched on 8 August 1968, join with Explorer 40 , from Launch Complex 5 of the Vandenberg Air Force Base , through a Scout launch vehicle. [3] NASA satellite of the
- ... experiment-C), was a NASA scientific satellite belonging to series Air Density . It was launched on 8 august 1968, join with Explorer 40 , from Launch Complex 5 of the Vandenberg Air Force Base , through a Sc ...
- ... ns 3.6 m (12 ft) diameter Power Solar cells and rechargeable batteries Start of mission Launch date 8 august 1968, 20:12:00 GMT [1] Rocket Scout B (S-165C) Launch site Vandenberg , SLC-5 Contractor Vought Ent ...
- ... 00 GMT [1] Rocket Scout B (S-165C) Launch site Vandenberg , SLC-5 Contractor Vought Entered service 8 august 1968 End of mission Last contact June 1971 Decay date 22 June 1981 Orbital parameters Reference sys ...
#9 Telstar
Telstar is the name of various communications satellites . The first two Telstar satellites were experimental and nearly identical. Telstar 1 launched on top of a Thor-Delta rocket on July 10, 1962. It successfully relayed through space the first television pictures, telephone calls, and telegraph i
- ... H-IIA-204 Tanegashima YLP-1 15° W Eurostar-3000 5,000 kg (11,000 lb) Telstar 13 Space Systems/Loral august 8, 2003 Zenit-3SL Sea Launch 121° W SSL 1300 4,737 kg (10,443 lb) Telstar 14 Space Systems/Loral Janua ...
#10 USA-244
USA-244 , or Wideband Global SATCOM 6 ( WGS-6 ) is a United States military communications satellite operated by the United States Air Force as part of the Wideband Global SATCOM programme. Launched in 2013, it was the sixth WGS satellite to reach orbit. It is stationed at a longitude of 135° West,
- ... nch mass 5,987 kg (13,199 lb) Dry mass 3,000 kg (6,600 lb) Power 11 kW Start of mission Launch date 8 august 2013, 00:29 UTC [1] Rocket Delta IV M+ (5,4) (s/n D363) Launch site Cape Canaveral , SLC-37B Contra ...
- ... Complex 37B (SLC-37B) at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), with liftoff at 00:29 UTC on 8 august 2013. [1] The launch was successful, placing the WGS-6 into a geostationary transfer orbit (GTO), f ...
#11 Kosmos 6
Kosmos 6 ( Russian : Космос 6 meaning Cosmos 6 ), also known as DS-P1 No.1 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme [1] and occasionally in the West as Sputnik 16 was a prototype radar target satellite for anti-ballistic missile tests, which was launched by the Soviet Union in 1962. Kosmos 6
- ... ket Kosmos-2I 63S1 Launch site Kapustin Yar , Mayak-2 Contractor Yuzhnoye End of mission Decay date 8 august 1962 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric [2] Regime Low Earth Perigee altitude 264 km Ap ...
- ... metres (214 mi) , an inclination of 49.0°, and an orbital period of 90.6 minutes. [2] It decayed on 8 august 1962. [2] Kosmos 6 was a prototype DS-P1 satellite, the first of four to be launched. [3] Of the ot ...
#12 STS-114
STS-114 was the first "Return to Flight" Space Shuttle mission following the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster . Discovery launched at 10:39 EDT (14:39 UTC ), 26 July 2005. The launch, 907 days (approx. 29 months) after the loss of Columbia , was approved despite unresolved fuel sensor anomalies in th
- ... flew around the station to take photos. Atmospheric reentry and landing was originally planned for 8 august 2005, at Kennedy Space Center , but unsuitable weather postponed the landing until the next day, th ...
- ... to ISS crew . Hatches between orbiter and ISS closed 03:24 EDT: T+10:16:45 Orbiter undocks from ISS 8 august 03:20 EDT: T+12:16:41 Mission Control waves off the first of two landing opportunities for Space Sh ...
#13 Mercury-Atlas 8
Mercury-Atlas 8 ( MA-8 ) was the fifth United States crewed space mission , part of NASA 's Mercury program . Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. , orbited the Earth six times in the Sigma 7 spacecraft on October 3, 1962, in a nine-hour flight focused mainly on technical evaluation rather than on scient
- ... ed to the mission, No. 113-D, was accepted by NASA at the Convair plant on July 27 and delivered on august 8. [25] After the delayed arrival of the booster at the Cape, the Air Force then revealed that two rec ...
#14 Progress M1-3
Progress M1-3 , identified by NASA as Progress 1P , was the first Progress spacecraft to visit the International Space Station . It was a Progress-M1 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 251. [1] Russian cargo spacecraft Progress M1-3 Progress M1-3 docked with the ISS, seen from STS-106 . Mi
- ... 51.6° Period 91.8 minutes Epoch 6 August 2000 Docking with ISS Docking port Zvezda aft Docking date 8 august 2000, 20:12:56 UTC Undocking date 1 November 2000, 04:04:49 UTC Time docked 75 days Progress ISS Re ...
- ... 6 August 2000. [1] The spacecraft docked with the aft port of the Zvezda module at 20:12:56 UTC on 8 august . [2] [3] UNDOCKING It remained docked for 75 days before undocking at 04:04:49 UTC on 1 November to ...
#15 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
- ... lost during the EVA was replaced by air from the Progress 2 spacecraft. Progress 3 was launched on 8 august and docked with Salyut 6 two days later. With it, the station's orbit was boosted to 244 x 262 km ( ...
#16 Pioneer Venus project
The Pioneer Venus project was part of the Pioneer program consisting of two spacecraft, the Pioneer Venus Orbiter and the Pioneer Venus Multiprobe , launched to Venus in 1978. The program was managed by NASA 's Ames Research Center . Two spacecraft send to Venus in 1978 This article needs additional
- ... [1] MULTIPROBE Main article: Pioneer Venus Multiprobe The Pioneer Venus Multiprobe was launched on august 8, 1978 on an Atlas-Centaur rocket. It consisted of a 290 kg bus which carried one large (315 kg) and ...
#17 Salyut 5
Salyut 5 ( Russian : Салют-5 meaning Salute 5 ), also known as OPS-3 , was a Soviet space station . Launched in 1976 as part of the Salyut programme , it was the third and last Almaz space station to be launched for the Soviet military. Two Soyuz missions visited the station, each manned by two cosm
- ... w 2 Launch 22 June 1976 18:04:00 UTC Carrier rocket Proton-K Launch pad Baikonur Site 81/23 Reentry 8 august 1977 Mass 19,000 kg Length 14.55 metres (47.7 ft) Diameter 4.15 metres (13.6 ft) Pressurised volume ...
- ... KSI recoverable capsule was ejected and returned to Earth on 26 February. Salyut 5 was deorbited on 8 august 1977 and burned up as it reentered the Earth's atmosphere. [7] SEE ALSO Soviet Union portal Spacefl ...
#18 Sputnik 1
Sputnik 1 ( / ˈ s p ʌ t n ɪ k , ˈ s p ʊ t n ɪ k / ; see § Etymology ) was the first artificial Earth satellite . [5] It was launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957 as part of the Soviet space program . It sent a radio signal back to Earth for three weeks bef
- ... edov , a leading Soviet physicist, announced that they too would launch an artificial satellite. On 8 august , the Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union approved the proposal to create an artifi ...
#19 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
- ... y 1984 14:55 25 July 1984 18:29 3 h, 35 min First woman EVA Salyut 7 – PE-3 – EVA 6 Kizim, Solovyov 8 august 1984 08:46 8 August 1984 13:46 5 h, 00 min Complete ODU repair Salyut 7 – PE-4 – EVA 1 Dzhanibekov, ...
- ... 1984 18:29 3 h, 35 min First woman EVA Salyut 7 – PE-3 – EVA 6 Kizim, Solovyov 8 August 1984 08:46 8 august 1984 13:46 5 h, 00 min Complete ODU repair Salyut 7 – PE-4 – EVA 1 Dzhanibekov, Savinykh 2 August 1 ...
#20 STS-46
STS-46 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission using Space Shuttle Atlantis and was launched on July 31, 1992 and landed on August 8, 1992 . 1992 American crewed spaceflight to deploy EURECA and TSS-1 STS-46 Atlantis ' s Canadarm grapples the European Space Agency 's EURECA satellite, prior to its deployme
- ... Space Shuttle mission using Space Shuttle Atlantis and was launched on July 31, 1992 and landed on august 8, 1992 . 1992 American crewed spaceflight to deploy EURECA and TSS-1 STS-46 Atlantis ' s Canadarm gra ...
- ... ch site Kennedy Space Center , LC-39B Contractor Rockwell International End of mission Landing date august 8, 1992, 13:11:50 UTC Landing site Kennedy Space Center , SLF Runway 33 Orbital parameters Reference s ...