langs: 9 августа [ru] / august 9 [en] / 9. august [de] / 9 août [fr] / 9 agosto [it] / 9 de agosto [es]
days: august 6 / august 7 / august 8 / august 9 / august 10 / august 11 / august 12
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 Kevin P. Chilton
Kevin Patrick "Chilli" Chilton (born November 3, 1954) is an American mechanical engineer and retired United States Air Force four-star general , test pilot , and NASA astronaut . His last assignment was as commander of U.S. Strategic Command from October 3, 2007, to January 28, 2011. Prior to his a
- ... EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION Promotions Insignia Rank Date General June 26, 2006 Lieutenant general august 9, 2005 Major general April 1, 2002 Brigadier general May 1, 1999 Colonel January 1, 1993 Lieutenant c ...
#2 Gordon Cooper
Leroy Gordon " Gordo " Cooper Jr. (March 6, 1927 – October 4, 2004) was an American aerospace engineer , test pilot , United States Air Force pilot , and the youngest of the seven original astronauts in Project Mercury , the first human space program of the United States. Cooper learned to fly as
- ... nameplates and opposite the NASA emblems worn on the left. [53] [54] The mission was postponed from august 9 to 19 to give Cooper and Conrad more time to train, and was then delayed for two days due to a storm ...
#3 John Glenn
John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American Marine Corps aviator , engineer , astronaut , businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space, and the first American to orbit the Earth , circling it three times in 1962. Following his retirement from NASA
- ... ome power greater than any of us that has been behind and is behind whatever is going on." [233] On august 9, 2019, flight records unsealed as part of Virginia Louise Giuffre 's defamation suit against convict ...
#4 Charles Bolden
Charles Frank Bolden Jr. (born August 19, 1946) [1] is a former Administrator of NASA , a retired United States Marine Corps Major General , and a former astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions. Former NASA administrator, Major-General, and astronaut For the jazz musician, see Buddy Bolden
- ... ted States Forces Japan . He then served as the Commanding General, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing , from august 9, 2000, until August 2002. He retired from the military in August 2004. NASA CAREER Selected by NASA ...
#5 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
- ... covery 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 Edwards Air Force Base. The Orbiter touched down after a missio ...
#6 Gherman Titov
Gherman Stepanovich Titov ( Russian : Герман Степанович Титов ; 11 September 1935 – 20 September 2000) was a Soviet cosmonaut who, on 6 August 1961, [1] became the second human to orbit the Earth, aboard Vostok 2 , preceded by Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1 . He was the fourth person in space, counting su
- ... rin at Red Square in Moscow, 20 November 1961 Russia and the USSR Hero of the Soviet Union № 11158 ( 9 august 1961) [16] [17] Order of Merit for the Fatherland , 3rd Class (7 September 1995) – for services to ...
- ... bution to strengthening friendship and cooperation between peoples Two Orders of Lenin (17 June and 9 august 1961) Order of the October Revolution (21 February 1985) Order of the Red Banner of Labour (15 Janu ...
- ... pacity and professional skill Honoured Master of Sports (1961) Pilot-cosmonaut of the Soviet Union ( 9 august 1961) [16] Titov on a Moldovan stamp Foreign awards Hero of Labour of the Democratic Republic of Vi ...
#7 Yuri Romanenko
Yuri Viktorovich Romanenko ( Russian : Ю́рий Ви́кторович Романе́нко ; born 1 August 1944) is a former Soviet cosmonaut , twice Hero of the Soviet Union (March 16, 1978 and September 26, 1980). Over his career, Yuri Romanenko spent a total of 430 days 20 hours 21 minutes 30 seconds in space and 18 ho
- ... r (born in 1940), and a sister, Olga (born in 1954). He is married and has two sons, Roman (born on august 9, 1971) and Artem (born May 17, 1977). Roman is a cosmonaut who flew as the commander of Soyuz TMA-15 ...
#8 James M. Kelly (astronaut)
James McNeal "Vegas" Kelly (born May 14, 1964) is a NASA Astronaut and a retired Colonel of the United States Air Force . He twice served as pilot on Space Shuttle missions. James Kelly is not related to Scott Kelly or Mark Kelly . American astronaut For other people named James Kelly, see James Kel
- ... s 307 hours and 49 minutes. Kelly was the pilot on this mission. STS-114 Discovery (July 26, 2005 – august 9, 2005) was NASA 's Return to Flight mission after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster . The mission ...
#9 James W. Wood
James Wayne Wood (August 9, 1924 – January 1, 1990), ( Col , USAF ), was an American aeronautical engineer , U.S. Air Force officer , test pilot , and astronaut in the X-20 Dyna-Soar program. This article needs additional citations for verification . ( January 2021 ) James W. Wood Born ( 1924-08-09
- James Wayne Wood ( august 9, 1924 – January 1, 1990), ( Col , USAF ), was an American aeronautical engineer , U.S. Air Force off ...
- ... le needs additional citations for verification . ( January 2021 ) James W. Wood Born ( 1924-08-09 ) august 9, 1924 Paragould, Arkansas , U.S. Died January 1, 1990 (1990-01-01) (aged 65) Melbourne, Florida , U. ...
- ... nel , USAF Selection 1960 Dyna-Soar Group 1 Missions None EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION Wood was born on august 9, 1924, in Paragould, Arkansas . He considered Pueblo, Colorado his home town. [1] Wood earned a Bach ...
#10 Roman Romanenko
Roman Yurievich Romanenko (Major, Russian Air Force; Russian : Роман Юрьевич Романенко ; born 9 August 1971) is a Russian retired cosmonaut at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center . He is also a politician, sitting in the State Duma since 2021 representing the Chertanovo constituency . Russian
- Roman Yurievich Romanenko (Major, Russian Air Force; Russian : Роман Юрьевич Романенко ; born 9 august 1971) is a Russian retired cosmonaut at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center . He is also a p ...
- ... ian cosmonaut This article needs to be updated . ( April 2013 ) Roman Romanenko Born ( 1971-08-09 ) 9 august 1971 (age 50) Shchyolkovo , Soviet Union Status Retired Nationality Russian Other names Roman Yurie ...
#11 Wendy B. Lawrence
Wendy Barrien Lawrence (born July 2, 1959) is a retired United States Navy Captain , an engineer, and former helicopter pilot and NASA astronaut. She was the first female graduate of the United States Naval Academy to fly into space and she has also visited the Russian Space Station Mir . She was a
- ... the Space Shuttle thermal protection system . The mission launched on July 26, 2005, and landed on august 9, 2005. [5] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] Captain Lawrence retired from NASA in June 2006. SPACEFLIGHT EXPERI ...
- ... sian Phase I Program. Mission duration was 235 hours, 54 minutes. [14] STS-114 Discovery (July 26 – august 9, 2005) was the first "Return to Flight" mission following the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Highl ...
#12 William Shatner
William Shatner [3] OC (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor. In a career spanning seven decades, he is best known for his portrayal of James T. Kirk in the Star Trek franchise, from his 1965 debut as the captain of the starship Enterprise in the second pilot of the first Star Trek television se
- ... Shatner's third wife was Nerine Kidd, whom he married in 1997. Returning home at around 10 p.m. on august 9, 1999, he found her lying lifeless at the bottom of their backyard swimming pool. She was forty year ...
#13 Loren Acton
Loren Wilber Acton (born March 7, 1936) is an American physicist who flew on Space Shuttle mission STS-51-F as a Payload Specialist for the Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory. He is also the father of Cheryll Glotfelty , a leading ecocritic . [1] American physicist This article has multiple issu
- ... ptical Universal Polarimeter . He was selected as one of four payload specialists for Spacelab 2 on august 9, 1978, and after seven years of training he flew on STS-51-F / Spacelab-2 in 1985. At mission conclu ...
#14 Sally Ride
Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012) was an American astronaut and physicist . Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983 became the first American woman and the third woman to fly in space , after cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova in 1963 and Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982.
- ... ould be named in honor of Ride. [72] The RV Sally Ride (AGOR-28) was christened by O'Shaughnessy on august 9, 2014, and delivered to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 2016. It was the first vessel in ...
#15 Andy Thomas
Andrew "Andy" Sydney Withiel Thomas , AO (born 18 December 1951) is an Australian and American aerospace engineer and a former NASA astronaut . He has dual nationality; [1] he became a U.S. citizen in December 1986, hoping to gain entry to NASA's astronaut program. [2] He is married to fellow NASA a
- ... e of the space station. Mission duration was 307 hours and 49 minutes. STS-114 Discovery (26 July – 9 august 2005) was the Return to Flight mission following the Columbia accident during which the crew contin ...
#16 Clifton Williams
Clifton Curtis Williams Jr. (September 26, 1932 – October 5, 1967), was an American naval aviator , test pilot , mechanical engineer , major in the United States Marine Corps , and NASA astronaut , who was killed in a plane crash; he never went into space . The crash was caused by a mechanical failu
- ... commission in the U.S. Marine Corps through the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (Navy ROTC) on august 9, 1954, and subsequently reported to The Basic School at Marine Corps Base Quantico , Virginia , and ...
#17 Soichi Noguchi
Soichi Noguchi ( 野口 聡一 , Noguchi Sōichi , born 15 April 1965) is a Japanese aeronautical engineer and former JAXA astronaut . His first spaceflight was as a Mission Specialist aboard STS-114 on 26 July 2005 for NASA 's first "return to flight" Space Shuttle mission after the Columbia disaster . He w
- ... ent 20 hours and 5 minutes outside the station. [1] Noguchi and his crew mates returned to Earth on 9 august 2005, carrying over 7,055 pounds of equipment and trash down from the station inside of a Multi-Pur ...
Museum / Museum
#1 Chalais-Meudon
Chalais-Meudon is an aeronautical research and development centre in Meudon , to the south-west of Paris . It was originally founded in 1793 in the nearby Château de Meudon and has played an important role in the development of French aviation. French aeronautical research and development centre Cha
- ... ated with Arthur Constantin Krebs , one of France's most notable inventors. Its first flight was on 9 august 1884. Taking off from outside Hangar Y, it flew over Villacoublay before returning and landing safe ...
#2 Kennedy Space Center
The John F. Kennedy Space Center ( KSC , originally known as the NASA Launch Operations Center ), located on Merritt Island , Florida , is one of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 's (NASA) ten field centers . Since December 1968, KSC has been NASA's primary launch center of human sp
- ... anuary 1995 [85] Jay F. Honeycutt January 1995 March 2, 1997 [86] Roy D. Bridges, Jr. March 2, 1997 august 9, 2003 [87] James W. Kennedy August 9, 2003 January 2007 [88] William W. Parsons January 2007 October ...
- ... uary 1995 March 2, 1997 [86] Roy D. Bridges, Jr. March 2, 1997 August 9, 2003 [87] James W. Kennedy august 9, 2003 January 2007 [88] William W. Parsons January 2007 October 2008 [89] Robert D. Cabana October 2 ...
#3 Gianni Caproni Museum of Aeronautics
The Gianni Caproni Museum of Aeronautics ( Italian : Museo dell'Aeronautica Gianni Caproni ) is Italy 's oldest aviation museum, [3] [4] [5] as well as the country's oldest corporate museum. [3] [6] It was established in 1927 as the Caproni Museum ( Museo Caproni ) by Italian aviation pioneer and ae
- ... econnaissance biplanes developed in 1916–1917 and best known for d'Annunzio's flight over Vienna on 9 august 1918. The S.V.A. 5 on display at the Gianni Caproni Museum of Aeronautics took part in this raid, p ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 Soyuz TM-14
Soyuz TM-14 was the 14th expedition to the Mir space station. [1] It included an astronaut from Germany, and was the first Russian Soyuz mission after the collapse of the Soviet Union. 1992 Russian crewed spaceflight to Mir Soyuz TM-14 Operator Rosaviakosmos COSPAR ID 1992-014A SATCAT no. 21908 Miss
- ... egrees Period 92.2 minutes Docking with Mir Docking date 19 March 1992, 12:32:50 UTC Undocking date 9 august 1992, 21:46:47 UTC Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) ← Soyuz TM-13 Soyuz TM-15 → CREW Position Laun ...
#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
- ... anufacturer Lavochkin Launch mass 3,260 kg (fueled lander and bus) [2] Start of mission Launch date 9 august 1973, 17:00:17 ( 1973-08-09UTC17:00:17Z ) UTC [3] Rocket Proton-K / D Launch site Baikonur 81/24 En ...
- ... upper stage, flying from Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 81/24. [3] The launch occurred at 17:00:17 UTC on 9 august 1973, with the first three stages placing the spacecraft and upper stage into a low Earth parking o ...
#3 Kounotori 4
Kounotori 4 , also known as HTV-4 , was the fourth flight of the H-II Transfer Vehicle , an uncrewed cargo spacecraft launched in August 2013 to resupply the International Space Station . It launched from Tanegashima Space Center aboard H-IIB No. 4 (H-IIB F4) rocket on 3 August 2013 and connected to
- ... egashima Space Center aboard H-IIB No. 4 (H-IIB F4) rocket on 3 August 2013 and connected to ISS by 9 august 2013; it carried 5,400 kilograms (11,900 lb) of cargo. [2] Kounotori 4 undocked on 4 September 2013 ...
- ... [4] 2013 Japanese resupply spaceflight to the ISS Kounotori 4 HTV-4 being grappled by the SSRMS on 9 august 2013 Mission type ISS resupply Operator JAXA COSPAR ID 2013-040A SATCAT no. 39221 Mission duration ...
- ... bit [1] Regime Low Earth orbit Inclination 51.66° Berthing at ISS Berthing port Harmony RMS capture 9 august 2013, 11:22 UTC Berthing date 9 August 2013, 15:28 UTC Unberthing date 4 September 2013, 12:07 UTC ...
- ... ion 51.66° Berthing at ISS Berthing port Harmony RMS capture 9 August 2013, 11:22 UTC Berthing date 9 august 2013, 15:28 UTC Unberthing date 4 September 2013, 12:07 UTC RMS release 4 September 2013, 16:20 UTC ...
- ... noeuvres, it arrived to Approach Initiation Point ( 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) behind ISS) at 05:31 UTC, 9 august 2013, [6] and started the final approach sequence at 08:05 UTC. [7] The ISS's robotic arm Canadarm2 ...
#4 Raffaello MPLM
The Raffaello MPLM , also known as MPLM-2 , was one of three Multi-Purpose Logistics Modules which were operated by NASA to transfer supplies and equipment to and from the International Space Station . Raffaello was used for four of twelve MPLM flights to the space station, with Leonardo being used
- ... l 2001 1 May 2001 STS-108 Endeavour 5 December 2001 17 December 2001 STS-114 Discovery 26 July 2005 9 august 2005 STS-135 Atlantis 8 July 2011 21 July 2011 SEE ALSO Spaceflight portal Permanent Multipurpose M ...
#5 Kosmos 334
Kosmos 334 ( Russian : Космос 334 meaning Cosmos 334 ), known before launch as DS-P1-Yu No.31 , was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1970 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 325-kilogram (717 lb) spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau , and was used
- ... 970-04-23UTC13:20Z ) UTC Rocket Kosmos-2I 63SM Launch site Plesetsk 133/1 End of mission Decay date 9 august 1970 ( 1970-08-10 ) Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Low Earth Perigee altitud ...
- ... riod of 91.4 minutes. [1] [6] It remained in orbit until it decayed and reentered the atmosphere on 9 august 1970. [6]
#6 USA-212
USA-212 [1] was the first flight of the Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle 1 ( X-37B OTV-1 ), an American robotic vertical-takeoff, horizontal-landing (VTHL) spaceplane . It was launched aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral on 22 April 2010, and operated in low Earth orbit . Its designation i
- ... Molczan . Time period Periapsis ( AMSL ) Apoapsis ( AMSL ) Resonance (orbits:days) 22 April 2010 – 9 august 2010 [21] 403 km (250 mi) [21] 420 km (260 mi) [21] 61:4 [18] 9 August 2010 – 6 October 2010 [22] 4 ...
- ... orbits:days) 22 April 2010 – 9 August 2010 [21] 403 km (250 mi) [21] 420 km (260 mi) [21] 61:4 [18] 9 august 2010 – 6 October 2010 [22] 433 km (269 mi) [21] 444 km (276 mi) [21] 91:6 6 October 2010 – 1 Novemb ...
#7 Viking 2
The Viking 2 mission was part of the American Viking program to Mars , and consisted of an orbiter and a lander essentially identical to that of the Viking 1 mission. [1] Viking 2 was operational on Mars for 1281 sols ( 1316 days ; 3 years, 221 days ). The Viking 2 lander operated on the surface
- ... a 27.3 h site certification orbit with a periapsis of 1499 km and an inclination of 55.2 degrees on august 9. The orbiter then began taking photographs of candidate landing sites, which were used to select the ...
#8 Long March 4C
The Long March 4C , also known as the Chang Zheng 4C , CZ-4C and LM-4C , previously designated Long March 4B-II , is a Chinese orbital launch vehicle . It is launched from the Jiuquan , Taiyuan , and Xichang Satellite Launch Centers , and consists of 3 stages. Long March 4C vehicles have been used t
- ... g 1 SSO Success 5 Y5 5 March 2010 04:55 JSLC , SLS-2 Yaogan 9A Yaogan 9B Yaogan 9C LEO Success 6 Y6 9 august 2010 22:49 TSLC , LA-9 Yaogan 10 SSO Success 7 Y7 4 November 2010 18:37 TSLC , LA-9 Fengyun 3B SSO ...
- ... LA-9 Fengyun 3C SSO Success 13 Y14 20 November 2013 03:31 TSLC , LA-9 Yaogan 19 SSO Success 14 Y15 9 august 2014 05:45 JSLC , SLS-2 Yaogan 20A Yaogan 20B Yaogan 20C LEO Success 15 Y16 20 October 2014 06:31 T ...
- ... , LA-9 Yaogan 27 SSO Success 18 Y8 26 November 2015 21:24 TSLC , LA-9 Yaogan 29 SSO Success 19 Y19 9 august 2016 22:55 TSLC , LA-9 Gaofen 3 SSO Success 20 Y22 31 August 2016 18:50 TSLC , LA-9 Gaofen 10 SSO F ...
#9 Apollo 8
Apollo 8 (December 21–27, 1968) was the first crewed spacecraft to leave low Earth orbit and the first human spaceflight to reach the Moon . The crew orbited the Moon ten times without landing, and then departed safely back to Earth . [1] [2] [3] These three astronauts — Frank Borman , James Lovell
- ... ion had to be delayed, and the plan for lunar landing in mid-1969 could remain on timeline. [33] On august 9, 1968, Low discussed the idea with Gilruth, Flight Director Chris Kraft , and the Director of Flight ...
#10 International Space Station
The International Space Station ( ISS ) is the largest modular space station currently in low Earth orbit . It is a multinational collaborative project involving five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA (Japan), ESA (Europe), and CSA (Canada). [7] [8] The own
- ... passed similar provisions in its CHIPS and Science Act , signed into law by President Joe Biden on 9 august 2022. [422] [423] In January 2022, NASA announced a planned date of January 2031 to de-orbit the IS ...
#11 Soyuz 32
Soyuz 32 ( Russian : Союз 32 , Union 32 ) was a 1979 Soviet crewed space flight to the Salyut 6 space station . [1] It was the eighth mission to and seventh successful docking at the orbiting facility. The Soyuz 32 crew was the third long-duration crew to man the space station. Soyuz 32 COSPAR ID 19
- ... yed out of the rear docking port, but results proved disappointing and the cosmonauts ejected it on august 9. Trouble happened again when the antenna became snared on the port, forcing the tired cosmonauts to ...
#12 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
- ... te the carrier and downlink telemetry on 8 August. After instrument temperatures were downlinked on 9 august 1998, data analysis was performed, and planning for the SOHO recovery began in earnest. [9] The Rec ...
#13 Yamal -102
Yamal-102 ( Russian : Ямал-102 ) was a geostationary communications satellite operated by Gazkom and built by RSC Energia . [1] It was, along with Yamal-101 the first communications satellite of the Yamal programme and the first iteration of the USP Bus . [2] [3] It was a 1,360 kg (3,000 lb) sat
- ... tion Space Center Entered service November 1999 End of mission Disposal Graveyard orbit Deactivated 9 august 2010 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit Regime Geostationary orbit Longitude 90° ...
- ... win Yamal-101 failed, Yamal-102 successfully deployed and was commissioned into service. [1] [9] On 9 august 2010, it was decommissioned and sent to a graveyard orbit . The satellite lasted 11 years and 2 mon ...
#14 STS-43
STS-43 , the ninth mission for Space Shuttle Atlantis , was a nine-day mission whose primary goal was launching the TDRS-E satellite (TDRS-5). The flight also tested an advanced heatpipe radiator for potential use on the then-future space station and conducted a variety of medical and materials scie
- ... r the mission. The mission was also notable for being the first one to send an email from space. On 9 august 1991, astronauts Lucid and Adamson used AppleLink to write an email from a Macintosh Portable addre ...
#15 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
- ... y 2005, 14:39:00 ( 2005-07-26UTC14:39Z ) UTC Launch site Kennedy LC-39B End of mission Landing date 9 august 2005, 12:11:22 ( 2005-08-09UTC12:11:23Z ) UTC Landing site Edwards Runway 22 Orbital parameters Ref ...
- ... ront (L–R): Kelly, Lawrence, Collins Space Shuttle program ← STS-107 STS-121 → The mission ended on 9 august 2005 when Discovery landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California. [2] Poor weather over the Kenne ...
- ... g attempt, delaying the landing for another day. Landing is now tentatively scheduled for 05:07 EDT 9 august at Kennedy Space Center. In the event of inclement weather in Florida, NASA will land Discovery at ...
- ... Discovery at Edwards Air Force Base in California, or, as a last resort, White Sands, New Mexico . 9 august Discovery touches down. 03:12 EDT: T+13:16:33 Mission Control waves off the first landing opportuni ...
#16 NOAA-13
NOAA-13 , also known as NOAA-I before launch, was an American weather satellite operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA-I continued the operational, polar orbiting, meteorological satellite series operated by the National Environmental Satellite System (NESS) of
- ... .2 ft × 6.2 ft) Solar array : 2.37 m × 4.91 m (7 ft 9 in × 16 ft 1 in) Start of mission Launch date 9 august 1993, 10:02:00 UTC [2] Rocket Atlas-E Star-37S-ISS (Atlas S/N 34E) Launch site Vandenberg , SLC-3W ...
- ... iment TIROS program ← NOAA-12 NOAA-14 → LAUNCH NOAA-13 was launched on an Atlas E launch vehicle on 9 august 1993 from Vandenberg Air Force Base , SLC-3W . SPACECRAFT The goal of the NOAA/NESS polar orbiting ...
#17 STS-38
STS-38 was a Space Shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Atlantis . It was the 37th shuttle mission, and carried a classified payload for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). It was the seventh flight for Atlantis and the seventh flight dedicated to the Department of Defense. The mission
- ... connect umbilical. This could not be repaired at the pad and Atlantis was rolled back to the VAB on 9 august 1990, demated, then transferred to the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF). During rollback, the vehi ...
#18 ArduSat
ArduSat is an Arduino based nanosatellite , based on the CubeSat standard. It contains a set of Arduino boards and sensors. The general public will be allowed to use these Arduinos and sensors for their own creative purposes while they are in space. [1] Arduino-based CubeSat science project ArduSat
- ... rduSat-X aboard Kounotori 4 by the H-IIB Launch Vehicle No. 4 from Y2 in Japan, at 19:48:46 UTC [9] august 9, 2013 The Kounotori 4 (HTV-4) is captured by the ISS ' robotic arm Canadarm 2 at 11:22 UTC, led towa ...
#19 Zond 7
Zond 7 , a formal member of the Soviet Zond program and unmanned version of Soyuz 7K-L1 manned Moon-flyby spacecraft, the first truly successful test of L1, was launched towards the Moon on a Proton-K D rocket on August 7, 1969, on a mission of further studies of the Moon and circumlunar space, to o
- ... on from varying distances, and to flight test the spacecraft systems. Earth photos were obtained on august 9, 1969. On August 11, 1969, the spacecraft flew past the Moon at a distance of 1984.6 km and conducte ...
#20 Lunar Orbiter 5
Lunar Orbiter 5 , the last of the Lunar Orbiter series, was designed to take additional Apollo and Surveyor landing site photography and to take broad survey images of unphotographed parts of the Moon's far side. It was also equipped to collect selenodetic, radiation intensity, and micrometeoroid im
- ... riod of 8 hours 30 minutes. On August 7 the perilune was lowered to 100 kilometers (62 mi) , and on august 9 the orbit was lowered to a 99-by-1,499-kilometer (62 mi × 931 mi) , 3 hour 11 minute period. America ...