langs: 18 декабря [ru] / december 18 [en] / 18. dezember [de] / 18 décembre [fr] / 18 dicembre [it] / 18 de diciembre [es]
days: december 15 / december 16 / december 17 / december 18 / december 19 / december 20 / december 21
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 Frank Borman
Frank Frederick Borman II (born March 14, 1928) is a retired United States Air Force (USAF) colonel , aeronautical engineer , test pilot , businessman, and NASA astronaut . He was the commander of Apollo 8 , the first mission to fly around the Moon, and together with crewmates Jim Lovell and William
- ... mall car. Borman began hoping that something would go wrong and excuse an early return. Finally, on december 18, it was time to return. The two astronauts were pumped up with the help of the stimulant dexedrine . ...
#2 Boris Volynov
Boris Valentinovich Volynov ( Russian : Бори́с Валенти́нович Волы́нов ; born 18 December 1934) is a Soviet cosmonaut who flew two space missions of the Soyuz programme : Soyuz 5 , and Soyuz 21 . Following the death of Alexei Leonov in October 2019, he is the last surviving member of the original gro
- Boris Valentinovich Volynov ( Russian : Бори́с Валенти́нович Волы́нов ; born 18 december 1934) is a Soviet cosmonaut who flew two space missions of the Soyuz programme : Soyuz 5 , and Soyu ...
- ... osmonaut and first Jew to enter space Boris Volynov Born Boris Valentinovich Volynov ( 1934-12-18 ) 18 december 1934 (age 87) Irkutsk , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union Nationality Soviet Occupation Electrical Engine ...
#3 Gregory R. Wiseman
Gregory Reid "Tonto" Wiseman (born November 11, 1975) is an American astronaut , engineer , and naval aviator. [1] Wiseman was selected in June 2009 as a member of the NASA Astronaut Group 20 and qualified as an astronaut in 2011. Wiseman took part in his first spaceflight as part of the crew of Exp
- ... Chief of the Astronaut Office from June 2017, working under Chief Astronaut Patrick Forrester . On december 18, 2020, he was promoted to Chief of the Astronaut Office at NASA. American astronaut, engineer, and n ...
- ... ] CHIEF OF THE ASTRONAUT OFFICE Wiseman was selected to be the new Chief of the Astronaut Office on december 18, 2020, replacing Patrick Forrester . He previously served as Forrester's Deputy Chief of the Astrona ...
#4 Lev Dyomin
Lev Stepanovich Dyomin ( Russian : Лев Степанович Дёмин ; 11 January 1926 – 18 December 1998 [1] ) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 15 spaceflight in 1974. This spaceflight was intended to dock with the space station Salyut 3 , but the docking failed. Soviet cosmonaut Lev Dyomin Born Lev
- Lev Stepanovich Dyomin ( Russian : Лев Степанович Дёмин ; 11 January 1926 – 18 december 1998 [1] ) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 15 spaceflight in 1974. This spaceflight wa ...
- ... orn Lev Stepanovich Dyomin ( 1926-01-11 ) 11 January 1926 Moscow , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union Died 18 december 1998 (1998-12-18) (aged 72) Zvyozdny Gorodok , Russia Nationality Soviet Occupation Pilot Awards He ...
#5 Sunita Williams
Sunita Lyn Williams (born September 19, 1965) is an American astronaut and United States Navy officer who formerly held the records for most spacewalks by a woman (seven) and most spacewalk time for a woman (50 hours, 40 minutes). [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Williams was assigned to the International Sp
- ... ks, eclipsing the record held by Kathryn C. Thornton for most spacewalk time by a woman. [4] [6] On december 18, 2007, during the fourth spacewalk of Expedition 16 , Peggy Whitson surpassed Williams, with a cumul ...
#6 Bill Nelson
Clarence William Nelson II (born September 29, 1942) is an American politician and attorney serving as the administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Nelson previously served as a United States Senator from Florida from 2001 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party ,
- ... r politics can be hitting heads on Earth, while you are cooperating" in space. [113] LGBT RIGHTS On december 18, 2010, Nelson voted in favor of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 , [114] [115] which est ...
#7 Reinhold Ewald
Reinhold Ewald (born 18 December 1956) is a German physicist and ESA astronaut . German physicist and ESA astronaut Reinhold Ewald Born ( 1956-12-18 ) 18 December 1956 (age 65) Mönchengladbach , West Germany Nationality German Occupation Physicist Space career DFVLR / ESA Astronaut Time in space 1
- Reinhold Ewald (born 18 december 1956) is a German physicist and ESA astronaut . German physicist and ESA astronaut Reinhold Ewald B ...
- ... physicist and ESA astronaut . German physicist and ESA astronaut Reinhold Ewald Born ( 1956-12-18 ) 18 december 1956 (age 65) Mönchengladbach , West Germany Nationality German Occupation Physicist Space career D ...
#8 Anne McClain
Anne Charlotte McClain (born June 7, 1979) is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army , engineer and a NASA astronaut. [2] Her call sign , "Annimal", dates back to her bruising rugby days; [3] she also uses the call sign in her Twitter handle, AstroAnnimal. She was a Flight Engineer for Expedition 58
- ... zda service module on December 10, 2018 Expedition 57 crew gathers inside the Destiny laboratory on december 18, 2018 Four Expedition 59 astronauts pose for a playful portrait inside the Harmony module on May 4, ...
#9 Peggy Whitson
Peggy Annette Whitson (born February 9, 1960) is an American biochemistry researcher, retired NASA astronaut , [4] and former NASA Chief Astronaut . American biochemistry researcher and NASA astronaut Peggy Annette Whitson Born ( 1960-02-09 ) February 9, 1960 (age 62) Beaconsfield, IA , U.S. Statu
- ... Earth surface gravity. [31] She spent 191 days, 19 hrs and 8 mins in space on this mission. [32] On december 18, 2007, during the fourth spacewalk of Expedition 16 to inspect the S4 starboard Solar Alpha Rotary J ...
#10 Michael S. Hopkins
Michael Scott Hopkins (born December 28, 1968) is a United States Space Force colonel [1] and NASA astronaut . [2] Hopkins was selected in June 2009 as a member of the NASA Astronaut Group 20 . He made his first spaceflight as a Flight Engineer on Soyuz TMA-10M / Expedition 37 / Expedition 38 , from
- ... launched on Crew Dragon Resilience , arriving at the Station two days later, on November 17. [4] On december 18, 2020, Hopkins became the first astronaut to transfer from the Air Force to the Space Force in a cer ...
#11 Jim Lovell
James Arthur Lovell Jr. ( / ˈ l ʌ v əl / ; born March 25, 1928) is an American retired astronaut , naval aviator , test pilot and mechanical engineer. In 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8 , he became, with Frank Borman and William Anders , one of the first three astronauts to fly to and orbi
- ... s could sustain it for the remainder of the flight. Gemini 7 made a successful return from orbit on december 18. [55] The fourteen-day flight set an endurance record, making 206 orbits. [56] GEMINI 12 Main articl ...
#12 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
- 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 na ...
- ... naut For other uses, see Andy Thomas (disambiguation) . Andrew "Andy" Thomas AO Born ( 1951-12-18 ) 18 december 1951 (age 70) Adelaide , South Australia , Australia Status Retired Nationality Australian American ...
#13 Guion Bluford
Guion Stewart Bluford Jr. (born November 22, 1942) is an American aerospace engineer , retired U.S. Air Force officer and fighter pilot , and former NASA astronaut in which capacity he became the second person of African descent to go to space . [1] [2] [lower-alpha 1] Before becoming an astronaut,
- ... y to return the Challenger flag to Boy Scout Troop 514 of Monument, Colorado , in December 1986. On december 18 of that year, he presented the flag to the troop in a special ceremony at Falcon Air Force Base . [1 ...
#14 Yusaku Maezawa
Yusaku Maezawa ( 前澤 友作 , Maezawa Yūsaku , born 22 November 1975) is a Japanese billionaire entrepreneur and art collector. He founded Start Today in 1998 and launched the online fashion retail website Zozotown in 2004, now Japan's largest. Most recently, Maezawa introduced a custom-fit apparel brand
- ... m Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan as part of the Russian-operated Soyuz MS-20 . [20] [21] [22] On 18 december , Maezawa announced that he will start a campaign in which every participant will receive a sum of m ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 Deep Space 1
Deep Space 1 ( DS1 ) was a NASA technology demonstration spacecraft which flew by an asteroid and a comet . It was part of the New Millennium Program , dedicated to testing advanced technologies. NASA spacecraft launched in 1998 This article needs additional citations for verification . ( October 20
- ... 7326 [1] Launch site Cape Canaveral SLC-17A [1] End of mission Disposal Decommissioned Deactivated 18 december 2001, 20:00 ( 2001-12-18UTC21 ) UTC [2] Flyby of 9969 Braille Closest approach 29 July 1999, 04:46 ...
- ... condary objectives, returning valuable science data and images. DS1's ion engines were shut down on 18 december 2001 at approximately 20:00:00 UTC, signaling the end of the mission. On-board communications were ...
#2 STS-122
STS-122 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS), flown by the Space Shuttle Atlantis . STS-122 marked the 24th shuttle mission to the ISS, and the 121st Space Shuttle flight overall. [4] 2008 American crewed spaceflight to the ISS STS-122 Canadarm2 takes Columbus fr
- ... e second launch attempt, the sensors failed again, and the launch was halted. [6] A tanking test on 18 december 2007 revealed the probable cause to lie with a connector between the external tank and the shuttle. ...
- ... oot cause of the ECO sensor problem. In order to gather more data they scheduled a tanking test for 18 december 2007. Engineers installed test wiring that was leading from the tail mast of the orbiter into the i ...
#3 INSAT-4B
INSAT-4B was an Indian communications satellite which forms part of the Indian National Satellite System . Launched in 2007, it was placed in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 93.48° East. [5] INSAT-4B Mission type Communications Operator INSAT COSPAR ID 2007-007A SATCAT no. 30793 Mission durati
- ... 017, INSAT-4B maneuvered to lower its altitude and drifted eastward to reach new slot at 111.2°E on 18 december 2017. [11] On 20 August 2019, [12] altitude of INSAT-4B was raised and it was relocated to new 83°E ...
#4 Soyuz 13
Soyuz 13 ( Russian : Союз 13 , Union 13 ) was a December, 1973, Soviet crewed space flight, the second test flight of the redesigned Soyuz 7K-T spacecraft that first flew as Soyuz 12 . The spacecraft was specially modified to carry the Orion 2 Space Observatory . The flight, crewed by Pyotr Klimuk a
- ... s Pyotr Klimuk Valentin Lebedev Callsign Кавказ ( Kavkaz - "Caucasus") Start of mission Launch date 18 december 1973, 11:55:00 UTC Rocket Soyuz Launch site Baikonur , Site 1/5 [2] End of mission Landing date 26 ...
- ... ] Apogee: 272.0 km (169.0 mi) Inclination: 51.60° Period: 89.20 minutes MISSION HIGHLIGHTS Launched 18 december 1973, the Soyuz 13 crew of Klimuk and Lebedev performed some of the experiments intended for the fa ...
#5 Kosmos 99
Kosmos 99 ( Russian : Космос 99 meaning Cosmos 99 ) or Zenit-2 No.32 was a Soviet , first generation, low resolution, optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1965. A Zenit-2 spacecraft, Kosmos 99 was the thirty-second of eighty-one such satellites to be launched [3] and had a mass o
- ... :09:00 GMT Rocket Vostok-2 Launch site Baikonur 31/6 End of mission Disposal Recovered Landing date 18 december 1965 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric [2] Regime Low Earth Perigee altitude 203 km Ap ...
- ... of 309 kilometres (192 mi) , an inclination of 65.0° and an orbital period of 89.6 minutes. [6] On 18 december 1965, after eight days in orbit, the satellite was deorbited with its return capsule descending by ...
#6 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
- ... address the problems of pogo oscillation, ruptured fuel lines, and bad igniter lines took place on december 18, three days before the scheduled launch. [42] MISSION PARAMETER SUMMARY Mission profile As the first ...
#7 Selenokhod
Team Selenokhod ( Russian : Селеноход ) is a privately funded Russian team of aerospace experts led by Nikolay Dzis-Voynarovskiy. It was the first Russian team to enter the Google Lunar X Prize competition . [1] [ better source needed ] On 18 December 2013, the team has decided to withdraw from
- ... first Russian team to enter the Google Lunar X Prize competition . [1] [ better source needed ] On 18 december 2013, the team has decided to withdraw from the competition. [2] HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT The team's ...
#8 Göktürk-1
Göktürk-1 (also Göktürk-1A ) is a high resolution earth observation satellite (greater than 50 cm) designed and developed for the Turkish Ministry of National Defence by the Italian space service company Telespazio with technological input from Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAŞ) and ASELSAN of T
- ... rk series (however with lower resolution compared to Göktürk-1) was successfully placed in orbit on december 18, 2012. SEE ALSO Spaceflight portal Göktürk-2 Göktürk-3 List of Earth observation satellites
#9 USA-87
USA-87 , also known as GPS IIA-8 , GPS II-17 and GPS SVN-29 , was an American navigation satellite which formed part of the Global Positioning System . It was the eighth of nineteen Block IIA GPS satellites to be launched. American navigation satellite This article is about the satellite. For the bo
- ... ass 840 kg (1,850 lb) Dimensions 5.3 m (17 ft) of long Power 710 watts Start of mission Launch date 18 december 1992, 22:16:00 UTC Rocket Delta II 7925-9.5 (Delta D217) Launch site Cape Canaveral , LC-17B Contra ...
- ... nels deployed and had a design life of 7.5 years. [1] LAUNCH USA-87 was launched at 22:16:00 UTC on 18 december 1992, atop a Delta II launch vehicle , flight number D217, flying in the 7925-9.5 configuration. [4 ...
#10 Gemini 7
Gemini 7 (officially Gemini VII ) [5] was a 1965 crewed spaceflight in NASA 's Gemini program . It was the fourth crewed Gemini flight, the twelfth crewed American spaceflight, and the twenty-first crewed spaceflight including Soviet flights and X-15 flights above the Kármán line . The crew of Frank
- ... GLV , s/n 62-12562 Launch site Cape Kennedy LC-19 End of mission Recovered by USS Wasp Landing date december 18, 1965, 14:05:04 ( 1965-12-18UTC14:05:05Z ) UTC Landing site 25°25.1′N 70°6.7′W Orbital parameters Re ...
#11 STS-61-C
STS-61-C was the 24th mission of NASA 's Space Shuttle program , and the seventh mission of Space Shuttle Columbia . It was the first time that Columbia , the first space-rated Space Shuttle orbiter to be constructed, had flown since STS-9 . The mission launched from Florida 's Kennedy Space Center
- ... up displays for the commander and pilot were installed. [2] The launch was originally scheduled for december 18, 1985, but the closeout of an aft orbiter compartment was delayed, and the mission was rescheduled f ...
#12 GOES-16
GOES-16 , formerly known as GOES-R before reaching geostationary orbit , is the first of the GOES-R series of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) operated by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). GOES-16 serves as the operational geostationary
- ... V 541 (AV-069) Launch site Cape Canaveral SLC-41 Contractor United Launch Alliance Entered service 18 december 2017 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Geostationary Longitude 75.2° West Slot ...
- ... ameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Geostationary Longitude 75.2° West Slot GOES East (after 18 december 2017) Semi-major axis 42,164.8 km (26,200.0 mi) Eccentricity 0.0001538 Perigee altitude 35,780.2 km ...
- ... ES-16 began a drift to its operational GOES East position, and was declared as fully operational on 18 december 2017. The satellite is expected to have an operational lifespan of ten years, with five additional ...
- ... bration period, resumed instrument data collection and transmission three days later. [99] [100] On 18 december 2017, GOES-16 was declared fully operational. [101] UNIQUE PAYLOAD SERVICES AND DATA PROCESSING The ...
#13 Cygnus OA-8E
OA-8E was the ninth flight of the Orbital ATK uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its eighth flight to the International Space Station (ISS) under the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-1) contract with NASA . The mission launched on 12 November 2017 at 12:19:51 UTC . Orbital and NASA jointly dev
- ... [6] Launch site Wallops Pad 0A Contractor Orbital ATK End of mission Disposal Deorbited Decay date 18 december 2017, 12:54 UTC [7] Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit Regime Low Earth orbit Inc ...
#14 O3b
O3b is a satellite constellation in Medium Earth orbit ( MEO ) owned and operated by SES , and designed to provide low-latency broadband connectivity to remote locations for mobile network operators and internet service providers, maritime, aviation, and government and defence. It is often referred
- ... ion Launch date 25 June 2013 (UTC) ( 2013-06-25Z ) (four) 10 July 2014 (UTC) ( 2014-07-10Z ) (four) 18 december 2014 (UTC) ( 2014-12-18Z ) (four) 9 March 2018 (UTC) ( 2018-03-09Z ) (four) 4 April 2019 (UTC) ( 20 ...
- ... B (VS08) 287.9 O3B FM8 40079 2014-038A 10 July 2014 Soyuz ST-B (VS08) 287.9 O3B FM9 40351 2014-083D 18 december 2014 Soyuz ST-B (VS10) 287.9 O3B FM10 40348 2014-083A 18 December 2014 Soyuz ST-B (VS10) 287.9 O3B ...
- ... 08) 287.9 O3B FM9 40351 2014-083D 18 December 2014 Soyuz ST-B (VS10) 287.9 O3B FM10 40348 2014-083A 18 december 2014 Soyuz ST-B (VS10) 287.9 O3B FM11 40349 2014-083B 18 December 2014 Soyuz ST-B (VS10) 287.9 O3B ...
- ... 0) 287.9 O3B FM10 40348 2014-083A 18 December 2014 Soyuz ST-B (VS10) 287.9 O3B FM11 40349 2014-083B 18 december 2014 Soyuz ST-B (VS10) 287.9 O3B FM12 40350 2014-083C 18 December 2014 Soyuz ST-B (VS10) 287.9 O3B ...
- ... 0) 287.9 O3B FM11 40349 2014-083B 18 December 2014 Soyuz ST-B (VS10) 287.9 O3B FM12 40350 2014-083C 18 december 2014 Soyuz ST-B (VS10) 287.9 O3B FM13 43234 2018-024D 9 March 2018 Soyuz ST-B (VS18) 287.9 O3B FM14 ...
#15 USA-79
USA-79 , also known as GPS IIA-3 , GPS II-12 and GPS SVN-25 , was an American navigation satellite which formed part of the Global Positioning System . It was the third of nineteen Block IIA GPS satellites to be launched. USA-79 Names Navstar 2A-03 GPS IIA-3 GPS II-12 GPS SVN-25 Mission type Navigat
- ... McDonnell Douglas Entered service 27 March 1992 End of mission Disposal Graveyard orbit Deactivated 18 december 2009 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit [3] Regime Medium Earth orbit ( Semi-sync ...
- ... e had a mass of 840 kg (1,850 lb) . It had a design life of 7.5 years, [2] and ceased operations on 18 december 2009.
#16 OneWeb satellite constellation
The OneWeb satellite constellation is a planned initial 648- satellite internet constellation which is in the process of being completed in 2022, [2] with a goal to provide global broadband internet services to people everywhere by the end of 2023. [3] The constellation is being deployed by OneWeb ,
- ... lites) Success 3 21 March 2020 [6] Baikonur Cosmodrome , Site 31 Soyuz 2.1b / Fregat-M 34 Success 4 18 december 2020 [69] [65] Vostochny Cosmodrome , Site 1S Soyuz 2.1b / Fregat-M 36 Success 5 25 March 2021 [70] ...
#17 XMM-Newton
XMM-Newton , also known as the High Throughput X-ray Spectroscopy Mission and the X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission , is an X-ray space observatory launched by the European Space Agency in December 1999 on an Ariane 5 rocket. It is the second cornerstone mission of ESA's Horizon 2000 programme. Named after
- ... Immediately after launch, XMM began its Launch and Early Orbit phase of operations. [21] On 17 and 18 december 1999, the X-ray modules and Optical Monitor doors were opened, respectively. [22] Instrument activa ...
#18 Essaim (satellite)
Essaim ( swarm , in French) was a French military reconnaissance microsatellite constellation . Its main purpose was to collect and map signals intelligence around the world. The Direction générale de l'armement (DGA) described it as a "vacuum cleaner for [radio] waves".
- ... The constellation was launched from Kourou , in French Guiana , by an Ariane 5 G+ launch vehicle on 18 december 2004. The flight was shared with Helios 2A and two other auxiliary payloads: Parasol and Nanosat . ...
#19 Nozomi (spacecraft)
Nozomi ( Japanese : のぞみ , lit. "Wish" or "Hope," and known before launch as Planet-B ) was a Mars orbiter that failed to reach Mars due to electrical failures. The mission was terminated on December 31, 2003. [ citation needed ] Failed Mars orbiter This article needs additional citations for verific
- ... needed ] LUNAR SWING-BYS The spacecraft used a lunar swingby on September 24, 1998, and another on december 18, 1998, to increase the apogee of its orbit. [1] EARTH SWING-BY This image of the Earth and Moon was ...
#20 STS-116
STS-116 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Discovery . Discovery lifted off on 9 December 2006 at 20:47:35 EST . A previous launch attempt on 7 December had been canceled due to cloud cover. It was the first night launch of a Space Shuttle sin
- ... o provide electrical insulation if they are used to manipulate the arrays during the EVA. [40] [41] 18 december (FLIGHT DAY 10 – EVA #4) Flight day 10 began for the astronauts at 14:17 UTC. [39] Bob Curbeam and ...
- ... wiring station electrical system (circuits 1/4) 76. STS-116 EVA 4 Robert Curbeam Christer Fuglesang 18 december 2006 19:00 19 December 2006 01:38 6 h 38 min Retract port Solar Array Wing on P6 truss SEE ALSO Spa ...