langs: 16 июля [ru] / july 16 [en] / 16. juli [de] / 16 juillet [fr] / 16 luglio [it] / 16 de julio [es]
days: july 13 / july 14 / july 15 / july 16 / july 17 / july 18 / july 19
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 John Glenn
John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American Marine Corps aviator , engineer , astronaut , businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space, and the first American to orbit the Earth , circling it three times in 1962. Following his retirement from NASA
- ... e Navy Bureau of Aeronautics in Washington, D.C., and attended the University of Maryland . [65] On july 16, 1957, he made the first supersonic transcontinental flight . [66] Disliking his Bureau of Aeronauti ...
#2 Doug Hurley
Douglas Gerald Hurley (born October 21, 1966) is an American engineer , former Marine Corps pilot and former NASA astronaut . He piloted Space Shuttle missions STS-127 (July 2009) [3] and STS-135 (July 2011), the final flight of the Space Shuttle program . He launched into space for the third time a
- ... 2000 NASA Group Missions STS-127 , STS-135 , SpX-DM2 ( Expedition 63 ) Mission insignia Retirement july 16, 2021 [2] Spouse Karen LuJean Nyberg Website https://doughurleyastronaut.com EARLY YEARS AND EDUCATI ...
- ... ley waves to onlookers as he boards a plane at Naval Air Station Pensacola. RETIREMENT FROM NASA On july 16, 2021, NASA announced that Hurley would be retiring from the agency after 21 years of serving with t ...
#3 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
- ... giant Saturn V rocket, Apollo 11 lifted off from Launch Complex 39 A at the Kennedy Space Center on july 16, 1969, at 13:32 UTC (09:32 EDT ), [83] and entered Earth orbit twelve minutes later. After one and a ...
#4 Pyotr Klimuk
Pyotr Ilyich Klimuk ( Belarusian : Пётр Ільіч Кліму́к ; Russian : Пётр Ильич Климу́к ; born 10 July 1942) is a former Soviet cosmonaut and the first Belarusian to perform space travel. Klimuk made three flights into space . Soviet cosmonaut Pyotr Ilyich Klimuk Born ( 1942-07-10 ) 10 July 1942 (age
- ... ngthen scientific, technological and military cooperation Order of Friendship of Peoples (Belarus) ( 16 july 2007) – for his significant contribution to strengthening the friendly relations and cooperation be ...
#5 Eileen Collins
Eileen Marie Collins (born November 19, 1956) is a retired NASA astronaut and United States Air Force (USAF) colonel . A former flight instructor and test pilot , Collins was the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle and the first to command a Space Shuttle mission. American astronaut and pilot (bo
- ... hree astronaut candidates (ASCANs) in NASA Astronaut Group 13 . [2] She reported for duty at JSC on july 16, 1990, after graduating from the USAF Test Pilot School. She knew one other member of the group, who ...
#6 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
- ... taken during this spacewalk as one of the 50 best space photos of the year. [12] His second EVA on 16 july 2013 was terminated after only 1 hour and 32 minutes, when the helmet of his Extravehicular Mobilit ...
#7 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
- ... lishing numerous contacts with schools, both in 2015 and in 2022, answering students' questions. On 16 july 2015, she was awarded the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic by Italian President Mattarella , ...
- ... blic on 6 March 2013 [49] Italy Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic on 16 july 2015 [49] SEE ALSO Women in space Italian Space Agency ( Agenzia Spaziale Italiana , ASI) A Beautif ...
#8 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
- ... in and Armstrong to hear their instructor. [65] APOLLO 11 Main article: Apollo 11 On the morning of july 16, 1969, an estimated one million spectators watched the launch of Apollo 11 from the highways and bea ...
- ... ed by a Saturn V rocket, Apollo 11 lifted off from Launch Complex 39 at the Kennedy Space Center on july 16, 1969, at 13:32:00 UTC (9:32:00 EDT ), [68] and entered Earth orbit twelve minutes later. After one ...
#9 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
- ... HE MOON A Saturn V rocket launched Apollo 11 from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on july 16, 1969, at 13:32:00 UTC (09:32:00 EDT local time). [111] Armstrong's wife Janet and two sons watched ...
#10 Christopher Cassidy
Christopher John "Chris" Cassidy (born January 4, 1970) is a retired NASA astronaut and United States Navy SEAL . Chris Cassidy achieved the rank of captain in the U.S. Navy . His first spaceflight was on a Space Shuttle mission in 2009. He was the Chief of the Astronaut Office at NASA from July 201
- ... nt leak. [10] [11] Cassidy participated in two US spacewalks from the ISS in June/July 2013. [9] On july 16, 2013, he was joined by Luca Parmitano on a spacewalk. The EVA was cut short when Parmitano reported ...
#11 Vladimir Solovyov (cosmonaut)
Vladimir Alekseyevich Solovyov ( Russian : Влади́мир Алексе́евич Соловьёв ; born 11 November 1946) is a former Soviet cosmonaut . Soviet cosmonaut This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification . ( May 2010 ) Vladimir Alekseyevich Solovyov Born ( 1946-11-11 ) 11 Novemb
- ... flight was aboard Soyuz T-15, taking off on 13 March 1986 and coming back aboard the same craft on 16 july 1986, 125 days later. During the T-15 mission, the crew transferred equipment from Salyut-7 to the ...
- ... is married and has two children. He was awarded: Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (2 October 1984 and 16 july 1986); Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR ; Order of Honour (Russian Federation) ; Order of Friendship (Ru ...
#12 John S. Bull
John Sumter Bull (September 25, 1934 – August 11, 2008), was an American naval officer and aviator , fighter pilot , test pilot , mechanical and aeronautical engineer , and NASA astronaut . U.S. Navy test pilot, engineer and astronaut For other uses, see John Bull (disambiguation) . John S. Bull Por
- ... Rank Lieutenant Commander , United States Navy Selection 1966 NASA Group 5 Missions None Retirement july 16, 1968 Scientific career Fields Aeronautical engineering Thesis Precise attitude control of the Stanf ...
Museum / Museum
#1 American Space Museum
The American Space Museum is a museum in Titusville, Florida . It includes the US Space Walk of Fame , an outdoor plaza on the Indian River that honors both the astronauts and the NASA and contractor personnel who made American manned space exploration possible. The monuments surround a pool and are
- ... mini Monument was dedicated on November 7, 1997. Groundbreaking for the Apollo Monument was held on july 16, 1999 at precisely 9:32 a.m. ET, exactly 30 years after the lift-off of Apollo 11 . The event kicked ...
#2 Kennedy Space Center
The John F. Kennedy Space Center ( KSC , originally known as the NASA Launch Operations Center ), located on Merritt Island , Florida , is one of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 's (NASA) ten field centers . Since December 1968, KSC has been NASA's primary launch center of human sp
- ... nar Module : Apollo 9 (Earth orbit) and Apollo 10 (lunar orbit). Apollo 11 , launched from Pad A on july 16, 1969, made the first Moon landing on July 20. The Apollo 11 launch included crewmembers Neil Armstr ...
#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
- ... eturn flight. [290] [257] The last record-breaking flight involving Floyd Bennett Field occurred on july 16, 1957. Then- Major John H. Glenn, Jr. , USMC , established a transcontinental air speed record , fly ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment
The Ariane Passenger PayLoad Experiment ( APPLE ), was an experimental communication satellite with a C-Band transponder launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation on June 19, 1981, by Ariane , a launch vehicle of the European Space Agency (ESA) from Centre Spatial Guyanais near Kourou in Fr
- ... LE was India 's first three-axis stabilised experimental Geostationary communication satellite . On july 16, 1981, the satellite was positioned at 102° E longitude . The 672 kg [1] satellite served as testbed ...
#2 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
- ... kg (26,900 lb) (Proton 3) 17,000 kg (37,000 lb) (Proton 4) Start of mission Launch date Proton 1 : 16 july 1965 11:16 ( 1965-07-16UTC11:16Z ) UTC Proton 2 : 2 November 1965 12:28 ( 1965-11-02UTC12:28Z ) UTC ...
- ... nd continued the search for the quark. [4] MISSIONS PROTON 1 Proton 1 was launched into Earth orbit 16 july 1965 11:16 UTC from Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 81/23 , [11] though the launch was threatened by a lea ...
#3 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
- ... ASA flight readiness team cleared Apollo 11 to proceed with its scheduled July 1969 flight. [90] On july 16, 1969, the next Saturn V to launch carried the astronauts of Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong , Buzz Aldrin ...
#4 Formosat-1
Formosat-1 (福爾摩沙衛星一號, formerly known as ROCSAT-1 ) is an Earth observation satellite operated by the National Space Program Office (NSPO, now the National Space Organization ) of the Republic of China ( Taiwan ) to conduct observations of the ionosphere and oceans . The spacecraft and its instrument
- ... of operational service. The spacecraft ended its mission on June 17, 2004 and was decommissioned on july 16, 2004. [1] TECHNICAL DETAILS SPACECRAFT Weight: 401 kg Shape: Hexagonal Dimensions Height: 2.1 m Dia ...
#5 OPS 5112
OPS 5112 , also known as Navstar 2 , NDS-2 , GPS I-2 and GPS SVN-2 , was an American navigation satellite launched in 1978 as part of the Global Positioning System development programme. It was the second of eleven Block I GPS satellites to be launched. [2] OPS 5112 Names Navstar 2 NDS-2 GPS I-2 GPS
- ... SLC-3E Contractor Convair General Dynamics Entered service 14 July 1978 End of mission Deactivated 16 july 1981 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit [4] Regime Medium Earth orbit ( Semi-sync ...
- ... broadcast the PRN 07 signal in the GPS demonstration constellation, and was retired from service on 16 july 1981.
#6 USA-126
USA-126 , also known as GPS IIA-17 , GPS II-26 and GPS SVN-40 , is an American navigation satellite which forms part of the Global Positioning System . It was the seventeenth of nineteen Block IIA GPS satellites to be launched. USA-126 Names Navstar 2A-17 GPS IIA-17 GPS II-26 GPS SVN-40 Mission type
- ... ass 840 kg (1,850 lb) Dimensions 5.3 m (17 ft) of long Power 710 watts Start of mission Launch date 16 july 1996, 00:50:00 UTC Rocket Delta II 7925-9.5 (Delta D237) Launch site Cape Canaveral , LC-17A Entere ...
- ... els deployed and had a design life of 7.5 years. [1] LAUNCH USA-126 was launched at 00:50:00 UTC on 16 july 1996, atop a Delta II launch vehicle , flight number D237, flying in the 7925-9.5 configuration. [4 ...
- ... [2] however, it was kept in service for over 18 years before finally decommissioned from service on 16 july 2015. [7] Following decommissioning, it was subsequently placed in a disposal orbit approximately 1 ...
#7 Mir Core Module
Mir ( Russian : Мир IPA: [ˈmʲir] lit. Peace or World ), DOS-7 , was the first module of the Soviet/Russian Mir space station complex, in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001. Generally referred to as either the core module or base block , the module was launched on 20 February 1986 on a Proton-K ro
- ... ted Salyut 7 for 51 days, then returned to Mir for 21 additional days, before returning to Earth on 16 july 1986. [2] This is the only occasion in history when a crew transferred between two different space ...
#8 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
- ... e's computers, NASA was able to switch to a backup PCU and bring Hubble back to operational mode on 16 july . [252] [253] [254] [255] On 23 October 2021, HST instruments reported missing synchronization messa ...
#9 KazSat-2
KazSat-2 ( Kazakh : ҚазСат-2 , QazSat-2 ) is the second Kazakh communications satellite after KazSat-1 . It was launched on 16 July 2011, at 23:16:10 UTC by Proton-M / Briz-M launch vehicle . [1] This satellite was constructed by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center for the satellit
- ... ат-2 , QazSat-2 ) is the second Kazakh communications satellite after KazSat-1 . It was launched on 16 july 2011, at 23:16:10 UTC by Proton-M / Briz-M launch vehicle . [1] This satellite was constructed by K ...
#10 Progress M-06M
Progress M-06M ( Russian : Прогресс М-06М ), identified by NASA as Progress 38P , is a Russian Progress spacecraft which was launched in June 2010 to resupply the International Space Station . It was the 38th Progress to dock with the space station and the third of year 2010. Progress M-06M Progress
- ... C. ISS REBOOST An ISS reboost assisted by the attitude thrusters of Progress M-06M was initiated on 16 july 2010 to improve conditions for the landing of Soyuz TMA-18 and the docking of Progress M-07M . [10] ...
#11 Badr-1
Badr-A ( Urdu : بدر-۱ , meaning Full Moon-A ) was the first artificial and the first digital communications satellite launched by Pakistan's national space authority — the SUPARCO — in 1990. [1] The Badr-A was Pakistan 's first indigenously developed and manufactured digital communications and an ex
- ... ons and an experimental artificial satellite which was launched into low Earth orbit by Pakistan on 16 july 1990, through a Chinese carrier rocket . [2] The launch ushered new military, technological, and sc ...
- ... satellites, to launch the Badr-1 who also took its first maiden flight with the launch of Badr-1 on 16 july 1990. LAUNCH AND MISSION On 16 July 1990, the Badr-1 was launched as a secondary payload on a Long ...
- ... also took its first maiden flight with the launch of Badr-1 on 16 July 1990. LAUNCH AND MISSION On 16 july 1990, the Badr-1 was launched as a secondary payload on a Long March 2E rocket from Area No. 2 at X ...
- ... rrent, voltage Data Transmission Rates 1200,600,300,150 baud DCE Memory Bank 8 kilobyte Launch Date 16 july 1990 Reentry Date 9 December 1990 SEE ALSO Spaceflight portal Badr-B Badr (satellite) Space and Upp ...
#12 NOAA-5
NOAA-5 , also known as ITOS-H was a weather satellite operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). It was part of a series of satellites called ITOS, or improved TIROS , being the last of the series. [5] NOAA-5 was launched on a Delta rocket on July 29, 1976. [6] NOAA-5 Mi
- ... elta-2310 605/D126 Launch site Vandenberg SLC-2W End of mission Disposal Decommissioned Deactivated july 16, 1979 ( 1979-07-17 ) [4] Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Low Earth Sun-synchro ...
#13 EchoStar XI
EchoStar XI , also known as EchoStar 11 , is an American geostationary communications satellite which is operated by EchoStar on behalf of Dish Network . It is positioned in Geostationary orbit at a longitude of 110° West, from where it is used to provide direct broadcasting services to the United S
- ... h mass 5,511 kilograms (12,150 lb) Dry mass 2,479 kilograms (5,465 lb) Start of mission Launch date july 16, 2008, 05:20 ( 2008-07-16UTC05:20Z ) UTC Rocket Zenit-3SL Launch site Ocean Odyssey Contractor Sea L ...
- ... unch Zenit-3SL carrier rocket flying from the Ocean Odyssey launch platform. The launch occurred on 16 july 2008. [1] SEE ALSO Spaceflight portal 2006 in spaceflight
#14 Mir
Mir ( Russian : Мир , IPA: [ˈmʲir] ; lit. ' peace ' or ' world ' ) was a space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, operated by the Soviet Union and later by Russia . Mir was the first modular space station and was assembled in orbit from 1986 to 1996. It had a greater
- ... [17] [47] [ page needed ] The station was occupied for a total of four distinct periods; 12 March–1 16 july 1986 ( EO-1 ), 5 February 1987 – 27 April 1989 (EO-2–EO-4), the record-breaking run from 5 September ...
- ... O-1 crew spent their last 20 days on Mir conducting Earth observations before returning to Earth on 16 july 1986, leaving the new station unoccupied. [49] [ unreliable source? ] The second expedition to Mir ...
#15 AEROS (satellite)
AEROS [5] : 12 satellites were to study the aeronomy i. e. the science of the upper atmosphere and ionosphere , in particular the F region under the strong influence of solar extreme ultraviolet radiation . To this end the spectrum of this radiation was recorded aboard by one instrument (of type
- ... h mass 125.7 kilograms (277 lb) Start of mission Launch date AEROS A: 16 December 1972 [1] AEROS B: 16 july 1974 [2] Rocket Scout Launch site Vandenberg AFB End of mission Decay date AEROS A: 1973-08-22 ( 19 ...
- ... ocation: Western Space and Missile Center at Vandenberg AFB Launch dates: 16 December 1972 (AEROS), 16 july 1974 (AEROS B) Re-entry dates: 22 August 1973 (AEROS), 2 September 1975 (AEROS B) Total weight: 280 ...
#16 Progress MS-03
Progress MS-03 ( Russian : Прогресс МC-03 ), identified by NASA as Progress 64P , was a Progress spaceflight operated by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS). [2] It was the first Progress MS to have an external compartment for releasing satellites. [3] 2016 Russian resupply s
- ... s-MS Manufacturer RKK Energia Launch mass 7281 kg Payload mass 2425 kg Start of mission Launch date 16 july 2016, 21:41:45 UTC [1] Rocket Soyuz-U s/n G15000-147 Launch site Baikonur , Site 31/6 Contractor Pr ...
- ... 016, the mission was rescheduled from 4 July to 17 July 2016. LAUNCH Progress MS-03 was launched on 16 july 2016 at 21:41:45 (UTC) on a Soyuz-U from the Baikonur Site 31/6 in Kazakhstan . At the time of laun ...
#17 STS-135
STS-135 ( ISS assembly flight ULF7 ) [4] was the 135th and final mission of the American Space Shuttle program . [5] [6] It used the orbiter Atlantis and hardware originally processed for the STS-335 contingency mission, which was not flown. STS-135 launched on 8 July 2011, and landed on 21 July 201
- ... ore only on STS-9 and the last time a problem occurred on GPC 4 was on Atlantis ' s STS-71 mission. 16 july (FLIGHT DAY 9 – CARGO TRANSFERS) Astronaut Sandra Magnus in the Cupola . Flight day 9 was the bonus ...
#18 Soyuz 18
Soyuz 18 ( Russian : Союз 18 , Union 18 ) was a 1975 Soviet crewed mission to Salyut 4 , the second and final crew to man the space station . Pyotr Klimuk and Vitaly Sevastyanov set a new Soviet space endurance record of 63 days and the mark for most people in space simultaneously (seven) was tied d
- ... me the Soviets had to control two unrelated space missions. [5] The ASTP crews were launched 15 and 16 july 1975, and the Soyuz 18 crew communicated with the Soyuz 19 crew on two brief occasions. [4] The tot ...
#19 Explorer S-1 (satellite)
Explorer S-1 , also known as NASA S-1 or Explorer 7X , [1] was a NASA Earth science satellite equipped with a suite of scientific instruments to study the environment around the Earth . The spacecraft and its Juno II launch vehicle were destroyed five seconds after launch on 16 July 1959, in a spect
- ... e Earth . The spacecraft and its Juno II launch vehicle were destroyed five seconds after launch on 16 july 1959, in a spectacular launch failure caused by complications with the launch vehicle's power suppl ...
- ... oratory Launch mass 41.5 kg (91 lb) Dimensions 76 × 76 cm (30 × 30 in) Start of mission Launch date 16 july 1959, 17:37:03 GMT Rocket Juno II (AM-16) Launch site Cape Canaveral , LC-5 Contractor Army Ballist ...
- ... spacecraft was mounted atop a Juno II launch vehicle with the serial AM-16. [4] It was launched on 16 july 1959, at 16:37:03 GMT , from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 5 (LC-5). [5] Immediately after liftoff, ...
#20 SpaceX CRS-9
SpaceX CRS-9 , also known as SpX-9 , is a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station which launched on 18 July 2016. [7] [8] The mission was contracted by NASA and is operated by SpaceX using a Dragon capsule. 2016 American resupply spaceflight to the ISS "CRS-9" redirect
- ... ptember 2015, was moved to NET 21 March 2016. [11] The flight was later pushed to 24 June, 27 June, 16 july , and finally 18 July 2016, [12] [13] [14] [15] as the crewed mission Soyuz MS-01 took the 24 June s ...