langs: 18 февраля [ru] / february 18 [en] / 18. februar [de] / 18 février [fr] / 18 febbraio [it] / 18 de febrero [es]
days: february 15 / february 16 / february 17 / february 18 / february 19 / february 20 / february 21
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 Yuri Glazkov
Yury Nikolayevich Glazkov ( Russian : Ю́рий Никола́евич Глазко́в ; 2 October 1939 – 9 December 2008) [1] [2] was a Soviet Air Force officer and a cosmonaut . Glazkov held the rank of major general in the Russian Air Force . Yuri Nikolayevich Glazkov Born ( 1939-10-02 ) October 2, 1939 Moscow , USSR
- ... 977) Medal "For development of virgin lands" (1977) Medal "For Strengthening Military Cooperation" ( 18 february 1991) Order Dostyk (Kazakhstan, 11 December 1998) Medal "100th anniversary of the fall of the Ottom ...
#2 Andriyan Nikolayev
Andriyan Grigoryevich Nikolayev ( Chuvash and Russian : Андриян Григорьевич Николаев ; 5 September 1929 – 3 July 2004) was a Soviet cosmonaut . In 1962, aboard Vostok 3 , he became the third Soviet cosmonaut to fly into space. Nikolayev was an ethnic Chuvash and is considered as the first Turkic per
- ... Armed Forces of the USSR , 3rd class (30 May 1988) Medal "For Strengthening Military Cooperation" ( 18 february 1991) USSR State Prize (1981) Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR Hero of Mongolia Hero of Labour (1965, Mo ...
#3 Vladimir Solovyov (cosmonaut)
Vladimir Alekseyevich Solovyov ( Russian : Влади́мир Алексе́евич Соловьёв ; born 11 November 1946) is a former Soviet cosmonaut . Soviet cosmonaut This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification . ( May 2010 ) Vladimir Alekseyevich Solovyov Born ( 1946-11-11 ) 11 Novemb
- ... vyov then became the Mir flight director (Russian Mission Control) for several years. He retired on 18 february 1994 but came back to head the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS). Solovyov i ...
#4 Takuya Onishi
Takuya Onishi ( 大西 卓哉 , Ōnishi Takuya , born 1975) is a Japanese astronaut selected for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ( JAXA ) in 2009. [1] He spent four months on board the International Space Station in 2016. Japanese engineer, commercial pilot and astronaut from JAXA Takuya Onishi Born (
- ... s named in his honor. [11] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 18 february 2011 ( M.P.C. 73984 ). [12] PERSONAL LIFE Onishi enjoys flying, playing the saxophone, movies and h ...
#5 Theodore Freeman
Theodore Cordy "Ted" Freeman (February 18, 1930 – October 31, 1964), was an American aeronautical engineer , U.S. Air Force officer , test pilot , and NASA astronaut . Selected in the third group of NASA astronauts in 1963, he was killed a year later in the crash of a T-38 jet, marking the first fat
- Theodore Cordy "Ted" Freeman ( february 18, 1930 – October 31, 1964), was an American aeronautical engineer , U.S. Air Force officer , test pil ...
- ... n (politician) . Theodore C. Freeman Theodore C. Freeman Born Theodore Cordy Freeman ( 1930-02-18 ) february 18, 1930 Haverford, Pennsylvania , U.S. Died October 31, 1964 (1964-10-31) (aged 34) Houston , Texas , ...
- ... ir Force Selection 1963 NASA Group 3 Missions None EARLY YEARS Born in Haverford, Pennsylvania , on february 18, 1930, Freeman was named after the man who raised his father (Theodore Cullen Donovan), as well as h ...
#6 Grigory Nelyubov
Grigory Grigoryevich Nelyubov ( Russian : Григо́рий Григо́рьевич Нелю́бов ; 31 March 1934 – 18 February 1966) was one of the original 20 Soviet cosmonauts , who was dismissed from the Soviet space program in 1963 for drunk and disorderly conduct. His existence in the program was kept secret until th
- ... e went back to flying interceptors in the Far East but fell to drinking and depression . He died on february 18, 1966. While drunk, he stepped in front of a train near the Ippolitovka station, northwest of Vladiv ...
- Grigory Grigoryevich Nelyubov ( Russian : Григо́рий Григо́рьевич Нелю́бов ; 31 March 1934 – 18 february 1966) was one of the original 20 Soviet cosmonauts , who was dismissed from the Soviet space progra ...
- ... program was kept secret until the advent of Soviet glasnost in the late 1980s. He killed himself on 18 february 1966. Soviet cosmonaut Grigory Grigoryevich Nelyubov Born ( 1934-03-31 ) 31 March 1934 Crimean ASSR ...
- ... ut Grigory Grigoryevich Nelyubov Born ( 1934-03-31 ) 31 March 1934 Crimean ASSR , Soviet Union Died 18 february 1966 (1966-02-18) (aged 31) Vladivostok , Russia, Soviet Union Space career Soviet Cosmonaut Missio ...
Museum / Museum
#1 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
- ... hat would allow it to acquire most of the desired land for $9.25 million. [131] Nine days later, on february 18, the rest of Bennett Field became part of NAS New York. [129] Most prior leases were terminated, but ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 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
- ... nation 51.66° Berthing at the International Space Station Berthing port Unity nadir [1] RMS capture 18 february 2020, 09:05 UTC Berthing date 18 February 2020, 11:16 UTC Unberthing date 11 May 2020, 13:00 UTC [2 ...
- ... l Space Station Berthing port Unity nadir [1] RMS capture 18 February 2020, 09:05 UTC Berthing date 18 february 2020, 11:16 UTC Unberthing date 11 May 2020, 13:00 UTC [2] RMS release 11 May 2020, 16:09 UTC [3] T ...
- ... 1 UTC with no delay and no apparent problems. The Cygnus spacecraft arrived at the space station on 18 february 2020 at 09:05 UTC. Expedition 62 astronaut Andrew Morgan grappled the spacecraft using the station' ...
#2 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
- ... ith ISS Docking port PMA-2 (Harmony forward) Docking date 9 February 2008, 17:17 UTC Undocking date 18 february 2008, 09:24 UTC Time docked 8 days, 16 hours, 7 minutes Left to right - Front row: Frick, Eyharts, ...
- ... ia. [73] 17 FEBRUARY (FLIGHT DAY 11) Hatches between Atlantis and the ISS were closed at 18:03 GMT. 18 february (FLIGHT DAY 12) Atlantis undocked from the ISS at 9:24 UTC (4:24 am EST). 19 FEBRUARY (FLIGHT DAY 1 ...
#3 Mercury-Atlas 6
Mercury-Atlas 6 (MA-6) was the first crewed American orbital spaceflight , which took place on February 20, 1962. [4] Piloted by astronaut John Glenn and operated by NASA as part of Project Mercury , it was the fifth human spaceflight , preceded by Soviet orbital flights Vostok 1 and 2 and American
- ... were made. On February 14, the launch was again postponed due to weather, which started to break on february 18, and it appeared that February 20 would be a favorable day to attempt a launch. [11] LAUNCH Glenn en ...
#4 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
- ... The launch date of 24 February 2011 was officially set after the Flight Readiness Review meeting on 18 february 2011. Reviews of previous problems, including the GUP vent line connection, external tank foam and ...
#5 Kosmos 396
Kosmos 396 ( Russian : Космос 396 meaning Cosmos 396 ) was an test flight of the Zenit-4M military surveillance satellite. The Zenit satellite's purpose was high resolution photographic reconnaissance. This particular test flight returned a capsule containing exposed film. [1] Kosmos 396 Mission typ
- ... pe Zenit-4M Manufacturer OKB-1 Launch mass 6,300 kilograms (13,900 lb) Start of mission Launch date 18 february 1971, 13:59 ( 1971-02-18UTC13:59Z ) UTC Rocket Voskhod 11A57 Launch site Plesetsk 43/3 [1] End of m ...
#6 SwissCube-1
SwissCube-1 is a Swiss satellite operated by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). The spacecraft is a single unit CubeSat , which was designed to conduct research into nightglow within the Earth's atmosphere, and to develop technology for future spacecraft. [3] It has also been used for
- ... ebruary 2010 and an additional ground command facility was added. [10] It took its first picture on 18 february 2011 and its first airglow picture on 3 March 2011. [11] On 2 December 2011, EPFL ended the SwissCu ...
#7 JCSAT-17
JCSAT-17 is a geostationary communications satellite operated by SKY Perfect JSAT Group . The satellite was designed and manufactured by Lockheed Martin Space on the LM-2100 platform, and was launched on 18 February 2020 on an Ariane 5 . [3] The satellite mainly provides service to Japan and the sur
- ... was designed and manufactured by Lockheed Martin Space on the LM-2100 platform, and was launched on 18 february 2020 on an Ariane 5 . [3] The satellite mainly provides service to Japan and the surrounding region ...
- ... ed Martin Space Launch mass 5857 kg Dimensions 3.7 x 1.8 m Power 20 kW Start of mission Launch date 18 february 2020, 22:19:00 UTC Rocket Ariane 5 ECA [2] Launch site Kourou , ELA-3 Contractor Arianespace Deploy ...
- ... 19:00 UTC Rocket Ariane 5 ECA [2] Launch site Kourou , ELA-3 Contractor Arianespace Deployment date 18 february 2020 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit Regime Geostationary Longitude 136.0° Eas ...
- ... rcraft avionics communications. [10] LAUNCH JCSAT-17 was launched from Guiana Space Centre ELA-3 on 18 february 2020 at 22:19:00 UTC aboard an Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle . As with most Ariane 5 missions, the sa ...
#8 Explorer 60
Explorer 60 , also called as SAGE ( Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment ) and was the second of the Applications Explorer Missions (AEM), AEM-B ( Applications Explorer Mission-B ), was a NASA scientific satellite launched on 18 February 1979, from Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) by a Scout D-1 la
- ... sions (AEM), AEM-B ( Applications Explorer Mission-B ), was a NASA scientific satellite launched on 18 february 1979, from Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) by a Scout D-1 launch vehicle . [3] NASA satellite of the ...
- ... Center Launch mass 148.7 kg (328 lb) Power Solar panels and batteries Start of mission Launch date 18 february 1979, 16:18 UTC [1] Rocket Scout D-1 (S-202C) Launch site Wallops , LA-3A Contractor Vought Entered ...
- ... :18 UTC [1] Rocket Scout D-1 (S-202C) Launch site Wallops , LA-3A Contractor Vought Entered service 18 february 1979 End of mission Last contact 7 January 1982 Decay date 11 April 1989 Orbital parameters Referen ...
#9 Multi-Functional Transport Satellite
Multifunctional Transport Satellites ( MTSAT ) were a series of weather and aviation control satellites. They are replaced by Himawari 8 on 7 July 2015. They were geostationary satellites owned and operated by the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) and the Japan
- ... e to fuel limitations. [3] [4] MTSAT-2 MTSAT-2 (also known as Himawari 7 ) successfully launched on 18 february 2006 and is positioned at 145.0° East. The weather functions of MTSAT-2 were put into hibernation u ...
#10 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
- ... sert Nick Patrick outside the Cupola during spacewalk 3 Nick Patrick checking the view from inside. 18 february (FLIGHT DAY 11) On flight day 11, the joint Expedition 22/STS-130 crew received a phone call from U ...
#11 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
- ... that the situation was under control. [5] The agency managed to make contact with the satellite on 18 february 2012 but only briefly to receive some basic parameters, however it was unable to get its systems ru ...
#12 SpaceX CRS-10
SpaceX CRS-10 , also known as SpX-10 , was a Dragon Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station (ISS) which launched on 19 February 2017. The mission was contracted by NASA as part of its Commercial Resupply Services program and was launched by SpaceX aboard the 30th fligh
- ... n in September 2016 , with a tentative date no earlier than January 2017, [10] subsequently set for 18 february . Launch of CRS-10 from LC-39A On 12 February 2017, SpaceX successfully completed a static fire test ...
- ... completed a static fire test of the Falcon 9 engines on Pad 39A. [11] An initial launch attempt on 18 february 2017 was scrubbed 13 seconds before its 15:01:32 UTC launch due to a thrust vector control system i ...
#13 Cygnus Orb-1
Orbital-1 , [6] [7] also known as Orb-1 , [7] [8] [9] was the second flight of the Orbital Sciences Cygnus cargo spacecraft , its second flight to the International Space Station (ISS) and the third launch of the company's Antares launch vehicle . The mission launched on 9 January 2014 at 18:07:05 U
- ... dir RMS capture 12 January 2014, 11:08 UTC Berthing date 12 January 2014, 13:05 UTC Unberthing date 18 february 2014, 10:25 UTC RMS release 18 February 2014, 11:41 UTC Time berthed 36 days, 21 hours, 20 minutes ...
- ... TC Berthing date 12 January 2014, 13:05 UTC Unberthing date 18 February 2014, 10:25 UTC RMS release 18 february 2014, 11:41 UTC Time berthed 36 days, 21 hours, 20 minutes NASA insignia Commercial Resupply Servic ...
- ... D OF MISSION Canadarm2 unberthed the Cygnus spacecraft from the nadir port of the Harmony module on 18 february 2014 at 10:25 UTC. The spacecraft was then maneuvered to a position below the station, where it was ...
#14 Luna 20
Luna 20 was the second of three successful Soviet lunar sample return missions . It was flown as part of the Luna program as a robotic competitor to the six successful Apollo lunar sample return missions. 1972 lunar sample retrieval mission as part of the USSR's Luna program This article uses bare U
- ... diate Earth parking orbit and from this orbit was sent towards the Moon . It entered lunar orbit on 18 february 1972. On 21 February 1972, Luna 20 soft landed on the Moon in a mountainous area known as the Terra ...
- ... ich included a single midcourse correction on 15 February, Luna 20 entered orbit around the Moon on 18 february . Initial orbital parameters were 100 x 100 kilometers at 65° inclination . Three days later, at 19: ...
#15 Helios (spacecraft)
Helios-A and Helios-B (after launch renamed Helios 1 and Helios 2 ) are a pair of probes that were launched into heliocentric orbit to study solar processes. As a joint venture between German Aerospace Center (DLR) and NASA , the probes were launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station , Florida ,
- ... service Helios-A : January 16, 1975 Helios-B : July 21, 1976 End of mission Deactivated Helios-A : february 18, 1985 ( 1985-02-19 ) Helios-B : December 23, 1979 Last contact Helios-A : February 10, 1986 Helios-B ...
#16 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
- ... 3:45 UTC End: 17 February 1997 – 10:19 UTC Duration: 6 hours, 34 minutes EVA 5 Lee and Smith Start: 18 february 1997 – 13:15 UTC End: 18 February 1997 – 18:32 UTC Duration: 5 hours, 17 minutes MISSION OBJECTIVES ...
- ... 0:19 UTC Duration: 6 hours, 34 minutes EVA 5 Lee and Smith Start: 18 February 1997 – 13:15 UTC End: 18 february 1997 – 18:32 UTC Duration: 5 hours, 17 minutes MISSION OBJECTIVES Astronauts train in the Neutral B ...
#17 Kounotori 2
Kounotori 2 (こうのとり2号機, "white stork" [7] ), also known as HTV-2 , was launched in January 2011 and was the second flight of the Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle to resupply the International Space Station (ISS). [8] It was launched by the H-IIB Launch Vehicle No. 2 (H-IIB F2) manufactured by Mitsubish
- ... the shuttle, Kounotori 2 was relocated from Harmony nadir port to zenith port. [5] This was done on 18 february 2011, [15] before the launch of STS-133. [16] After space shuttle Discovery departed the Internatio ...
#18 USA-239
USA-239 , also known as GPS IIF-3 , GPS SVN-65 , and Navstar-67 is an American navigation satellite which forms part of the Global Positioning System . It was the third of twelve Block IIF satellites to be launched. [2] American GPS navigation satellite USA-239 A Block IIF GPS satellite Mission type
- ... owever the stage had enough propellant margins to put the satellite in the correct orbit. [6] As of 18 february 2014, USA-239 was in an orbit with a perigee of 20,231 kilometers (12,571 mi) , an apogee of 20,132 ...
#19 Kosmos 107
Kosmos 107 ( Russian : Космос 107 meaning Cosmos 107 ) or Zenit-2 No.34 was a Soviet , first generation, low resolution, optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1966. A Zenit-2 spacecraft, Kosmos 107 was the thirty-fifth of eighty-one such satellites to be launched [3] [4] and had a
- ... -2 Launch site Baikonur , Site 31/6 Contractor OKB-1 End of mission Disposal Recovered Landing date 18 february 1966, 06:29 GMT Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric [2] Regime Low Earth Perigee altitud ...
- ... smos 107 was deorbited, with its return capsule descending under parachute, landing at 06:29 GMT on 18 february 1966, and recovered by Soviet force. [9]
#20 Unity (ISS module)
The Unity connecting module, also known as Node 1 , is the first U.S. -built component of the International Space Station (ISS). It connects the Russian and United States segments of the station, and is where crew eat meals together. American module of the International Space Station Unity Unity as
- ... August 2019 13:30 UTC Cygnus NG-12 4 November 2019 11:21 UTC 31 January 2020 13:10 UTC Cygnus NG-13 18 february 2020 11:16 UTC 11 May 2020 13:00 UTC Cygnus NG-14 5 October 2020 12:01 UTC 26 January 2020 20:23 UT ...