langs: 7 декабря [ru] / december 7 [en] / 7. dezember [de] / 7 décembre [fr] / 7 dicembre [it] / 7 de diciembre [es]
days: december 4 / december 5 / december 6 / december 7 / december 8 / december 9 / december 10
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 Valery Korzun
Valery Grigoryevich Korzun ( Russian : Валерий Григорьевич Корзун , born 5 March 1953) is a Russian cosmonaut . He has been in space twice totalling 381 days. He has also conducted four career spacewalks. Russian cosmonaut Valery Grigoryevich Korzun Валерий Григорьевич Корзун Born ( 1953-03-05 ) 5 M
- ... s such as fires and floods as quickly as they occur. [2] The Expedition 5 crew returned to Earth on december 7, 2002, aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour' s STS-113 mission. The shuttle touched down at KSC Runway 33 ...
#2 Ronald Evans (astronaut)
Ronald Ellwin Evans Jr. (November 10, 1933 – April 7, 1990) was an American electrical engineer , aeronautical engineer , officer and aviator in the United States Navy , and NASA astronaut . As Command Module Pilot on Apollo 17 he was one of the 24 astronauts to have flown to the Moon, and one of
- ... ayton reassured her that this would be taken into consideration. Evans managed to mail the forms on december 7. A few weeks later a letter arrived informing Evans that once again he had made the short list, and ...
#3 Story Musgrave
Franklin Story Musgrave (born August 19, 1935) is an American physician and a retired NASA astronaut . He is a public speaker [2] and consultant to both Disney 's Imagineering group and Applied Minds in California. In 1996, he became only the second astronaut to fly on six spaceflights, and he is th
- ... duration was 10 days, 19 hours, 59 minutes. STS-80 Main article: STS-80 On STS-80 , (November 19 to december 7, 1996), the crew aboard Space Shuttle Columbia deployed and retrieved the Wake Shield Facility (WSF) ...
#4 John Herrington
John Bennett Herrington (born September 14, 1958 in Chickasaw Nation ) is a retired United States Naval Aviator , engineer and former NASA astronaut . In 2002, Herrington became the first enrolled member of a Native American tribe to fly in space. [note 1] Retired United States Naval Aviator and for
- ... n radiators. Endeavour also delivered a new Expedition 6 crew to the Station, returning to Earth on december 7, 2002, with the Expedition 5 crew ending their 6-month stay in space. The total mission duration was ...
#5 Robb Kulin
Robb Michael Kulin (born December 7, 1983) is an American aerospace engineer, entrepreneur, and former NASA astronaut candidate. He was a member of NASA Astronaut Group 22 but resigned before completing astronaut training. [1] [2] [3] Robb Kulin Born Robb Michael Kulin ( 1983-12-07 ) December 7, 198
- Robb Michael Kulin (born december 7, 1983) is an American aerospace engineer, entrepreneur, and former NASA astronaut candidate. He was ...
- ... before completing astronaut training. [1] [2] [3] Robb Kulin Born Robb Michael Kulin ( 1983-12-07 ) december 7, 1983 (age 38) Anchorage, Alaska , U.S. Status Resigned at NASA, working at Firefly Aerospace Alma m ...
#6 William J. Knight
William John "Pete" Knight (November 18, 1929 – May 7, 2004) ( Col , USAF ) was an American aeronautical engineer , politician , Vietnam War combat pilot , test pilot , and astronaut . He was one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15 , an experimental spaceplane jointly operated by the
- ... Succeeded by George Runner Member of the California State Assembly from the 36th district In office december 7, 1992 - November 30, 1996 Preceded by Tom McClintock Succeeded by George Runner Personal details Bor ...
#7 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
- ... stakes had been made by transport staff. Virgin Rail continued to operate the West Coast line until 7 december 2019, when it was replaced by Avanti West Coast . [78] In September 2014, Branson announced his inv ...
- ... ranked in 2007's Time magazine ' s list of the 100 Most Influential People in The World . [170] On 7 december 2007, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon presented Branson with the United Nations Corres ...
#8 Robert Curbeam
Robert Lee Curbeam, Jr. (born March 5, 1962) is a former NASA astronaut and captain in the United States Navy . [1] He currently holds the record for the most spacewalks during a single spaceflight, accomplished during the STS-116 mission, when Curbeam completed four spacewalks. [1] American astrona
- ... ronaut Christer Fuglesang (Sweden) and one along with astronaut Sunita Williams . [1] AFTER NASA On december 7, 2007, NASA announced that Curbeam had chosen to leave NASA after 13 years, to pursue a job in the p ...
#9 Kent Rominger
Kent Vernon "Rommel" Rominger (born August 7, 1956) is an American former astronaut , former NASA Chief of the Astronaut Office at Johnson Space Center , and a captain in the United States Navy . Rominger holds the Space Shuttle Orbiter flight time record with 1610 hours. [1] He joined ATK Launch Sy
- ... a total of 15 days, 21 hours, and 52 minutes in space. [3] STS-80, also in Columbia (November 19 to december 7, 1996) was a 17-day mission during which the crew deployed and retrieved the Wake Shield Facility (W ...
#10 Mark Kelly
Mark Edward Kelly (born February 21, 1964) is an American politician, businessman, retired astronaut , and U.S. Navy captain serving as the junior United States senator from Arizona since December 2020. [3] A member of the Democratic Party , he was elected in the special election triggered by the de
- ... orbiting outpost. [17] The hatches were opened between Endeavour and the ISS Destiny Laboratory on december 7, enabling the 10 crew members to greet one another. The Expedition 3 crew officially ended their 117 ...
#11 Jim Wetherbee
James Donald "Wxb" Wetherbee (born November 27, 1952) ( Capt , USN , Ret.), is a retired United States Navy officer and aviator , test pilot , aerospace engineer , and NASA astronaut . He is a veteran of six Space Shuttle missions and is the only American to have commanded five spaceflight missions.
- ... ission duration was 307 hours and 49 minutes. [9] : 152–153 STS-113 : Endeavour (November 23 to december 7, 2002) was the sixteenth Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station. The launch occurr ...
- ... n radiators. Endeavour also delivered a new Expedition 6 crew to the Station, returning to Earth on december 7, 2002, with the Expedition 5 crew ending their 6-month stay in space . The total mission duration wa ...
#12 Sergey Treshchov
Sergey Yevgenyevich Treshchov ( Russian : Сергей Евгеньевич Трещёв ; born 18 August 1958) is a former cosmonaut of the RSC Energia . He spent 184 days in space as a flight engineer of the International Space Station long duration Expedition 5 crew. During the mission he also conducted a spacewalk. S
- ... while the crew also conducted psychological experiments. The Expedition 5 crew returned to Earth on december 7, 2002, aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour ' s STS-113 mission. [2] The shuttle touched down at KSC Runwa ...
#13 Kenneth Cockrell
Kenneth Dale " Taco " Cockrell (born April 9, 1950) is a retired American astronaut , engineer and a veteran of five Space Shuttle missions. He served as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1997 to 1998. [1] For the similarly named interim mayor of Detroit, see Kenneth Cockrel, Jr. This article has m
- ... the pilot on STS-69 (September 7–18, 1995), and was the mission commander on STS-80 (November 19 to december 7, 1996, STS-98 (February 7–20, 2001), and STS-111 (June 5–19, 2002). Cockrell was reassigned in Febru ...
- ... let Satellite , studied the origin and makeup of stars. STS-80 launchedNovember 19, 1996 and landed december 7, 1996. Mission duration was a record-breaking 17 days, 15 hours, 53 minutes. [4] STS-98 Cockrell as ...
#14 Bill Bridgeman
William Barton Bridgeman (June 25, 1916 – September 29, 1968) was an American test pilot who broke aviation records while working for the Douglas Aircraft Company , testing experimental aircraft. In July 1951, the United States Navy announced the D-558-II Skyrocket piloted by Bridgeman had "attained
- ... as commissioned in 1941, and was sent to Pearl Harbor , where he experienced the Japanese attack on december 7 . He flew PBY flying boats in the New Guinea/Australia sector, then four-engined PB4Y-2 Privateer pa ...
#15 Carl E. Walz
Carl Erwin Walz (Colonel, USAF, Ret.) (born 6 September 1955) is a retired NASA astronaut currently working for Orbital Sciences Corporation's Advanced Programs Group as vice president for Human Space Flight Operations. Walz was formerly assigned to the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate at NAS
- ... crew launched on 5 December 2001, aboard STS-108 and docked with the International Space Station on 7 december 2001. During a 6½ month stay aboard the Space Station, the crew of three (two American astronauts a ...
#16 Lisa Nowak
Lisa Marie Nowak (née Caputo , born May 10, 1963) is an American aeronautical engineer , and former NASA astronaut and United States Navy captain . Nowak served as naval flight officer and test pilot in the Navy, and was selected by NASA for NASA Astronaut Group 16 in 1996, qualifying as a mission s
- ... es related to the assault and battery to be dropped before trial began. The trial was scheduled for december 7, 2009. On November 10, 2009, Nowak entered a guilty plea to felony burglary and misdemeanor battery ...
#17 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
- ... ces, as well as commercial payloads. [27] The Expedition 5 crew returned to Earth aboard STS-113 on december 7, 2002. Completing her first flight, Whitson logged 184 days, 22 hours and 14 minutes in space. EXPED ...
#18 Charles Duke
Charles Moss Duke Jr. (born October 3, 1935) is an American former astronaut , United States Air Force (USAF) officer and test pilot . As lunar module pilot of Apollo 16 in 1972, he became the tenth and youngest person to walk on the Moon , at age 36 years and 201 days. [note 1] For the British Labo
- ... rs, who fought in the American Revolutionary War . [2] After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on december 7, 1941, brought the United States into World War II , his father volunteered to join the Navy, and wa ...
#19 Daniel W. Bursch
Daniel Wheeler Bursch (born July 25, 1957 [2] ) is a former NASA astronaut , and Captain of the United States Navy . He had four spaceflights , the first three of which were Space Shuttle missions lasting 10 to 11 days each. His fourth and final spaceflight was a long-duration stay aboard the Intern
- ... crew launched on December 5, 2001 aboard STS-108 and docked with the International Space Station on december 7, 2001. During a 6½ month stay aboard the Space Station, the Expedition 4 crew of three (two American ...
#20 Kevin R. Kregel
Kevin Richard Kregel (born September 16, 1956) is an American former astronaut, and former member of the Space Launch Initiative Project at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center . Kevin R. Kregel Born Kevin Richard Kregel ( 1956-09-16 ) September 16, 1956 (age 65) Amityville, New York , U.S. Status R
- ... decided to retire from NASA. He went on to become a pilot for Southwest Airlines until retiring on december 7, 2018. SPACE FLIGHT EXPERIENCE STS-70 Discovery (July 13–22, 1995) was a 9-day mission during which ...
Museum / Museum
#1 Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum
Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum (formerly the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor ) is a non-profit founded in 1999 to develop an aviation museum in Hawaii . [3] Part of Senator Daniel Inouye 's vision for a rebirth of Ford Island , the museum hosts a variety of aviation exhibits with a majority relat
- ... arl Harbor and World War II . The first section of the museum, hangar 37, opened with the museum on december 7, 2006, and features much of the museum's static exhibits. The museum's hangars show damage from the ...
- ... he museum's static exhibits. The museum's hangars show damage from the attacks on Pearl Harbor from december 7, 1941. Aviation museum in Hawaii, United States Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum Former name Pacific Avi ...
- ... mony was held March 21, 2006 for the $75,000,000 construction of the museum. [13] [14] It opened on december 7, 2006 on the 65th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor . [15] In 2006, its board consisted of f ...
- ... to cost $5,000,000. [35] The plane, called " Swamp Ghost ", was supposed to fly to Hickam Field on december 7, 1941 but was delayed due to engine trouble and avoided the attack. [35] Later, it was used in the F ...
#2 National Museum of Commercial Aviation
The National Museum of Commercial Aviation (NMCA) was the nation's first comprehensive airline industry museum in the United States. It was located in Forest Park, Georgia , just south of Atlanta and Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport . It was founded in 2006 by Executive Director & Chief Cura
- ... al Museum of Commercial Aviation Location within Metro Atlanta Established 9 January 2006 Dissolved 7 december 2016 Location Forest Park, Georgia , south of Atlanta 's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport C ...
#3 Floyd Bennett Field
Floyd Bennett Field is an airfield in the Marine Park neighborhood of southeast Brooklyn in New York City , along the shore of Jamaica Bay . The airport originally hosted commercial and general aviation traffic before being used as a naval air station . Bennett Field is currently part of the Gateway
- ... tt Field was the best place to put its air station in New York. After the attack on Pearl Harbor on december 7, 1941, the Navy sought to acquire the property, as well as surrounding land, as soon as possible. [1 ...
#4 Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum
The Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum is an aviation museum in McMinnville, Oregon . Its exhibits include the Hughes H-4 Hercules ( Spruce Goose ) and more than fifty military and civilian aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles (drones), and spacecraft . The museum complex includes four main buildings:
- ... (flaps, ailerons, rudder, and elevators) were assembled later. The last piece was put into place on december 7, 2001. The name of the museum has evolved. Initially known as the Evergreen Museum , it changed in 1 ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 CBERS-4
China–Brazil Earth Resources Satellite 4 ( CBERS-4 ), also known as Ziyuan I-04 or Ziyuan 1E , is a remote sensing satellite intended for operation as part of the China–Brazil Earth Resources Satellite program between the Chinese Center for Resources Satellite Data and Application and Brazilian Nati
- ... nstitute for Space Research . [1] The fifth CBERS satellite to fly, it was successfully launched on 7 december 2014. It replaces CBERS-3 which was lost in a launch failure in December 2013. Chinese-Brazilian re ...
- ... ] Launch mass 1,980 kilograms (4,370 pounds) [2] Power 2,300 watts [2] Start of mission Launch date 7 december 2014, 03:26 ( 2014-12-07UTC03:26Z ) UTC Rocket Chang Zheng 4B Launch site Taiyuan Satellite Launch ...
- ... H A Chang Zheng 4B carrier rocket was used to launch CBERS-4. The launch took place at 03:26 UTC on 7 december 2014, using Launch Complex 9 at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center . The satellite was successfull ...
#2 STS-108
STS-108 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour . Its primary objective was to deliver supplies to and help maintain the ISS. 2001 American crewed spaceflight to the ISS STS-108 Godwin on Endeavour ' s Canadarm during an EVA Names Space T
- ... 51.6 degrees Period 92 minutes Docking with ISS Docking port PMA-2 ( Destiny forward) Docking date 7 december 2001, 20:03 UTC Undocking date 15 December 2001, 17:28 UTC Time docked 7 days, 21 hours, 24 minutes ...
- ... ON HIGHLIGHTS The hatches were opened between Endeavour and the ISS Destiny Laboratory at 22:42 UTC 7 december 2001, enabling the ten crew members to greet one another. The Expedition 3 crew officially ended th ...
- ... ce Station during STS-108 STS-108 crew with ISS Expedition 3 and 4 crews The launch of Endeavour on 7 december 2001 STS-108 lands at the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center . SEE ALSO Spaceflight p ...
#3 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
- ... was tentatively postponed 48 hours to 8 December 2007, at 15:43 EST (20:43 UTC). [21] [22] [23] On 7 december 2007, managers evaluated the options to fly, under the flight rationale guidelines. The issue was t ...
- ... ilding, and would rule out a December launch. [24] Following the Mission Management Team meeting on 7 december 2007, Shuttle Program Director Wayne Hale explained during the press briefing that the team had dis ...
#4 Pioneer 3
Pioneer 3 was a spin-stabilized spacecraft launched at 05:45:12 GMT [2] on 6 December 1958 by the U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency in conjunction with the NASA , using a Juno II rocket. This spacecraft was intended as a lunar probe, but failed to go past the Moon and into a heliocentric orbit as p
- ... 06UTC05:45:12Z ) GMT [1] Rocket Juno II Launch site Cape Canaveral , LC-5 End of mission Decay date 7 december 1958, 19:51 ( 1958-12-07UTC19:52Z ) GMT Pioneer ← Pioneer 2 Pioneer 4 → SPACECRAFT DESIGN Pioneer 3 ...
- ... Earth) before falling back to Earth. It re-entered Earth's atmosphere and burned up over Africa on 7 december at approximately 19:51 GMT (2:51 p.m. EST) at an estimated location of 16.4° N, 18.6° E. The probe ...
#5 Kosmos 459
Kosmos 459 ( Russian : Космос 459 meaning Cosmos 459 ), also known as DS-P1-M No.5 was a satellite which was used as a target for tests of anti-satellite weapons . It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1971 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme, [1] and used as a target for Kosmos 462 , a
- ... 2. Two major pieces of debris were associated with the satellite, which decayed from orbit on 1 and 7 december 1971. [2] [5] Kosmos 459 was the fourth of the five original DS-P1-M satellites to be launched, [1] ...
#6 STS-133
STS-133 ( ISS assembly flight ULF5 ) [6] was the 133rd mission in NASA 's Space Shuttle program ; during the mission, Space Shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station . It was Discovery ' s 39th and final mission. The mission launched on 24 February 2011, and landed on 9 March 201
- ... al months. [44] "What we've told the agency leadership is that clearly we're not ready for the 3 to 7 december window that's coming up next week," John Shannon, NASA's SSP manager, said in a news conference hel ...
#7 Nahuel 1A
Nahuel 1A was a Spacebus 2000NG satellite manufactured Dornier Satellitensysteme as prime contractor with Aérospatiale of Cannes-Mandelieu supplying the bus. It was launched on January 30, 1997 by an Ariane 44L launcher along companion GE-2 . [6] The satellite was located in the 71.8 degrees West sl
- ... drift to an inclined orbit. The satellite was kept transmitting to protect the slot rights. [2] On december 7, 2007 2B started misbehaving, and plans for transferring the satellite to a graveyard orbit were dra ...
#8 Jason-1
Jason-1 [1] was a satellite altimeter oceanography mission. It sought to monitor global ocean circulation , study the ties between the ocean and the atmosphere , improve global climate forecasts and predictions, and monitor events such as El Niño and ocean eddies . [2] Jason-1 was launched in 2001 a
- ... rer Thales Alenia Space Launch mass 500 kg (1,100 lb) Power 1000 watts Start of mission Launch date 7 december 2001, 15:07:00 UTC Rocket Delta II Launch site Vandenberg , SLC-2W Contractor Boeing Defense, Space ...
- ... arth by ocean currents, and how these processes affect weather and climate. Jason-1 was launched on 7 december 2001 from Vandenberg Air Force Base , in California , aboard a Delta II Launch vehicle . During the ...
#9 SaudiSat 5A,5B
SaudiSat 5A and 5B are two Saudi satellites were developed, manufactured and operated by the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST). The aim of these satellites is to provide high-resolution images of the planet's surface from low earth orbits which will be utilized for urban plannin
- ... 425 kg Launch history Status Active [ edit on Wikidata ] LAUNCH SaudiSat 5A and 5B were launched on december 7, 2018, at 04:12 (UTC) by the Chinese orbital carrier rocket Long March 2D from the Jiuquan Satellite ...
#10 STS-88
STS-88 was the first Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). It was flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour , and took the first American module, the Unity node , to the station. [2] First Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station STS-88 Endeavour ' s Canadarm positio
- ... 2.4 minutes Docking with ISS Docking port Zarya forward (via PMA-2 , Unity and PMA-1 ) Docking date 7 december 1998, 02:07 UTC Undocking date 13 December 1998, 20:24 UTC Time docked 6 days, 18 hours 17 minutes ...
- ... r, at 9:07 pm EST , Cabana fired Endeavour' s downward jets to bring the two modules together. [20] 7 december (FLIGHT DAY 5, EVA 1) During a 7-hour, 21-minute spacewalk , astronauts Jerry Ross and Jim Newman h ...
- ... eeded ] Spacewalkers Start ( UTC ) End ( UTC ) Duration Mission EVA 1 Jerry L. Ross James H. Newman 7 december 1998 22:10 8 December 1998 05:31 7 hours, 21 minutes Began Unity installation. EVA 2 Ross Newman 9 ...
#11 USA-272
USA-272 , or Wideband Global SATCOM 8 ( WGS-8 ) is a United States military communications satellite operated by the United States Air Force as part of the Wideband Global SATCOM programme. Launched in 2016, it was the eighth WGS satellite to reach orbit. It is stationed at a longitude of 135° West,
- ... nch mass 5,987 kg (13,199 lb) Dry mass 3,000 kg (6,600 lb) Power 11 kW Start of mission Launch date 7 december 2016, 23:52 UTC [1] Rocket Delta IV M+ (5,4) (s/n D376) Launch site Cape Canaveral , SLC-37B Contra ...
- ... Complex 37B (SLC-37B) at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), with liftoff at 23:52 UTC on 7 december 2016. [1] The launch was successful, placing the WGS-8 into a geostationary transfer orbit (GTO), f ...
#12 Mariner 4
Mariner 4 (together with Mariner 3 known as Mariner-Mars 1964 ) was the fourth in a series of spacecraft intended for planetary exploration in a flyby mode. It was designed to conduct closeup scientific observations of Mars and to transmit these observations to Earth . Launched on November 28, 1964,
- ... by of that comet's possibly shattered nucleus at 20 million kilometres (12 million miles) . [20] On december 7 the gas supply in the attitude control system was exhausted, and between December 10 and 11, a total ...
#13 SpaceX CRS-21
SpaceX CRS-21 , also known as SpX-21 , was a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station which launched on 6 December 2020. [1] [2] The mission was contracted by NASA and was flown by SpaceX using a Cargo Dragon 2 . This was the first flight for SpaceX under NASA's CRS Pha
- ... Regime Low Earth orbit Inclination 51.66° Docking with ISS Docking port Harmony zenith Docking date 7 december 2020, 18:40 UTC [5] Undocking date 12 January 2021, 14:05 UTC [6] Time docked 35 days, 19 hours, 25 ...
#14 Soyuz 16
Soyuz 16 ( Russian : Союз 16 , Union 16 ) was a December, 1974, crewed test flight for a joint Soviet -United States space flight which culminated in the Apollo-Soyuz mission in July 1975. The two-man Soviet crew, Anatoly Filipchenko and Nikolai Rukavishnikov , tested a docking ring and other system
- ... d from 20% to 40% to test reducing the planned transfer time to Apollo from two to one hour. [5] On 7 december 1974, the docking ring was jettisoned with explosive bolts to test emergency measures if the captur ...
#15 Lunar Orbiter 2
The 1966 Lunar Orbiter 2 robotic spacecraft mission, part of the Lunar Orbiter Program , was designed primarily to photograph smooth areas of the lunar surface for selection and verification of safe landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo missions. It was also equipped to collect selenodetic , rad
- ... (30.9 mi) five days later after 33 orbits. A failure of the amplifier on the final day of readout, december 7, resulted in the loss of six photographs. On December 8, 1966 the inclination was altered to 17.5 de ...
- ... he spacecraft acquired photographic data from November 18 to 25, 1966, and readout occurred through december 7, 1966. A total of 609 high-resolution and 208 medium-resolution frames were returned, most of excell ...
#16 STS-135
STS-135 ( ISS assembly flight ULF7 ) [4] was the 135th and final mission of the American Space Shuttle program . [5] [6] It used the orbiter Atlantis and hardware originally processed for the STS-335 contingency mission, which was not flown. STS-135 launched on 8 July 2011, and landed on 21 July 201
- ... ound technicians installed the main engines on Atlantis . The Shuttle received the center engine on 7 december 2010, followed by the lower-right engine and the lower-left on 8 and 9 December 2010 respectively i ...
#17 Mars Polar Lander
The Mars Polar Lander , also known as the Mars Surveyor '98 Lander , was a 290-kilogram robotic spacecraft lander launched by NASA on January 3, 1999, to study the soil and climate of Planum Australe , a region near the south pole on Mars . It formed part of the Mars Surveyor '98 mission . On Decemb
- ... , the spacecraft instruments would be checked by operators and science experiments were to begin on december 7 and last for at least the following 90 Martian Sols , with the possibility of an extended mission. [ ...
#18 Discoverer 18
Discoverer 18 , also known as Corona 9013 , was an American optical reconnaissance satellite launched on 7 December 1960 at 20:24:00 GMT. [1] It was the first successful, and the third of ten total Corona KH-2 satellites, based on the Agena-B . [2] Reconnaissance satellite Discoverer 18 Mission type
- ... verer 18 , also known as Corona 9013 , was an American optical reconnaissance satellite launched on 7 december 1960 at 20:24:00 GMT. [1] It was the first successful, and the third of ten total Corona KH-2 satel ...
- ... s Agena-B Manufacturer Lockheed Launch mass 1,240 kilograms (2,730 lb) Start of mission Launch date 7 december 1960, 20:24:00 ( 1960-12-07UTC20:24Z ) GMT Rocket Thor DM-21 Agena-B (Thor 296) Launch site Vandenb ...
- ... 34 MISSION The launch of Discoverer 18. The launch of Discoverer 18 occurred at 20:24:00 GMT on 7 december 1960. A Thor DM-21 Agena-B rocket was used, flying from LC 75-3-4 at the Vandenberg Air Force Base ...
#19 SpaceX CRS-9
SpaceX CRS-9 , also known as SpX-9 , is a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station which launched on 18 July 2016. [7] [8] The mission was contracted by NASA and is operated by SpaceX using a Dragon capsule. 2016 American resupply spaceflight to the ISS "CRS-9" redirect
- ... ght Planning Integration Panel (FPIP) presentation had this mission scheduled no earlier than (NET) 7 december 2015. [9] By December 2014, the launch had been pushed back to NET 9 December 2015. [10] Following ...
#20 SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 1
SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 1 was the first orbital spaceflight of the Dragon cargo spacecraft , and the second overall flight of the Falcon 9 rocket manufactured by SpaceX . It was also the first demonstration flight for NASA 's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program. [4] The primary
- ... dress rehearsal was conducted on 15 September 2010, and the launch was targeted for no earlier than 7 december 2010. [10] On 22 November 2010, SpaceX announced that it had received a license for spacecraft re-e ...
- ... nd before ignition due to a high-pressure reading. [ citation needed ] The flight was to proceed on 7 december 2010. However, several cracks were noted on the outer portions of the niobium extension of the seco ...