langs: 1 декабря [ru] / december 1 [en] / 1. dezember [de] / 1er décembre [fr] / 1º dicembre [it] / 1 de diciembre [es]
days: november 28 / november 29 / november 30 / december 1 / december 2 / december 3 / december 4
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 Dumitru Prunariu
Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu ( Romanian pronunciation: [duˈmitru doˈrin pruˈnarju] ( listen ) ; born 27 September 1952) is a Romanian cosmonaut . He flew in space aboard Soyuz 40 spacecraft and Salyut 6 space laboratory. He teamed with the Soviet cosmonaut Leonid Popov . The backup crew was made of Roma
- ... the Hermann Oberth Gold Medal by the German Rocket Society Hermann Oberth – Wernher von Braun . On 1 december 2000, Prunariu was appointed a Grand Officer of the Order of the Star of Romania . On 1 December 20 ...
- ... On 1 December 2000, Prunariu was appointed a Grand Officer of the Order of the Star of Romania . On 1 december 2010 he was awarded by the President of Romania the Order Aeronautical virtue . On 12 April 2011 Pr ...
#2 Ronald Evans (astronaut)
Ronald Ellwin Evans Jr. (November 10, 1933 – April 7, 1990) was an American electrical engineer , aeronautical engineer , officer and aviator in the United States Navy , and NASA astronaut . As Command Module Pilot on Apollo 17 he was one of the 24 astronauts to have flown to the Moon, and one of
- ... on a deployment in the Western Pacific, and was unlikely to be able to return the forms before the december 1 deadline. Slayton reassured her that this would be taken into consideration. Evans managed to mail t ...
#3 Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin ( Russian : Александр Николаевич Баландин ) (born July 30, 1953) is a Russian cosmonaut . He is married with two children. He was selected as a cosmonaut on December 1, 1978, and retired on October 17, 1994. Russian cosmonaut In this name that follows Eastern Slavic n
- ... , 1953) is a Russian cosmonaut . He is married with two children. He was selected as a cosmonaut on december 1, 1978, and retired on October 17, 1994. Russian cosmonaut In this name that follows Eastern Slavic n ...
#4 Vance D. Brand
Vance DeVoe Brand (born May 9, 1931) is an American naval officer , aviator , aeronautical engineer , test pilot , and NASA astronaut . He served as command module pilot during the first U.S.-Soviet joint spaceflight in 1975, and as commander of three Space Shuttle missions . American former naval o
- ... anie Brand Lowery (born August 6, 1955), Patrick Richard (born March 22, 1958), Kevin Stephen (born december 1, 1963), Erik Ryan (May 11, 1981), and Dane Vance (born October 1, 1985). He currently resides with h ...
#5 Story Musgrave
Franklin Story Musgrave (born August 19, 1935) is an American physician and a retired NASA astronaut . He is a public speaker [2] and consultant to both Disney 's Imagineering group and Applied Minds in California. In 1996, he became only the second astronaut to fly on six spaceflights, and he is th
- ... Earth with Atlantis returning to a landing on the lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on december 1, 1991. Mission duration was 6 days, 22 hours, 50 minutes, 42 seconds. STS-61 Main article: STS-61 ST ...
#6 Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov
Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov ( Russian : Александр Павлович Александров ; born February 20, 1943) [1] is a former Soviet cosmonaut and twice Hero of the Soviet Union (November 23, 1983, and December 29, 1987). Soviet cosmonaut Not to be confused with Bulgarian cosmonaut Aleksandar Panayotov Aleks
- ... a doctorate degree, specialised on spacecraft steering systems. [2] He was selected as cosmonaut on december 1, 1978. [1] For his first spaceflight, he flew as Flight Engineer on Soyuz T-9 , which lasted from Ju ...
#7 John Young (astronaut)
John Watts Young (September 24, 1930 – January 5, 2018) was an American astronaut , naval officer and aviator , test pilot , and aeronautical engineer . He became the ninth person to walk on the Moon as commander of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972. He is the only astronaut to fly on four different c
- ... 2012, Young and James R. Hansen co-authored his autobiography, Forever Young . [1] PERSONAL LIFE On december 1, 1955, Young married Barbara White of Savannah, Georgia , [1] : 33 at St. Mark's Episcopal Churc ...
#8 Terry W. Virts
Terry W. Virts (born December 1, 1967) is a retired NASA astronaut , International Space Station Commander and colonel in the United States Air Force . American astronaut Terry W. Virts Born ( 1967-12-01 ) December 1, 1967 (age 54) Baltimore , Maryland , U.S. Status Retired NASA (Active Hardee's)
- Terry W. Virts (born december 1, 1967) is a retired NASA astronaut , International Space Station Commander and colonel in the United ...
- ... and colonel in the United States Air Force . American astronaut Terry W. Virts Born ( 1967-12-01 ) december 1, 1967 (age 54) Baltimore , Maryland , U.S. Status Retired NASA (Active Hardee's) Nationality America ...
#9 James H. Newman
James Hansen Newman , Ph.D. (born October 16, 1956) is an American physicist and a former NASA astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions. American astronaut This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification . ( May 2022 ) James Hansen Newman Born ( 1956-10-16 ) Oc
- ... ally wishes he could fly on an ISS Expedition like fellow astronaut classmate Dan Bursch. Effective december 1, 2002, Newman served as NASA's Director, Human Space Flight Programs, Russia. As NASA's lead represe ...
#10 Richard Branson
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) [2] is a British billionaire, entrepreneur, and business magnate . [3] [4] [5] In the 1970s he founded the Virgin Group , which today controls more than 400 companies in various fields. [6] British entrepreneur and business magnate Not to be c
- ... nge the ability of any of us in the West to do business with the Saudi Government ." [146] [147] On 1 december 2020 Virgin Orbit launched The Patti Grace Smith Fellowship, designed to offer paid work experience ...
#11 Mario Runco Jr.
Lieutenant Commander (LCDR) Mario Runco Jr. is a former United States Naval officer and NASA astronaut . He was selected as an astronaut with in 1987. [1] : 76 He flew three Space Shuttle missions, [2] performed a spacewalk on his second mission, and is now retired both from NASA [3] and the U.S
- ... a contingency landing the next day on lakebed runway 05 at Edwards Air Force Base , California , on december 1, 1991, completing 110 orbits of the Earth . [4] STS-54 Runco carried by fellow astronaut Gregory Har ...
#12 Roy D. Bridges Jr.
Roy Dubard Bridges Jr. (born July 19, 1943) is an American pilot , engineer , retired United States Air Force officer , test pilot , former NASA astronaut and the former director of NASA 's John F. Kennedy Space Center and Langley Research Center . As a command pilot, he has over 4,460 flying hours,
- ... motions [1] Insignia Rank Date Major general January 1, 1993 Brigadier general July 1, 1990 Colonel december 1, 1983 Lieutenant colonel August 10, 1979 Major November 19, 1973 Captain June 13, 1968 First lieuten ...
#13 Sergey Moshchenko
Sergei Ivanovich Moshchenko (Russian Cyrillic : Сергей Иванович Мощенко; born January 12, 1954 in Naro-Fominsky District , Moscow Oblast , RSFSR ) is a retired cosmonaut . Moshchenko retired before being assigned to a spaceflight to the International Space Station . Sergei Ivanovich Moshchenko Serge
- ... monaut. [2] Moshchenko was selected as a cosmonaut on September 19, 1997, and completed training on december 1, 1999, when he became a test cosmonaut. On October 19, 2000, Moshchenko was selected for the Expedit ...
#14 Alfred Worden
Alfred Merrill Worden (February 7, 1932 – March 18, 2020) was an American test pilot , engineer and NASA astronaut who was the command module pilot for the Apollo 15 lunar mission in 1971. One of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon , he orbited it 74 times in the command module (CM) Endeavour
- ... and making a spaceflight." [21] Under the selection criteria, candidates had to be born on or after december 1, 1929, raising the age limit from 34 to 36. [22] Worden, aged 34 when selected, was one of the 19 ca ...
#15 Owen Garriott
Owen Kay Garriott (November 22, 1930 – April 15, 2019) was an American electrical engineer and NASA astronaut , who spent 60 days aboard the Skylab space station in 1973 during the Skylab 3 mission, and 10 days aboard Spacelab-1 on a Space Shuttle mission in 1983. American electrical engineer and
- ... rom Caltech in 1962. Garriott was an Extra Class amateur radio operator holding call sign W5LFL. On december 1, 1983, he made the first amateur radio contact from space using a Motorola handheld 2-meter radio wh ...
#16 Viktor Savinykh
Viktor Petrovich Savinykh was born in Berezkiny , Kirov Oblast, Russian SFSR on 7 March 1940. Married with one child. Selected as a cosmonaut on 1 December 1978. Retired on 9 February 1989. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification . ( February 2009 ) Viktor Petro
- ... ny , Kirov Oblast, Russian SFSR on 7 March 1940. Married with one child. Selected as a cosmonaut on 1 december 1978. Retired on 9 February 1989. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for ...
#17 Pavel Popovich
Pavel Romanovich Popovich ( Russian : Па́вел Рома́нович Попо́вич , Ukrainian : Павло Романович Попович , Pavlo Romanovych Popovych) (5 October 1930 – 29 September 2009 [2] [3] ) was a Soviet cosmonaut . [1] Soviet pilot and cosmonaut Pavel Romanovich Popovich Born ( 1930-10-05 ) 5 October 1930 Uzyn
- ... e of the authority of the Ukrainian state in the world [9] (Presidential Decree No. 1682/2005 dated december 1, 2005) [10] OTHER HONOURS He received honorary citizenship of several cities: [2] [3] In Russia: Kal ...
#18 Aleksandr Laveykin
Aleksandr Ivanovich Laveykin ( Russian : Александр Иванович Лавейкин ; born April 21, 1951 [1] ) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut . Soviet cosmonaut Aleksandr Ivanovich Laveykin Born ( 1951-04-21 ) 21 April 1951 (age 71) Moscow , USSR Nationality Soviet Occupation Flight engineer Awards Hero of the S
- ... Missions Mir EO-2 ( Soyuz TM-2 ) BIOGRAPHY Born in Moscow , Laveykin was selected as a cosmonaut on december 1, 1978. [1] He flew on one spaceflight , for the first part of the long duration expedition Mir EO-2 ...
#19 Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov
Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov ( Bulgarian : Александър Панайотов Александров ) (born December 1, 1951) is a retired Bulgarian cosmonaut. He is the second Bulgarian to have flown to space, behind Georgi Ivanov . [1] [2] Bulgarian cosmonaut (born 1951) Not to be confused with Soviet cosmonaut Aleksa
- Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov ( Bulgarian : Александър Панайотов Александров ) (born december 1, 1951) is a retired Bulgarian cosmonaut. He is the second Bulgarian to have flown to space, behind G ...
- ... vich Aleksandrov . Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov Aleksandrov on 23 June 2013. Born ( 1951-12-01 ) december 1, 1951 (age 70) Omurtag , Targovishte Oblast , Bulgaria Nationality Bulgarian Occupation Pilot Awards ...
- ... ( Soyuz TM-5 / Soyuz TM-4 ) Mission insignia BIOGRAPHY Aleksandrov was born in Omurtag, Bulgaria on december 1, 1951. He graduated from the Bulgarian Air Force Academy in 1974 and obtained a degree in technical ...
#20 Aleksandr Serebrov
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Serebrov ( Russian : Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Серебро́в , 15 February 1944 – 12 November 2013) was a Soviet cosmonaut . He graduated from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (1967), and was selected as a cosmonaut on 1 December 1978. He retired on 10 May 1995. [1] He
- ... raduated from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (1967), and was selected as a cosmonaut on 1 december 1978. He retired on 10 May 1995. [1] He was married and had one child. Soviet and Russian cosmonaut ...
Museum / Museum
#1 Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum
The Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum ( WOTR ) is located on the former Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, Colorado , United States. The museum preserves the history of Lowry AFB's operations from 1938 to 1994 in its collections, archives, and research library. Features of the museum's collec
- ... Space Museum Location within Colorado Former name The Lowry Heritage Museum (1984-1994) Established 1 december 1994 ( 1994-12-01 ) Location 7711 E. Academy Blvd Denver, Colorado , U.S. Lowry Campus (formerly Lo ...
#2 Imperial War Museum Duxford
Imperial War Museum Duxford is a branch of the Imperial War Museum near Duxford in Cambridgeshire , England. Britain's largest aviation museum , [2] Duxford houses the museum's large exhibits, including nearly 200 aircraft , military vehicles, artillery and minor naval vessels in seven main exhibiti
- ... eps, ground strafing and ground attack missions. [17] Duxford was officially returned to the RAF on 1 december 1945. It remained a fighter station but by 1958 changing defence priorities saw the RAF's fighter f ...
#3 Aviation Heritage Museum (Western Australia)
The Aviation Heritage Museum is a museum created and maintained by the RAAF Association of Western Australia. It houses many military and civilian aircraft, aircraft replicas and aircraft engines, of types that have served in the Royal Australian Air Force or have relevance to aviation in Western Au
- ... from England in 1959 and erected it on a pole outside the Association's Headquarters in Perth . On 1 december 1962 the Association acquired an Avro Lancaster from the French. Many other exhibits of interest to ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 Progress M-1
Progress M-1 ( Russian : Прогресс М-1 ), was a Soviet uncrewed cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1989 to resupply the Mir space station. [1] The eighteenth of sixty four Progress spacecraft to visit Mir, it was the first Progress-M spacecraft to be launched, and had the serial number 201. [2] I
- ... 0-037 Launch site Baikonur , Site 1/5 Contractor OKB-1 End of mission Disposal Deorbited Decay date 1 december 1989, 11:21 UTC Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Low Earth Perigee altitude 37 ...
- ... h Mir Docking port Mir Core Module forward Docking date 25 August 1989, 05:19:02 UTC Undocking date 1 december 1989, 09:02:23 UTC Time docked 98 days Cargo Mass 2500 kg LAUNCH Progress M-1 was launched at 03:09 ...
- ... 44 mi) . Progress M-1 remained docked with Mir for three months before undocking at 09:02:23 UTC on 1 december 1989 [3] to make way for the Kvant-2 module. DECAY Progress M-1 was deorbited at 10:32:00 UTC, a fe ...
#2 Granat
The International Astrophysical Observatory "GRANAT" (usually known as Granat ; Russian : Гранат , lit. pomegranate ), was a Soviet (later Russian) space observatory developed in collaboration with France, Denmark and Bulgaria . It was launched on 1 December 1989 aboard a Proton rocket and placed in
- ... lb) Dimensions 4 m × 2.5 m (13.1 ft × 8.2 ft) Power 400 W Start of mission Launch date 20:20 : 00, december 1, 1989 (UTC) ( 1989-12-01T20 : 20 : 00Z ) [2] Rocket Proton-K Blok D-1 [3] Launch site Baikonur Cosmo ...
- ... 994 predictions) [4] Date Perigee (km) Apogee (km) Arg.perigee (deg) Inc. (deg) Long.asc.node (deg) december 1, 1989 1,760 202,480 285 51.9 20.0 December 1, 1991 23,893 179,376 311.9 82.6 320.3 December 1, 1994 ...
- ... (km) Arg.perigee (deg) Inc. (deg) Long.asc.node (deg) December 1, 1989 1,760 202,480 285 51.9 20.0 december 1, 1991 23,893 179,376 311.9 82.6 320.3 December 1, 1994 58,959 144,214 343.0 86.5 306.9 December 1, 1 ...
- ... (deg) December 1, 1989 1,760 202,480 285 51.9 20.0 December 1, 1991 23,893 179,376 311.9 82.6 320.3 december 1, 1994 58,959 144,214 343.0 86.5 306.9 December 1, 1996 42,088.8 160,888 9.6 93.4 302.2 INSTRUMENTATI ...
- ... 0 December 1, 1991 23,893 179,376 311.9 82.6 320.3 December 1, 1994 58,959 144,214 343.0 86.5 306.9 december 1, 1996 42,088.8 160,888 9.6 93.4 302.2 INSTRUMENTATION SIGMA SIGMA instrument The hard X-ray and low- ...
- ... space observatory developed in collaboration with France, Denmark and Bulgaria . It was launched on 1 december 1989 aboard a Proton rocket and placed in a highly eccentric four-day orbit , of which three were d ...
- ... y 400 W . [1] LAUNCH AND ORBIT Proton launch vehicle carrying Granat The spacecraft was launched on 1 december 1989 aboard a Proton-K from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakh SSR . It was placed in a highly eccen ...
#3 Granat
The International Astrophysical Observatory "GRANAT" (usually known as Granat ; Russian : Гранат , lit. pomegranate ), was a Soviet (later Russian) space observatory developed in collaboration with France, Denmark and Bulgaria . It was launched on 1 December 1989 aboard a Proton rocket and placed in
- ... Apogee altitude 202,480 kilometres (125,820 mi) Inclination 51.9 degrees Period 5,880 minutes Epoch 01 december 1989 Main telescope Name SIGMA Type Coded mask Diameter 1.2 metres (3.9 ft) Focal length 2.5 metres ...
#4 Progress M1-4
Progress M1-4 , identified by NASA as Progress 2P , was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station . It was a Progress M1 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 253. [1] Progress M1-4 Progress M1-4 during its first docking with the ISS. Mission type International Sp
- ... ocking with ISS Docking port Zarya nadir Docking date 18 November 2000, 03:47:42 UTC Undocking date 1 december 2000, 16:22:52 UTC Time docked 13 days Docking with ISS Docking port Zarya Nadir Docking date 26 De ...
- ... ed for the docking. Progress M1-4 remained docked for two weeks before undocking at 16:22:52 UTC on 1 december . [2] SECOND DOCKING Following its undocking, Progress M1-4 spent 25 days in free flight, prior to r ...
#5 STS-126
STS-126 was the one hundred and twenty-fourth NASA Space Shuttle mission, and twenty-second orbital flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour (OV-105) to the International Space Station (ISS). [5] The purpose of the mission, referred to as ULF2 by the ISS program, was to deliver equipment and supplies t
- ... favorable forecast for Kennedy Space Center on 30 November 2008 that was not expected to improve by 1 december 2008, mission managers decided to call up Edwards Air Force Base for the first day of landing oppor ...
#6 STS-44
STS-44 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission using Atlantis that launched on 24 November 1991. It was a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) space mission. 1991 American crewed spaceflight to deploy DSP-16 STS-44 Atlantis deploys a Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite. Names Space Transportation System -4
- ... ch site Kennedy Space Center , LC-39A Contractor Rockwell International End of mission Landing date 1 december 1991, 22:34:12 UTC Landing site Edwards Air Force Base , Runway 5 Orbital parameters Reference syst ...
- ... al Project, a series of investigations in support of Extended Duration Orbiter . The landing was on 1 december 1991 at 22:34:44 UTC, Runway 5, Edwards Air Force Base , California . The rollout distance was 3,41 ...
#7 Ekspress AM8
Ekspress-AM8 ( Russian : Экспресс-АМ8 meaning Express-AM8 ) is a Russian communications satellite which was launched in 2015. Part of the Ekspress series of geostationary communications satellites, it is owned and operated by the RSCC Space Communications . Russian communications satellite Ekspress-
- ... konur , Site 81/24 Contractor Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center Entered service 1 december 2015 [2] Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit Regime Geostationary orbit Longitude ...
#8 OSTM/Jason-2
OSTM/Jason-2 , or Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason-2 satellite, [1] was an international Earth observation satellite altimeter joint mission for sea surface height measurements between NASA and CNES . It was the third satellite in a series started in 1992 by the NASA/CNES TOPEX/Poseidon missio
- ... ason-2's predecessor TOPEX/Poseidon caught the largest El Niño in a century seen in this image from 1 december 1997. The two previous altimetry missions, TOPEX/Poseidon and Jason-1 , led to major advances in th ...
#9 CryoSat-2
CryoSat-2 is a European Space Agency (ESA) Earth Explorer Mission that launched on April 8th 2010. [3] CryoSat-2 is dedicated to measuring polar sea ice thickness and monitoring changes in ice sheets. [4] Its primary objective is to measure the thinning of Arctic sea ice, but has applications to oth
- ... , FASTSAT ( NanoSail-D2 ), FalconSat-5 , Sara-Lily , Emma USA-223 Chinasat-20A Intelsat 17 , Hylas 1 december Glonass-M No.39 , Glonass-M No.40 , Glonass-M No.41 SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 1 , Mayflower , SMDC-ON ...
#10 Korabl-Sputnik 3
Korabl-Sputnik 3 [2] ( Russian : Корабль-Спутник 3 meaning Ship-Satellite 3 ) or Vostok-1K No.3 , also known as Sputnik 6 in the West, [3] was a Soviet spacecraft which was launched in 1960. It was a test flight of the Vostok spacecraft, carrying two dogs; Pcholka and Mushka ("little bee" and "littl
- ... e Vostok-1K Manufacturer OKB-1 Launch mass 4,563 kilograms (10,060 lb) Start of mission Launch date 1 december 1960, 07:30:04 ( 1960-12-01UTC07:30:04Z ) UTC Rocket Vostok-L 8K72 s/n L1-13 Launch site Baikonur 1 ...
- ... 03 mi) Apogee altitude 232 kilometres (144 mi) Inclination 64.97 degrees Period 88.47 minutes Epoch 1 december 1960, 02:26:00 UTC [1] Sputnik program ← Korabl-Sputnik 2 Korabl-Sputnik 4 → Korabl-Sputnik 3 was l ...
- ... tnik program ← Korabl-Sputnik 2 Korabl-Sputnik 4 → Korabl-Sputnik 3 was launched at 07:30:04 UTC on 1 december 1960, atop a Vostok-L carrier rocket flying from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome . [2] It was s ...
#11 Mars Global Surveyor
Mars Global Surveyor ( MGS ) was an American robotic space probe developed by NASA 's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and launched November 1996. MGS was a global mapping mission that examined the entire planet, from the ionosphere down through the atmosphere to the surface. [2] As part of the larger Mars
- ... howing its first 85 sols of travel. The Mars rover Spirit ' s landing site and tracks taken by MGS. 1 december 2004: Science and Support mission began. April 2005: MGS became the first spacecraft to photograph ...
#12 EASE/ACCESS
The Experimental Assembly of Structures in EVA and the Assembly Concept for Construction of Erectable Space Structures , or EASE/ACCESS , were a pair of space shuttle flight experiments that were performed on STS-61-B , on November 29 and December 1, 1985. The purpose of the experiments was to study
- ... ere a pair of space shuttle flight experiments that were performed on STS-61-B , on November 29 and december 1, 1985. The purpose of the experiments was to study how quickly astronauts would become proficient at ...
#13 OV1-2
Orbiting Vehicle 1-2 (also known as OV1-2 ), launched 5 October 1965, was the third, and first successful, satellite in the OV1 series of the United States Air Force's Orbiting Vehicle program. A radiation measuring satellite designed to conduct research for the planned Manned Orbital Laboratory pro
- ... tens of seconds. Though the spacecraft performed normally at first, OV1-2's onboard clock failed on december 1, 1965, this closely followed by the failure of the on-board tape recorder (which allowed data to be ...
#14 STS-27
STS-27 was the 27th NASA Space Shuttle mission, and the third flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis . Launching on 2 December 1988 on a four-day mission, it was the second shuttle flight after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster of January 1986. STS-27 carried a classified payload for the U.S. Departme
- ... O) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). [6] The mission was originally scheduled to launch on 1 december 1988, but the launch was postponed one day because of cloud cover and strong wind conditions at the ...
#15 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
- ... control standpoint; Debus and Petrone agreed that the next Saturn V, AS-503, could be made ready by december 1; and von Braun was confident the pogo oscillation problems that had afflicted Apollo 6 had been fixe ...
#16 Koronas-Foton
Koronas-Foton ( Russian : Коронас-Фотон ), also known as CORONAS-Photon ( Complex Orbital Observations Near-Earth of Activity of the Sun-Photon ), [2] was a Russian Solar research satellite. It is the third satellite in the Russian Coronas programme , and part of the international Living With a Star
- ... 09, from Site 32/2 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome , aboard the final flight of the Tsyklon-3 rocket. On 1 december 2009 all scientific instruments on the satellite were turned off due to the problems with power sup ...
- ... on-3 Launch site Plesetsk 32/2 End of mission Disposal Decommissioned after malfunction Deactivated 1 december 2009 ( 2010-01 ) Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Low Earth Perigee altitude 5 ...
- ... the first eclipse season, about six months after launch, and contact with the satellite was lost on 1 december 2009. [10] The satellite returned to life on December 29, after its solar panels received enough li ...
#17 SpaceX CRS-3
SpaceX CRS-3 , also known as SpX-3 , [4] was a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station (ISS), contracted to NASA , which was launched on 18 April 2014. It was the fifth flight for SpaceX 's uncrewed Dragon cargo spacecraft and the third SpaceX operational mission contr
- ... SA for no earlier than 28 November 2013, with berthing to the station occurring three days later on 1 december 2013. [9] By August 2013, the launch date had been moved to no earlier than 15 January 2014, [10] [ ...
#18 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
- ... was planned to mark the centenary of the birth of Kim Il-sung , the founder of the republic. [7] On 1 december 2012 North Korea announced that a replacement satellite would be launched between 10 and 22 Decembe ...
#19 Soyuz TMA-15
Soyuz TMA-15 was a crewed spaceflight to the International Space Station . Part of the Soyuz programme , it transported three members of the Expedition 20 crew to the space station. TMA-15 was the 102nd crewed flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, since Soyuz 1 in 1967. The Soyuz spacecraft remained docked
- ... 5-27UTC10:34:53Z ) UTC [2] [3] Rocket Soyuz-FG Launch site Baikonur 1/5 End of mission Landing date 1 december 2009, 07:17 ( 2009-12-01UTC07:18Z ) UTC [4] Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime L ...
- ... 009 [5] Docking with ISS Docking port Zarya nadir Docking date 29 May 2009 12:34 UTC Undocking date 1 december 2009 03:56 UTC [6] Time docked 185d 15h 22m From left to right; Thirsk, Romanenko and De Winne Soyu ...
- ... e Winne became the first European to be in command of the ISS. The craft and crew returned to earth 1 december 2009.
#20 CBERS-2
China–Brazil Earth Resources Satellite 2 ( CBERS-2 ), also known as Ziyuan I-02 or Ziyuan 1B , was a remote sensing satellite operated as part of the China–Brazil Earth Resources Satellite program between the Chinese Center for Resources Satellite Data and Application and Brazilian National Institut
- ... s (480 miles) Apogee altitude 782 km (486 mi) Inclination 98.17 degrees Period 100.33 minutes Epoch 1 december 2013, 03:03:10 UTC [4] CBERS-2 was a 1,450 kg (3,200 lb) spacecraft built by the China Academy of S ...
- ... s orbit . [7] Following the launch of CBERS-2B in 2007, CBERS-2 was retired from service. [2] As of 1 december 2013, the dericict satellite remains in orbit, with a perigee of 780 km (480 mi) , an apogee of 782 ...