langs: 17 января [ru] / january 17 [en] / 17. januar [de] / 17 janvier [fr] / 17 gennaio [it] / 17 de enero [es]
days: january 14 / january 15 / january 16 / january 17 / january 18 / january 19 / january 20
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
- ... evious occupation Engineer Time in space 229 days, 7 hours, 38 minutes, and 5 seconds [1] Selection january 17, 1990 – NASA Astronaut Group 13 Total EVAs 6 Total EVA time 36 hours and 7 minutes Missions STS-65 , ...
#2 Alan Shepard
Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) was an American astronaut , naval aviator , test pilot , and businessman. In 1961, he became the second person and the first American to travel into space, and in 1971, he walked on the Moon . American astronaut (1923–1998), first Ameri
- ... he fluid from the ear. They also diagnosed glaucoma . An X-ray found a lump on his thyroid , and on january 17, 1964, surgeons at Hermann Hospital made an incision on his throat and removed 20 percent of his thy ...
#3 Ken Bowersox
Kenneth Dwane " Sox " Bowersox (born November 14, 1956) is a United States Navy officer, and a former NASA astronaut . He is a veteran of five Space Shuttle launches and an extended stay aboard the International Space Station . [1] When he launched on STS-73 at the age of 38 years and 11 months, he
- ... ur days after the first successful launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket. [11] [12] It was reported on january 17, 2012, that Bowersox resigned from SpaceX in late December 2011. Bowersox appeared on three episodes ...
#4 Mario Runco Jr.
Lieutenant Commander (LCDR) Mario Runco Jr. is a former United States Naval officer and NASA astronaut . He was selected as an astronaut with in 1987. [1] : 76 He flew three Space Shuttle missions, [2] performed a spacewalk on his second mission, and is now retired both from NASA [3] and the U.S
- ... ght System Safety and Mission Assurance Division, NASA - Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center 77058-3696, january 17, 2003. (Approved for Public Release) < NASA-JSC Scientific and Technical Information Center Library> ...
#5 Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin [lower-alpha 1] (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space . Travelling in the Vostok 1 capsule, Gagarin completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. By achieving this major milestone in the Space
- ... with ranking the candidates based on their mission readiness for the first human Vostok mission. On 17 january , they were tested in a simulator at the M. M. Gromov Flight-Research Institute on a full-size mocku ...
#6 Svetlana Savitskaya
Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya ( Russian : Светла́на Евге́ньевна Сави́цкая ; born 8 August 1948) is a Russian former aviator and Soviet cosmonaut who flew aboard Soyuz T-7 in 1982, becoming the second woman in space. On her 1984 Soyuz T-12 mission she became the first woman to fly to space twice, a
- ... f 500 km MiG-25 2466.31 km/h April 12, 1978 turbojet Speed over circuit of 1000 km MiG-25 2333 km/h january 17, 1979 internal combustion plane Climb to 3000 m Yak-50 4:21.4 min April 23, 1981 turbojet, take-off ...
#7 Daniel Brandenstein
Daniel Charles Brandenstein (born January 17, 1943) is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of United Space Alliance . He is a former Naval Aviator , test pilot and NASA astronaut , who flew four Space Shuttle missions. He also served as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1987 to
- Daniel Charles Brandenstein (born january 17, 1943) is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of United Space Alliance . He is ...
- ... can astronaut and test pilot Daniel C. Brandenstein Brandenstein in August 1984 Born ( 1943-01-17 ) january 17, 1943 (age 79) Watertown, Wisconsin , U.S. Status Retired Nationality American Other names Daniel Ch ...
#8 Grigory Nelyubov
Grigory Grigoryevich Nelyubov ( Russian : Григо́рий Григо́рьевич Нелю́бов ; 31 March 1934 – 18 February 1966) was one of the original 20 Soviet cosmonauts , who was dismissed from the Soviet space program in 1963 for drunk and disorderly conduct. His existence in the program was kept secret until th
- ... owing year, six of the original twenty were evaluated for assignment on Vostok flight crews between january 17 and 18; Gagarin, Titov , and Nelyubov were considered the top three candidates. [1] [2] For Vostok 1 ...
#9 Joseph A. Walker
Joseph Albert Walker (February 20, 1921 – June 8, 1966) ( Capt , USAF ) was an American World War II pilot , experimental physicist , NASA test pilot , and astronaut who was the first person to fly an airplane to space. He was one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15 , an experimental s
- ... aceflights according to the FAI definition of greater than 100 km (62 mi). [5] [6] [7] Flight 77 on january 17, 1963 also qualified Walker as an astronaut, according to the US Department of Defense definition of ...
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
- ... of 15 January 1991 for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait. Operation Desert Storm began the next day. On january 17, 1991 at 2:00AM, Midway launched aircraft from CVW-5 for the first carrier strikes of the Gulf War. ...
#2 Imperial War Museum Duxford
Imperial War Museum Duxford is a branch of the Imperial War Museum near Duxford in Cambridgeshire , England. Britain's largest aviation museum , [2] Duxford houses the museum's large exhibits, including nearly 200 aircraft , military vehicles, artillery and minor naval vessels in seven main exhibiti
- ... isplay flew 19 missions during the 1991 Gulf War as part of the 77th Fighter Squadron . [3] [85] On 17 january 2014 the museum announced an award of £980,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The museum planned t ...
#3 CAF Rocky Mountain Wing Museum
CAF Rocky Mountain Wing (RMW) Museum [1] is one of 75 local detachments of the national Commemorative Air Force (CAF) non-profit aviation association dedicated to Honoring American Military Aviation through Flight, Exhibit and Remembrance. Aviation museum in Grand Junction, Colorado CAF Rocky Mounta
- ... for her next duty assignment and in desperate need of repair and maintenance on various systems. On january 17, 1985 TBM 53503 was officially assigned to the CAF Rocky Mountain Wing. By July 1989, she was once a ...
#4 National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History (formerly named National Atomic Museum ) is a national repository of nuclear science information chartered by the 102nd United States Congress under Public Law 102-190, [1] and located in unincorporated Bernalillo County , New Mexico , with an Albuque
- ... e of the Soviet Union . This also includes the Palomares exhibition, an extensive accounting of the january 17, 1966 Palomares B-52 crash – a mid-air collision between two USAF aircraft (a B-52 bomber and a KC-1 ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 Nimbus 2
Nimbus 2 (also called Nimbus-C ) was a meteorological satellite . It was the second in a series of the Nimbus program . Nimbus 2 Design of Nimbus 2. Mission type Weather satellite Operator NASA COSPAR ID 1966-040A SATCAT no. 2173 Mission duration 2 years and 8 months Spacecraft properties Manufactur
- ... 7:55Z ) UTC [2] Rocket Thor-SLV2A Agena-B Launch site Vandenberg 75-1-1 End of mission Last contact january 17, 1969 ( 1969-01-18 ) Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Low Earth Eccentricity 0. ...
- ... ape recorder until November 15, 1966, when it also failed. Some real-time data were collected until january 17, 1969, when the spacecraft mission was terminated owing to deterioration of the horizon scanner used ...
- ... Vandenberg Air Force Base , California , United States . The spacecraft functioned nominally until 17 january 1969. The satellite orbited the Earth once every 1 hour and 48 minutes, at an inclination of 100°. ...
#2 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-
- ... 1 End : 15 January – 11:44 UTC Duration : 6 hours, 9 minutes Chiao and Scott – EVA 2 EVA 2 Start : 17 january 1996 – 05:40 UTC EVA 2 End : 17 January – 12:34 UTC Duration : 6 hours, 54 minutes MISSION HIGHLIGH ...
- ... : 6 hours, 9 minutes Chiao and Scott – EVA 2 EVA 2 Start : 17 January 1996 – 05:40 UTC EVA 2 End : 17 january – 12:34 UTC Duration : 6 hours, 54 minutes MISSION HIGHLIGHTS STS-72, the 74th flight of the Space ...
#3 Cupola (ISS module)
The Cupola is an ESA -built observatory module of the International Space Station (ISS). Its name derives from the Italian word cupola , which means " dome ". Its seven windows are used to conduct experiments, dockings and observations of Earth. It was launched aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour 's miss
- ... the Cupola during STS-131, April 2010 A Zinnia flower grown aboard the ISS in bloom in the Cupola , 17 january 2016 Kimbrough and Pesquet in the Cupola during Expedition 50 , December 2016 The Sahara viewed thr ...
#4 OSTM/Jason-2
OSTM/Jason-2 , or Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason-2 satellite, [1] was an international Earth observation satellite altimeter joint mission for sea surface height measurements between NASA and CNES . It was the third satellite in a series started in 1992 by the NASA/CNES TOPEX/Poseidon missio
- ... ne 2015, [18] and after delays due to a June 2015 Falcon 9 launch failure, the mission was launched 17 january 2016 at 18:42:18 UTC. [19] [20] The technologies and data-sets pioneered by Jason-1, OSTM/Jason-2, ...
#5 Formosat-2
Formosat-2 ( Chinese : 福爾摩沙衛星二號 , formerly known as ROCSAT-2 ) is a decommissioned Earth observation satellite formerly operated by the National Space Organization (NSPO) of Taiwan . It was a high-resolution photographic surveillance satellite with a daily revisit capability. [3] Images are commerci
- ... [1] It had been delivered to the United States in December 2003, and had a scheduled launch date on 17 january 2004. [4] The launch was continually delayed until May 2004. [5] [6] Formosat-2 was decommissioned ...
#6 Eutelsat 5 West B
Eutelsat 5 West B is a geostationary communications satellite . It is owned by European satellite communications company Eutelsat . It launched on October 9, 2019, at 10:17 UTC on a Proton-M rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan . [7] The satellite was built by Northrop Grumman and Airbus De
- ... elsat 5 West B's problems will cost Eutelsat several million euros. Eutelsat had not decided (as of january 17 the size of the ensuing insurance claim. [9] The European GNSS Agency's GEO-3, a hosted payload of t ...
- ... ment saying the company was investigating an incident on one of the bird's two solar arrays. [8] On 17 january 2020 Eutelsat issued a statement saying that one of the two arrays was unusable, and the resulting ...
#7 Q-PACE
CubeSat Particle Aggregation and Collision Experiment ( Q-PACE ) or Cu-PACE , [4] is an orbital spacecraft mission that would've studied the early stages of proto-planetary accretion by observing particle dynamical aggregation for several years. Spacecraft mission to study stellar accretion Q-PACE N
- ... Dimensions 10 × 10 × 37.6 cm Power Solar panels, rechargeable battery Start of mission Launch date 17 january 2021, 19:39:00 UTC [2] Rocket LauncherOne [3] ( air launch to orbit ) Launch site Mojave Air and Sp ...
- ... barrier . This mission was selected in 2015 as part of NASA's ELaNa program, and it was launched on 17 january 2021. [5] As of March 2021, however, contact has yet to be established with the satellite, and the ...
- ... alactic 's Cosmic Girl airplane above the Mojave desert in California launched Q-PACE into space on 17 january 2021. [5] As of March 2021, however, contact has yet to be established with the satellite, and the ...
#8 JCSAT-1B
JCSAT-1B , known as JCSAT-5 before launch, is a geostationary communications satellite operated by SKY Perfect JSAT Group (JSAT) which was designed and manufactured by Hughes (now Boeing ) on the HS-601 satellite bus . It has a pure Ku-band payload and was used to replace JCSAT-1 at the 150° East lo
- ... n to the 150° East position where it replaced JCSAT-1 . [2] The satellite experienced an anomaly on 17 january 2007 on one of its thrusters. But after the operator designed a control scheme to handle the satell ...
#9 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
- ... ubeSat Launch mass 3 kg (6.6 lb) Dimensions 10 cm x 10 cm x 22 cm (2U) Start of mission Launch date 17 january 2021, 19:39:00 UTC Rocket LauncherOne Launch site Cosmic Girl (Boeing 747), Mojave Air and Space Po ...
- ... c Girl (Boeing 747), Mojave Air and Space Port , California Contractor Virgin Orbit Deployment date 17 january 2021 End of mission Decay date 4 May 2022 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit [12] ...
- ... ake. It was launched on the first successful flight of Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne launch vehicle on 17 january 2021 as part of NASA's ELaNa program . It flew with a CubeSat Identity Tag (CUBIT), a Radio Frequen ...
#10 Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope (often referred to as HST or Hubble ) is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation. It was not the first space telescope , but it is one of the largest and most versatile, renowned both as a vital research tool and as a publi
- ... r resetting the telemetry circuits and associated boards the instrument began functioning again. On 17 january 2019, the device was returned to normal operation and on the same day it completed its first scienc ...
#11 STS-61-C
STS-61-C was the 24th mission of NASA 's Space Shuttle program , and the seventh mission of Space Shuttle Columbia . It was the first time that Columbia , the first space-rated Space Shuttle orbiter to be constructed, had flown since STS-9 . The mission launched from Florida 's Kennedy Space Center
- ... r four because its delays had delayed the next flight, STS-51-L . [4] It was rescheduled to land on january 17, 1986, but this was brought forward by one day. However, the landing attempt on January 16, 1986, wa ...
#12 TOPEX/Poseidon
TOPEX/Poseidon was a joint satellite altimeter mission between NASA , the U.S. space agency; and CNES , the French space agency, to map ocean surface topography . Launched on August 10, 1992, it was the first major oceanographic research satellite. TOPEX/Poseidon helped revolutionize oceanography by
- ... phy Mission on the Jason-2 satellite, which launched in June 2008. [9] The Jason-3 mission launched january 17, 2016. [10] [11] INSTRUMENTS TOPEX/Poseidon flew two onboard altimeters sharing the same antenna , b ...
#13 AMC-14
AMC-14 is a communications satellite . Initially owned by SES Americom , AMC-14 was designed to be placed in geostationary orbit , following launch on a Proton-M / Briz-M space vehicle . Built by Lockheed Martin and based on the A2100 satellite bus , AMC-14 was to have been located at 61.5° West lon
- ... ss release). SES Americom. 20 February 2008. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011 . Retrieved 17 january 2022 . "Lockheed Martin-Built AMC-14 Satellite Ready For Launch From Baikonur Cosmodrome" (Press re ...
#14 Fox-1E
Fox-1E , AO-109 , Evolution or AMSAT OSCAR 109 is an American amateur radio satellite . It is a 1U Cubesat , was built by the AMSAT-NA and carries a single-channel transponder for FM radio. Fox-1E is the fifth amateur radio satellite of the Fox series of AMSAT North America . American amateur radio
- ... g (2.9 lb) Dimensions 10 cm × 10 cm × 10 cm (3.9 in × 3.9 in × 3.9 in) Start of mission Launch date 17 january 2021, 19:38:51 UTC Rocket Boeing 747-744 LauncherOne R03 Launch site Mojave Air and Space Port Cont ...
- ... ude 535.9 km (333.0 mi) Inclination 60.7° Period 94.6 minutes MISSION The satellite was launched on 17 january 2021, with a LauncherOne rocket. This carrier was brought, notched and detonated by the " Cosmic Gi ...
#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
- ... s 553 kg (1,219 lb) [1] Dry mass 525 kg (1,157 lb) [1] Power 550 watts Start of mission Launch date 17 january 2016, 18:42:18 UTC [2] Rocket Falcon 9 v1.1 Launch site Vandenberg , SLC-4E Contractor SpaceX Orbit ...
- ... s Review was signed off by all parties on 15 January 2016, and the launch proceeded successfully on 17 january 2016, at 18:42 UTC . The Jason-3 payload was deployed into its target orbit at 830 mi (1,340 km) al ...
- ... age landing tests First stage of Falcon 9 Flight 21 descending over the floating landing platform , 17 january 2016 Following paperwork filed with US regulatory authorities in 2015, [22] SpaceX confirmed in Jan ...
#16 Mars Polar Lander
The Mars Polar Lander , also known as the Mars Surveyor '98 Lander , was a 290-kilogram robotic spacecraft lander launched by NASA on January 3, 1999, to study the soil and climate of Planum Australe , a region near the south pole on Mars . It formed part of the Mars Surveyor '98 mission . On Decemb
- ... ite Cape Canaveral AFS SLC-17A End of mission Disposal communication failure after landing Declared january 17, 2000 ( 2000-01-17 ) Last contact 20:00, December 3, 1999 (UTC) ( 1999-12-03T20 : 00Z ) Mars lander ...
#17 Communications Technology Satellite
The Communications Technology Satellite ( CTS ), known as Hermes , [1] was an experimental high-power direct broadcast communications satellite . It was a joint effort of Canadian Department of Communications , who designed and built the satellite, NASA who tested, launched and operated the satellit
- ... munications Research Centre Canada Launch mass 680 kg Power 1200 watts Start of mission Launch date 17 january 1976, 23:28:00 UTC Rocket Delta-2914 (D-119) Launch site Cape Canaveral , LC-17B Contractor McDonne ...
- ... arameters Reference system Geocentric orbit Regime Geosynchronous orbit Longitude 116.0° West Epoch 17 january 1976 Transponders Band K u band Although the launch of the ATS-6 spacecraft in 1974 marked the end ...
- ... Agency provided one of the low-power traveling-wave tubes and other equipment. Hermes was launched 17 january 1976 and operated until October 1979. [2] LAUNCH It was launched on 17 January 1976, from Cape Cana ...
- ... Hermes was launched 17 January 1976 and operated until October 1979. [2] LAUNCH It was launched on 17 january 1976, from Cape Canaveral in Florida by a Delta 2914 rocket. Designed for a two-year mission it was ...
#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
- ... s throughout 2017. [10] [11] [12] The first exact date was published by NASA in November 2018 to be 17 january 2019, [13] but this got pushed into February 2019. [14] The static fire took place on 24 January 20 ...
#19 GPS IIR-1
GPS IIR-1 or GPS SVN-42 was the first Block IIR GPS satellite to be launched. It was to have been operated as part of the United States Air Force Global Positioning System . It was launched on 17 January 1997, and was destroyed 13 seconds into its flight due to a malfunction of the Delta II launch v
- ... been operated as part of the United States Air Force Global Positioning System . It was launched on 17 january 1997, and was destroyed 13 seconds into its flight due to a malfunction of the Delta II launch vehi ...
- ... s AS-4000 Manufacturer Lockheed Martin Launch mass 2,030 kg (4,480 lb) Start of mission Launch date 17 january 1997, 16:28:01 UTC Rocket Delta II 7925-9.5 (Delta D241) Launch site Cape Canaveral , SLC-17A Contr ...
- ... (LC-17A) at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS). The launch occurred at 16:28:01 UTC , on 17 january 1997. [4] Thirteen seconds later, the rocket's flight termination system was activated by its onboa ...
#20 PROITERES
PROITERES Mission type Technology demonstrator Operator Osaka Institute of Technology COSPAR ID 2012-047B SATCAT no. 38756 Website Official Page Spacecraft properties Launch mass 15 kg (33 lb) Start of mission Launch date September 9, 2012 (UTC) ( 2012-09-09Z ) Rocket PSLV Orbital paramete
- ... , although still broadcasting telemetry data. According to the PROITERES development team report on 17 january 2014 at JAXA annual symposium, the PROITERES had a design error resulting in the flight computer en ...