langs: 27 февраля [ru] / february 27 [en] / 27. februar [de] / 27 février [fr] / 27 febbraio [it] / 27 de febrero [es]

days: february 24 / february 25 / february 26 / february 27 / february 28 / february 29 / march 1

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Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut

#1 Deke Slayton

Donald Kent " Deke " Slayton (March 1, 1924 – June 13, 1993) was a United States Air Force pilot , aeronautical engineer , and test pilot who was selected as one of the original NASA Mercury Seven astronauts . He went on to become NASA's first Chief of the Astronaut Office and Director of Flight Cre

• ... 01h 28m Selection 1959 NASA Group 1 Missions Apollo–Soyuz Test Project Mission insignia Retirement february 27, 1982 Signature Slayton joined the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II , and flew in Europe and ...
• ... role for STS-1 , and flew a T-38 chase plane during the landing of STS-2 . He formally left NASA on february 27, 1982, and had flown 7,164 hours. [1] [2] :   310–323   POST-NASA CAREER After his retirement from N ...

#2 John Glenn

John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921   – December 8, 2016) was an American Marine Corps aviator , engineer , astronaut , businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space, and the first American to orbit the Earth , circling it three times in 1962. Following his retirement from NASA

• ... aluation and were interested in continuing, sufficient for the astronaut corps NASA wanted. [78] On february 27 a grueling series of physical and psychological tests began at the Lovelace Clinic and the Wright Ae ...

#3 Gennady Padalka

Gennady Ivanovich Padalka ( Russian : Гeннадий Иванович Падалка ; born 21 June 1958 in Krasnodar , Soviet Union ) is a Russian Air Force officer and a Roscosmos cosmonaut . Padalka currently holds the world record for the most time spent in space , at 879 days. [1] [2] [3] He worked on both Mir and

• ... yuz TM-28 capsule on 28 February 1999. The Soyuz TM-28 undocked from the Kvant rear docking port on 27 february at 22:52 GMT and landed in Kazakhstan on 28 February at 02:14 GMT. Padalka accumulated 198 days and ...

#4 Viktor Savinykh

Viktor Petrovich Savinykh was born in Berezkiny , Kirov Oblast, Russian SFSR on 7 March 1940. Married with one child. Selected as a cosmonaut on 1 December 1978. Retired on 9 February 1989. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification . ( February 2009 ) Viktor Petro

• ... e's Republic Hero of the People's Republic of Bulgaria Order For Merit to the Fatherland 1st class ( 27 february 2020) 2nd class (6 March 2000) - for outstanding achievements in scientific research and a great co ...

#5 Mark T. Vande Hei

Mark Thomas Vande Hei (born November 10, 1966) is a retired United States Army officer and current NASA astronaut [2] who has served as a flight Engineer for Expedition 53 , 54 , 64 , 65 , and 66 on the International Space Station . [3] [4] American engineer and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei Born (

• ... effector and replaced cameras, and the duration was 6 hours and 26 minutes. The expedition ended on february 27, 2018, at 9:31 p.m. EST with Vande Hei's, Bresnik's, and third crew member Joseph M. Acaba 's succes ...

#6 Rick Husband

Richard Douglas Husband (July 12, 1957   – February 1, 2003) was an American astronaut and fighter pilot . He traveled into space twice: as Pilot of STS-96 and Commander of STS-107 . He and the rest of the crew of STS-107 were killed when Columbia disintegrated during reentry into the Earth's atmosp

• ... in Spokane, Washington , and Fighter Lead-in School in New Mexico. Evelyn and Rick were married on february 27, 1982. Rick Husband trained in the F-4 at Homestead Air Force Base next. [2] U.S. AIR FORCE CAREER H ...

#7 George Nelson (astronaut)

George Driver "Pinky" Nelson (born July 13, 1950) is an American physicist , astronomer , science educator , and retired NASA astronaut . American physicist, astronomer, and retired NASA astronaut George D. Nelson Born ( 1950-07-13 ) July 13, 1950 (age   72) Charles City, Iowa , U.S. Status Retired

• ... lhambra, California . They have two daughters, Aimee Tess (born April 25, 1972) and Marti Ann (born february 27, 1975). Pinky enjoys playing golf , reading , swimming , running , and music . RESEARCH Nelson perfo ...

#8 Thomas Pesquet

Thomas Gautier Pesquet ( French pronunciation:   ​ [tɔma gotje pɛskɛ] ; born 27 February 1978 in Rouen ) is a French aerospace engineer , pilot , and European Space Agency astronaut . Pesquet was selected by ESA as a candidate in May 2009, [1] and he successfully completed his basic training in Nove

• Thomas Gautier Pesquet ( French pronunciation: ​ [tɔma gotje pɛskɛ] ; born 27 february 1978 in Rouen ) is a French aerospace engineer , pilot , and European Space Agency astronaut . Pesq ...
• ... eer, pilot, and astronaut Thomas Pesquet Pesquet in 2016 Born Thomas Gautier Pesquet ( 1978-02-27 ) 27 february 1978 (age 44) Rouen , Normandy , France Status Active Nationality France Occupation Astronaut Engin ...

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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

• ... 24, with an RSAF F-15C later shooting down both of the Mirages. [20] Desert Storm officially ended 27 february , and Midway departed the Persian Gulf on 11 March 1991 and returned to Yokosuka. REST OF 1991 In Ju ...

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Spacecraft / Spacecraft

#1 WINDS

WINDS ( Wideband InterNetworking engineering test and Demonstration Satellite , also known as Kizuna ), was a Japanese communication satellite . Launch was originally scheduled for 2007. The launch date was eventually set for 15 February 2008, but a problem detected in a second stage maneuvering thr

• ... Launch site Tanegashima Y1 Contractor Mitsubishi End of mission Disposal Decommissioned Deactivated 27 february 2019, 06:54 ( 2019-02-27UTC06:55Z ) UTC Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Geost ...
• ... y 2019, [4] and it was decommissioned by the transmission of a deactivation command at 06:54 GMT on 27 february 2019. [5] SEE ALSO H-IIA JAXA Satellite Internet access

#2 Poisk (ISS module)

Poisk ( Russian : Поиск , lit.   ' Search ' ), also known as the Mini-Research Module 2 ( MRM 2 ), Малый исследовательский модуль 2 , or МИМ 2 , is a docking module of the International Space Station . Its original name was Docking Module 2 ( Stykovochniy Otsek 2 , SO-2 ), as it is almost identical

• ... MS-04 April 20, 2017 13:18 UTC September 2, 2017 21:58 UTC Soyuz MS-06 September 13, 2017 02:55 UTC february 27, 2018 23:08 UTC Soyuz MS-08 March 23, 2018 20:40 UTC October 4, 2018 07:57 UTC Soyuz MS-11 December ...

#3 Kosmos 143

Kosmos 143 ( Russian : Космос 143 meaning Cosmos 143 ) or Zenit-2 No.45 was a Soviet , first generation, low resolution, optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1967. A Zenit-2 spacecraft, Kosmos 143 was the forty-sixth of eighty-one such satellites to be launched [3] [4] and had a

• ... ies Spacecraft type Zenit-2 Manufacturer OKB-1 Launch mass 1730 kg [1] Start of mission Launch date 27 february 1967 08:45:01 GMT Rocket Vostok-2 s/n U15001-03 Launch site Baikonur , Site 1/5 Contractor OKB-1 En ...
• ... ow Earth Perigee altitude 204 km Apogee altitude 297 km Inclination 65.0° Period 89.5 minutes Epoch 27 february 1967 Kosmos 143 was launched by a Vostok-2 rocket, serial number U15001-03, [5] flying from Site 1/ ...
• ... -03, [5] flying from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome . The launch took place at 08:45:01 GMT on 27 february 1967, [6] and following its arrival in orbit the spacecraft received its Kosmos designation; along ...
• ... e also carried a science package. [1] Kosmos 143 was operated in a low Earth orbit , at an epoch of 27 february 1967, it had a perigee of 204 kilometres (127 mi) , an apogee of 297 kilometres (185 mi) , an incli ...

#4 TIROS-N

TIROS-N satellite is the first of the TIROS-N series. It is a weather satellite launched on 13 October 1978. [2] It was designed to become operational during 2 years. Its mass is 734 kilograms. [2] Its perigee to Earth is 829 kilometers. Its apogee is 845 kilometers away from Earth. Its inclination

• ... acecraft was 3-axis stabilized . [2] TIROS-N was operated for 868 days until deactivated by NOAA on 27 february 1981. [3] U.S. weather satellite TIROS-N Mission type Weather Operator NOAA COSPAR ID 1978-096A SAT ...
• ... 8, 11:23:00 UTC [1] Rocket Atlas F Launch site Vandenberg Air Force Base End of mission Deactivated 27 february 1981 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit Regime Sun-synchronous orbit Perigee alti ...

#5 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

• ... at its location on the S3 truss location. ELC-4 was installed in its final location at 03:22 UTC on 27 february . [65] While the robotic transfer was going on, Bowen and Lindsey were transferring items that were ...
• ... Space Station on 26 February 2011. The docked Discovery and Dextre are featured in this photograph. 27 february (FLIGHT DAY 4) On Flight Day 4, Stott and Barratt grappled the Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS) us ...

#6 Astra 2B

Astra 2B is one of the Astra communications satellites owned and operated by Société Européenne des Satellites . Launched in September 2000 to join Astra 2A at the Astra 28.2°E orbital position providing digital television and radio broadcast services to the United Kingdom and Ireland, the satellite

• ... E , to serve alongside Astra 1KR , Astra 1L , Astra 1M , and Astra 2C , [5] arriving in position by 27 february 2013. [6] In January 2014, Astra 2B moved to the Astra 31.5°E orbital position, pending the delayed ...

#7 TechEdSat

Technology Education Satellite ( TechEdSat ) is a successful nano-sat flight series conducted from the NASA Ames Research Center in collaboration with numerous universities (San Jose State University, University of Idaho, University of California, University of Minnesota, Smith College). While one o

• ... beSat Deployer on 4 March 2015. [18] [19] The satellite decayed from orbit on 3 April 2015. [20] On 27 february 2015, a series of CubeSats, small experimental satellites, were deployed via a special device mount ...

#8 HALCA

HALCA ( Highly Advanced Laboratory for Communications and Astronomy ), also known for its project name VSOP ( VLBI Space Observatory Programme ), the code name MUSES-B (for the second of the Mu Space Engineering Spacecraft series), or just Haruka (はるか) [2] was a Japanese 8 meter diameter radio teles

• ... One concern was that the cables could entangle. [4] The deployment of the main reflector started on february 27, 1997. The deployment was done over three hours on the first day and was completed in 20 minutes dur ...

#9 Soyuz MS-06

Soyuz MS-06 was a Soyuz spaceflight which launched on 13 September 2017. [1] It transported three members of the Expedition 53 crew to the International Space Station . Soyuz MS-06 was the 135th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew consisted of a Russian commander, and two American flight engineer

• ... Docking with ISS Docking port Poisk zenith Docking date 13 September 2017, 02:55 UTC Undocking date 27 february 2018, 23:08 UTC Time docked 167 days 20 hours 13 minutes (l-r) Acaba, Misurkin and Vande Hei Soyuz ...

#10 OneWeb satellite constellation

The OneWeb satellite constellation is a planned initial 648- satellite internet constellation which is in the process of being completed in 2022, [2] with a goal to provide global broadband internet services to people everywhere by the end of 2023. [3] The constellation is being deployed by OneWeb ,

• ... r low Earth orbit (1,200 km (750 mi)) Production Status Active Launched 428/648 (66%) Maiden launch 27 february 2019 Last launch 10 February 2022 OneWeb's first six satellites were launched in February 2019, [4] ...
• ... ace India Limited , the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organisation , [62] LAUNCHES On 27 february 2019, OneWeb successfully launched the first 6 of the 648 planned satellites (600 active plus 48 on ...
• ... et in orbit. [67] Flight No. Date/Time ( UTC ) Launch site Launch vehicle Number deployed Outcome 1 27 february 2019 [68] Kourou , ELS Soyuz ST-B / Fregat-MT 6 (test satellites) Success 2 6 February 2020 [5] Bai ...

#11 STARS-II

Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite II or STARS-II , was a nanosatellite built by Japan's Kagawa University to test an electrodynamic tether in low Earth orbit , a follow-on to the STARS mission. STARS-II Mission type Technology Operator Kagawa University COSPAR ID 2014-009H SATCAT no. 39579

• ... perties Manufacturer Kagawa University Launch mass 9 kilograms (20 lb) Start of mission Launch date 27 february 2014, 18:37 ( 2014-02-27UTC18:37Z ) UTC [1] Rocket H-IIA 202 Launch site Tanegashima Yoshinobu 1 Co ...
• ... g in the 202 configuration, as a secondary payload aboard the launch of the GPM Core Observatory on 27 february 2014. After two months in orbit, STARS-II reentered the atmosphere on 26 April 2014. FLIGHT PLAN Th ...
• ... g space debris. [5] RESULTS STARS-II was successfully launched at 3:37am (JST) on 28 February 2014 ( 27 february UTC), and amateur radio downlink showed that it successfully separated from the carrier vehicle, ho ...

#12 Project Echo

Project Echo was the first passive communications satellite experiment. Each of the two American spacecraft, launched in 1960 and 1964, were metalized balloon satellites acting as passive reflectors of microwave signals. Communication signals were transmitted from one location on Earth and bounced o

• ... n a display that lasted for about 10 minutes. [6] Four more Shotput tests were flown on 16 January, 27 february , 1 April, and 31 May 1960. [12] On 13 May 1960, the first attempt to orbit an Echo satellite was ma ...

#13 Crew Dragon Demo-1

Crew Dragon Demo-1 (officially Crew Demo-1 , SpaceX Demo-1 , or Demonstration Mission-1 ) [lower-alpha 1] was the first orbital test of the Dragon 2 spacecraft. This first spaceflight was an uncrewed mission that launched on 2 March 2019 [3] [4] at 07:49:03 UTC , and arrived at the International Spa

• ... passed its Flight Readiness Review (FRR) and Launch Readiness Review (LRR) on 22 February 2019 and 27 february 2019 respectively. [16] The Falcon 9 with Demo-1 rolled out to the LC-39A on 28 February 2019 at ar ...

#14 CASSIOPE

Cascade, Smallsat and Ionospheric Polar Explorer ( CASSIOPE ), [5] is a Canadian Space Agency (CSA) multi-mission satellite operated by the University of Calgary . The mission development and operations from launch to February 2018 was funded through CSA and the Technology Partnerships Canada progra

• ... ce only three wheels are required for 3-axis stabilized pointing. A second reaction wheel failed on february 27, 2021, forcing the spacecraft into a slowly spinning, safe-hold attitude configuration. Three-axis s ...

#15 Soyuz TM-29

Soyuz TM-29 was a Russian Soyuz spaceflight launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard a Soyuz 11A511U rocket. It docked with Mir on February 22 at 05:36 GMT with cosmonauts Viktor Afanasyev of Russia, Jean-Pierre Haigneré of France , and Ivan Bella of Slovakia aboard. Since two crew seats had bee

• ... sian engineer Avdeyev already aboard Mir would have to accept a double-length assignment. After the february 27 departure of EO-26 crew commander Padalka and cosmonaut Bella aboard Soyuz TM-28, the new EO-27 Mir ...

#16 Ginrei

Ginrei or ShindaiSat was a 400x400x450mm cube-like microsatellite intended to text experimental visible light communication. The satellite is made in Shinshu University (Japan). The ground station was completed by 18 March 2014 and attempts to communicate with satellite have started the same day. 2-

• ... rties Manufacturer Shinshu University Launch mass 35 kilograms (77 lb) Start of mission Launch date 27 february 2014, 18:37 ( 2014-02-27UTC18:37Z ) UTC [1] Rocket H-IIA 202 Launch site Tanegashima Yoshinobu 1 Co ...

#17 ITF-1

ITF-1 , also known as Yui , was an amateur radio cubesat built by Tsukuba University of Japan . This article needs additional citations for verification . ( January 2015 ) ITF-1 Mission type Amateur radio Operator Tsukuba University COSPAR ID 2014-009B SATCAT no. 39573 Website yui.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp S

• ... Sat Manufacturer Tsukuba University Launch mass 1.3 kilograms (2.9 lb) Start of mission Launch date 27 february 2014, 18:37 ( 2014-02-27UTC18:37Z ) UTC [1] Rocket H-IIA 202 Launch site Tanegashima Yoshinobu 1 Co ...

#18 OPUSAT

The Osaka Prefecture University Satellite , or OPUSAT was a technology demonstration cubesat built and operated by Japan 's Osaka Prefecture University . It had a size of 100x100x100mm (without antennas and solar paddles) and build around a standard 1U cubesat bus. The primary satellite purpose was

• ... acturer Osaka Prefecture University Launch mass 1.4 kilograms (3.1 lb) Start of mission Launch date 27 february 2014, 18:37 ( 2014-02-27UTC18:37Z ) UTC [1] Rocket H-IIA 202 Launch site Tanegashima Yoshinobu 1 Co ...

#19 Venera 2

Venera 2 ( Russian : Венера-2 meaning Venus 2 ), also known as 3MV-4 No.4 was a Soviet spacecraft intended to explore Venus . A 3MV-4 spacecraft launched as part of the Venera programme , it failed to return data after flying past Venus. Venera 2 Venera 2 Mission type Venus flyby [1] Operator OKB-1

• ... tude 315 kilometres (196 mi) Inclination 51.8° Period 89.71 minutes Flyby of Venus Closest approach 27 february 1966, 02:52 UTC Distance 23,810 kilometres (14,790 mi) Venera ← Kosmos 27 Venera 3 → Venera 2 was l ...
• ... asure cosmic radio emissions. [4] The spacecraft made its closest approach to Venus at 02:52 UTC on 27 february 1966, at a distance of 23,810 kilometres (14,790 mi) . [2] During the flyby, all of Venera 2's inst ...

#20 Eutelsat 16B

Eutelsat 16B , formerly known as Hot Bird 4 , Nilesat 103 , Atlantic Bird 4 , and Eurobird 16 , is a communications satellite owned and operated by Eutelsat . The satellite was retired in 2015 and was moved into a graveyard orbit above the geostationary belt. Egyptian communications satellite Eutels

• ... ra Marconi Space Launch mass 2900 kg Dry mass 1310 kg Power 5500 watts Start of mission Launch date 27 february 1998, 22:38:00 UTC Rocket Ariane 42P H10-3 Launch site Centre Spatial Guyanais , ELA-2 Contractor A ...
• ... which could be received in the downlink by standard IRDs. [2] LAUNCH The satellite was launched on 27 february 1998 at 22:38:00 UTC , from the Centre Spatial Guyanais in Kourou by an Ariane 42P launcher under t ...