langs: 26 декабря [ru] / december 26 [en] / 26. dezember [de] / 26 décembre [fr] / 26 dicembre [it] / 26 de diciembre [es]
days: december 23 / december 24 / december 25 / december 26 / december 27 / december 28 / december 29
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 Zhai Zhigang
Zhai Zhigang ( Chinese : 翟志刚 ; pinyin : Zhái Zhìgāng ; born 11 October 1966 [2] ) is a Chinese major general of the People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force (PLASSF) in active service as a People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonaut . During the Shenzhou 7 mission in 2008, he
- ... t his second spacewalk alongside Wang who became China's first woman to perform a spacewalk. [9] On 26 december 2021, Zhai carried out his third spacewalk with Ye. [10] PERSONAL LIFE Zhai's favourite pastimes ar ...
#2 Georgy Grechko
Georgy Mikhaylovich Grechko ( Russian : Георгий Михайлович Гречко ; 25 May 1931 – 8 April 2017) was a Soviet cosmonaut . He flew to space on three missions, each bound for rendezvous with a different Salyut space station. [1] Soyuz 17 was the first crewed vehicle to visit Salyut 4 , Soyuz 26 was the
- ... t Aleksei Gubarev were cremen of the Soyuz 17-Salyut 4 mission. [4] The Soyuz 17 rocket launched on 26 december 1974 and successfully docked with the Salyut 4 Space Station on 12 January 1975. This successful do ...
#3 Valentin Lebedev
Valentin Vitalyevich Lebedev ( Russian : Валентин Витальевич Лебедев ; born April 14, 1942 in Moscow ) is a Soviet cosmonaut who made two flights into space . His stay aboard the Space Station Salyut 7 with Anatoly Berezovoy in 1982, which lasted 211 days, [1] was recorded in the Guinness Book of Re
- ... ace flight was with Peter Klimuk, as a crew engineer aboard Soyuz 13 , which orbited Earth from 18–2 26 december 1973. After this space flight, Lebedev was awarded a gold medal, "Hero of Soviet Union", the Order o ...
#4 Chen Dong (taikonaut)
Chen Dong ( simplified Chinese : 陈冬 ; traditional Chinese : 陳冬 ; pinyin : Chén Dōng ; born 12 December 1978) is a Chinese fighter pilot and taikonaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program . A fighter pilot in the People's Liberation Army Air Force , he was selected to be a CNSA taikonaut in 2010.
- ... rded the Spaceflight Merit Medal (Third Class) along with the honorary title of "hero astronaut" on 26 december 2016 by the Central Military Commission . [10] PERSONAL LIFE Chen is married and has twin sons. SEE ...
#5 Sergei Krikalev
Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev ( Russian : Сергей Константинович Крикалёв , also transliterated as Sergei Krikalyov ; born 27 August 1958) is a Russian mechanical engineer and former cosmonaut . As a prominent rocket scientist , he is a veteran of six space flights and ranks third to Gennady Padalk
- ... te of the collapsing Soviet Union. [3] Krikalev was in space when the Soviet Union was dissolved on december 26, 1991 . With the Baikonur Cosmodrome and the landing area both being located in the newly independen ...
Museum / Museum
#1 Canadian Museum of Flight
The Canadian Museum of Flight (formally the Canadian Museum of Flight Association since 1998) is an aviation museum at the Langley Regional Airport in Langley, British Columbia , Canada. The museum has over 25 civilian and military jets, piston driven engine aircraft, gliders, and helicopters on dis
- ... ed in 1985 and was restored over a twenty-year period. The rare aircraft is stored outdoors, and on 26 december 2008, an especially heavy snowfall broke the left wing spars. This caused the wing to separate from ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 KA-SAT
KA-SAT is a high-throughput telecommunications satellite owned by Viasat . The satellite provides broadband Internet access services across Europe and also a small area of the Middle East , [2] and additionally the Saorsat TV service to Ireland. It is positioned at 9°E , [3] joining the Eurobird 9A
- ... 3000 Manufacturer EADS Astrium Launch mass 6,150 kilograms (13,560 lb) Start of mission Launch date 26 december 2010 ( 2010-12-26 ) Rocket Proton-M / Briz-M Launch site Baikonur 200/39 Contractor ILS [1] Orbital ...
#2 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
- ... ember 2000, 16:22:52 UTC Time docked 13 days Docking with ISS Docking port Zarya Nadir Docking date 26 december 2000, 11:03:13 UTC Undocking date 8 February 2001, 11:26:04 UTC Time docked 44 days Cargo Mass 2500 ...
- ... its undocking, Progress M1-4 spent 25 days in free flight, prior to redocking with the same port on 26 december at 11:03:13 UTC. Like the original docking, the TORU system was used, as although the fault with th ...
#3 Intelsat 8
Intelsat 8 (formerly PAS-8 ) is a communications satellite owned by Intelsat located at 166° East of longitude , serving the Pacific Ocean market. Intelsat 8 Names IS-8 PAS-8 Mission type Communications Operator PanAmSat / Intelsat COSPAR ID 1998-065A SATCAT no. 25522 Website http://www.intelsat.com
- ... ction Space Center Entered service January 1999 End of mission Disposal Graveyard orbit Deactivated 26 december 2016 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit Regime Geostationary orbit Longitude 166° ...
- ... t Journal Report available via a two-meter dish at 4.1 GHz horizontal. DECOMMISSIONING Deorbited on 26 december 2016. [3]
#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
- ... ber 1973, 11:55:00 UTC Rocket Soyuz Launch site Baikonur , Site 1/5 [2] End of mission Landing date 26 december 1973, 08:50:35 UTC Landing site 200 km at the southwest of Karaganda , Kazakhstan Orbital parameter ...
- ... luding experiments to measure blood flow to the brain . [5] The crew landed in a heavy snowstorm on 26 december 1973, but were recovered a few minutes later, some 200 km at southwest of Karaganda , Kazakhstan . ...
#5 Soyuz 17
Soyuz 17 ( Russian : Союз 17 , Union 17 ) was the first of two long-duration missions to the Soviet Union 's Salyut 4 space station in 1975. The flight by cosmonauts Aleksei Gubarev and Georgy Grechko set a Soviet mission-duration record of 29 days, surpassing the 23-day record set by the ill-fated
- ... 54.0 km (220.0 mi) Inclination: 51.6° Period: 91.7 minutes MISSION HIGHLIGHTS Salyut 4 was launched 26 december 1974, and Soyuz 17, with cosmonauts Georgy Grechko and Aleksei Gubarev as its first crew, was launc ...
#6 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
- ... 9 Gaofen 5-02 SSO Success 37 Y37 22 November 2021 23:45 JSLC , SLS-2 Gaofen 3-02 SSO Success 38 Y39 26 december 2021 03:11 TSLC , LA-9 Ziyuan I-02E XW-3 (CAS-9) SSO Success 39 Y29 25 January 2022 23:44 JSLC , SL ...
#7 Salyut 4
Salyut 4 (DOS 4) ( Russian : Салют-4 ; English translation: Salute 4 ) was a Salyut space station launched on December 26, 1974 into an orbit with an apogee of 355 km, a perigee of 343 km and an orbital inclination of 51.6 degrees. It was essentially a copy of the DOS 3 (or Kosmos 557) , and unl
- ... DOS 4) ( Russian : Салют-4 ; English translation: Salute 4 ) was a Salyut space station launched on december 26, 1974 into an orbit with an apogee of 355 km, a perigee of 343 km and an orbital inclination of 51.6 ...
- ... uary 2, 1977, and re-entered the Earth's atmosphere on February 3. Salyut space station launched on december 26, 1974 Salyut 4 (DOS-4) Salyut 4 being constructed Salyut 4 diagram The insignia of the Salyut Progra ...
- ... t Program. Station statistics COSPAR ID 1974-104A SATCAT no. 07591 Call sign Salyut 4 Crew 2 Launch december 26, 1974 04:15:00 UTC Launch pad LC-81/24 , Baikonur Cosmodrome , Soviet Union Reentry February 3, 1977 ...
#8 Lucy (spacecraft)
Lucy is a NASA space probe on a twelve-year journey to eight different asteroids, visiting a main belt asteroid as well as seven Jupiter trojans , [3] [4] asteroids which share Jupiter 's orbit around the Sun , orbiting either ahead of or behind the planet. All target encounters will be flyby encoun
- ... g to the Lucy mission team and by Pan-STARRS photometric survey, respectively. Possible binary [33] 26 december 2030 Earth Terrestrial planets 12 742 km 660 km Terrestrial planet Gravity assist. First spacecraft ...
#9 Skylab 4
Skylab 4 (also SL-4 and SLM-3 [2] ) was the third crewed Skylab mission and placed the third and final crew aboard the first American space station . Third crewed mission to Skylab Skylab 4 The final view of Skylab, from the departing mission 4 crew, with Earth in the background Operator NASA COSPAR
- ... ested the events of December 28 may have been confused with a day off that was given to the crew on december 26 following the completion of a long spacewalk by Carr and Pogue the day before. [23] [25] NASA added ...
#10 Kosmos 2413
Kosmos 2413 ( Russian : Космос 2413 meaning Cosmos 2413 ) is one of a set of three Russian military satellites launched in 2004 as part of the GLONASS satellite navigation system. It was launched with Kosmos 2411 and Kosmos 2412 . NORAD apparently call this satellite Kosmos 2411, and instead call Ko
- ... 2] Dimensions 1.3 metres (4 ft 3 in) diameter [2] Power 1540 watts [2] Start of mission Launch date december 26, 2004, 13:53 ( 2004-12-26UTC13:53Z ) UTC Rocket Proton-K / DM-2 [1] Launch site Baikonur , Site 200/ ...
- ... r rocket with a Blok DM upper stage was used to perform the launch which took place at 13:53 UTC on 26 december 2004. The launch successfully placed the satellites into Medium Earth orbit . It subsequently recei ...
#11 Kosmos 1172
Kosmos 1172 ( Russian : Космос 1172 meaning Cosmos 1172 ) was a Soviet US-K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1980 as part of the Soviet military's Oko programme. The satellite was designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors . [2] Kosmos 11
- ... [2] Launch site Plesetsk Cosmodrome [2] [3] End of mission Deactivated 9 April 1982 [1] Decay date 26 december 1997 ( 1997-12-27 ) [4] Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Molniya [2] Perigee a ...
- ... Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 11758. [4] It re-entered the Earth's atmosphere on 26 december 1997. [4] SEE ALSO Spaceflight portal 1980 in spaceflight List of Kosmos satellites (1001–1250) Lis ...
#12 Luna 13
Luna 13 (E-6M series) was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program . Luna 13 Mission type Lunar lander COSPAR ID 1966-116A SATCAT no. 02626 Mission duration 6 days, 19 h, 56 min. Spacecraft properties Manufacturer GSMZ Lavochkin Launch mass 1620 kg Start of mission Launch date 21 December 1966,
- ... nnas were erected, and radio transmissions to Earth began four minutes after the landing. On 25 and 26 december 1966, the spacecraft television system transmitted panoramas of the nearby lunar landscape at diffe ...
#13 OV1-9
Orbiting Vehicle 1-9 (also known as OV1-9 ), launched 11 December 1966 along with OV1-10 , was the ninth (sixth successful) satellite in the OV1 series of the United States Air Force's Orbiting Vehicle program. OV1-9 recorded low frequency radio emissions and particle radiation in Earth's exosphere
- ... program ultimately comprised 22 missions, the last flying on 19 September 1971. [3] : 421 As of 26 december 2021, OV1-9 is still in orbit, and its position can be tracked on-line. [8]
#14 BLITS
BLITS (Ball Lens In The Space) is a Russian satellite launched on September 17, 2009, as a secondary payload on a Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat , from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The satellite is totally passive and spherical, and is tracked using satellite laser ranging (SLR) by the International La
- ... TS retroreflector works. NEW VERSION An improved version of the reflector, named BLITS-M , launched 26 december 2019 with a Gonets-M mission on a Rokot rocket. [13] BLITS-M failed to separate from the upper stag ...
#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.
- ... 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 February 2008, 10:32 UTC Time docked 40 days Cargo Mass 2500 kg Pr ...
- ... :41 UTC on 23 December 2007. [1] DOCKING The spacecraft docked with the Pirs module at 08:14 UTC on 26 december 2007. [2] The Pirs module had previously been occupied by Progress M-61 , which undocked on 22 Dece ...
#16 Kosmos 2411
Kosmos 2411 ( Russian : Космос 2411 meaning Cosmos 2411 ) is one of a set of three Russian military satellites launched in 2004 as part of the GLONASS satellite navigation system. It was launched with Kosmos 2412 and Kosmos 2413 . NORAD apparently call this satellite Kosmos 2413, and instead call Ko
- ... es Spacecraft GC 796 Spacecraft type Uragan Manufacturer Reshetnev ISS Start of mission Launch date december 26, 2004, 13:53 ( 2004-12-26UTC13:53Z ) UTC Rocket Proton-K / DM-2 [1] Launch site Baikonur , Site 200/ ...
- ... r rocket with a Blok DM upper stage was used to perform the launch which took place at 13:53 UTC on 26 december 2004. The launch successfully placed the satellites into Medium Earth orbit . It subsequently recei ...
#17 Kosmos 197
Kosmos 197 ( Russian : Космос 197 meaning Cosmos 197 ), also known as DS-U2-V No.3 , was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1967 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 325 kilograms (717 lb) spacecraft, [1] which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Office , and was used to co
- ... s Spacecraft type DS-U2-V Manufacturer Yuzhnoye Launch mass 325 kg [1] Start of mission Launch date 26 december 1967 09:01:59 GMT Rocket Kosmos-2I 63SM Launch site Kapustin Yar , Site 86/4 Contractor Yuzhnoye En ...
- ... ow Earth Perigee altitude 217 km Apogee altitude 486 km Inclination 48.5° Period 91.5 minutes Epoch 26 december 1967 A Kosmos-2I 63SM carrier rocket was used to launch Kosmos 197 into low Earth orbit . The launc ...
- ... . The launch took place from Site 86/4 at Kapustin Yar . [4] The launch occurred at 09:01:59 GMT on 26 december 1967, and resulted in the successful insertion of the satellite into orbit. [5] Upon reaching orbit ...
#18 Kosmos 262
Kosmos 262 ( Russian : Космос 262 meaning Cosmos 262 ), also known as DS-U2-GF No.1 , was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1968 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 352-kilogram (776 lb) spacecraft, [1] which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau , and was used to st
- ... DS-U2-GF Manufacturer Yuzhnoye Launch mass 352 kilograms (776 lb) [1] Start of mission Launch date 26 december 1968, 09:45:01 ( 1968-12-26UTC09:45:01Z ) UTC Rocket Kosmos-2I 63SM Launch site Kapustin Yar 86/4 E ...
- ... rocket was used to launch Kosmos 262 into low Earth orbit . The launch occurred at 09:45:01 UTC on 26 december 1968, and resulted in the successful insertion of the satellite into orbit. [2] It took place from ...
#19 OV1-10
Orbiting Vehicle 1-10 (also known as OV1-10 ), launched 11 December 1966 along with OV1-9 , was the tenth (seventh successful) satellite in the OV1 series of the United States Air Force's Orbiting Vehicle program. Designed to observe atmospheric airglow , X-ray and cosmic radiation , OV1-10 returned
- ... program ultimately comprised 22 missions, the last flying on 19 September 1971. [3] : 421 As of 26 december 2021, OV1-9 is still in orbit, and its position can be tracked on-line. [10]
#20 Shenzhou 13
Shenzhou 13 ( Chinese : 神舟十三号 ; pinyin : Shénzhōu Shísān-hào ; lit. ' Divine Boat Number 13' ) was a Chinese spaceflight launched on 15 October 2021 at 16:23 UTC. The flight marked the eighth crewed Chinese spaceflight and the thirteenth flight of the Shenzhou program . The spacecraft carried three
- ... and also to do typical tests of equipment. The spacewalk lasted for 6 hours and 25 minutes. [13] On 26 december 2021, Ye Guangfu and Zhai Zhigang conducted the second planned spacewalk with Wang Yaping assisting ...