langs: 2 января [ru] / january 2 [en] / 2. januar [de] / 2 janvier [fr] / 2 gennaio [it] / 2 de enero [es]
days: december 30 / december 31 / january 1 / january 2 / january 3 / january 4 / january 5
Roger Bruce Chaffee ( / ˈ tʃ æ f iː / ; February 15, 1935 – January 27, 1967) was an American naval officer , aviator and aeronautical engineer who was a NASA astronaut in the Apollo program . American astronaut, naval aviator and aeronautical engineer Roger B. Chaffee Chaffee in 1964 Born Roger Bru
#1 Luna 2
Luna 2 ( Russian : Луна 2 ), originally named the Second Soviet Cosmic Rocket and nicknamed Lunik 2 in contemporaneous media, was the sixth of the Soviet Union 's Luna programme spacecraft launched to the Moon , E-1 No.7 . It was the first spacecraft to reach the surface of the Moon , and the first
Mercury-Atlas 6 (MA-6) was the first crewed American orbital spaceflight , which took place on February 20, 1962. [4] Piloted by astronaut John Glenn and operated by NASA as part of Project Mercury , it was the fifth human spaceflight , preceded by Soviet orbital flights Vostok 1 and 2 and American
Stardust was a 390-kilogram robotic space probe launched by NASA on 7 February 1999. Its primary mission was to collect dust samples from the coma of comet Wild 2 , as well as samples of cosmic dust , and return them to Earth for analysis. It was the first sample return mission of its kind. En rou
Koronas-Foton ( Russian : Коронас-Фотон ), also known as CORONAS-Photon ( Complex Orbital Observations Near-Earth of Activity of the Sun-Photon ), [2] was a Russian Solar research satellite. It is the third satellite in the Russian Coronas programme , and part of the international Living With a Star
#5 Goliat
Goliat is the first artificial satellite developed in Romania . Not to be confused with Goliath or Goliath (disambiguation) . For the oil field, see Goliat field . Goliat Mission type Science, Experimental Operator Romanian Space Agency COSPAR ID 2012-006D SATCAT no. 38080 Spacecraft properties Manu
#6 SDS-1
The Small Demonstration Satellite ( SDS ) is a spacecraft or satellite which is built as part of a JAXA programme to develop and demonstrate technology for and through small satellites. One of the mid-term goals is also to demonstrate formation flying. SDS-1 launched aboard an H-IIA rocket on 23 Jan
#7 Pioneer 4
Pioneer 4 was an American spin-stabilized uncrewed spacecraft launched as part of the Pioneer program on a lunar flyby trajectory and into a heliocentric orbit making it the first probe of the United States to escape from the Earth's gravity. It carried a payload similar to Pioneer 3 : a lunar radia
#8 Luna 1
Luna 1 , also known as Mechta ( Russian : Мечта [mʲɪt͡ɕˈta] , lit. : Dream ), E-1 No.4 and First Lunar Rover , [5] was the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of Earth's Moon , and the first spacecraft to be placed in heliocentric orbit . Intended as an impactor, Luna 1 was launched as part of th
#9 Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit
The Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit ( Dragon C100 ) was a boilerplate version of the Dragon spacecraft manufactured by SpaceX . After using it for ground tests to rate Dragon's shape and mass in various tests, SpaceX launched it into low Earth orbit on the maiden flight of the Falcon 9 rocket,
#10 Galaxy 11
Galaxy 11 is an American geostationary communications satellite which is operated by Intelsat . It is located in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 32.8 degrees east, where it serves as a backup to the Intelsat 802 spacecraft. It was originally operated at 99° West and later spent most of its ope