langs: 28 февраля [ru] / february 28 [en] / 28. februar [de] / 28 février [fr] / 28 febbraio [it] / 28 de febrero [es]

days: february 25 / february 26 / february 27 / february 28 / february 29 / march 1 / march 2

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Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut

#1 Michael Collins (astronaut)

Michael Collins (October 31, 1930 – April 28, 2021) was an American astronaut who flew the Apollo 11 command module Columbia around the Moon in 1969 while his crewmates, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin , made the first crewed landing on the surface . He was also a test pilot and major general in the

• ... designated as the backup commander and pilot respectively. [45] The arrangements were disturbed on february 28 by the deaths of the Gemini 9 crew, Charles Bassett and Elliot See , in the 1966 NASA T-38 crash . T ...

#2 Elliot See

Elliot McKay See Jr. (July 23, 1927 – February 28, 1966) was an American engineer , naval aviator , test pilot and NASA astronaut . American test pilot and astronaut (1927–1966) Elliot See See in 1964 Born Elliot McKay See Jr. ( 1927-07-23 ) July 23, 1927 Dallas, Texas , U.S. Died February 28, 1966

• Elliot McKay See Jr. (July 23, 1927 – february 28, 1966) was an American engineer , naval aviator , test pilot and NASA astronaut . American test pilo ...
• ... ot See See in 1964 Born Elliot McKay See Jr. ( 1927-07-23 ) July 23, 1927 Dallas, Texas , U.S. Died february 28, 1966 (1966-02-28) (aged 38) St. Louis, Missouri , U.S. Resting place Arlington National Cemetery Al ...
• ... es Bassett Grave of Elliot See at Arlington National Cemetery Main article: 1966 NASA T-38 crash On february 28, 1966, See and Charles Bassett were flying with their backup crew, Gene Cernan and Thomas Stafford , ...

#3 Gene Cernan

Eugene Andrew Cernan ( / ˈ s ɜːr n ə n / ; March 14, 1934   – January 16, 2017) was an American astronaut , naval aviator , electrical engineer , aeronautical engineer , and fighter pilot . During the Apollo 17 mission, Cernan became the eleventh human being to walk on the Moon. As he re-entered the

• ... was killed in the crash of NASA T-38A "901" (USAF serial 63–8181) at Lambert Field , Missouri , on february 28, 1966, the backup crew became the prime crew—the first time in NASA history this happened. [9] Gemin ...

#4 Terry W. Virts

Terry W. Virts (born December 1, 1967) is a retired NASA astronaut , International Space Station Commander and colonel in the United States Air Force . American astronaut Terry W. Virts Born ( 1967-12-01 ) December 1, 1967 (age   54) Baltimore , Maryland , U.S. Status Retired NASA (Active Hardee's)

• ... zakhstan. It successfully docked at the International Space Station roughly six hours later. [2] On february 28, 2015, following the death of Star Trek actor Leonard Nimoy , who played Spock , Virts tweeted an im ...

#5 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

• ... ont port for the Soyuz TM-29 docking. [10] He returned to Earth on board the Soyuz 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 lan ...
• ... 8 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 16 hours of space travel during the mission. ISS MIS ...

#6 Thomas P. Stafford

Thomas Patten Stafford (born September 17, 1930) is an American former Air Force officer , test pilot , and NASA astronaut , and one of 24 people who flew to the Moon . He also served as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1969 to 1971. United States astronaut (born 1930) Thomas P. Stafford Stafford

• ... 9 with Eugene Cernan as the backup pilot. Charlie Bassett and Elliot See were the primary crew. On february 28, 1966, both crews flew in T-38 Talons to Lambert Field to visit the McDonnell Douglas Gemini assembl ...

#7 Kathryn D. Sullivan

Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan (born October 3, 1951) is an American geologist and oceanographer , and a former NASA astronaut and US Navy officer. She was a crew member on three Space Shuttle missions. "Kathryn Sullivan" redirects here. For other uses, see Kathryn Sullivan (disambiguation) . American geolo

• ... ecame Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Acting NOAA Administrator on february 28, 2013, following the resignation of Jane Lubchenco . [49] President Obama nominated Sullivan to serv ...

#8 Alexander Misurkin

Alexander Alexanderovich Misurkin ( Russian : Aлександр Aлександрович Мисуркин ) (born 23 September 1977), a major in the Russian Air Force , is a Russian cosmonaut , selected in 2006. He flew aboard Soyuz TMA-08M on 28 March 2013 as his first space mission, and launched on Soyuz MS-06 as his second

• ... minutes 3 20 hours 01 minute 2 Soyuz MS-06 12 September 2017, 21:17 UTC ISS-53 / ISS-54 Soyuz MS-06 28 february 2018, 02:31 UTC 168 days 05 hours 14 minutes 1 8 hours 13 minutes 3 Soyuz MS-20 08 December 2021, 0 ...

#9 Samantha Cristoforetti

Samantha Cristoforetti , OMRI ( Italian pronunciation:   [saˈmanta kristofoˈretti] ; born in Milan on 26 April 1977) is an Italian European Space Agency astronaut, former Italian Air Force pilot and engineer. She holds the record for the longest uninterrupted spaceflight by a European astronaut (199

• ... (referencing Captain Janeway from Star Trek: Voyager , and her love of coffee ). [28] [26] [29] On 28 february 2015, the day following the death of Leonard Nimoy , who portrayed Mr. Spock on Star Trek , she pho ...

#10 Buzz Aldrin

Buzz Aldrin ( / ˈ ɔː l d r ɪ n / ; born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr. ; January 20, 1930) is an American former astronaut , engineer and fighter pilot . He made three spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission. As the Lunar Module Eagle pilot on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, he and mission commander

• ... the third following mission, but the last scheduled mission in the program was Gemini 12 . [43] The february 28, 1966, deaths of the Gemini 9 prime crew, Elliot See and Charles Bassett , in an air crash , led to ...

#11 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

• ... 74] ) Armstrong would also be the last of his group to fly in space, as See died in a T-38 crash on february 28, 1966, that also took the life of crewmate Charles Bassett . They were replaced by the backup crew o ...

#12 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

• ... ght, Mullane served on the crew of STS-36 which launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on february 28, 1990, aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis . This mission carried DOD payloads and a number of seconda ...

#13 David Scott

David Randolph Scott (born June 6, 1932) is an American retired test pilot and NASA astronaut who was the seventh person to walk on the Moon . Selected as part of the third group of astronauts in 1963, Scott flew to space three times and commanded Apollo 15 , the fourth lunar landing; he is one of f

• ... n CSM-104. [46] Scott stands in the open hatch of the Apollo 9 Command Module Gumdrop . The planned february 28, 1969, launch date was postponed as all three astronauts had head colds, and NASA was wary of medica ...

#14 Kathryn P. Hire

Kathryn Patricia " Kay " Hire (born August 26, 1959) is a former NASA astronaut and Captain in the U.S. Navy Reserve who has flown aboard two Space Shuttle missions. NASA astronaut and Captain in the U.S. Navy Reserve Kathryn Hire Born ( 1959-08-26 ) August 26, 1959 (age   63) Mobile, Alabama , U.S.

• ... meant that she was employed at NASA but was no longer eligible for spaceflight assignments. [5] On february 28, 2019, Hire retired from NASA. [6] ORGANIZATIONS Association of Space Explorers Association of Naval ...

#15 Steven R. Nagel

Steven Ray Nagel (October 27, 1946 – August 21, 2014), ( Col , USAF ), was an American astronaut , aeronautical and mechanical engineer , test pilot , and a United States Air Force pilot . [1] In total, he logged 723 hours in space. [2] After NASA, he worked at the University of Missouri College of

• ... ection 1978 NASA Group 8 Missions STS-51-G , STS-61-A , STS-37 , STS-55 Mission insignia Retirement february 28, 1995 PERSONAL DATA Nagel was born on October 27, 1946, in Canton, Illinois , to parents Ivan R. Nag ...
• ... light, Nagel had logged a total of 723 hours in space . Nagel retired from the Air Force, effective february 28, 1995. He retired from the Astronaut Office, effective March 1, 1995, to assume the full-time positi ...

#16 Richard Garriott

Richard Allen Garriott de Cayeux ( né Garriott ; born July 4, 1961) is an American video game developer , entrepreneur and private astronaut. Although both his parents were American, he maintains dual British and American citizenship by birth. [1] American video game developer and entrepreneur (born

• ... NCsoft announced that it planned to end the live service of Tabula Rasa . The servers shut down on february 28, 2009, after a period of free play from January 10 onward for existing account holders. [38] In July ...

#17 William Shatner

William Shatner [3] OC (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor. In a career spanning seven decades, he is best known for his portrayal of James T. Kirk in the Star Trek franchise, from his 1965 debut as the captain of the starship Enterprise in the second pilot of the first Star Trek television se

• ... ngrad & the army defending Stalingrad fought the Nazis to a standstill. History CAN repeat itself." february 28, 2022 [90] Shatner became the focus of political controversy in 2021, when it was revealed that a po ...

#18 John Casper

John Howard Casper (born July 9, 1943) is a former American astronaut and retired United States Air Force pilot. American astronaut Not to be confused with Caspar John . This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification . ( November 2020 ) John H. Casper Born ( 1943-07-09

• ... erations of the program. SPACE FLIGHTS STS-36 launched from the Kennedy Space Center , Florida , on february 28, 1990, aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis . This mission carried classified Department of Defense payload ...

#19 Alvin Drew

Colonel Benjamin Alvin Drew (born November 5, 1962) is a United States Air Force officer and a former NASA astronaut . He has been on two spaceflights ; the first was the Space Shuttle mission STS-118 to the International Space Station , in August 2007. [2] Drew's second spaceflight took place in Ma

• ... er in Star City , Russia, overseeing NASA's training operations there as director of operations. On february 28, 2011, Drew became the 200th person to walk in space , when he conducted the first spacewalk of the ...
• ... 9. Drew's role on this crew was that of a Mission Specialist, and he conducted two spacewalks . On february 28, Drew became the 200th person to walk in space. [8] AWARDS AND HONORS Drew's decorations include the ...

#20 Charles Bassett

Charles Arthur Bassett II (December 30, 1931 – February 28, 1966), ( Major , USAF ), was an American electrical engineer and United States Air Force test pilot . He went to Ohio State University for two years and later graduated from Texas Tech University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electri

• Charles Arthur Bassett II (December 30, 1931 – february 28, 1966), ( Major , USAF ), was an American electrical engineer and United States Air Force test pilot ...
• ... tt in 1964 Born Charles Arthur Bassett II ( 1931-12-30 ) December 30, 1931 Dayton, Ohio , U.S. Died february 28, 1966 (1966-02-28) (aged 34) St. Louis, Missouri , U.S. Resting place Arlington National Cemetery Na ...
• ... TH Main article: 1966 NASA T-38 crash Elliot See and Charles Bassett Bassett and Elliot See died on february 28, 1966, when their T-38 trainer jet, piloted by See, crashed into McDonnell Aircraft Building 101, kn ...

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Museum / Museum

#1 Chalais-Meudon

Chalais-Meudon is an aeronautical research and development centre in Meudon , to the south-west of Paris . It was originally founded in 1793 in the nearby Château de Meudon and has played an important role in the development of French aviation. French aeronautical research and development centre Cha

• ... closed, he was appointed as the first director of the Service Technique de l'Aéronautique (STAé) on 28 february 1916. This was still based at Chalais-Meudon, and he continued with one of his interests – kites . ...

#2 U.S. Space & Rocket Center

The U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama is a museum operated by the government of Alabama , showcasing rockets , achievements, and artifacts of the U.S. space program. Sometimes billed as "Earth's largest space museum", astronaut Owen Garriott described the place as, "a great way to le

• ... onverted into the Intuitive Planetarium, featuring high-definition digital projectors, which opened february 28, 2019. [39] [40] Mike Wing plunged the Center into debt as its executive director from 1998 to 1999. ...

#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

• ... tember 2, 1933 – Francesco de Pinedo was killed in a crash during takeoff from Bennett Field. [257] february 28, 1934 – April 25, 1934 – Laura H. Ingalls flew a Lockheed Air Express , powered by a Pratt & Whitney ...

#4 KAI Aerospace Museum

The KAI Aerospace Museum is an aerospace museum in Sacheon , South Korea located at 35.071340°N 128.063297°E  / 35.071340; 128.063297 adjacent to Sacheon Airport . This article includes a list of general references , but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations . ( October 2009 )

• ... designated as a UH-19D Chickasaw. Some sources say the helicopter was delivered to the U.S. Army on february 28, 1958 and was later transferred to the ROKAF. Other sources suggest this helicopter was operated by ...

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Spacecraft / Spacecraft

#1 Kosmos 122

Kosmos 122 ( Russian : Космос 122 meaning Cosmos 122 ), launched on 25 June 1966, Meteor No.5L , and was one of eleven weather satellites put into orbit between 1964 and 1969. Kosmos 122 Mission type Weather COSPAR ID 1966-057A SATCAT no. 02254 Mission duration 4 months Spacecraft properties Spacecr

• ... or " experimental weather satellite system. [1] The deployment of two other satellites, Kosmos 144 ( 28 february 1967) and Kosmos 156 (27 April 1967), helped create the first Soviet weather forecasting network. [ ...

#2 ESSA-2

ESSA-2 (or OT-2 ) was a spin-stabilized operational meteorological satellite. Its name was derived from that of its oversight agency, the Environmental Science Services Administration (ESSA). ESSA-2 ESSA 2 Mission type Weather satellite Operator ESSA / NASA COSPAR ID 1966-016A SATCAT no. 2091 Spacec

• ... rs (842 mi) Apogee altitude 1,415 kilometers (879 mi) Inclination 101.3° Period 113.5 minutes Epoch february 28, 1966 TOS ← ESSA-1 ESSA-3 → LAUNCH Launch of ESSA-2. ESSA-2 was launched on February 28, 1966, at 13 ...
• ... nutes Epoch February 28, 1966 TOS ← ESSA-1 ESSA-3 → LAUNCH Launch of ESSA-2. ESSA-2 was launched on february 28, 1966, at 13:55 UTC . It was launched atop a Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral , Florida . The spacec ...

#3 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

• ... e nitrogen from their blood and help prevent decompression sickness , also known as the bends. [67] 28 february (FLIGHT DAY 5 – EVA 1) Steve Bowen and Alvin Drew performed the mission's first extra-vehicular act ...
• ... ng the mission. [71] EVA Spacewalkers Start ( UTC ) End (UTC) Duration EVA 1 Steve Bowen Alvin Drew 28 february 2011 15:46 28 February 2011 22:20 6 hours 34 minutes Drew and Bowen installed a power extension cab ...
• ... A Spacewalkers Start ( UTC ) End (UTC) Duration EVA 1 Steve Bowen Alvin Drew 28 February 2011 15:46 28 february 2011 22:20 6 hours 34 minutes Drew and Bowen installed a power extension cable between the Unity an ...

#4 NEAR Shoemaker

Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous – Shoemaker ( NEAR Shoemaker ), renamed after its 1996 launch in honor of planetary scientist Eugene Shoemaker , was a robotic space probe designed by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory for NASA to study the near-Earth asteroid Eros from close orbi

• ... ) 20:43:27 UTC Rocket Delta II 7925-8 Launch site Cape Canaveral LC-17B End of mission Last contact february 28, 2001 ( 2001-02-28 ) ~00:00 UTC Landing date February 12, 2001 ( 2001-02-12 ) 20:01 UTC Landing site ...
• ... lf. [4] The impact of cosmic rays on the sensor was also reduced by about 50%. [4] At 7 p.m. EST on february 28, 2001, the last data signals were received from NEAR Shoemaker before it was shut down. A final atte ...

#5 Kosmos 144

Kosmos 144 (Russian: Космос 144 meaning Cosmos 144), was launched on 28 February 1967, Meteor No.6L , and was one of eleven weather satellites launched by the Soviet Union between 1964 and 1969. [3] Kosmos 144 was the second announced Russian meteorological satellite and the first interim operationa

• Kosmos 144 (Russian: Космос 144 meaning Cosmos 144), was launched on 28 february 1967, Meteor No.6L , and was one of eleven weather satellites launched by the Soviet Union between ...
• ... ies Spacecraft type Meteor Manufacturer VNIIEM Launch mass 4730 kg [1] Start of mission Launch date 28 february 1967, 14:34:59 GMT Rocket Vostok-2M (8A92M) s/n N15000-55 Launch site Plesetsk , Site 41/1 Contract ...
• ... Earth Perigee altitude 574 km Apogee altitude 644 km Inclination 81.25° Period 96.88 minutes Epoch 28 february 1967 SPACECRAFT The satellite was in the form of a large cylindrical capsule, 5 metres (16 ft) long ...
• ... 0-55 carrier rocket, which flew from Site 41/1 at Plesetsk . The launch occurred at 14:34:59 GMT on 28 february 1967 and was successful. Kosmos 144 was operated in a low Earth orbit , at an epoch of 28 February ...
• ... 28 February 1967 and was successful. Kosmos 144 was operated in a low Earth orbit , at an epoch of 28 february 1967, it had a perigee of 574 kilometres (357 mi) , an apogee of 644 kilometres (400 mi) , an incli ...

#6 Mars 5

Mars 5 ( Russian : Марс-5 ), also known as 3MS No.53S was a Soviet spacecraft launched to explore Mars. A 3MS spacecraft launched as part of the Mars programme , it successfully entered orbit around Mars in 1974. However, it failed a few weeks later. [4] Mars 5 Mission type Mars orbiter [1] Operator

• ... 25UTC18:55:48Z ) UTC [3] Rocket Proton-K / D Launch site Baikonur 81/24 End of mission Last contact 28 february 1974 ( 1974-03-01 ) Orbital parameters Reference system Areocentric Periareon altitude 1,760 kilome ...
• ... ieved to be the result of a micrometeoroid impact during orbital insertion. It ceased operations on 28 february , having returned 180 photographic frames, 43 of which were of usable quality. [5] The probe's origi ...

#7 Kosmos 2345

Kosmos 2345 ( Russian : Космос 2345 meaning Cosmos 2345 ) is a Russian US-KS missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1997 as part of the Russian Space Forces ' Oko programme. The satellite is designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors . [1] Kosm

• ... 14UTC20:49Z ) UTC [2] Rocket Proton-K / DM-2 Launch site Baikonur 200/39 End of mission Deactivated 28 february 1999 [3] Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Geostationary Instruments Optical te ...

#8 Apollo 9

Apollo 9 (March 3 – 13, 1969) was the third human spaceflight in NASA 's Apollo program . Flown in low Earth orbit , it was the second crewed Apollo mission that the United States launched via a Saturn V rocket, and was the first flight of the full Apollo spacecraft : the command and service module

• ... 3–7) Apollo 9 launches from Kennedy Space Center , March 3, 1969 Originally scheduled to launch on february 28, 1969, the liftoff of Apollo 9 was postponed because all three astronauts had colds, and NASA did no ...

#9 SES-6

SES-6 is a commercial geostationary communication satellite owned and operated by SES S.A. SES-6 Mission type Communications Operator SES S.A. COSPAR ID 2013-026A SATCAT no. 39172 Website https://www.ses.com/ Mission duration 15 years (planned) 9   years, 4   months (elapsed) Spacecraft properties S

• ... urostar-3000 satellite bus . [3] MARKET The SES-6 satellite replaces the aging NSS-806 (launched on 28 february 1998 as Intelsat 806 ). It is nearly twice as large as NSS-806, with two C-band beams and has a tot ...

#10 Soyuz TM-28

TM-28 was a Soyuz mission to the Mir space station. [2] 1998 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS This article needs additional citations for verification . ( April 2021 ) Soyuz TM-28 Operator Rosaviakosmos COSPAR ID 1998-047A SATCAT no. 25429 Mission duration 198   days, 16   hours, 31   minutes,

• ... st 13, 1998, 09:43:11 ( 1998-08-13UTC09:43:11Z ) UTC [1] Rocket Soyuz-U End of mission Landing date february 28, 1999, 02:14:30 ( 1999-02-28UTC02:14:31Z ) UTC Landing site 50°42′N 67°12′E 100 kilometres (62 mi) s ...

#11 Progress M-3

Progress M-3 ( Russian : Прогресс М-3 ) was a Soviet uncrewed cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1990 to resupply the Mir space station. [2] The twentieth of sixty four Progress flights to visit Mir, it was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, and had the serial number 203. [3] It carried supplies

• ... 15A55 Manufacturer NPO Energia Launch mass 7,250 kilograms (15,980 lb) Start of mission Launch date 28 february 1990, 23:10:57 ( 1990-02-28UTC23:10:57Z ) UTC Rocket Soyuz-U2 Launch site Baikonur Site 1/5 End of ...
• ... g date 27 April 1990, 20:24:43 UTC Time docked 56 days Progress M-3 was launched at 23:10:57 GMT on 28 february 1990, atop a Soyuz-U2 carrier rocket flying from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome . [3] It docke ...

#12 Kosmos 36

Kosmos 36 ( Russian : Космос 36 meaning Cosmos 36 ), also known as DS-P1-Yu #1 was a satellite which was used for use in calibrating the Dnestr space surveillance and as a radar calibration target, for tests of anti-ballistic missiles . [3] It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1964 as part of the

• ... ket Kosmos-2I 63S1 Launch site Kapustin Yar , Mayak-2 Contractor Yuzhnoye End of mission Decay date 28 february 1965 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric [2] Regime Low Earth Perigee altitude 261 km Ap ...
• ... s (296 mi) , 49.0° of inclination , and an orbital period of 91.9 minutes. It decayed from orbit on 28 february 1965. [6] Kosmos 36 was the first of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites to be launched, [7] of which ...

#13 Discoverer 1

Discoverer 1 was the first of a series of satellites which were part of the CORONA reconnaissance satellite program. It was launched on a Thor-Agena A rocket on 28 February 1959 at 21:49:16 GMT from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California . It was a prototype of the KH-1 satellite, but did not conta

• ... re part of the CORONA reconnaissance satellite program. It was launched on a Thor-Agena A rocket on 28 february 1959 at 21:49:16 GMT from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California . It was a prototype of the KH-1 ...
• ... raft Company Launch mass 618 kg Dimensions 5.73 m long 1.52 m diameter Start of mission Launch date 28 february 1959, 21:49:16 GMT Rocket Thor-Agena A (Thor 163 - FTV 1022) [2] Launch site Vandenberg , LC 75-3-4 ...

#14 Suisei (spacecraft)

Suisei ( すいせい , lit. "Comet") , originally known as Planet-A , was an unmanned space probe developed by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (now part of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency , or JAXA). Japanese deep space probe to Halley's comet This article includes a list of refe

• ... zine, this, as well as plans to fly within several million kilometers of Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle on february 28, 1998, were cancelled.

#15 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

• ... ew consisted of a Russian commander, and two American flight engineers. [3] It returned to Earth on 28 february 2018 after 168 days in orbit. [2] 2017 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS Soyuz MS-06 Soyuz MS-0 ...
• ... Launch site Baikonur , Site 1/5 Contractor Progress Rocket Space Centre End of mission Landing date 28 february 2018 02:31 UTC [2] Landing site Steppes of the Kazakhstan Orbital parameters Reference system Geoce ...

#16 FR-1 (satellite)

FR-1 [1] [4] [6] was the second French satellite . Planned as the first French satellite, it was launched on 6 December 1965—ten days after the actual first French satellite, Astérix —by an American Scout X-4 rocket from the Western Range at Vandenberg Air Force Base . The scientific satellite studi

• ... TC Rocket Scout X-4 Launch site Vandenberg Air Force Base Western Range End of mission Last contact 28 february 1969 ( 1969-03-01 ) Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Low Earth Semi-major axis ...
• ... planned three-to-four-month research period. [14] [22] All telemetry with the satellite was lost on 28 february 1969. FR-1 remains in orbit as of November 2020. [2] The Musée de l'air et de l'espace in Paris Le ...

#17 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

• ... (228 mi) Apogee altitude 381 kilometres (237 mi) Inclination 65 degrees Period 92.02 minutes Epoch 28 february 2014 [2] STARS-II was launched by an H-IIA rocket, flying in the 202 configuration, as a secondary ...
• ... ogy for de-orbiting 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 c ...

#18 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

• ... y 2019 and 27 February 2019 respectively. [16] The Falcon 9 with Demo-1 rolled out to the LC-39A on 28 february 2019 at around 15:00 UTC and went vertical a few hours later. [17] The spacecraft was launched on 2 ...

#19 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-

• ... (240 mi) Apogee altitude 404 kilometres (251 mi) Inclination 65 degrees Period 92.47 minutes Epoch 28 february 2014 [2] MISSION RESULTS The Ginrei optical signals were received 10 seconds per pass, averaged ove ...

#20 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

• ... (237 mi) Apogee altitude 391 kilometres (243 mi) Inclination 65 degrees Period 92.28 minutes Epoch 28 february 2014 [2] It had a size of 100x100x100mm (without antenna) and was built around a standard 1U cubesa ...