langs: 30 декабря [ru] / december 30 [en] / 30. dezember [de] / 30 décembre [fr] / 30 dicembre [it] / 30 de diciembre [es]
days: december 27 / december 28 / december 29 / december 30 / december 31 / january 1 / january 2
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 Vladimir Shatalov
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov ( Russian : Владимир Александрович Шаталов ; December 8, 1927 – June 15, 2021) [2] was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut who flew three space missions of the Soyuz programme : Soyuz 4 , Soyuz 8 , and Soyuz 10 . [1] Soviet cosmonaut (1927–2021) Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sh
- ... e Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" 3rd class (February 22, 1989) Medal "For Battle Merit" ( december 30, 1952) Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Leni ...
#2 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
- ... ee of Doctor of Technology from Loughborough University . [165] In the New Years Honours list dated 30 december 1999, Elizabeth II signified her intention to confer the honour of Knight Bachelor on him for his " ...
#3 Daniel T. Barry
Daniel Thomas Barry (born December 30, 1953) is an American engineer, scientist, television personality, and a retired NASA astronaut . He was a contestant on the CBS reality television program Survivor: Panama , as well as on BattleBots on ABC . [2] He was at Singularity University from 2009 to 201
- Daniel Thomas Barry (born december 30, 1953) is an American engineer, scientist, television personality, and a retired NASA astronaut . He ...
- ... r Robotics. [6] [7] American engineer, scientist, and astronaut Daniel T. Barry Born ( 1953-12-30 ) december 30, 1953 (age 68) [1] Norwalk , Connecticut Status Retired Nationality American Alma mater Cornell Univ ...
#4 Steven Smith (astronaut)
Steven Lee Smith (born December 30, 1958), is an American technology executive and former NASA astronaut , being a veteran of four space flights covering 16 million miles and seven spacewalks totaling 49 hours and 25 minutes. Smith’s spacewalk time places him in the top ten on the all-time American
- Steven Lee Smith (born december 30, 1958), is an American technology executive and former NASA astronaut , being a veteran of four spac ...
- ... merican and World spacewalk duration lists. [1] American astronaut Steven Smith Born ( 1958-12-30 ) december 30, 1958 (age 63) Phoenix , Arizona Status Retired Nationality American Occupation Administrator Space ...
#5 John S. Bull
John Sumter Bull (September 25, 1934 – August 11, 2008), was an American naval officer and aviator , fighter pilot , test pilot , mechanical and aeronautical engineer , and NASA astronaut . U.S. Navy test pilot, engineer and astronaut For other uses, see John Bull (disambiguation) . John S. Bull Por
- ... with two sons and a daughter: Jeffrey Tyler (July 27, 1965 – January 28, 1977), [7] Scott A. (born december 30, 1968) and Whitney A. (born August 1, 1971), and four grandchildren. [3] ILLNESS AND DEATH Bull died ...
#6 Charles Bassett
Charles Arthur Bassett II (December 30, 1931 – February 28, 1966), ( Major , USAF ), was an American electrical engineer and United States Air Force test pilot . He went to Ohio State University for two years and later graduated from Texas Tech University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electri
- Charles Arthur Bassett II ( december 30, 1931 – February 28, 1966), ( Major , USAF ), was an American electrical engineer and United States ...
- ... tt (disambiguation) . Charles Bassett Bassett in 1964 Born Charles Arthur Bassett II ( 1931-12-30 ) december 30, 1931 Dayton, Ohio , U.S. Died February 28, 1966 (1966-02-28) (aged 34) St. Louis, Missouri , U.S. R ...
- ... e Moon during the Apollo 15 mission. EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION Charles Arthur Bassett II was born on december 30, 1931, in Dayton, Ohio , to Charles "Pete" Bassett and Belle ( née James) Bassett. [1] Bassett was a ...
Museum / Museum
#1 Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum
The Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum , the largest aviation museum in Illinois , [ citation needed ] occupied part of the grounds of the decommissioned Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul, Illinois . It and the base were named for Octave Chanute , railroad engineer and aviation pioneer. The museum was
- ... [2] [3] On 23 April 2015, it was announced that the museum would be closing due to lack of funds on december 30 of that year. [4] [5] However, the closing date was later moved up and the museum closed on November ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 Cygnus OA-6
OA-6 , previously known as Orbital-6 , is the sixth flight of the Orbital ATK uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its fifth flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract with NASA . [4] [7] The mission launched on 23 March 2016 at 03:05:52 UTC .
- ... ans to launch two more Cygnus cargo missions in 2016: Cygnus OA-5 on 6 July 2016 and Cygnus OA-7 on 30 december 2016. They will be followed by three flights from the extended contract: Cygnus OA-8E on 12 June 20 ...
#2 USA-66
USA-66 , also known as GPS IIA-1 , GPS II-10 and GPS SVN-23 , was an American navigation satellite which formed part of the Global Positioning System . It was the first of nineteen Block IIA GPS satellites to be launched, and was the oldest GPS satellite still in operation until its decommissioning
- ... 5 (Delta D201) [3] Launch site Cape Canaveral , LC-17A Contractor McDonnell Douglas Entered service 30 december 1990 End of mission Disposal Graveyard orbit Deactivated 25 January 2016 [4] Orbital parameters Ref ...
- ... he satellite raised itself into medium Earth orbit using a Star-37XFP apogee motor . [2] MISSION On 30 december 1990, USA-66 was in an orbit with a perigee of 19,935 km (12,387 mi) , an apogee of 20,279 km (12,6 ...
#3 Voyager 2
Voyager 2 is a space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977, to study the outer planets and interstellar space beyond the Sun's heliosphere . As a part of the Voyager program , it was launched 16 days before its twin, Voyager 1 , on a trajectory that took longer to reach gas giants Jupiter and Sa
- ... 0, 1977, with a Titan IIIE / Centaur Animation of Voyager 2 ' s trajectory from August 20, 1977, to december 30, 2000 Voyager 2 · Earth · Jupiter · Saturn · Uranus · Neptune · Sun Trajectory of Voyager 2 primary ...
#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
- ... antenna section was the first part of the satellite to re-enter, it burned up in the atmosphere on december 30, 1982. The main satellite bus of Kosmos 1402 reentered the Earth's atmosphere on January 23, 1983, s ...
#5 NOAA-14
NOAA-14 , also known as NOAA-J before launch, was an American weather satellite operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA-14 continued the third-generation operational, Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite ( POES ) series operated by the National Environmental Sa
- ... n [1] Launch mass 1,420 kg (3,130 lb) [2] Dry mass 1,050 kg (2,310 lb) Start of mission Launch date 30 december 1994, 10:02:00 UTC [3] Rocket Atlas-E Star-37S-ISS (Atlas S/N 11E) Launch site Vandenberg , SLC-3W ...
- ... ystem TIROS program ← NOAA-13 NOAA-15 → LAUNCH NOAA-14 was launched on an Atlas E launch vehicle on 30 december 1994 from Vandenberg Air Force Base , Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 3 (SLC-3W), California . SPAC ...
#6 Kosmos 307
Kosmos 307 ( Russian : Космос 307 meaning Cosmos 307 ), known before launch as DS-P1-Yu No.22 , was a Soviet satellite launched in 1969 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 250-kilogram (550 lb) spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau , and was used as a rada
- ... -24UTC13:01:58Z ) UTC Rocket Kosmos-2I 63SM Launch site Kapustin Yar 86/4 End of mission Decay date 30 december 1970 ( 1970-12-31 ) Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Low Earth Perigee altitud ...
- ... iod of 107.7 minutes. [1] [4] It remained in orbit until it decayed and reentered the atmosphere on 30 december 1970. [4] It was the twenty-sixth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites to be launched, [1] and the t ...
#7 Apollo 10
Apollo 10 (May 18–26, 1969) was a human spaceflight , the fourth crewed mission in the United States Apollo program , and the second (after Apollo 8 ) to orbit the Moon. NASA described it as a "dress rehearsal" for the first Moon landing , [2] and designated it an "F" mission , intended to test
- ... ecember 1968, and the complete launch vehicle was erected in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on december 30. After being tested in an altitude chamber, the CSM was placed atop the launch vehicle on February 6 ...
#8 International Space Station
The International Space Station ( ISS ) is the largest modular space station currently in low Earth orbit . It is a multinational collaborative project involving five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA (Japan), ESA (Europe), and CSA (Canada). [7] [8] The own
- ... Zvezda aft CREWED Main article: List of human spaceflights to the International Space Station As of 30 december 2021 [ref] , 256 people from 20 countries had visited the space station, many of them multiple time ...
#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
- ... Ultraviolet Camera/Spectrograph . [15] They continued to photograph it as it approached the Sun. On december 30, as it swept out from behind the Sun, Carr and Gibson spotted it as they were performing a spacewalk ...
- ... rol. [23] [24] Both Carr and Gibson stated that this event partially contributed to a discussion on december 30, 1973, in which the crew and ground control capsule communicator Richard H. Truly revisited the astr ...
#10 Cygnus OA-5
OA-5 , previously known as Orbital-5 , was the seventh planned flight of the Orbital Sciences' uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its sixth flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA . [13] [14] The mission launched on 17 October 2016 at
- ... ,687 kg (3,719 lb) OTHER OA PROJECTS NASA had planned the next Cygnus flight, Cygnus CRS OA-7 , for 30 december 2016. However, in October 2016, it was announced that OA-7 was being delayed until March 2017 and s ...
#11 KOMPSAT-1
KOMPSAT-1 ( Korean Multi-purpose Satellite-1 ), also known as Arirang-1 , [3] was a satellite created by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) and launched by a United States launch vehicle on 21 December 1999. This was the first satellite built primarily by South Korean engineers, although
- ... 76E Contractor Orbital Sciences Corporation End of mission Deactivated 31 January 2008 Last contact 30 december 2007 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit [2] Regime Sun-synchronous orbit Altitude ...
- ... ional, a Korean shipping firm. [7] The KOMPSAT-1 was succeeded by the KOMPSAT-2 in 2006. MISSION On 30 december 2007, the KARI reported that they had lost contact with the satellite. [1] It is suspected to have ...
#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
- ... decommissioned in orbit on 1 October 2019 by terminating the communication radio and power. [1] On 30 december 2019, Guinness World Records recognized Tsubame's achievement, which reached the lowest altitude ev ...
#13 Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer
The Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer ( RXTE ) was a NASA satellite that observed the time variation of astronomical X-ray sources, named after physicist Bruno Rossi . The RXTE had three instruments — an All Sky Monitor, the High-Energy X-ray Timing Experiment (HEXTE) and the Proportional Counter Array. T
- ... rd Space Flight Center Launch mass 3,200 kg (7,100 lb) Power 800 watts Start of mission Launch date 30 december 1995, 13:48:00 UTC Rocket Delta II 7920-10 (Delta 230) Launch site Cape Canaveral , SLC-17A Contrac ...
- ... nch site Cape Canaveral , SLC-17A Contractor McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company Entered service 30 december 1995 End of mission Deactivated 12 January 2012 Decay date 30 April 2018 [1] Orbital parameters Ref ...
- ... orer (Explorer 70) → RXTE had a mass of 3,200 kg (7,100 lb) and was launched from Cape Canaveral on 30 december 1995, at 13:48:00 UTC , on a Delta II launch vehicle . Its International Designator is 1995-074A. [ ...
#14 Cassini–Huygens
Cassini–Huygens ( / k ə ˈ s iː n i ˈ h ɔɪ ɡ ən z / kə- SEE -nee HOY -gənz ), commonly called Cassini , was a space-research mission by NASA , the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to send a space probe to study the planet Saturn and its system, including its rings and n
- ... uary 23, 2000 Distance 1,600,000 km (990,000 mi) Flyby of Jupiter (Gravity assist) Closest approach december 30, 2000 Distance 9,852,924 km (6,122,323 mi) Saturn orbiter Orbital insertion July 1, 2004, 02:48 UTC ...
- ... fication . ( October 2018 ) A Jupiter flyby picture Cassini made its closest approach to Jupiter on december 30, 2000, at 9.7 million kilometers, and made many scientific measurements. About 26,000 images of Jupi ...
#15 Kosmos 12
Kosmos 12 ( Russian : Космос 12 meaning Cosmos 12 ) or Zenit-2 No.6 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1962. A Zenit-2 spacecraft, Kosmos 12 was the seventh of eighty-one such satellites to be launched. [3] [4] Kosmos 12 Mission type Optical imaging reconnaissance
- ... -10 Launch site Baikonur , Site 1/5 Contractor OKB-1 End of mission Disposal Recovered Landing date 30 december 1962 Landing site Steppe in Kazakhstan Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric [2] Regime Lo ...
- ... 2 kilometres (244 mi) , with an inclination of 65.0°, and an orbital period of 90.5 minutes. [2] On 30 december 1962, the spacecraft was deorbited, with its return capsule descending by parachute for recovery by ...
#16 Gemini 11
Gemini 11 (officially Gemini XI ) [2] was the ninth crewed spaceflight mission of NASA 's Project Gemini , which flew from September 12 to 15, 1966. It was the 17th crewed American flight and the 25th spaceflight to that time (includes X-15 flights over 100 kilometers (54 nmi) ). Astronauts Charle
- ... 9.7 km) 1st apogee 165.8 nautical miles (307.1 km) Period 90.56 min Inclination 28.84 deg Reentered december 30, 1966 FLIGHT Arabian Peninsula (top left) and northeast Africa (bottom) as seen from the orbiting Ge ...
#17 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
- ... er launch, mission controllers began the multi-day deployment of Webb's all-important sunshield. On 30 december 2021, controllers successfully completed two more steps in unpacking the observatory. First, comman ...
#18 SCORE (satellite)
SCORE ( Signal Communications by Orbiting Relay Equipment ) was the world's first purpose-built communications satellite . Launched aboard an American Atlas rocket on December 18, 1958, SCORE provided the second test of a communications relay system in space (the first having been provided by the US
- ... 1958 23:02:00 GMT Rocket Atlas-B 10B Launch site Cape Canaveral , LC-11 End of mission Last contact 30 december 1958 Decay date 21 January 1959 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric [2] Regime Low Earth ...