langs: 11 января [ru] / january 11 [en] / 11. januar [de] / 11 janvier [fr] / 11 gennaio [it] / 11 de enero [es]
days: january 8 / january 9 / january 10 / january 11 / january 12 / january 13 / january 14
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 Leroy Chiao
Leroy Chiao (born August 28, 1960) is an American chemical engineer , retired NASA astronaut , entrepreneur, motivational speaker , and engineering consultant. [1] [3] Chiao flew on three Space Shuttle flights, and was the commander of Expedition 10 , where he lived on board the International Space
- ... s of the Earth, traveling 6.1 million miles in 353 hours and 55 minutes. [1] [11] STS-72 Endeavour ( january 11 20, 1996) was a nine-day mission during which the crew retrieved the Space Flyer Unit (launched from ...
#2 Robert Hines (astronaut)
Robert Thomas Hines, Jr. (born January 11, 1975) is an American fighter pilot and NASA astronaut. American fighter pilot and NASA astronaut Robert Hines Born Robert Thomas Hines, Jr. ( 1975-01-11 ) January 11, 1975 (age 47) Fayetteville, North Carolina , U.S. Status Active Alma mater Boston Univ
- Robert Thomas Hines, Jr. (born january 11, 1975) is an American fighter pilot and NASA astronaut. American fighter pilot and NASA astronaut Ro ...
- ... American fighter pilot and NASA astronaut Robert Hines Born Robert Thomas Hines, Jr. ( 1975-01-11 ) january 11, 1975 (age 47) Fayetteville, North Carolina , U.S. Status Active Alma mater Boston University ( BS ) ...
- ... ( Expedition 67 / 68 ) Mission insignia EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION Robert "Farmer" Hines was born on january 11, 1975, in Fayetteville, North Carolina to Lynne and Robert Hines Sr. His family moved to Mountain To ...
#3 Winston E. Scott
Winston Elliott Scott (born August 6, 1950) is a retired United States Navy Captain and former NASA astronaut . He served as a mission specialist on STS-72 in 1996 and STS-87 in 1997 logged a total of 24 days, 14 hours and 34 minutes in space, including three spacewalks totaling 19 hours and 26 minu
- ... as the senior advisor to the president of the university. SPACEFLIGHT EXPERIENCE STS-72 Endeavour ( january 11, 1996 – January 20, 1996) was a nine-day flight during which the crew retrieved the Space Flyer Unit ...
#4 Daniel T. Barry
Daniel Thomas Barry (born December 30, 1953) is an American engineer, scientist, television personality, and a retired NASA astronaut . He was a contestant on the CBS reality television program Survivor: Panama , as well as on BattleBots on ABC . [2] He was at Singularity University from 2009 to 201
- ... as president. SPACEFLIGHT EXPERIENCE Barry performing a spacewalk during STS-72. STS-72 Endeavour ( january 11 20, 1996) was a 9-day flight during which the crew retrieved the Space Flyer Unit (launched from Jap ...
#5 Lev Dyomin
Lev Stepanovich Dyomin ( Russian : Лев Степанович Дёмин ; 11 January 1926 – 18 December 1998 [1] ) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 15 spaceflight in 1974. This spaceflight was intended to dock with the space station Salyut 3 , but the docking failed. Soviet cosmonaut Lev Dyomin Born Lev
- Lev Stepanovich Dyomin ( Russian : Лев Степанович Дёмин ; 11 january 1926 – 18 December 1998 [1] ) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 15 spaceflight in 1974. ...
- ... 3 , but the docking failed. Soviet cosmonaut Lev Dyomin Born Lev Stepanovich Dyomin ( 1926-01-11 ) 11 january 1926 Moscow , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union Died 18 December 1998 (1998-12-18) (aged 72) Zvyozdny Gor ...
#6 Brian Duffy (astronaut)
Brian Duffy (born June 20, 1953, Boston, Massachusetts ) is a retired U.S. Air Force colonel and a former NASA astronaut . He flew aboard four Space Shuttle missions. Former American astronaut This article is about the American astronaut. For other uses, see Brian Duffy (disambiguation) . Brian Duff
- ... Spacehab middeck augmentation module. [7] Duffy next commanded a six-man crew on STS-72 Endeavour ( january 11 20, 1996). During the 9-day flight, the crew retrieved the Space Flyer Unit (launched from Japan 10- ...
#7 Brent W. Jett Jr.
Brent Ward Jett Jr. (born October 5, 1958), [1] ( Capt , USN , Ret.), is a retired American naval officer and aviator , test pilot , aerospace and aeronautical engineer , and NASA astronaut . [2] Brent W. Jett Jr. Born ( 1958-10-05 ) October 5, 1958 (age 63) Pontiac, Michigan , U.S. Status Retired
- ... Space Shuttle Endeavour , piloted by Jett, launched from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B , january 11, 1996, 09:41 UTC. [10] During the 9-day mission the crew retrieved the Japanese Space Flyer Unit lau ...
#8 William E. Thornton
William Edgar Thornton (April 14, 1929 – January 11, 2021) was an American NASA astronaut. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from University of North Carolina and a doctorate in medicine , also from UNC. He flew on Challenger twice, the STS-8 and STS-51B missions. American astronau
- William Edgar Thornton (April 14, 1929 – january 11, 2021) was an American NASA astronaut. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from Univ ...
- ... 1981 Born William Edgar Thornton ( 1929-04-14 ) April 14, 1929 Faison , North Carolina , U.S. Died january 11, 2021 (2021-01-11) (aged 91) Fair Oaks Ranch , Texas U.S. Nationality American Alma mater University ...
- ... ordshire, England . They had two sons. [2] Thornton died at his home in Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas , on january 11, 2021, at the age of 91. [8]
Museum / Museum
#1 North Atlantic Aviation Museum
The North Atlantic Aviation Museum is an aviation museum located in the town of Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador , Canada . Aviation Museum in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. North Atlantic Aviation Museum Established 1985 Location Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador , Canada . Coordinates 48.9524
- ... al airport, then known as the Newfoundland Airport, was completed in 1938 with the first landing on january 11 of that year. It was a major refueling stop for transatlantic flights starting during the Second Wor ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 Luna E-6 No.2
Luna E-6 No.2 , also identified as No.1 , and sometimes known in the West as Sputnik 25 , was a Soviet spacecraft which launched in 1963, but was placed into a useless orbit due to a problem with the upper stage of the rocket that launched it. It was a 1,500-kilogram (3,300 lb) Luna Ye-6 spacecraf
- ... C08:49Z ) UTC Rocket Molniya-L 8K78L s/n T103-09 Launch site Baikonur 1/5 End of mission Decay date 11 january 1963 ( 1963-01-12 ) Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Low Earth (achieved) Heli ...
- ... 111 mi) Apogee altitude 194 kilometres (121 mi) Inclination 64.7 degrees Period 88.21 minutes Epoch 11 january 1963 [1] Luna ← Luna E-3 No.2 Luna 4 → Luna E-6 No.2 was launched at 08:49 UTC on 4 January 1963, a ...
- ... equence, sixty-six minutes after launch. [5] [6] It remained in low Earth orbit until it decayed on 11 january 1963. [1] It was the first spacecraft to be launched in 1963, and consequently the first to be assi ...
#2 Telstar 401
Telstar 401 is a communications satellite owned by AT&T Corporation , which was launched in 1993, to replace Telstar 301 . It was rendered inoperable by a magnetic storm in 1997. Communications satellite Telstar 401 Mission type Communication Operator AT&T Corporation COSPAR ID 1993-077A SATCAT no.
- ... 40:02Z ) UTC Rocket Atlas IIAS AC-108 Launch site Cape Canaveral LC-36B End of mission Last contact 11 january 1997, 11:15 ( 1997-01-11UTC11:16Z ) UTC Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Geost ...
#3 Intelsat II F-2
Intelsat II F-2 , also known as Lani Bird , was a communications satellite operated by Intelsat . Launched in 1967, it was operated in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 174 degrees east until 1969. Communications satellite Intelsat II F-2 Mission type Communications Operator Intelsat COSPAR ID 1
- ... s 162 kilograms (357 lb) BOL mass 86 kilograms (190 lb) Power 85 watts Start of mission Launch date january 11, 1967, 10:55:00 ( 1967-01-11UTC10:55Z ) UTC [1] Rocket Delta E1 Launch site Cape Canaveral LC-17B En ...
- ... m Launch Complex 17B at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station . The launch took place at 10:55:00 on january 11, 1967, with the spacecraft entering a geosynchronous transfer orbit . It fired an SVM-1 apogee motor ...
#4 STS-72
STS-72 was a Space Shuttle Endeavour mission to capture and return to Earth a Japanese microgravity research spacecraft known as Space Flyer Unit (SFU). The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida on 11 January 1996. 1996 American crewed spaceflight to retrieve the Space Flyer Unit STS-
- ... ecraft known as Space Flyer Unit (SFU). The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida on 11 january 1996. 1996 American crewed spaceflight to retrieve the Space Flyer Unit STS-72 Endeavour ' s Canada ...
- ... . Jett, Jr. Leroy Chiao Winston E. Scott Koichi Wakata Daniel T. Barry Start of mission Launch date 11 january 1996, 09:41:00.072 ( 1996-01-11UTC09:41Z ) UTC Launch site Kennedy LC-39B End of mission Landing da ...
- ... light of the Space Shuttle program and the 10th of the orbiter Endeavour was launched at 4:41AM EST 11 january 1996 after a brief hold at the T-5-minute mark due to communication issues. The nighttime launch wi ...
#5 Sputnik 41
Sputnik 41 ( Russian : Спутник 41 , French : Spoutnik 41 ), also known as Sputnik Jr 2 and Radio Sputnik 18 ( RS-18 ), [1] was a Franco- Russian amateur radio satellite which was launched in 1998 to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the Aéro-Club de France , and the forty-first anniversary of
- ... ovember 1998, ~19:30 UTC [3] End of mission Last contact 11 December 1998 ( 1998-12-12 ) Decay date 11 january 1999 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Low Earth Perigee altitude 339 kilometre ...
- ... ceased operations on 11 December 1998 after its batteries expired, Sputnik 41 decayed from orbit on 11 january 1999. [7] Sputnik 41 was originally intended to be built aboard Mir, based on a satellite launched ...
#6 SOLRAD 7B
SOLRAD 7B was the eighth solar X-Ray monitoring satellite in the SOLRAD series and the fifth to successfully orbit the Earth. It was launched via Thor Augmented Delta-Agena D along with seven other satellites on March 9, 1965. The satellite provided continuous coverage of the Sun during the Internat
- ... on August 1, 1963, returning little data. [2] SOLRAD 7A (sometimes called SOLRAD 6 [8] ), launched january 11, 1964, was far more successful, returning data that caused dramatic revision of models of the solar ...
#7 Telstar 14
Telstar 14 or Estrela do Sul 1 ( Southern Star 1 ) is a commercial communications satellite in the Telstar series built by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) for Telesat to provide Ku-band communications to South America and the Southern United States. Estrela do Sul 1 was launched by Sea Launch using a Zen
- ... nufacturer Space Systems/Loral Launch mass 4,695 kilograms (10,351 lb) Start of mission Launch date 11 january 2004, 04:12:59 ( 2004-01-11UTC04:12:59Z ) UTC [1] Rocket Zenit-3SL Launch site Odyssey Contractor S ...
#8 Spektr-R
Spektr-R [6] (part of RadioAstron program) ( Russian : Спеkтр-P ) was a Russian scientific satellite with a 10 m (33 ft) radio telescope on board. It was launched on 18 July 2011 [7] on a Zenit-3F launcher from Baikonur Cosmodrome , and was designed to perform research on the structure and dynam
- ... 2] Contractor Roscosmos End of mission Disposal Equipment failure Declared 30 May 2019 Last contact 11 january 2019 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Highly elliptical Semi-major axis 180,97 ...
- ... ] Focal length 4.22 m (13.8 ft) [1] Wavelengths 92, 18, 6, 1.3 cm [1] Spektr program Spektr-RG → On 11 january 2019, the spacecraft stopped responding to ground control, but its science payload was described as ...
- ... Zenit-3F launch vehicle, which is composed of a Zenit-2M with a Fregat -SB upper stage. [3] [4] On 11 january 2019, the spacecraft stopped responding to ground control. It was unknown whether the issue could b ...
#9 Lunokhod 2
Lunokhod 2 ( Russian : Луноход-2 ("Moonwalker 2"), also known as Аппарат 8ЕЛ № 204 ("Device 8EL No. 204")) was the second of two unmanned lunar rovers that landed on the Moon by the Soviet Union as part of the Lunokhod programme . Second robotic Moon rover (1973) Lunokhod 2 Model of Lunokhod 2 rover
- ... A Spacecraft properties Dry mass 840 kilograms (1,850 lb) (rover only) Start of mission Launch date january 11, 1973, 06:55:38 ( 1973-01-11UTC06:55:38Z ) UTC Rocket Proton-K / D Launch site Baikonur 81/23 End of ...
#10 Skylab
Skylab was the first United States space station , launched by NASA , [3] occupied for about 24 weeks between May 1973 and February 1974. It was operated by three separate three-astronaut crews: Skylab 2 , Skylab 3 , and Skylab 4 . Major operations included an orbital workshop, a solar observatory ,
- ... ad launched Skylab in 1973 remained in orbit for almost two years, and made a controlled reentry on january 11, 1975. [136] The re-entry was mistimed however and deorbited slightly earlier in the orbit than plan ...
#11 Kosmos 52
Kosmos 52 ( Russian : Космос 52 meaning Cosmos 52 ) or Zenit-2 No.26 was a Soviet , first generation, low resolution, optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1965. A Zenit-2 spacecraft, Kosmos 52 was the twenty-fifth of eighty-one such satellites to be launched [3] and had a mass of
- ... ies Spacecraft type Zenit-2 Manufacturer OKB-1 Launch mass 4730 kg [1] Start of mission Launch date 11 january 1965 09:36:00 GMT Rocket Vostok-2 s/n R15002-03 Launch site Baikonur , Site 31/6 Contractor OKB-1 E ...
- ... ow Earth Perigee altitude 203 km Apogee altitude 298 km Inclination 65.0° Period 89.5 minutes Epoch 11 january 1965 Kosmos 52 was launched by a Vostok-2 rocket, serial number R15002-03, [4] flying from Site 31/ ...
- ... 02-03, [4] flying from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome . The launch took place at 09:36 GMT on 11 january 1965, [5] with the spacecraft receiving its Kosmos designation - along with the International Desig ...
- ... first satellite to be launched in the year 1965 . Kosmos 52 was operated in a low Earth orbit . On 11 january 1965 it had a perigee of 203 kilometres (126 mi) , an apogee of 298 kilometres (185 mi) , an inclin ...
#12 Salyut 4
Salyut 4 (DOS 4) ( Russian : Салют-4 ; English translation: Salute 4 ) was a Salyut space station launched on December 26, 1974 into an orbit with an apogee of 355 km, a perigee of 343 km and an orbital inclination of 51.6 degrees. It was essentially a copy of the DOS 3 (or Kosmos 557) , and unl
- ... anned missions – 1 Total long-duration manned missions – 2 VISITING SPACECRAFT AND CREWS Soyuz 17 – january 11 – February 10, 1975 Aleksei Gubarev Georgi Grechko Soyuz 18a – April 5, 1975 – Launch abort Vasily L ...
- ... Flight up Landing date Flight down Duration (days) Notes Soyuz 17 Georgi Grechko , Aleksei Gubarev january 11, 1975 21:43:37 UTC Soyuz 17 February 10, 1975 11:03:22 UTC Soyuz 17 29.56 Launch from Baikonur; land ...
#13 Telstar
Telstar is the name of various communications satellites . The first two Telstar satellites were experimental and nearly identical. Telstar 1 launched on top of a Thor-Delta rocket on July 10, 1962. It successfully relayed through space the first television pictures, telephone calls, and telegraph i
- ... st 8, 2003 Zenit-3SL Sea Launch 121° W SSL 1300 4,737 kg (10,443 lb) Telstar 14 Space Systems/Loral january 11, 2004 Zenit-3SL Sea Launch 63° W SSL 1300 4,694 kg (10,348 lb) Telstar 14R Space Systems/Loral May 2 ...
#14 Soyuz 27
Soyuz 27 ( Russian : Союз 27 , Union 27 ) was a 1978 Soviet crewed spacecraft which flew to the orbiting Salyut 6 space station, during the mission EP-1 . [2] It was the third crewed flight to the station, the second successful docking and the first visitation mission. Once docked, it marked the fir
- ... Apogee altitude 253.8 km Inclination 51.65° Period 88.73 minutes Docking with Salyut 6 Docking date 11 january 1978, 14:05:54 UTC Undocking date 16 March 1978, 07:58:00 UTC Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) ← S ...
#15 Jason-3
Jason-3 is a satellite altimeter created by a partnership of the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) and National Aeronautic and Space Administration ( NASA ), and is an international cooperative mission in which National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis
- ... of the failure investigation. [18] [19] A 7-second static fire test of the rocket was completed on 11 january 2016. [20] The Launch Readiness Review was signed off by all parties on 15 January 2016, and the la ...
#16 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
- ... October 1977 ~08:00 1.03 Soyuz 26 11 December 1977 06:02 rear 16 January 1978 14:22 36.35 Soyuz 27 11 january 1978 17:06 front 16 March 1978 11:00 63.75 Progress 1 22 January 1978 13:12 rear 7 February 1978 08 ...
#17 Explorer 36
Explorer 36 (also called GEOS 2 or GEOS B , acronym for Geodetic Earth Orbiting Satellite ) was a NASA satellite launched as part of the Explorer program , being the second of the two satellites GEOS . Explorer 36 was launched on 11 January 1968 from Vandenberg Air Force Base , with Thor-Delta E1 la
- ... of the Explorer program , being the second of the two satellites GEOS . Explorer 36 was launched on 11 january 1968 from Vandenberg Air Force Base , with Thor-Delta E1 launch vehicle . NASA satellite of the Exp ...
- ... niversity Applied Physics Laboratory [1] Launch mass 469 kg (1,034 lb) Start of mission Launch date 11 january 1968, 16:16:10 GMT [2] [3] Rocket Thor-Delta E1 (Thor 454 / Delta 056) Launch site Vandenberg , SLC ...
- ... 54 / Delta 056) Launch site Vandenberg , SLC-2E Contractor Douglas Aircraft Company Entered service 11 january 1968 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit [4] Regime Low Earth orbit Perigee altitu ...
#18 Puli Space Technologies
Puli Space Technologies (named after the puli , a small Hungarian dog breed ) is a Hungarian company established by individuals in June 2010 in order to take part in Google Lunar X Prize Challenge and other competitions, and further to facilitate development of space industry in Hungary , to promote
- ... t 2010, the Team finished a "Letter of Intent", [2] and by October 2010 the fundraising started. On 11 january 2011 the team announced it transferred the registration fee. [3] The registration (together with th ...
#19 STS-119
STS-119 ( ISS assembly flight 15A) was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) which was flown by space shuttle Discovery during March 2009. It delivered and assembled the fourth starboard Integrated Truss Segment (S6) , and the fourth set of solar arrays and batteries to th
- ... The payload of the S6 truss segment, solar arrays and batteries were delivered to Launch pad 39A on 11 january . [11] Discovery moved to the launch pad 39A on 14 January 2009. The move began at 05:17 EST, and wa ...
#20 IXPE
Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer , commonly known as IXPE or SMEX-14 , is a space observatory with three identical telescopes designed to measure the polarization of cosmic X-rays of black holes, neutron stars, and pulsars. [6] The observatory, which was launched on 9 December 2021, is an intern
- ... served its first science target, Cassiopeia A . A first-light image of Cassiopeia A was released on 11 january 2022. [14] 30 targets are planned to be observed during IXPE's first year. [14] IXPE communicates w ...