langs: 28 декабря [ru] / december 28 [en] / 28. dezember [de] / 28 décembre [fr] / 28 dicembre [it] / 28 de diciembre [es]

days: december 25 / december 26 / december 27 / december 28 / december 29 / december 30 / december 31

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Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut

#1 Michael R. Clifford

Michael Richard Clifford (October 13, 1952 – December 28, 2021) was a United States Army officer and NASA astronaut . Clifford was a Master Army Aviator and logged over 3,400 hours flying in a wide variety of fixed and rotary winged aircraft. He retired from the U.S. Army at the rank of lieutenant c

• Michael Richard Clifford (October 13, 1952 – december 28, 2021) was a United States Army officer and NASA astronaut . Clifford was a Master Army Aviator and ...
• ... ael Richard Clifford ( 1952-10-13 ) October 13, 1952 Norton Air Force Base , California , U.S. Died december 28, 2021 (2021-12-28) (aged 69) Nationality American Alma mater USMA , B.S. 1974 Georgia Tech , M.S. 19 ...
• ... etition [34] and was released in 2014. [35] [36] Clifford died from complications of Parkinson's on december 28, 2021, at the age of 69. [2] [4] [11] [29] [37] SEE ALSO Spaceflight portal

#2 Oleg Artemyev

Oleg Germanovich Artemyev ( Russian : Олег Германович Артемьев ; born December 28, 1970) is a Russian Cosmonaut for the Russian Federal Space Agency . He was selected as part of the RKKE-15 Cosmonaut group in 2003. [1] He was a flight engineer of Expedition 39 and 40 to the International Space Stati

• Oleg Germanovich Artemyev ( Russian : Олег Германович Артемьев ; born december 28, 1970) is a Russian Cosmonaut for the Russian Federal Space Agency . He was selected as part of the ...
• ... , the patronymic is Germanovich and the family name is Artemyev . Oleg Artemyev Born ( 1970-12-28 ) december 28, 1970 (age 51) Riga , Latvian SSR , Soviet Union (now Riga, Latvia ) Status Active Nationality Russi ...
• ... D EDUCATION Artemyev was born in Riga , Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic , present-day Latvia , on december 28, 1970, and grew up in Leninsk (now Baikonur ), Kazakhstan. [2] He graduated from the Tallinn Polytec ...

#3 William Pogue

William Reid Pogue (January 23, 1930 – March 3, 2014) was an American astronaut and pilot who served in the United States Air Force (USAF) as a fighter pilot and test pilot , and reached the rank of colonel . He was also a teacher , public speaker and author . American astronaut William R. Pogue Pog

• ... After around six weeks of flight, there were disagreements between crew and ground control. [10] On december 28, 1973, radio transmission was turned off with the crew spending the time relaxing and gazing at the ...

#4 Sergey Vozovikov

Sergei Yuriyevich Vozovikov (17 April 1958 – 11 July 1993) was a member of the Soviet Air Force Cosmonaut Training Group 11. His Cosmonaut training was to take place from October 1, 1991 to March 6, 1992. This was cut short when he drowned on July 11, 1993 during water recovery training in the Black

• ... Space career Cosmonaut REFERENCE "Vozovikov" . www.astronautix.com . Archived from the original on december 28, 2016 . Retrieved 2018-02-16 . David Shayler (June 2000). Disasters and accidents in manned spacefli ...

#5 Akihiko Hoshide

Akihiko Hoshide ( 星出 彰彦 , Hoshide Akihiko , born December 28, 1968) is a Japanese engineer , JAXA astronaut , and former Commander of the International Space Station . On August 30, 2012, Hoshide became the third Japanese astronaut to walk in space. [1] Japanese engineer and JAXA astronaut Akihiko H

• Akihiko Hoshide ( 星出 彰彦 , Hoshide Akihiko , born december 28, 1968) is a Japanese engineer , JAXA astronaut , and former Commander of the International Space Sta ...
• ... naut to walk in space. [1] Japanese engineer and JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide Born ( 1968-12-28 ) december 28, 1968 (age 53) Setagaya, Tokyo , Japan Status Active Nationality Japanese Alma mater Keio University ...

#6 Samantha Cristoforetti

Samantha Cristoforetti , OMRI ( Italian pronunciation:   [saˈmanta kristofoˈretti] ; born in Milan on 26 April 1977) is an Italian European Space Agency astronaut, former Italian Air Force pilot and engineer. She holds the record for the longest uninterrupted spaceflight by a European astronaut (199

• ... stoforetti's record was beaten on 5 June 2017 by Peggy Whitson during Expedition 52 [4] [18] and on 28 december 2019 by Christina Koch during Expedition 60 . [19] Cristoforetti's first mission to the ISS was cal ...

#7 Curtis Brown

Curtis Lee "Curt" Brown Jr. (born March 11, 1956) is a former NASA astronaut and retired United States Air Force colonel . [1] American astronaut For other people named Curtis Brown, see Curtis Brown (disambiguation) . Curtis L. Brown Jr. Born ( 1956-03-11 ) March 11, 1956 (age   66) Elizabethtown,

• ... STS-103 mission was accomplished in 120 Earth orbits, touching down at the Shuttle Landing Facility december 28, 1999 00:01 (UTC) [27] after traveling 3.2 million miles in 191 hours and 11 minutes. [28] POST-NASA ...

#8 Buzz Aldrin

Buzz Aldrin ( / ˈ ɔː l d r ɪ n / ; born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr. ; January 20, 1930) is an American former astronaut , engineer and fighter pilot . He made three spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission. As the Lunar Module Eagle pilot on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, he and mission commander

• ... his father, attended the formal retirement ceremony. [113] POST RETIREMENT Aldrin's father died on december 28, 1974, from complications following a heart attack . [117] Aldrin's autobiographies Return to Earth, ...

#9 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

• ... cientific magazines in Russia and internationally. HONOURS AND AWARDS Twice Hero of Soviet Union , ( 28 december 1973 and 10 December 1982) Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR Order "For Merit to the Fatherland 4th class ...
• ... th class" for important contributions to science development, 29 December 2007 Two Orders of Lenin ( 28 december 1973 and 10 December 1982) Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" Medal "For Construction of the Ba ...

#10 Christina Koch

Christina Hammock Koch ( / k oʊ k / KOHK ; born January 29, 1979) is an American engineer and NASA astronaut of the class of 2013. [1] [2] She received Bachelor of Science degrees in electrical engineering and physics and a Master of Science in electrical engineering at North Carolina State Universi

• ... to replace a down power control unit located outside of the International Space Station. [5] [6] On december 28, 2019, Koch broke the record for longest continuous time in space by a woman. [7] She returned from ...

#11 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

• Michael Scott Hopkins (born december 28, 1968) is a United States Space Force colonel [1] and NASA astronaut . [2] Hopkins was selected in J ...
• ... [3] [4] NASA astronaut, and Colonel in the U.S. Space Force Michael S. Hopkins Born ( 1968-12-28 ) december 28, 1968 (age 53) Lebanon, Missouri , U.S. Status Active Nationality American Alma mater University of ...
• ... ion 64 / 65 ) Mission insignia BIOGRAPHY EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION Michael Scott Hopkins was born on december 28, 1968, in Lebanon, Missouri but grew up on a farm in Richland, Missouri in a United Methodist family ...

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Museum / Museum

#1 Eagle Field (airport)

Eagle Field ( FAA LID : CL01 ) is a privately owned, private use airport in Fresno County, California , United States. [1] It is located seven   nautical miles (8   mi , 13   km ) southwest of the central business district of Dos Palos , [1] a city in neighboring Merced County . [2] Airport in Fresn

• ... y trainer. Also had several PT-17 Stearmans and a few P-40 Warhawks assigned. It was inactivated on december 28, 1944 with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program and was declared surplus and turned over t ...

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Spacecraft / Spacecraft

#1 Progress MS-06

Progress MS-06 ( Russian : Прогресс МC-06 ), identified by NASA as Progress 67P , was a Progress spaceflight operated by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS). It was launched on 14 June 2017. 2017 Russian resupply spaceflight to the ISS Progress MS-06 Progress MS-06 approaches

• ... ur , Site 31/6 Contractor Progress Rocket Space Centre End of mission Disposal Deorbited Decay date 28 december 2017 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit Regime Low Earth orbit Inclination 51.67° ...
• ... ion 51.67° Docking with ISS Docking port Zvezda Docking date 16 June 2017, 11:37 UTC Undocking date 28 december 2017, 01:03:30 UTC Time docked 197 days Cargo Mass 2450 kg Pressurised 1285 kg Fuel 705 kg Gaseous ...
• ... 7 km (average orbital altitude). [ citation needed ] UNDOCKING AND DECAY Progress MS-06 undocked on 28 december 2017 and re-entered the atmosphere at 04:43 UTC. Its debris entered the Pacific Ocean at 04:51:34 U ...

#2 EchoStar I

EchoStar I is a communications satellite operated by EchoStar . Launched in 1995, it was operated in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 77 degrees west for 12 or 15 years. The company has approved the transfer of the 77 degree west orbital position to QuetzSat as of September 22, 2010. This artic

• ... 7 lb) Dimensions 4.08 × 2.22 × 2.54 m (13.4 × 7.3 × 8.3 ft) Power 5 kW Start of mission Launch date december 28, 1995, 11:50 ( 1995-12-28UTC11:50Z ) UTC Rocket Long March 2E EPKM Launch site Xichang LC-2 Orbital ...
• ... enter in Sichuan province of the People's Republic of China . The launch took place at 11:50 UTC on december 28, 1995, with the spacecraft entering a geosynchronous transfer orbit . The spacecraft carried 16 Ku b ...

#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-36A End of mission Disposal Decommissioned Deactivated december 28, 1970 ( 1970-12-29 ) Flyby of Mars Closest approach August 5, 1969 Distance 3,430 kilometers (2,130 ...

#4 Kosmos 1402

Kosmos 1402 ( Russian : Космос 1402 ) was a Soviet spy satellite that malfunctioned, resulting in the uncontrolled re-entry of its nuclear reactor and its radioactive uranium fuel. Kosmos 1402 was launched on August 30, 1982, and re-entered the atmosphere on 23 January 1983. The fission reactor ente

• ... ed in a disposal orbit (about 1000 km ), where the fuel would remain for 500 years. [4] ACCIDENT On 28 december 1982, the ejection system in Kosmos 1402 failed to adequately jettison the reactor to a higher orbi ...

#5 Aist 1

Aist 1 ( Russian : Аист 1 , meaning Stork 1 ) is a Russian technology demonstration satellite which was launched in December 2013. Aist 1 is operated by the Samara Aerospace University , who constructed it in partnership with TsSKB Progress . It is the second launched Aist satellite, following Aist

• ... raft type Aist Manufacturer Samara Aerospace University TsSKB Progress Start of mission Launch date 28 december 2013, 12:30:00 ( 2013-12-28UTC12:30Z ) UTC [1] Rocket Soyuz-2-1v / Volga Launch site Plesetsk 43/4 ...
• ... stage equipped Soyuz-2-1v carrier rocket, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 43 [5] [6] at 12:30 UTC on 28 december 2013, [7] following a series of delays. [8] The same rocket also deployed two SKRL-756 radar calibr ...

#6 Kosmos 24

Kosmos 24 ( Russian : Космос 24 meaning Cosmos 24 ) or Zenit-2 No.15 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite . It was a first generation, low resolution spacecraft. A Zenit-2 satellite, Kosmos 24 was the fifteenth of eighty-one such spacecraft to be launched [3] [4] and had a mass

• ... -03 Launch site Baikonur , Site 1/5 Contractor OKB-1 End of mission Disposal Recovered Landing date 28 december 1963 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric [2] Regime Low Earth Perigee altitude 204 km Ap ...
• ... rbital period of 90.5 minutes. [7] Having spent nine days in orbit, the spacecraft was deorbited on 28 december 1963. Its return capsule descended under parachute for recovery by Soviet forces.

#7 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

• ... 22, 1976, by Henry S. F. Cooper , who claimed that the crew were alleged to have stopped working on december 28, 1973. [39] [25] Cooper also published similar claims in his book A House in Space that same year. [ ...
• ... [25] Subsequently, enough media gave weight to the popular notion that there was a Skylab strike on december 28, 1973, to ensure the narrative was established. [25] NASA, the astronauts involved, and spaceflight ...
• ... and spaceflight historians have confirmed that no strike occurred. NASA has suggested the events of december 28 may have been confused with a day off that was given to the crew on December 26 following the comple ...

#8 SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2

SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2 ( COTS 2 ), also known as Dragon C2+ , was the second test-flight for SpaceX 's uncrewed Cargo Dragon spacecraft. It launched in May 2012 on the third flight of the company's two-stage Falcon 9 launch vehicle. The flight was performed under a funded agreement from NASA as t

• ... ry payload satellites from the Dragon sometime in the first 72 hours after launch; [75] however, on 28 december 2011, SpaceX and Orbcomm announced a revised schedule that dropped the satellite deployment from th ...

#9 Ekspress-AM11

Ekspress-AM11 ( Russian : Экспресс-АМ11 , meaning Express-AM11 ) is a Russian communications satellite . It belongs to the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) based in Moscow , Russia. [5] Russian communications satellite Ekspress-AM11 Names Экспресс-АМ11 Ekspress-AM11 Express-AM11 Missi

• ... n Space Center , using a Proton-K / DM-02 launch vehicle . The launch took place at 23:00:00 UTC on 28 december 2003, from Site 200/39 at Baikonur Cosmodrome , Kazakhstan . [2] Successfully deployed into geostat ...

#10 AsiaSat 6

AsiaSat 6 / Thaicom 7 is a geostationary communications satellite which is operated by the Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company (AsiaSat) and was launched into orbit on 7 September 2014. The satellite project was developed in cooperation between satellite operators AsiaSat and Thaicom . AsiaSat

• ... 2014 had decayed to a 125 km (78 mi) perigee. The derelict second stage reentered the atmosphere on 28 december 2014. [8] THAICOM 7 Satellite fleet operator Thaicom of Thailand has agreed in December 2011 to pay ...

#11 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,

• ... 66, 10:17:00 GMT Rocket Molniya-M 8K78M Launch site Baikonur , Site 1/5 End of mission Last contact 28 december 1966, 06:13 GMT Lunar lander Landing date 24 December 1966, 18:04 GMT Landing site 18.87°N 62.05°W ...
• ... s and the cosmic ray reflectivity of the lunar surface. Transmissions from the spacecraft ceased on 28 december 1966. Luna 13 became the third spacecraft to land successfully on the surface of the Moon (after Lu ...
• ... olith density at 800Kg/m 3 . [2] After a fully successful mission, contact was lost at 06:13 UTC on 28 december when the on-board batteries were exhausted. SEE ALSO List of artificial objects on the Moon

#12 IRS-1C

IRS-1C was the fifth remote sensing Indian satellite built, and designed by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). IRS-1C is first second-generation operational Remote Sensing Satellite. The satellite carries payloads with enhanced capabilities like better spatial resolution additional spectral

• ... ,150 kg (2,540 lb) Dimensions 1.93 m x 1.70 m x 1.65 m Power 809 watts Start of mission Launch date 28 december 1995 06:45:18 UTC Rocket Molniya-M (s/n V15000-040) Launch site Baikonur Cosmodrome , Site 31 Contr ...

#13 Kosmos 1518

Kosmos 1518 ( Russian : Космос 1518 meaning Cosmos 1518 ) was a Soviet US-K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1983 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 15

• ... erties Spacecraft type US-K [2] Launch mass 1,900 kilograms (4,200 lb) Start of mission Launch date 28 december 1983, 03:48 ( 1983-12-28UTC03:48Z ) UTC Rocket Molniya-M / 2BL [2] Launch site Plesetsk Cosmodrome ...
• ... rier rocket with a 2BL upper stage was used to perform the launch, which took place at 03:48 UTC on 28 december 1983. [3] The launch successfully placed the satellite into a molniya orbit . It subsequently recei ...

#14 CAT-1

CAT-1 (also Technological Capsule 1 , [2] also Obélix [3] ) was the first artificial Earth satellite launched by the European Space Agency on their own rocket, the Ariane 1 . It was only intended to provide data on the launch characteristics of the new rocket and was only powered for 8 orbits. [4] N

• ... ( 1979-12-24UTC17:14:38Z ) UTC Rocket Ariane 1 Launch site Kourou ELA-1 End of mission Last contact 28 december 1979 ( 1979-12-29 ) Decay date 27 November 1989 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regi ...

#15 James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope ( JWST ) is a space telescope which conducts infrared astronomy . As the largest optical telescope in space, its high resolution and sensitivity allow it to view objects too old, distant , or faint for the Hubble Space Telescope . This will enable investigations across

• ... second of three mid-course corrections for the telescope to arrive at its L 2 destination. [182] On 28 december 2021, three days after launch, mission controllers began the multi-day deployment of Webb's all-imp ...

#16 Ekspress-AM22

Ekspress-AM22 ( Russian : Экспресс-АМ22 , meaning Express-AM22 ) is a Russian communications satellite . It belongs to the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) based in Moscow , Russia. [5] Russian communications satellite Ekspress-AM22 Names Экспресс-АМ22 SESAT-2 Eutelsat SESAT-2 Ekspres

• ... nch mass 2,600 kg (5,700 lb) Dry mass 590 kg (1,300 lb) [2] Power 6 kW Start of mission Launch date 28 december 2003, 23:00:00 UTC [3] Rocket Proton-K / DM-2M Launch site Baikonur , Site 200/39 Contractor Khruni ...
• ... n Space Center , using a Proton-K / DM-02 launch vehicle . The launch took place at 23:00:00 UTC on 28 december 2003, from Site 200/39 at Baikonur Cosmodrome , Kazakhstan . [3] Successfully deployed into geostat ...

#17 STS-103

STS-103 was a Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission by Space Shuttle Discovery . The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida, on 19 December 1999 and returned on 27 December 1999. It was also the last Shuttle mission of the 1990s, and the only mission to span through Christmas . 1999

• ... er 1999 00:50:00 ( 1999-12-20UTC00:50Z ) UTC Launch site Kennedy LC-39B End of mission Landing date 28 december 1999 00:01:34 ( 1999-12-28UTC00:01:35Z ) UTC Landing site Kennedy SLF Runway 33 Orbital parameters ...