langs: 25 февраля [ru] / february 25 [en] / 25. februar [de] / 25 février [fr] / 25 febbraio [it] / 25 de febrero [es]
days: february 22 / february 23 / february 24 / february 25 / february 26 / february 27 / february 28
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 John Young (astronaut)
John Watts Young (September 24, 1930 – January 5, 2018) was an American astronaut , naval officer and aviator , test pilot , and aeronautical engineer . He became the ninth person to walk on the Moon as commander of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972. He is the only astronaut to fly on four different c
- ... Young . [51] Cygnus NG-10 successfully launched on November 17, 2018, and concluded its mission on february 25, 2019. [52] Asteroid 5362 Johnyoung was named after Young. [53] SEE ALSO List of spaceflight records ...
#2 Neil Armstrong
Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer , and the first person to walk on the Moon . He was also a naval aviator , test pilot , and university professor. American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2012) For other uses, see Neil A
- ... Medal , and the United Nations Korea Medal . [27] Armstrong's regular commission was terminated on february 25, 1952, and he became an ensign in the United States Navy Reserve . On completion of his combat tour ...
#3 Vladimir Vasyutin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Vasyutin (Russian: Влaдимиp Bлaдимиpoвич Васютин; 8 March 1952 – 19 July 2002) [1] was a Soviet cosmonaut . Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Vladimirovich Vasyutin Born ( 1952-03-08 ) 8 March 1952 Kharkiv , Ukrainian SSR Died 19 July 2002 (2002-07-19) (aged 50) Nationality Soviet O
- ... yut 7 EO-4 ( Soyuz T-14 ) He was selected as a cosmonaut on 1 December 1978 (TsPK-6). He retired on 25 february 1986. [1] Vasyutin was assigned to the TKS program for a new generation of manned military spacecra ...
#4 Aleksandr Kaleri
Aleksandr "Sasha" Yuriyevich Kaleri ( Russian : Александр Юрьевич Калери ; born in Jūrmala , Latvia on 13 May 1956) is a Russian cosmonaut and veteran of extended stays on the Mir Space Station and the International Space Station (ISS). Kaleri has most recently been in space aboard the ISS serving a
- ... backup crew flight engineer of the Mir-9 mission from January to April 1991. From 8 October 1991 to 25 february 1992, Kaleri was training as a primary crew flight engineer for the Mir-11 mission. Kaleri has part ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 USA-50
USA-50 , also known as GPS II-6 and GPS SVN-18 , was an American navigation satellite which formed part of the Global Positioning System . It was the sixth of nine Block II GPS satellites to be launched, which were the first operational GPS satellites to fly. USA-50 Names Navstar 2-06 GPS II-6 GPS S
- ... he satellite raised itself into medium Earth orbit using a Star-37XFP apogee motor . [1] MISSION On 25 february 1990, USA-50 was in an orbit with a perigee of 20,087 km (12,481 mi) , an apogee of 20,275 km (12,5 ...
#2 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
- ... per year, while Voyager 2 was escaping at 3.3 AU (310 million mi; 490 million km) per year. [68] By february 25, 2019, Voyager 2 was at a distance of 120 AU (18.0 billion km; 11.2 billion mi) from the Sun. [7] Th ...
#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
- ... Propulsion Laboratory Launch mass 411.8 kilograms (908 lb) Power 449 W Start of mission Launch date february 25, 1969, 01:29:02 ( 1969-02-25UTC01:29:02Z ) UTC [1] Rocket Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1A Launch site Cape ...
- ... of the pair, who had since died. [4] [5] [6] Mariner 6 lifted off from LC-36B at Cape Canaveral on february 25, 1969, using the Atlas-Centaur AC-20 rocket, while Mariner 7 lifted off from LC-36A on March 27, usi ...
#4 CryoSat-2
CryoSat-2 is a European Space Agency (ESA) Earth Explorer Mission that launched on April 8th 2010. [3] CryoSat-2 is dedicated to measuring polar sea ice thickness and monitoring changes in ice sheets. [4] Its primary objective is to measure the thinning of Arctic sea ice, but has applications to oth
- ... p a Dnepr rocket When the spacecraft was installed atop the Dnepr, launch was scheduled to occur on 25 february , at 13:57 UTC. [44] Prior to this, a practice countdown was scheduled for 19 February. [43] Several ...
#5 Kosmos 394
Kosmos 394 ( Russian : Космос 394 meaning Cosmos 394 ), also known as DS-P1-M No.2 is a satellite which was used to demonstrate technology for future satellites which would be used as targets for tests of anti-satellite weapons . It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1971 as part of the Dnepropetro
- ... rogramme. [1] Following the completion of testing it was intercepted and destroyed by Kosmos 397 on 25 february . [2] Kosmos 394 Mission type Technology COSPAR ID 1971-010A SATCAT no. 04922 Spacecraft properties ...
#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
- ... 5] Apogee altitude 232 kilometres (144 mi) [5] Inclination 51.6° [5] Period 88.89 minutes [5] Epoch 25 february 2011 [5] Docking with ISS Docking port PMA-2 (Harmony forward) Docking date 26 February 2011, 19:14 ...
- ... h video (2 min 32 s). Discovery lifts off from Launch Pad 39A. Close up of the launch from Pad 39A. 25 february (FLIGHT DAY 2 – OBSS INSPECTION) Flight Day 2 saw the crew of Discovery begin their preparations to ...
#7 SARAL
SARAL ( S atellite with AR gos and AL tiKa ) is a cooperative altimetry technology mission of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Centre National d'Études Spatiales ( CNES ). SARAL performs altimetric measurements designed to study ocean circulation and sea surface elevation . [2] [4] Indi
- ... s 407 kg (897 lb) [1] [2] Dimensions 1 m x 1 m x 0.6 m Power 850 watts Start of mission Launch date 25 february 2013, 12:31 UTC [3] Rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-CA , PSLV-C20 Launch site Satish Dhawan S ...
- ... Solutions In Space ). LAUNCH SARAL was successfully launched into a Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) on 25 february 2013, at 12:31 UTC . [8] [3]
#8 Kosmos 398
Kosmos 398 ( Russian : Космос 398 ; meaning Cosmos 398 ) was the second unmanned test flight of the Soviet LK lander , using the T2K version. It followed the same program as Kosmos 379 , launching on February 26, 1971 into a 276 km by 196 km orbit. It main objective was to validate contingency a
- ... 122 mi) Apogee altitude 276 kilometres (171 mi) Inclination 51.63 degrees Period 88.9 minutes Epoch 25 february 1971, 19:00:00 UTC [1] SEE ALSO Spaceflight portal 1971 in spaceflight
#9 Soyuz 32
Soyuz 32 ( Russian : Союз 32 , Union 32 ) was a 1979 Soviet crewed space flight to the Salyut 6 space station . [1] It was the eighth mission to and seventh successful docking at the orbiting facility. The Soyuz 32 crew was the third long-duration crew to man the space station. Soyuz 32 COSPAR ID 19
- ... ing Vladimir Lyakhov Valery Ryumin Callsign Протон ( Proton - "Proton" Start of mission Launch date february 25, 1979, 11:53:49 ( 1979-02-25UTC11:53:49Z ) UTC Rocket Soyuz-U Launch site Baikonur 1/5 End of missio ...
- ... tes MISSION HIGHLIGHTS LAUNCH AND STATION ACTIVATION Soyuz 32 was launched with its two-man crew on 25 february 1979. The crew's main mission was to overhaul the Salyut 6 space station's systems and prepare it f ...
#10 Intelsat 901
Intelsat 901 ( IS-901 ) was the first of nine new Intelsat satellites launched in June 2001 at 18° West, providing Ku-band spot beam coverage for Europe and C-band coverage for the Atlantic Ocean region. It is capable of selectable split uplink for Satellite news gathering (SNG), tailored for increa
- ... ne 38 dBW Ku-band 53 dBW Europe Spot 1 Ku-band 52 dBw Europe Spot 2 Docking with MEV-1 Docking date 25 february 2020, 07:15 UTC Undocking date 2025 (planned) Time docked 859 days (in progress) ~5 years(planned) ...
- ... aveyard orbit in December 2019 so that Intelsat 37e could use its orbital slot. Docking occurred on 25 february 2020 at 07:15 UTC. MEV-1 rendezvoused with Intelsat 901, reached out with mechanical fingers, and g ...
#11 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
- ... -02-14UTC03:27:59Z ) UTC Rocket Proton-K / D Launch site Baikonur 81/24 End of mission Landing date 25 february 1972, 19:19 ( 1972-02-25UTC19:20Z ) UTC Landing site 47°24′N 68°36′E , [1] 40 km north of Dzhezkazg ...
- ... ces (55 grams) of collected lunar samples in a sealed capsule. [3] It landed in the Soviet Union on 25 february 1972. The lunar samples were recovered the following day. This was the eighth Soviet spacecraft lau ...
- ... in the Karkingir River, 40 kilometers north of the town of Jezkazgan in Kazakhstan , at 19:19 UT on 25 february 1972. The 55-gram soil sample differed from that collected by Luna 16 in that the majority (50 to 6 ...
#12 Salyut 6
Salyut 6 ( Russian : Салют-6 ; lit. Salute 6 ), DOS-5 , was a Soviet orbital space station , the eighth station of the Salyut programme . It was launched on 29 September 1977 by a Proton rocket . Salyut 6 was the first space station to receive large numbers of crewed and uncrewed spacecraft for huma
- ... ived and remained on board for 140 days. Vladimir Lyakhov and Valery Ryumin ( Soyuz 32 ) arrived on 25 february 1979 and stayed 175 days. On 9 April 1980 Leonid Popov and Valery Ryumin ( Soyuz 35 ) arrived for t ...
- ... 0 Soyuz 31 3 September 1978 11:40:34 Soyuz 29 7.87 Salyut 6 - EO-3 Vladimir Lyakhov , Valery Ryumin 25 february 1979 11:53:49 Soyuz 32 19 August 1979 12:29:26 Soyuz 34 175.02 Salyut 6 - EO-4 Leonid Popov , Valer ...
#13 BLITS
BLITS (Ball Lens In The Space) is a Russian satellite launched on September 17, 2009, as a secondary payload on a Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat , from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The satellite is totally passive and spherical, and is tracked using satellite laser ranging (SLR) by the International La
- ... ion 98.55 degrees Period 101.28 minutes RAAN 105.39 degrees Argument of perigee 71.58 degrees Epoch 25 february 2014, 08:51:29 UTC [2] The purpose of the mission was to validate the spherical glass retroreflecto ...
#14 SOLRAD 9
Solrad 9 , also known Explorer 37 and Explorer SE-B , was one of the SOLRAD (Solar Radiation) program that began in 1960 to provide continuous coverage of solar radiation with a set of standard photometers. Solrad 9 Solrad 9. Mission type Solar science Operator NASA COSPAR ID 1968-017A [1] SATCAT no
- ... ration and NASA began to read data from the memory of Solrad 9. The satellite remained active until february 25, 1974, when the gas reserves useful to maintain control of the facility were over. Once the stabilit ...
#15 Sapphire (satellite)
Sapphire is a Canadian space surveillance satellite which was launched in 2013. Sapphire was commissioned and integrated by MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) based on an SSTL-150 [3] bus produced by Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) and an optical payload produced by COM DEV International .
- ... DEV International (optical payload) Launch mass 148 kilograms (326 lb) Start of mission Launch date 25 february 2013, 12:31 ( 2013-02-25UTC12:31Z ) UTC [1] Rocket PSLV-CA C20 Launch site Satish Dhawan FLP Contra ...
- ... e Research Organisation (ISRO), using a PSLV-CA rocket, flight C20. The launch occurred at 12:31 on 25 february 2013, from the First Launch Pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre . Sapphire was a secondary payloa ...
#16 Salyut 5
Salyut 5 ( Russian : Салют-5 meaning Salute 5 ), also known as OPS-3 , was a Soviet space station . Launched in 1976 as part of the Salyut programme , it was the third and last Almaz space station to be launched for the Soviet military. Two Soyuz missions visited the station, each manned by two cosm
- ... entific experiments were conducted, including observation of the sun. The Soyuz 24 crew departed on 25 february . The short mission was apparently related to Salyut 5 starting to run low on propellant for its mai ...
#17 Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment
The Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment ( SORCE ) was a NASA -sponsored satellite mission that measured incoming X-ray , ultraviolet , visible , near-infrared , and total solar radiation . [2] These measurements specifically addressed long-term climate change , natural variability, atmospheric oz
- ... Contractor Orbital Sciences Corporation End of mission Disposal Decay in 2032 (planned) Deactivated 25 february 2020 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit [1] Regime Geosynchronous orbit Altitude ...
- ... ven nm, and at an irradiance accuracy of about 15%. [7] END OF MISSION NASA decommissioned SORCE on 25 february 2020, after 17 years of operation (over three times the original design life of five years). The sp ...
#18 SOLRAD 10
Solrad 10 , also known Explorer 44 , NRL-PL 165 and Explorer SE-C , was one of the SOLRAD series designed to provide continuous coverage of wavelength and intensity changes in solar radiation in the UV , soft and hard X-ray regions. The satellite also mapped the celestial sphere using a high-sensiti
- ... 4 (SOLRAD 10) core memory failed on 11 June 1973, and Explorer 37 (SOLRAD 9) was heavily used until 25 february 1974, when the gas supply of the attitude control system was exhausted. [6] Solrad 10 Solrad 10. Mi ...
#19 Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite
The Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite ( NEOSSat ) [8] is a Canadian microsatellite using a 15-cm aperture f/5.88 Maksutov telescope (similar to that on the MOST spacecraft), with 3-axis stabilisation giving a pointing stability of ~2 arcseconds in a ~100 second exposure. It is funded by the C
- ... ] Dimensions 137 × 78 × 38 cm (54 × 31 × 15 in) [5] Power 45 watts [5] Start of mission Launch date february 25, 2013, 12:31 ( 2013-02-25UTC12:31Z ) UTC Rocket PSLV-CA C20 Launch site Satish Dhawan FLP Contractor ...
- ... craft, Sapphire (a military surveillance satellite), and five other satellites, NEOSSat launched on february 25, 2013, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota , India, at 12:31 UTC aboard an Indian PSL ...
#20 Soyuz 24
Soyuz 24 ( Russian : Союз 24 , Union 24 ) was a February, 1977, Soviet mission to the Salyut 5 space station , the third and final mission to the station, the last purely military crew for the Soviets and the final mission to a military Salyut . [4] The cosmonauts Viktor Gorbatko and Yuri Glazkov re
- ... uary 1977, 16:11 UTC Rocket Soyuz-U Launch site Baikonur , Site 1/5 [2] End of mission Landing date 25 february 1977, 09:38 UTC Landing site 37 km at the northeast of Arkalyk , Kazakhstan Orbital parameters Refe ...
- ... ation 51.65° Period 89.52 minutes Docking with Salyut 5 Docking date 8 February 1977 Undocking date 25 february 1977 Time docked 17 days Vimpel Diamond patch Soyuz programme ← Soyuz 23 Soyuz 25 → They performed ...
- ... 24 on 23 February 1977, then deactivate the space station, and undocked and landed near Arkalyk on 25 february 1977. The Soyuz landed in a blowing snowstorm and recovery crews could not locate the space capsule ...