langs: 13 февраля [ru] / february 13 [en] / 13. februar [de] / 13 février [fr] / 13 febbraio [it] / 13 de febrero [es]
days: february 10 / february 11 / february 12 / february 13 / february 14 / february 15 / february 16
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 Valery Rozhdestvensky
Valery Ilyich Rozhdestvensky (Russian: Валерий Ильич Рождественский; 13 February 1939 – 31 August 2011) was a Soviet cosmonaut . Soviet cosmonaut Valery Ilyich Rozhdestvensky Born ( 1939-02-13 ) 13 February 1939 Leningrad , Soviet Union Died 31 August 2011 (2011-08-31) (aged 72) Nationality Soviet
- Valery Ilyich Rozhdestvensky (Russian: Валерий Ильич Рождественский; 13 february 1939 – 31 August 2011) was a Soviet cosmonaut . Soviet cosmonaut Valery Ilyich Rozhdestvensky Born ...
- ... st 2011) was a Soviet cosmonaut . Soviet cosmonaut Valery Ilyich Rozhdestvensky Born ( 1939-02-13 ) 13 february 1939 Leningrad , Soviet Union Died 31 August 2011 (2011-08-31) (aged 72) Nationality Soviet Occupat ...
#2 Donald E. Williams
Captain Donald Edward Williams (February 13, 1942 – February 23, 2016) was an American naval officer and aviator , test pilot , mechanical engineer and NASA astronaut . He logged a total of 287 hours and 35 minutes in space . For other people named Donald Williams, see Donald Williams (disambiguatio
- Captain Donald Edward Williams ( february 13, 1942 – February 23, 2016) was an American naval officer and aviator , test pilot , mechanical engin ...
- ... amed Donald Williams, see Donald Williams (disambiguation) . Donald E. Williams Born ( 1942-02-13 ) february 13, 1942 Otterbein, Indiana , U.S. Died February 23, 2016 (2016-02-23) (aged 74) Nationality American O ...
- ... -51-D , STS-34 Mission insignia Retirement March 1, 1990 EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION Williams was born february 13, 1942, in Lafayette, Indiana and raised in the nearby town of Green Hill . He graduated from Otterbe ...
#3 Stephen Bowen (astronaut)
Stephen Gerard "Steve" Bowen (born February 13, 1964) is a United States Navy submariner and a NASA astronaut ; he was the second submariner to travel into space. Bowen has been on three spaceflights , all of which were Space Shuttle missions to the International Space Station . His first mission, S
- Stephen Gerard "Steve" Bowen (born february 13, 1964) is a United States Navy submariner and a NASA astronaut ; he was the second submariner to tra ...
- ... ople, see Stephen Bowen (disambiguation) . Stephen G. Bowen Bowen in April 2008 Born ( 1964-02-13 ) february 13, 1964 (age 58) Cohasset, Massachusetts , U.S. Status Active Nationality American Occupation Engineer ...
#4 Mike Mullane
Richard Michael Mullane (born September 10, 1945; Col , USAF , Ret.) is an engineer and Weapon Systems Officer, a retired USAF officer, and a former NASA astronaut . During his career, he flew as a mission specialist on STS-41-D , STS-27 , and STS-36 . American aerospace and weapons engineer and ast
- ... 6] Mullane appeared on the United States television show The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Monday, february 13, 2006, to promote his book. [ citation needed ] AWARDS AND HONORS Air Medals (6) Air Force Distingui ...
#5 Hans Schlegel
Hans Wilhelm Schlegel ( Überlingen , 3 August 1951) is a German physicist, a former ESA astronaut , and a veteran of two NASA Space Shuttle missions. German astronaut Hans Wilhelm Schlegel Born ( 1951-08-03 ) 3 August 1951 (age 70) Überlingen , Germany Nationality German Occupation Physicist Space
- ... formed the spacewalk instead of Schlegel. However, Schlegel did perform the second EVA on Wednesday 13 february 2008. During the spacewalk, he completed the replacement of the Nitrogen Tank Assembly on the P1 tr ...
#6 Sigmund Jähn
Sigmund Werner Paul Jähn ( German: [jɛ:n ] ; 13 February 1937 – 21 September 2019) was a German cosmonaut and pilot who in 1978 became the first German to fly into space as part of the Soviet Union's Interkosmos programme. East German cosmonaut This article may be expanded with text translated from
- Sigmund Werner Paul Jähn ( German: [jɛ:n ] ; 13 february 1937 – 21 September 2019) was a German cosmonaut and pilot who in 1978 became the first German to f ...
- ... ikipedia:Translation . Sigmund Jähn Sigmund Jähn, 1978 Born Sigmund Werner Paul Jähn ( 1937-02-13 ) 13 february 1937 Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz , Saxony , German Reich Died 21 September 2019 (2019-09-21) (aged 82) ...
- ... on 1976 Intercosmos Group Missions Soyuz 31 / Soyuz 29 Mission insignia EARLY LIFE Jähn was born on 13 february 1937 in Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz , in the Vogtland region of Saxony , Germany. From 1943 to 1951 he ...
#7 Jeffrey Ashby
Jeffrey Shears Ashby (born June 16, 1954) is an American mechanical engineer , and former naval officer and aviator , test pilot and NASA astronaut , a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions. He is a retired Captain in the U.S. Navy . He currently works for Blue Origin as chief of mission assurance
- ... e that his Air Wing ( Carrier Air Wing 5 ) had used the Walleye in combat. [2] Later in the war, on february 13, 1991, [3] Ashby and his wingman found and destroyed a camouflaged Iraqi Super Frelon helicopter whi ...
Museum / Museum
#1 USS Midway (CV-41)
USS Midway (CVB/CVA/CV-41) is an aircraft carrier , formerly of the United States Navy , the lead ship of her class . Commissioned 8 days after the end of World War II, Midway was the largest ship in the world until 1955, as well as the first U.S. aircraft carrier too big to transit the Panama Canal
- ... an Sea, the Red Sea, and the Persian Gulf. NF-104, an F/A-18A Hornet from VFA-195 as it appeared on 13 february 1991 when it destroyed an Iraqi Super Frelon helicopter with a Walleye I. Midway later launched an ...
- ... building at Umm Qasr Naval Base with a Walleye II. The pilot, LCDR Jeffery Ashby , led a mission on 13 february 1991 that successfully destroyed an Iraqi Super Frelon helicopter armed with Exocet missiles (which ...
#2 RAF Montrose
Royal Air Force Montrose or more simply RAF Montrose is a former Royal Air Force station in Forfarshire (now more commonly called Angus ) in Scotland . It became the first operational military aerodrome to be established in the United Kingdom on 26 February 1913. [2] Military museum in Angus, Scotla
- ... g aircraft the ability to protect the Royal Navy bases at Rosyth , Cromarty and Scapa Flow . [3] On 13 february 1913 five aircraft of No. 2 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps took off from RAF Farnborough under ...
#3 Texas Air & Space Museum
The Texas Air & Space Museum is an aviation museum located near Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport in Amarillo, Texas . The museum displays civilian and military aircraft, as well as a wide range of air and space artifacts. Aviation Museum in in Amarillo, Texas Texas Air & Space Museum Esta
- ... as DC-3 N34 US Navy R4D-6 1945-1956, CAA/FAA DC-3C-R 1958-present, lent to Texas Air & Space Museum february 13, 2014 when it was flown from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Amarillo, Texas, listed on the nation's Nat ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 ARGOS (satellite)
The Advanced Research and Global Observation Satellite ( ARGOS ) was launched on 23 February 1999 carrying nine payloads for research and development missions by nine separate researchers. The mission terminated on 31 July 2003. Not to be confused with Argos (satellite system) . ARGOS Artist's rendi
- ... r (upper-level winds). 12 February 1999 - launch postponed due to weather (upper-level winds). [21] 13 february 1999 - launch postponed due to an electrical problem in the first stage of the booster. [22] 21 Feb ...
#2 Cygnus NG-13
NG-13 , previously known as OA-13 , was the fourteenth flight of the Northrop Grumman robotic resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its thirteenth flight to the International Space Station (ISS) under the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-1) contract with NASA . [4] [5] The mission launched on 15 February
- ... ubbed due to off-nominal data from ground support with less than three minutes in the count down. 2 13 february 2020 21:06:03 Delayed 24 hrs Weather 11 February 2020 16:50 45% Continuing concerns of bad weather. ...
#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
- ... heim and Schlegel spent the night in the station's airlock in preparation for Wednesday's EVA. [58] 13 february (FLIGHT DAY 7) Rex Walheim moves a Nitrogen tank. After awakening, the station and shuttle crews be ...
- ... and data grapple fixture removal and installation to Columbus . EVA 2 Rex J. Walheim Hans Schlegel 13 february 2008 14:27 13 February 2008 21:12 6 hours, 45 minutes P1 Truss Nitrogen (N2) tank assembly installa ...
- ... re removal and installation to Columbus . EVA 2 Rex J. Walheim Hans Schlegel 13 February 2008 14:27 13 february 2008 21:12 6 hours, 45 minutes P1 Truss Nitrogen (N2) tank assembly installation, stowage of old N2 ...
#4 ROBUSTA
ROBUSTA ( Radiation on Bipolar for University Satellite Test Application ) is a nano-satellite scientific experiment developed by the University of Montpellier students as part of a Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES) call for student projects in the field of orbital systems. [3] ROBUSTA Missi
- ... CT The duration of the ROBUSTA project is 6 years, beginning in 2006. The satellite was launched on february 13, 2012 on the Vega rocket's maiden flight, [5] and reentered in the atmosphere in February 2015. An a ...
- ... properties Spacecraft type 1U CubeSat Launch mass 1 kilogram (2.2 lb) Start of mission Launch date 13 february 2012, 10:00:00 ( 2012-02-13UTC10Z ) UTC [1] Rocket Vega Launch site Kourou ELV Contractor Arianespa ...
#5 STS-130
STS-130 ( ISS assembly flight 20A ) [7] was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Space Shuttle Endeavour 's primary payloads were the Tranquility module and the Cupola , a robotic control station with six windows around its sides and another in the center, providing
- ... , other crew members completed transfer-related tasks. The transfers are now over halfway complete. 13 february (FLIGHT DAY 6: SPACEWALK 2 PREPARATION) On flight day 6 members of the joint crew opened the hatche ...
#6 Goliat
Goliat is the first artificial satellite developed in Romania . Not to be confused with Goliath or Goliath (disambiguation) . For the oil field, see Goliat field . Goliat Mission type Science, Experimental Operator Romanian Space Agency COSPAR ID 2012-006D SATCAT no. 38080 Spacecraft properties Manu
- ... nufacturer Romanian Space Agency Launch mass 1.062 kilograms (2.34 lb) Start of mission Launch date 13 february 2012, 10:00:00 ( 2012-02-13UTC10Z ) UTC [1] Rocket Vega Launch site Kourou ELA-1 Contractor Arianes ...
- ... poned due to some issues with the carrier rocket, Vega . The satellite was successfully launched on 13 february 2012 from the Guiana Space Centre , together with LARES and other CubeSat satellites from other Eur ...
#7 ALMASat-1
ALMASat-1 (ALma MAter SATellite) was a micro satellite developed by University of Bologna for demonstrative purposes to benefit Earth observation missions. The project was funded by Italian Ministry of Research . [2] ALMASat-1 Mission type Technology Operator University of Bologna COSPAR ID 2012-006
- ... uracy for the future satellite launches. [3] LAUNCH ALMASAT-1 was launched by Vega launch system on february 13, 2012, from Kourou , French Guiana . RE-ENTRY ALMASAT-1 decayed from orbit 25 April 2020.
- ... nch mass 12.5 kilograms (28 lb) Dimensions 30 centimetres (12 in) cube Start of mission Launch date 13 february 2012, 10:00:00 ( 2012-02-13UTC10Z ) UTC Rocket Vega Launch site Kourou ELA-1 Contractor Arianespace ...
#8 MaSat-1
MaSat-1 (from the words Ma gyar and Sat ellite , the first meaning " Hungarian " in Hungarian, maszat , pronounced IPA [ˈmɒsɒt], meaning "smudge") is the first indigenous Hungarian satellite , developed and built by students at the Technical University of Budapest . The 1U CubeSat -type satellite wa
- ... hnical University of Budapest . The 1U CubeSat -type satellite was launched into low Earth orbit on 13 february 2012. The satellite provided telemetric data as well as VGA resolution color images at the 70 cm am ...
- ... Spacecraft type 1U CubeSat Launch mass 1 kilogram (2.2 lb) Power watts Start of mission Launch date 13 february 2012, 10:00:00 ( 2012-02-13UTC10Z ) UTC [1] Rocket Vega VV01 Launch site Kourou ELA-1 Contractor Ar ...
#9 Explorer 27
Explorer 27 (or BE-C or Beacon Explorer-C , Beacon-C or S-66C ) was a small NASA satellite, launched in 1965, designed to conduct scientific research in the ionosphere . [2] It was powered by 4 solar panels . One goal of the mission was to study in detail the shape of the Earth by way of investigati
- ... d a ground receiver. The beacons were on until the satellite operation terminated on 6 May 1968. On 13 february 1970, the beacons were again turned on to replace the Explorer 22 (1964-064A - BE-B) beacons which ...
#10 Eutelsat 16C
Eutelsat 16C (formerly SESAT 1 ) is a satellite operated by Eutelsat Communications , originally the first of a series of SESAT ( S iberia - E urope SAT ellite) satellites. It provides a wide range of telecommunications services over a very large geographical coverage area that extends from the Atla
- ... oduction Space Center Entered service June 2000 End of mission Disposal Graveyard orbit Deactivated 13 february 2018 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit Regime Geostationary orbit Longitude 36° ...
- ... ke over some services from the malfunctioning Eutelsat W2 satellite. The satellite was deorbited on 13 february 2018, after 17 years and 10 months of service, setting a record for in-orbit life. [3]
#11 STS-82
STS-82 was the 22nd flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery and the 82nd mission of the Space Shuttle program . It was NASA's second mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope , during which Discovery's crew repaired and upgraded the telescope's scientific instruments, increasing its research capab
- ... e 574 kilometres (357 mi) Inclination 28.4698 degrees Period 95.2 min Capture of Hubble RMS capture 13 february 1997, 08:34 UTC RMS release 19 February 1997, 06:41 UTC Left to right - Front: Bowersox, Hawley, Ho ...
- ... med EVAs 1, 3 and 5, with Harbaugh and Tanner performing EVAs 2 and 4. EVA 1 began at 11:34 pm EST, 13 february , and lasted six hours, 42 minutes. One of Hubble's solar arrays was unexpectedly disturbed by a gus ...
#12 UniCubeSat-GG
UniCubeSat-GG is a Miniaturized satellite built by the Sapienza University of Rome . It was launched into Low Earth Orbit on the maiden flight of Arianespace 's Vega rocket on 13 February 2012. The launch was a multi-payload mission shared with LARES , ALMASat-1 , Goliat , MaSat-1 , PW-Sat , ROBUSTA
- ... f Rome . It was launched into Low Earth Orbit on the maiden flight of Arianespace 's Vega rocket on 13 february 2012. The launch was a multi-payload mission shared with LARES , ALMASat-1 , Goliat , MaSat-1 , PW- ...
- ... properties Spacecraft type 1U CubeSat Launch mass 1 kilogram (2.2 lb) Start of mission Launch date 13 february 2012, 10:00:00 ( 2012-02-13UTC10Z ) UTC [1] Rocket Vega Launch site Kourou ELV Contractor Arianespa ...
#13 STS-73
STS-73 was a Space Shuttle program mission, during October–November 1995, on board the Space Shuttle Columbia . The mission was the second mission for the United States Microgravity Laboratory. The crew, who spent 16 days in space, were broken up into 2 teams, the red team and the blue team. The mis
- ... the High-Packed Digital Television Technical Demonstration system. Some of the crew appeared on the 13 february 1996 episode of Home Improvement , "Fear of Flying", on a segment of Tool Time . [2] Launch was ori ...
#14 GOES 14
GOES-14 , known as GOES-O prior to reaching its operational orbit, is an American weather satellite , which is part of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) system. The spacecraft was built by Boeing and is based on t
- ... itor Hurricane Sandy in parallel with the repaired GOES-13 [8] and was returned to storage again on february 13, 2013. [9] GOES-14 was again reactivated on 23 May 2013 when a tiny meteorite struck GOES-13 and til ...
#15 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
- ... 5 on the flight manifest. This allowed for training and other mission specific preparations. [8] On 13 february 2011, program managers told their workforce that STS-135 would fly regardless of the funding situat ...
#16 Xatcobeo
Xatcobeo , originally known as Dieste , is a project to build the first Galician artificial satellite [4] developed by Agrupación Estratéxica Aeroespacial (currently Alén Space ) of the University of Vigo and leadered by Fernando Aguado [5] in collaboration with the Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aer
- ... University of Vigo ) Pumpkin Inc. Launch mass 1 kilogram (2.2 lb) [1] Start of mission Launch date 13 february 2012, 10:00:00 ( 2012-02-13UTC10Z ) UTC [2] Rocket Vega Launch site Kourou ELA-1 Contractor Arianes ...
#17 LARES (satellite)
LARES ( Laser Relativity Satellite ) is a passive satellite system of the Italian Space Agency . [4] LARES LARES satellite Mission type Laser ranging satellite Tests of general relativity [1] [2] Operator Italian Space Agency (ASI) COSPAR ID 2012-006A SATCAT no. 38077 Website http://www.lares-missio
- ... Carlo Gavazzi Space Launch mass 386.8 kg Dimensions 36.4 cm (diameter) Start of mission Launch date 13 february 2012, 10:00:00 UTC 14 July 2022, 13:13:43 UTC Rocket Vega VV01 Vega-C VV21 Launch site Kourou , ELA ...
- ... de 1451 km Inclination 69.49° Period 114.75 minutes MISSION LAUNCH LARES was launched into orbit on 13 february 2012 at 10:00:00 UTC. It was launched on the first Vega rocket from the ESA Centre Spatial Guyanais ...
#18 NOAA-9
NOAA-9 , known as NOAA-F before launch, was an American weather satellite operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for use in the National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service (NESDIS). It was the second of the Advanced TIROS-N series of satellites. The
- ... nch site Vandenberg , SLC-3W Contractor Convair End of mission Disposal Decommissioned Last contact 13 february 1998 [2] Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit [3] Regime Sun-synchronous orbit Peri ...
- ... l 1997. Receipt of both telemetry and ephemeris data was discontinued. The last contact occurred on 13 february 1998. In late 1999, a transmitter on 137.5 MHz started working again, sending an unmodulated carrie ...
#19 Progress M-66
Progress M-66 ( Russian : Прогресс М-66 ), identified by NASA as Progress 32P , was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station . It was the penultimate flight of the Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, using the spacecraft with the serial number 366. Spacecraft Progress M-66
- ... Low Earth Inclination 51.6° Epoch 10 February 2009 Docking with ISS Docking port Pirs Docking date 13 february 2009, 07:18 UTC Undocking date 6 May 2009, 15:18 UTC Time docked 82 days Cargo Pressurised 1300 kg ...
- ... rogress M-15 in 1992. DOCKING The spacecraft docked with the Pirs module of the ISS at 07:18 UTC on 13 february 2009. [1] It undocked at 15:18 UTC on 6 May 2009, to make way for Progress M-02M . It was deorbited ...
#20 Mariner 10
Mariner 10 was an American robotic space probe launched by NASA on 3 November 1973, to fly by the planets Mercury and Venus . It was the first spacecraft to perform flybys of multiple planets. [2] 1973 American robotic space probe; flew by Venus and Mercury Mariner 10 Mariner 10 spacecraft Mission t
- ... l seen by Mariner was a surprise to most researchers. The probe continued photographing Venus until 13 february 1974. [68] Among the encounter's 4165 acquired photographs, one resulting series of images captured ...