langs: 6 февраля [ru] / february 6 [en] / 6. februar [de] / 6 février [fr] / 6 febbraio [it] / 6 de febrero [es]
days: february 3 / february 4 / february 5 / february 6 / february 7 / february 8 / february 9
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 Edgar Mitchell
Edgar Dean Mitchell (September 17, 1930 – February 4, 2016) was a United States Navy officer and aviator , test pilot , aeronautical engineer , ufologist and NASA astronaut . As the Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo 14 in 1971 he spent nine hours working on the lunar surface in the Fra Mauro Highlands
- ... ds with the United States' flag on the Moon, 1971 Mitchell studies a map while walking on the Moon, february 6, 1971 A U.S. Navy diver helps Mitchell out of the Command Module, 1971 Mitchell was selected in 1966 ...
#2 Luca Parmitano
Colonel Luca Parmitano (born 27 September 1976 in Paternò , Sicily ) is an Italian astronaut in the European Astronaut Corps for the European Space Agency (ESA). He was selected as an ESA astronaut in May 2009. Parmitano is also a Colonel and test pilot for the Italian Air Force . [2] Italian engine
- ... ak was fixed during the spacewalk. [23] [24] Expedition 61 ended with the landing of Soyuz MS-13 on 6 february 2020. Aboard were Parmitano, Aleksandr Skvortsov and Christina Koch .
#3 Yuri Romanenko
Yuri Viktorovich Romanenko ( Russian : Ю́рий Ви́кторович Романе́нко ; born 1 August 1944) is a former Soviet cosmonaut , twice Hero of the Soviet Union (March 16, 1978 and September 26, 1980). Over his career, Yuri Romanenko spent a total of 430 days 20 hours 21 minutes 30 seconds in space and 18 ho
- ... t in space. [3] The third and last flight of Romanenko was on Soyuz TM-2 with Aleksandr Laveykin on february 6, 1987, to the Mir station. During that mission, Romanenko spent 326 days aboard Mir, which was the l ...
#4 Jessica Meir
Jessica Ulrika Meir ( IPA : / m ɪər / ; meer ; born ( 1977-07-01 ) July 1, 1977 ) is an American-Swedish NASA astronaut, marine biologist, and physiologist. She was previously an assistant professor of anesthesia at Harvard Medical School , Massachusetts General Hospital , Boston , following postdoc
- ... as the first time a woman was outside the space station. [41] Meir during her EVA on October 18 On february 6, 2020, Koch, alongside Soyuz MS-13 crew members Aleksandr Skvortsov and Luca Parmitano returned to E ...
#5 Christina Koch
Christina Hammock Koch ( / k oʊ k / KOHK ; born January 29, 1979) is an American engineer and NASA astronaut of the class of 2013. [1] [2] She received Bachelor of Science degrees in electrical engineering and physics and a Master of Science in electrical engineering at North Carolina State Universi
- ... ch broke the record for longest continuous time in space by a woman. [7] She returned from space on february 6, 2020. [8] Koch was included in Time ' s 100 Most Influential People of 2020. [9] EARLY LIFE AND EDU ...
- ... al Crew Development program, Koch's mission was extended to February 2020. She returned to Earth on february 6 after 328 days – the longest single continuous stay in space for a woman, exceeding Peggy Whitson 's ...
#6 Janice E. Voss
Janice Elaine Voss (October 8, 1956 – February 6, 2012) was an American engineer and a NASA astronaut . Voss received her B.S. in engineering science from Purdue University , her M.S. in electrical engineering from MIT , and her PhD in aeronautics and astronautics from MIT . [1] She flew in space fi
- Janice Elaine Voss (October 8, 1956 – february 6, 2012) was an American engineer and a NASA astronaut . Voss received her B.S. in engineering science ...
- ... lew in space five times, jointly holding the record for American women. [2] Voss died in Arizona on february 6, 2012, from breast cancer . [3] [4] [5] American engineer and a NASA astronaut (1956–2012) Janice E. ...
- ... naut (1956–2012) Janice E. Voss Born ( 1956-10-08 ) October 8, 1956 South Bend, Indiana , U.S. Died february 6, 2012 (2012-02-06) (aged 55) Scottsdale, Arizona , U.S. Occupation Engineer Space career NASA Astron ...
#7 Lisa Nowak
Lisa Marie Nowak (née Caputo , born May 10, 1963) is an American aeronautical engineer , and former NASA astronaut and United States Navy captain . Nowak served as naval flight officer and test pilot in the Navy, and was selected by NASA for NASA Astronaut Group 16 in 1996, qualifying as a mission s
- ... shuttle mission, went as Chief of the Astronaut Office , the senior astronaut at NASA. [89] [90] On february 6, 2007, both appeared before a judge on her behalf. The state's assistant attorney, Amanda Cowan, arg ...
- ... rom jail. [86] Shipman dropped her request for a protection order on February 15. [92] REACTIONS On february 6, 2007, Nowak was placed on 30-day leave by NASA. [93] She returned to Houston on a commercial airlin ...
- ... hen donning a trench coat and following Shipman after she retrieved her bags. [111] DEVELOPMENTS On february 6, 2007, Nowak pleaded not guilty to the charges of attempted murder and attempted kidnapping. On Marc ...
#8 Joseph M. Acaba
Joseph Michael "Joe" Acabá (born May 17, 1967) is a Puerto Rican educator , hydrogeologist , and NASA astronaut . [1] [2] In May 2004 he became the first person of Puerto Rican heritage to be named as a NASA astronaut candidate, when he was selected as a member of NASA Astronaut Training Group 19. [
- ... 4 days 23 hours 51 minutes 0 0 3 Soyuz MS-06 September 12, 2017, 21:17 UTC ISS-53 / ISS-54 Soyuz MS- 06 february 28, 2018 168 days 5 hours 13 minutes 1 6 hours 49 minutes 306 days 34 minutes 3 19 hours 46 minutes ...
#9 Yury Onufriyenko
Col. Yuri Ivanovich Onufrienko ( Russian : Юрий Иванович Онуфриенко , Ukrainian : Юрій Іванович Онуфрієнко ; born 6 February 1961) is a retired Russian cosmonaut . He is a veteran of two extended spaceflights, aboard the space station Mir in 1996 and aboard the International Space Station in 2001–20
- ... icient corresponding inline citations . ( June 2010 ) Yuri Ivanovich Onufrienko Born ( 1961-02-06 ) february 6, 1961 (age 61) Ryasne , Ukraine , Soviet Union Nationality Russian Occupation Pilot Awards Hero of t ...
- ... ovich Onufrienko ( Russian : Юрий Иванович Онуфриенко , Ukrainian : Юрій Іванович Онуфрієнко ; born 6 february 1961) is a retired Russian cosmonaut . He is a veteran of two extended spaceflights, aboard the spa ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster
Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster is an electric sports car that served as the dummy payload for the February 2018 Falcon Heavy test flight and became an artificial satellite of the Sun. A mannequin in a spacesuit , dubbed "Starman", occupies the driver's seat. The car and rocket are products of Tesla and
- ... b); ~6,000 kg (13,000 lb) including rocket upper stage [3] Start of mission Launch date 20:45 : 00, february 6, 2018 (UTC) ( 2018-02-06T20 : 45 : 00Z ) Rocket Falcon Heavy FH-001 Launch site Kennedy LC-39A Contr ...
- ... rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center [28] at 15:45 EST (20:45 UTC) on february 6. [29] The upper stage supporting the car was initially placed in an Earth parking orbit . [6] It spe ...
#2 Luna 9
Luna 9 (Луна-9), internal designation Ye-6 No.13 , was an uncrewed space mission of the Soviet Union 's Luna programme . On 3 February 1966, the Luna 9 spacecraft became the first spacecraft to achieve a survivable landing on a celestial body . [4] [5] 1966 uncrewed space mission of the Soviet Union
- ... GMT Rocket Molniya-M 8K78M s/n 103-32 Launch site Baikonur , Site 31/6 End of mission Last contact 6 february 1966, 22:55 GMT Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric [1] Regime Highly elliptical Perigee ...
- ... ; that the ground could support a lander. The last contact with the spacecraft was at 22:55 GMT on 6 february 1966. [2] SEE ALSO Spaceflight portal List of artificial objects on the Moon
#3 Soyuz MS-13
Soyuz MS-13 , also designated ISS flight 59S , was a crewed Soyuz mission launched on 20 July 2019 – the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing – [2] carrying three members of the Expedition 60 crew to the International Space Station : a Russian commander, an American and a European flight engin
- ... 2019, 16:28:21 UTC [2] Rocket Soyuz-FG Launch site Baikonur , Site 1/5 End of mission Landing date 6 february 2020, 09:12:45 UTC [3] [1] Landing site Steppes of Kazakhstan. Orbital parameters Reference system ...
- ... SS (Relocation) Docking port Poisk zenith Docking date 26 August 2019, 03:59 UTC [4] Undocking date 6 february 2020, 05:50:28 UTC [1] Time docked 164d 1h 51m (l-r) Morgan, Skvortsov and Parmitano Soyuz programm ...
#4 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
- ... oyuz MS-11 December 3, 2018 17:33 UTC June 24, 2019 23:25 UTC Soyuz MS-13 August 26, 2019 03:59 UTC february 6, 2020 05:50 UTC Soyuz MS-16 April 9, 2020 14:13 UTC October 21, 2020 11:32 UTC Soyuz MS-17 March 19, ...
#5 Proton (satellite program)
Proton ( Russian : протон ) (' proton ') was a Soviet series of four cosmic ray and elementary particle detecting satellites. Orbited 1965–68, three on test flights of the UR-500 ICBM and one on a Proton-K rocket, all four satellites completed their missions successfully, the last reentering the Ear
- ... End of mission Disposal De-orbited Decay date Proton 1 : 11 October 1965 ( 1965-10-12Z ) Proton 2 : 6 february 1966 ( 1966-02-07Z ) Proton 3 : 6 September 1966 ( 1966-09-07Z ) Proton 4 : 24 July 1969 ( 1969-07- ...
- ... r 1965 12:28 UTC, also from Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 81/23. [11] It reentered Earth's atmosphere on 6 february 1966. [12] At the time of their launch, American experts believed the first Protons were experiment ...
#6 Apollo 10
Apollo 10 (May 18–26, 1969) was a human spaceflight , the fourth crewed mission in the United States Apollo program , and the second (after Apollo 8 ) to orbit the Moon. NASA described it as a "dress rehearsal" for the first Moon landing , [2] and designated it an "F" mission , intended to test
- ... cember 30. After being tested in an altitude chamber, the CSM was placed atop the launch vehicle on february 6, 1969. [46] The completed space vehicle was rolled out to Launch Complex 39B on March 11, 1969—the f ...
#7 Ekspress-MD1
Ekspress-MD1 ( Russian : Экспресс-МД1 ), was a Russian geostationary communications satellite operated by Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) and designed and manufactured by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center on the Yakhta satellite bus for RSCC's Ekspress series . It
- ... spacecraft with Ekspress-AM4 and the Briz-M stage was started at the Baikonur launch site. [11] On 6 february 2009, the Proton-M /Briz-M stack was certified for roll out to the Site 200/39 launch pad. [12] On ...
#8 INSAT-4CR
INSAT-4CR was a communications satellite operated by ISRO as part of the Indian National Satellite System . Launched in September 2007, it replaced the INSAT-4C satellite which had been lost in a launch failure the previous year. The satellite was initially stationed in geostationary orbit at a long
- ... which placed it into orbit. INSAT-4CR is planned to be replaced by GSAT-31 , which was launched on february 6, 2019. INSAT-4CR Mission type Communications Operator INSAT COSPAR ID 2007-037A SATCAT no. 32050 Web ...
#9 Progress M-01M
Progress M-01M ( Russian : Прогресс М-01М ), identified by NASA as Progress 31P , was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station . It was the first flight of the Progress-M 11F615A60, which featured a TsVM-101 digital flight computer and MBITS digital telemetry system, [1
- ... ber 2008 Docking with ISS Docking port Pirs Docking date 30 November 2008, 12:28 UTC Undocking date 6 february 2009, 04:10 UTC Time docked 68 days Cargo Mass 2423 kg Pressurised 1343 kg (dry cargo) Fuel 820 kg ...
- ... tem, [4] controlled by cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov , as a precaution. DOCKING It remained docked until 6 february 2009, when it undocked at 04:10 UTC. It subsequently spent two days in free flight, before being de ...
#10 STS-63
STS-63 was the second mission of the US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program , which carried out the first rendezvous of the American Space Shuttle with Russia's space station Mir . Known as the 'Near-Mir' mission, the flight used Space Shuttle Discovery , which lifted off from launch pad 39B on 3 February 1
- ... d our world into the next millennium." The closest approach to Mir of 11 metres (36 ft) occurred on 6 february 1995 at 19:23:20 UTC. Cosmonaut Valeriy V. Polyakov observes the rendezvous procedures from the Mir ...
#11 Progress M-33
Progress M-33 ( Russian : Прогресс M-33 ) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in November 1996 to resupply the Mir space station. Russian cargo spacecraft Progress M-33 A Progress-M spacecraft Mission type Mir resupply COSPAR ID 1996-066A SATCAT no. 24633 [1] Spacecr
- ... ng with Mir Docking port Kvant-1 aft [4] Docking date 22 November 1996, 01:01:30 UTC Undocking date 6 february 1997, 12:13:53 UTC Progress (spacecraft) ← Progress M-32 Progress M-34 → LAUNCH Progress M-33 launc ...
- ... the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 22 November 1996 at 01:01:30 UTC, and was undocked on 6 february 1997 at 12:13:53 UTC. [3] [4] An unsuccessful redocking attempt was made on 4 March 1997 at 07:41 U ...
#12 USA-225
USA-225 , also known as the Rapid Pathfinder Prototype ( RPP ) and NRO Launch 66 ( NROL-66 ), is an American satellite which was launched in 2011. The satellite is being used to perform technology demonstration and development experiments, including advanced dosimeters to characterize the space envi
- ... no. 37364 Spacecraft properties Launch mass 350 kilograms (770 lb) [1] Start of mission Launch date 6 february 2011, 12:26 ( 2011-02-06UTC12:26Z ) UTC [2] Rocket Minotaur I SLV-10 Launch site Vandenberg SLC-8 C ...
- ... 47 mi) Apogee altitude 1,230 kilometers (760 mi) Inclination 90 degrees Period 109.76 minutes Epoch 6 february 2011 [3] Rapid Pathfinder was developed for less than US$20 million over a period of less than two ...
- ... , and the launch attempt was scrubbed . Another attempt was scheduled for the next day. At 12:26 on 6 february 2011, the Minotaur lifted off, carrying USA-225 into orbit. [7] The launch was conducted by Orbital ...
#13 Terrestrial Planet Finder
The Terrestrial Planet Finder ( TPF ) was a proposed project by NASA to construct a system of space telescopes for detecting extrasolar terrestrial planets . TPF was postponed several times and finally cancelled in 2011. [1] [2] There were two telescope systems under consideration, the TPF-I , which
- ... around 2014, and TPF-I possibly by 2020. According to NASA's 2007 budget documentation, released on 6 february 2006, [3] the project was deferred indefinitely. [4] In June 2006, a House of Representatives subco ...
#14 STS-60
STS-60 was the first mission of the U.S./Russian Shuttle-Mir Program , which carried Sergei K. Krikalev , the first Russian cosmonaut to fly aboard a Space Shuttle . The mission used NASA Space Shuttle Discovery , which lifted off from Launch Pad 39A on 3 February 1994 from Kennedy Space Center , Fl
- ... ake Shield Facility grappled by the Canadarm . Wake Shield Facility deployment was also canceled on 6 february 1994 during its orbit 53 opportunity at 17:25 UTC, WSF and flight controllers worked on problems wi ...
#15 Apollo 6
Apollo 6 (April 4, 1968), also known as AS-502 , was the third and final uncrewed flight in the United States' Apollo Program and the second test of the Saturn V launch vehicle. It qualified the Saturn V to be used on crewed missions, as happened for the first time on Apollo 8 in December 1968. Seco
- ... unch vehicle on December 11, 1967, and the spacecraft stack was rolled out to Launch Complex 39A on february 6, 1968. [17] The rollout was an all-day affair and much of it was conducted in heavy rain. Because th ...
#16 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 ,
- ... d Outcome 1 27 February 2019 [68] Kourou , ELS Soyuz ST-B / Fregat-MT 6 (test satellites) Success 2 6 february 2020 [5] Baikonur Cosmodrome , Site 31 Soyuz 2.1b / Fregat-M 34 (first launch of operational satell ...
#17 OSCAR 8
OSCAR 8 (also called AO-08 , Phase 2D or Amsat P2D ) is an American amateur radio satellite . It was developed and built by radio amateurs of the AMSAT and launched on March 5, 1978 as a secondary payload together with the earth observation satellite Landsat 3 from Vandenberg Air Force Base , Califo
- ... 1 km (558.7 mi) Apogee altitude 907.8 km (564.1 mi) Inclination 99.0291° Period 102.9 minutes Epoch 6 february 2020 [2] OSCAR ← OSCAR 7 OSCAR 9 → The satellite had two linear transponders , from the 2-meter ban ...
#18 Luna E-8-5 No. 405
Luna E-8-5 No.405 , also known as Luna Ye-8-5 No.405 , and sometimes identified by NASA as Luna 1970A , [1] was a Soviet spacecraft which was lost in a launch failure in 1970. It was a 5,600-kilogram (12,300 lb) Luna E-8-5 spacecraft, the fifth of eight to be launched. [2] [3] It was intended to p
- ... 8-5 Manufacturer NPO Lavochkin Launch mass 5,600 kilograms (12,300 lb) Start of mission Launch date 6 february 1970, 04:16:06 ( 1970-02-06UTC04:16:06Z ) UTC Rocket Proton-K / D s/n 247-01 Launch site Baikonur 8 ...
- ... / D s/n 247-01 Launch site Baikonur 81/23 LAUNCH Luna E-8-5 No.405 was launched at 04:16:06 UTC on 6 february 1970 atop a Proton-K 8K78K carrier rocket with a Blok-D upper stage, flying from Site 81/23 at the ...
#19 Starlette and Stella
Starlette ( Satellite de taille adaptée avec réflecteurs laser pour les études de la terre , [1] [2] or lit. ' Satellite of suitable size with laser reflectors for studies of the earth ' ) and Stella are nearly identical French geodetic and geophysical satellites . Starlette was launched on 6 Febr
- ... Stella are nearly identical French geodetic and geophysical satellites . Starlette was launched on 6 february 1975 and Stella on 26 September 1993. Starlette was the first passive laser satellite developed. Fr ...
- ... 646 Spacecraft properties Manufacturer CNES Launch mass 47 kg (104 lb) Start of mission Launch date 6 february 1975, 16:35 ( 1975-02-06UTC16:35Z ) UTC Rocket Diamant BP4 Launch site Guiana Space Centre Orbital ...
- ... tes are covered in 60 laser retroreflectors . [1] [2] MISSION AND RESULTS Starlette was launched on 6 february 1975 at 16:35 UTC [6] by a Diamant BP4 rocket from the B launch pad at the Guiana Space Centre in K ...
#20 Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4
Kwangmyongsong-4 ( Korean for ' Bright Star-4 or Lodestar-4 ' ) or KMS-4 [2] is a reconnaissance satellite launched by North Korea on 7 February 2016. North Korean reconnaissance satellite launched in 2016 Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4 Mission type Earth observation Technology Operator NADA COSPAR ID 2016-009A S
- ... ocket, which was similar to the areas designated for the launch of Kwangmyongsong-3 Unit 2 . [3] On 6 february 2016, North Korea sent another notification to the International Maritime Organization stating that ...