langs: 23 декабря [ru] / december 23 [en] / 23. dezember [de] / 23 décembre [fr] / 23 dicembre [it] / 23 de diciembre [es]
days: december 20 / december 21 / december 22 / december 23 / december 24 / december 25 / december 26
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 Valeri Tokarev
Valeri Ivanovich Tokarev ( Russian : Валерий Иванович Токарев ; born 29 October 1952) is a Russian Air Force Colonel and test cosmonaut at the Yuri A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center . Tokarev traveled to space twice, and has performed two career spacewalks , before retiring in June 2008. [1] Vale
- ... els of the atmosphere. During Expedition 12, one cargo flight, Progress M-55 docked with the ISS on 23 december 2005. The resupply ship transported scientific equipment and supplies to the station. Torakev depar ...
#2 Karol J. Bobko
Karol Joseph "Bo" Bobko (born December 23, 1937), ( Col , USAF , Ret.), is an American aerospace engineer , retired U.S. Air Force officer , test pilot , and a former USAF and NASA astronaut . Bobko was the first graduate of the US Air Force Academy to travel in space. [1] Karol J. Bobko Bobko in Se
- Karol Joseph "Bo" Bobko (born december 23, 1937), ( Col , USAF , Ret.), is an American aerospace engineer , retired U.S. Air Force officer , t ...
- ... ir Force Academy to travel in space. [1] Karol J. Bobko Bobko in September 1979 Born ( 1937-12-23 ) december 23, 1937 (age 84) New York City , New York, U.S. Status Retired Nationality American Other names Karol ...
- ... TS-6 , STS-51-D , STS-51-J Mission insignia Retirement January 1, 1989 EARLY LIFE Bobko was born on december 23, 1937, in Queens , New York , [2] to a family with Ukrainian and Lithuanian roots. [3] [4] [5] He gr ...
#3 Donald Pettit
Donald Roy Pettit (born April 20, 1955) is an American astronaut and chemical engineer . He is a veteran of two long-duration stays aboard the International Space Station , one Space Shuttle mission and a six-week expedition to find meteorites in Antarctica . As of 2021, at age 66, he is NASA's olde
- ... 30 / 31 crew. [8] He and fellow crewmembers Oleg Kononenko and André Kuipers arrived at the ISS on december 23. [9] Among his off-duty video demonstrations on the space station has been on water as thin film and ...
#4 Yury Lonchakov
Yury Valentinovich Lonchakov ( Russian: Юрий Валентинович Лончаков ; born 4 March 1965) is a Russian former cosmonaut and a veteran of three space missions . [1] He has spent 200 days in space and has conducted two career spacewalks. Russian cosmonaut Yury Valentinovich Lonchakov Born ( 1965-03-04 )
- ... n Kazakhstan on 8 April 2009, at 7:16 UTC. SPACEWALKS Yuri Lonchakov participates in a spacewalk on 23 december 2008. Yuri Lonchakov participates in a spacewalk on 10 March 2009. Lonchakov has performed two care ...
- ... 10 March 2009. Lonchakov has performed two career spacewalks totalling 10 hours and 27 minutes. On 23 december 2008, Lonchakov performed his first career spacewalk with NASA astronaut Michael Fincke. [13] They ...
#5 Neil Armstrong
Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer , and the first person to walk on the Moon . He was also a naval aviator , test pilot , and university professor. American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2012) For other uses, see Neil A
- ... served as backup commander for Apollo 8, Slayton offered him the post of commander of Apollo 11 on december 23, 1968, as Apollo 8 orbited the Moon. [105] According to Armstrong's 2005 biography, Slayton told him ...
#6 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
- ... rs. [54] [58] After the successful repair of the Mobile Transporter, the ISS crew was resupplied on december 23, 2015, by the Progress 62 spacecraft. [59] On January 15, 2016, Kopra and Peake performed another EV ...
#7 Piers Sellers
Piers John Sellers OBE (11 April 1955 – 23 December 2016) was a British-American meteorologist , NASA astronaut [1] and Director of the Earth Science Division at NASA/GSFC . He was a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions. Sellers attended Cranbrook School , Cranbrook, Kent , United Kingdom, until
- Piers John Sellers OBE (11 April 1955 – 23 december 2016) was a British-American meteorologist , NASA astronaut [1] and Director of the Earth Science D ...
- ... s OBE Born Piers John Sellers ( 1955-04-11 ) 11 April 1955 Crowborough , East Sussex , England Died 23 december 2016 (2016-12-23) (aged 61) Houston , Texas , U.S. Nationality British, American Alma mater Univers ...
- ... uary 2016, he revealed that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer . [8] Sellers died 23 december 2016 at the age of 61. [9] CAREER Sellers and his wife left the UK in 1982, moving to the United St ...
#8 Jack R. Lousma
Jack Robert Lousma (born February 29, 1936) is an American astronaut , aeronautical engineer , retired United States Marine Corps officer , former naval aviator , NASA astronaut , and politician. He was a member of the second crew, Skylab-3 , on the Skylab space station in 1973. In 1982, he commande
- ... PERSONAL LIFE Lousma and Gratia Kay were married in 1956. They have four children: Timothy J. (born december 23, 1963), Matthew O. (born July 14, 1966), Mary T. (born September 22, 1968), Joseph L. (born Septembe ...
#9 Oleg Kononenko
Oleg Dmitriyevich Kononenko ( Russian : Олег Дмитриевич Кононенко ; Turkmen : Oleg Dmitriýewiç Kononenko ; born 21 June 1964 in Turkmenistan ) is a Russian cosmonaut from the Turkmen SSR. [1] He has flown to the International Space Station four times, as a flight engineer for Expedition 17 aboard So
- ... crew of Expedition 30 . [9] He, along with his fellow crewmembers, arrived at the space station on december 23. [10] They returned to Earth on 1 July 2012. [11] SPACEWALKS Spacewalker Oleg Kononenko seen outside ...
#10 André Kuipers
André Kuipers ( Dutch: [ˈɑndreː ˈkœy̯pərs] ( listen ) ; born 5 October 1958) is a Dutch physician and ESA astronaut . He became the second Dutch citizen, third Dutch-born and fifth Dutch -speaking astronaut upon launch of Soyuz TMA-4 on 19 April 2004. Kuipers returned to Earth aboard Soyuz TMA-3 1
- ... from the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos , and Don Pettit from NASA . They arrived at the station on 23 december 2011 when their Soyuz docked to the Rassvet module on the Russian side. They returned to Earth on 1 ...
#11 Henry Charles Gordon
Henry Charles Gordon (December 23, 1925 – September 24, 1996), ( Col , USAF ), was an American aeronautical engineer , U.S. Air Force officer , test pilot , and astronaut in the X-20 Dyna-Soar program. For other people named Henry Gordon, see Henry Gordon (disambiguation) . Henry C. Gordon Born ( 19
- Henry Charles Gordon ( december 23, 1925 – September 24, 1996), ( Col , USAF ), was an American aeronautical engineer , U.S. Air Force ...
- ... people named Henry Gordon, see Henry Gordon (disambiguation) . Henry C. Gordon Born ( 1925-12-23 ) december 23, 1925 Valparaiso, Indiana , U.S. Died September 24, 1996 (1996-09-24) (aged 70) Peoria, Arizona , U. ...
- ... yna-Soar Group 1 Missions None EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION Gordon was born in Valparaiso, Indiana , on december 23, 1925. In 1950 he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Purdue Univ ...
Museum / Museum
#1 TAM Museum
The TAM Museum ( Portuguese : Museu TAM ), also known as the Museu Asas de um Sonho (Wings of a Dream Museum), was an aviation museum in the city of São Carlos , within the state of State of São Paulo , Brazil. The museum was located 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) from central São Carlos and 250 kilometer
- ... hat was maintained by the Education Service and Culture, a non-profit association founded by TAM on 23 december 1991, to administer the social programs of the company. In 2006, the museum opened with 32 aircraft ...
#2 B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Fund
The B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Fund is an Australian non-profit organisation founded in 1988 to acquire and restore a Consolidated B-24 Liberator for display as a memorial to all allied airmen who served on B-24 Liberators during World War II in defence of Australia. [1] B-24 Liberator Memo
- ... d in New Guinea for the campaign against the Japanese. During an armed reconnaissance over Wewak on 23 december 1943, it was attacked by two Japanese fighters; with the hydraulics shot-out and two of the crew in ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 Sentinel-1B
Sentinel-1B is a European radar imaging satellite launched on 25 April 2016. It is the second of two original satellites in the Sentinel-1 constellation , part of the European Union 's Copernicus programme on Earth observation . The satellite carries a C - SAR sensor, capable of providing high-resol
- ... vation on 28 April, capturing 250 km wide image of Austfonna glacier on Svalbard . [6] Beginning on december 23, 2021, the spacecraft experienced an anomaly which resulted in a loss of data transmission. On Janua ...
#2 Meridian 5
Meridian 5 ( Russian : Меридиан-5 ), also known as Meridian No.15L , was a communications satellite launched by the Russian Federal Space Agency which was lost in a launch failure in December 2011. The fifth Meridian spacecraft to be launched, Meridian 5 was to have been deployed into a Molniya orbi
- ... ation Failed to orbit Spacecraft properties Manufacturer ISS Reshetnev Start of mission Launch date 23 december 2011, 12:08 ( 2011-12-23UTC12:08Z ) UTC Rocket Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat Launch site Plesetsk 43/4 Orbita ...
- ... upper stage, from Site 43/4 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome . [2] The launch took place at 12:08 UTC on 23 december 2011, with the rocket performing nominally during first and second stage flight. At 288 seconds aft ...
#3 Mariner 6 and 7
Mariner 6 and Mariner 7 ( Mariner Mars 69A and Mariner Mars 69B ) were two unmanned NASA robotic spacecraft that completed the first dual mission to Mars in 1969 as part of NASA's wider Mariner program . Mariner 6 was launched from Launch Complex 36B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station [3] and Marin
- ... 3D Centaur-D1A Launch site Cape Canaveral LC-36B End of mission Disposal Decommissioned Deactivated december 23, 1970 ( 1970-12-24 ) Flyby of Mars Closest approach July 31, 1969 Distance 3,431 kilometers (2,132 m ...
#4 MiTEx
The Micro-satellite Technology Experiment ( MiTEx ) is a microsatellite -based mission launched into geosynchronous orbit 21 June 2006 aboard a Delta II rocket. The USAF described the mission as a "technology demonstration" for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the United States
- ... tion at 8.5° East. The MiTEx satellite parked over the mid-Atlantic rendezvoused with DSP-23 around 23 december 2008, followed by the 2nd MiTEx satellite one week later. [3] SEE ALSO Spaceflight portal Space Bas ...
#5 NEAR Shoemaker
Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous – Shoemaker ( NEAR Shoemaker ), renamed after its 1996 launch in honor of planetary scientist Eugene Shoemaker , was a robotic space probe designed by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory for NASA to study the near-Earth asteroid Eros from close orbi
- ... of communication made this impossible. A new plan was put into effect in which NEAR flew by Eros on december 23, 1998, at 18:41:23 UT at a speed of 965 m/s and a distance of 3827 km from the center of mass of Ero ...
#6 Kosmos 144
Kosmos 144 (Russian: Космос 144 meaning Cosmos 144), was launched on 28 February 1967, Meteor No.6L , and was one of eleven weather satellites launched by the Soviet Union between 1964 and 1969. [3] Kosmos 144 was the second announced Russian meteorological satellite and the first interim operationa
- ... , through 25 October 1967, interspersed with some from Kosmos 156 . The transmission was renewed on 23 december 1967 and continued until 16 March 1968, when it is believed that experiment operations were termina ...
#7 USA-85
USA-85 , also known as GPS IIA-7 , GPS II-16 and GPS SVN-32 , was an American navigation satellite which formed part of the Global Positioning System . It was the seventh of nineteen Block IIA GPS satellites to be launched. USA-85 Names Navstar 2A-07 GPS IIA-7 GPS II-16 GPS SVN-32 Mission type Navig
- ... 5-9.5 (Delta D216) Launch site Cape Canaveral , LC-17A Contractor McDonnell Douglas Entered service 23 december 1992 End of mission Disposal Graveyard orbit Deactivated 17 March 2008 Orbital parameters Reference ...
- ... he satellite raised itself into medium Earth orbit using a Star-37XFP apogee motor . [2] MISSION On 23 december 1992, USA-85 was in an orbit with a perigee of 20,074 km (12,473 mi) , an apogee of 20,251 km (12,5 ...
#8 Progress MS-01
Progress MS-01 ( Russian : Прогресс МС-01 ), identified by NASA as Progress 62P was a Progress spaceflight operated by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) in 2015. It was launched on 21 December 2015, to deliver cargo to the ISS. Progress MS-01 is the first vehicle in the Pro
- ... ric orbit Regime Low Earth orbit Inclination 51.66° Docking with ISS Docking port Pirs Docking date 23 december 2015 10:27 UTC [3] Undocking date 2 July 2016, 23:48 UTC [4] Time docked 192 days Cargo Mass 2436 k ...
- ... r Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan . [1] DOCKING Progress MS-01 docked with the Pirs docking compartment on 23 december 2015 at 10:27 UTC. [3] COMMUNICATIONS The Progress MS spacecraft has upgraded communications and el ...
#9 Explorer 41
Explorer 41 , also called as IMP-G and IMP-5 , was a NASA satellite launched as part of Explorer program . Explorer 41 as launched on 21 June 1969 on Vandenberg AFB , California , with a Thor-Delta E1 launch vehicle . Explorer 41 was the seventh satellite launched as part of the overall Interplaneta
- ... SLC-2W Contractor Douglas Aircraft Company Entered service 21 June 1969 End of mission Last contact 23 december 1972 Decay date 23 December 1972 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit [2] Regime Hi ...
- ... rcraft Company Entered service 21 June 1969 End of mission Last contact 23 December 1972 Decay date 23 december 1972 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit [2] Regime Highly elliptical orbit Perige ...
- ... anuary 1970. Otherwise the experiment performed normally until the spacecraft decayed from orbit on 23 december 1972. [8] ELECTROSTATIC ANALYZER An electrostatic analyzer and an E-cross-B velocity selector norma ...
- ... 6-seconds. The experiment performed normally from launch until the spacecraft decayed from orbit on 23 december 1972, except that the ionization chamber operated intermittently throughout the mission. [10] LOW-E ...
- ... tion was telemetered. The instruments performed normally until the spacecraft decayed from orbit on 23 december 1972. [12] LOW-ENERGY PROTON AND ELECTRON DIFFERENTIAL ENERGY ANALYZER (LEPEDEA 2) This experiment ...
- ... .3 and 3-MeV. No further experiment degradation occurred until the spacecraft decayed from orbit on 23 december 1972. This instrument was essentially the same as that flown by the Bell Labs group on Explorer 34 ...
- ... ctors functioned normally from launch until the spacecraft decayed from orbit (from 21 June 1969 to 23 december 1972). [15] TRIAXIAL FLUXGATE MAGNETOMETER A boom-mounted triaxial fluxgate magnetometer measured m ...
- ... experiment functioned normally from launch until the spacecraft decayed from orbit (21 June 1969 to 23 december 1972). [16] SOLAR STORM OF AUGUST 1972 It recorded important data on one of the most potent solar p ...
- ... [17] ATMOSPHERIC ENTRY Explorer 41 functioned very well from launch until it decayed from orbit on 23 december 1972. [2] [18] SEE ALSO Spaceflight portal Explorer program
#10 Helios (spacecraft)
Helios-A and Helios-B (after launch renamed Helios 1 and Helios 2 ) are a pair of probes that were launched into heliocentric orbit to study solar processes. As a joint venture between German Aerospace Center (DLR) and NASA , the probes were launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station , Florida ,
- ... B : July 21, 1976 End of mission Deactivated Helios-A : February 18, 1985 ( 1985-02-19 ) Helios-B : december 23, 1979 Last contact Helios-A : February 10, 1986 Helios-B : March 3, 1980 Orbital parameters Referenc ...
#11 Kosmos 2478
Kosmos 2478 ( Russian : Космос 2478 meaning Cosmos 2478 ) is a Russian military satellite launched in 2011 as part of the GLONASS satellite navigation system. Kosmos 2478 Mission type Navigation Operator Russian Space Forces COSPAR ID 2011-071A [1] SATCAT no. 37938 [1] Website GLONASS status Spacecr
- ... is in the third orbital plane used by GLONASS, in orbital slot 17. [2] [6] It started operations on 23 december 2011. [2] SEE ALSO Spaceflight portal List of Kosmos satellites (2251–2500) List of R-7 launches (2 ...
#12 Super Low Altitude Test Satellite
Super Low Altitude Test Satellite ( SLATS ) or Tsubame is a JAXA satellite intended to demonstrate operations in very low Earth orbit (VLEO, below 200 km), using ion engines to counteract aerodynamic drag from the Earth's atmosphere which is substantial at such lower orbital altitudes . It was lau
- ... ic Corp. Launch mass 400 kilograms (880 lb) Power Solar panel , 1140 w Start of mission Launch date december 23, 2017 ( 2017-12-23 ) UTC Rocket H-IIA Launch site Tanegashima Yoshinobu 1 End of mission Deactivated ...
- ... om the Earth's atmosphere which is substantial at such lower orbital altitudes . It was launched on 23 december 2017, and decommissioned on 1 October 2019. [1] This article is about an experimental VLEO satellit ...
- ... it with a set of solar array wings is reminiscent of a small swallow flying low. SLATS was launched 23 december 2017 on a H-IIA rocket alongside the GCOM-C (Shikisai) satellite to a 630 km orbit, followed by orb ...
#13 Venera 11
The Venera 11 ( Russian : Венера-11 meaning Venus 11 ) was a Soviet uncrewed space mission which was part of the Venera program to explore the planet Venus . Venera 11 was launched on 9 September 1978 at 03:25:39 UTC . [2] 1978 Soviet uncrewed spacecraft which successfully landed on Venus Venera 11
- ... °S 299°E (near Phoebe Regio ) Venera ← Venera 10 Venera 12 → Separating from its flight platform on december 23, 1978 the lander entered the Venus atmosphere two days later on December 25 at 11.2 km/s. During the ...
#14 Soyuz TMA-03M
Soyuz TMA-03M was a spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS). It launched on 21 December 2011 from Site One at the Baikonur Cosmodrome , Kazakhstan , carrying three members of Expedition 30 to the ISS. TMA-03M was the 112th flight of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft , since the first in 1967,
- ... -TMA-M version. The docking with the International Space Station took place at 19:19 Moscow Time on 23 december , three minutes ahead of schedule. [5] [6] 2011 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS Soyuz TMA-03M ...
- ... ference system Geocentric Regime Low Earth Docking with ISS Docking port Rassvet nadir Docking date 23 december 2011 15:19 UTC Undocking date 1 July 2012 04:47 UTC Time docked 190d 13h 28m From left to right: Do ...
- ... cessfully docked to the Mini Research Module-1 (MRM-1) "Rassvet" Nadir docking port at 15:19 GMT on 23 december 2011. [12] The port was vacated just over one month earlier by the Soyuz TMA-02M . The entire proce ...
#15 Progress M-62
Progress M-62 ( Russian : Прогресс М-62 ), identified by NASA as Progress 27P , was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station . It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 362. Russian cargo spacecraft Progress M-62 Progress M-62 docked with the ISS.
- ... properties Spacecraft type Progress-M s/n 362 Manufacturer RKK Energia Start of mission Launch date 23 december 2007, 07:12:41 UTC Rocket Soyuz-U Launch site Baikonur , Site 1/5 End of mission Disposal Deorbited ...
- ... , 13:29 UTC Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Low Earth Inclination 51.6° Epoch 23 december 2007 Docking with ISS Docking port Pirs Docking date 26 December 2007, 08:14 UTC Undocking date 4 F ...
- ... oyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome . Launch occurred at 07:12:41 UTC on 23 december 2007. [1] DOCKING The spacecraft docked with the Pirs module at 08:14 UTC on 26 December 2007. [2] ...
#16 Landsat 8
Landsat 8 is an American Earth observation satellite launched on 11 February 2013. It is the eighth satellite in the Landsat program; the seventh to reach orbit successfully. Originally called the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM), it is a collaboration between NASA and the United States Geolog
- ... Following an evaluation of the technical complexity of this task, the strategy was adjusted and on 23 december 2005, the OSTP issued a memorandum directing NASA to implement the Landsat 8 in the form of a free- ...
#17 Cosmic Background Explorer
The Cosmic Background Explorer ( COBE / ˈ k oʊ b i / KOH -bee ), also referred to as Explorer 66 , was a NASA satellite dedicated to cosmology , which operated from 1989 to 1993. Its goals were to investigate the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB or CMBR) of the universe and provide measure
- ... -2W Contractor Douglas Aircraft Company Entered service 18 November 1989 End of mission Deactivated 23 december 1993 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit [3] Regime Sun-synchronous orbit Perigee ...
- ... a complete scan of the celestial sphere every six months. Instrument operations were terminated on 23 december 1993. As of January 1994, engineering operations were to conclude that month, after which operation ...
#18 Progress M-UM
Progress M-UM ( Russian : Прогресс М-УМ ), was a specially modified Progress M 11F615A55, Russian production No.303, [5] developed by Roscosmos to deliver the Prichal module to the Russian Orbital Segment (ROS) of the International Space Station (ISS). It was launched on 24 November 2021 at 13:06:35
- ... ur , Site 31/6 Contractor Progress Rocket Space Centre End of mission Disposal Deorbited Decay date 23 december 2021, 04:30:54 UTC Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit Regime Low Earth orbit Incl ...
- ... ulsion section re-entered the atmosphere of Earth for destruction over the South Pacific Ocean , on 23 december 2021, at 04:30:54. [6] SEE ALSO Prichal (ISS module) Uncrewed spaceflights to the International Spa ...
#19 USA-289
USA-289 , also known as GPS-III SV01 or Vespucci , is a United States navigation satellite which forms part of the Global Positioning System . It was the first GPS Block III satellite to be launched. [2] GPS III satellite USA-289 Artist's rendering of GPS-III SV01 in Space. Names Navstar 77 GPS-III
- ... ft type GPS Block III Manufacturer Lockheed Martin Launch mass 4400 kg Start of mission Launch date 23 december 2018, 13:51 UTC Rocket Falcon 9 Block 5 Launch site Cape Canaveral , SLC-40 Contractor SpaceX Orbit ...
- ... making SV01 the heaviest GPS satellite ever launched. [4] LAUNCH USA-289 was launched by SpaceX on 23 december 2018 at 13:51 UTC atop expendable Falcon 9 booster B1054 . The launch took place from SLC-40 of the ...
#20 Progress M-51
Progress M-51 ( Russian : Прогресс М-51 ), identified by NASA as Progress 16P , was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station . It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 351. [1] Russian cargo spacecraft Progress M-51 Progress M-51 departing the IS
- ... properties Spacecraft type Progress-M s/n 351 Manufacturer RKK Energia Start of mission Launch date 23 december 2004, 22:19:34 UTC Rocket Soyuz-U Launch site Baikonur , Site 1/5 End of mission Disposal Deorbited ...
- ... ow Earth Perigee altitude 351 km Apogee altitude 356 km Inclination 51.6° Period 92.0 minutes Epoch 23 december 2004 Docking with ISS Docking port Zvezda aft Docking date 25 December 2004, 23:57:45 UTC Undocking ...
- ... oyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome . Launch occurred at 22:19:34 UTC on 23 december 2004. [1] DOCKING The spacecraft docked with the aft port of the Zvezda module at 23:57:45 UTC on 2 ...