langs: 11 июня [ru] / june 11 [en] / 11. juni [de] / 11 juin [fr] / 11 giugno [it] / 11 de junio [es]
days: june 8 / june 9 / june 10 / june 11 / june 12 / june 13 / june 14
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 Akihiko Hoshide
Akihiko Hoshide ( 星出 彰彦 , Hoshide Akihiko , born December 28, 1968) is a Japanese engineer , JAXA astronaut , and former Commander of the International Space Station . On August 30, 2012, Hoshide became the third Japanese astronaut to walk in space. [1] Japanese engineer and JAXA astronaut Akihiko H
- ... 17 crews opened Kibō for the first time. [7] Hoshide and the STS-124 crew remained on the ISS until 11 june 2008, when Discovery undocked from the International Space Station and began its return to Earth, l ...
#2 Terry W. Virts
Terry W. Virts (born December 1, 1967) is a retired NASA astronaut , International Space Station Commander and colonel in the United States Air Force . American astronaut Terry W. Virts Born ( 1967-12-01 ) December 1, 1967 (age 54) Baltimore , Maryland , U.S. Status Retired NASA (Active Hardee's)
- ... mand of the International Space Station as commander of Expedition 43 . [4] Soyuz TMA-15M landed on june 11, 2015, in Kazakhstan. Virts retired from NASA in August 2016. [5] POST-NASA CAREER Virts tours the w ...
#3 James van Hoften
James Dougal Adrianus "Ox" van Hoften (born June 11, 1944 [2] ) is an American civil and hydraulic engineer , retired U.S. Navy officer and aviator , and a former astronaut for NASA . James D. A. van Hoften Born ( 1944-06-11 ) June 11, 1944 (age 78) Fresno , California , U.S. Status Retired Nation
- James Dougal Adrianus "Ox" van Hoften (born june 11, 1944 [2] ) is an American civil and hydraulic engineer , retired U.S. Navy officer and aviator , an ...
- ... officer and aviator , and a former astronaut for NASA . James D. A. van Hoften Born ( 1944-06-11 ) june 11, 1944 (age 78) Fresno , California , U.S. Status Retired Nationality American Other names James Doug ...
- ... ns STS-41-C , STS-51-I Mission insignia Retirement August 1, 1986 PERSONAL DATA Van Hoften was born june 11, 1944, in Fresno , California . He was active in the Boy Scouts of America where he achieved its sec ...
#4 Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger
Dorothy Marie "Dottie" Metcalf-Lindenburger (born May 2, 1975, in Colorado Springs, Colorado ) is a retired American astronaut . In 2000, she married Jason Metcalf-Lindenburger, a fellow Whitman College graduate and educator, from Pendleton, Oregon, and they now have one daughter together. She was a
- ... O 16 undersea exploration mission aboard the Aquarius underwater laboratory , scheduled to begin on june 11, 2012, and last twelve days. [5] The NEEMO 16 crew successfully "splashed down" at 11:05 am on June ...
- ... e 11, 2012, and last twelve days. [5] The NEEMO 16 crew successfully "splashed down" at 11:05 am on june 11. [6] On the morning of June 12, Metcalf-Lindenburger and her crewmates officially became aquanauts, ...
#5 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
- ... hly six hours later. [17] Cristoforetti, along with her crew mates, returned safely from the ISS on 11 june 2015. She stayed 199 days in space and so became the holder of the record for the longest single mi ...
#6 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
- ... aboard Mir, which was the longest stay in space then. He conducted three space walks, on April 11, june 11 and June 16, 1987, with a total duration 8 hr 48 min. He returned to Earth on December 29, 1987, in ...
#7 Scott Kelly (astronaut)
Scott Joseph Kelly (born February 21, 1964) is an American engineer , retired astronaut , and naval aviator . A veteran of four space flights, Kelly commanded the International Space Station (ISS) on Expeditions 26 , 45 , and 46 . American engineer, retired astronaut, and retired U.S. Navy captain F
- ... resupply due to the failure of the Russian Progress 59 spacecraft. [40] [41] Expedition 44 began on june 11, 2015, when Virts transferred command of the ISS to Padalka, and Soyuz TMA-15M landed in Kazakhstan ...
#8 Zhang Xiaoguang
Zhang Xiaoguang ( simplified Chinese : 张晓光 ; traditional Chinese : 張曉光 ; pinyin : Zhāng Xiǎoguāng ; born May 1966) is a Chinese military pilot and taikonaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program . Chinese astronaut Zhang Xiaoguang Born May 1966 ( 1966-05 ) (age 56) Jinzhou , Liaoning National
- ... spaceflight to the first Chinese space station Tiangong 1 . [2] CAREER Shenzhou 10 was launched on 11 june 2013, at 09:38 UTC (17:38 local time) on a Long March 2F rocket. [3] It docked to the Tiangong-1 sp ...
#9 Anton Shkaplerov
Anton Nikolaevich Shkaplerov ( Russian : Антон Николаевич Шкаплеров ; born 20 February 1972) is a Russian cosmonaut . He is a veteran of four spaceflights. [1] Russian cosmonaut Anton Nikolaevich Shkaplerov Anton Shkaplerov in August 2017 as taken by Bill Ingalls Born ( 1972-02-20 ) 20 February 1972
- ... Samokutyayev and Yelena Serova . [4] The crew spent 199 days in space before returning to Earth on june 11, 2015. Shkaplerov's total time in space was brought to 365 days. EXPEDITION 54/55 Shkaplerov was lau ...
- ... utes 1 6 hours 15 minutes 2 Soyuz TMA-15M 23 November 2014, 21:01 UTC ISS-42 / ISS-43 Soyuz TMA-15M 11 june 2015, 13:44 UTC 199 days 16 hours 43 minutes 0 0 3 Soyuz MS-07 17 December 2017, 07:21 UTC ISS-54 / ...
#10 Kimiya Yui
Kimiya Yui ( 油井 亀美也 , Yui Kimiya , born January 30, 1970 [1] in Kawakami, Nagano , Japan) is a Japanese astronaut from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ( JAXA ). He was selected for the agency in 2009. [2] Japanese pilot and astronaut (born 1970) Kimiya Yui Born ( 1970-01-30 ) January 30, 1970
- ... exploration mission in June 2012. [3] The NEEMO 16 crew successfully "splashed down" at 11:05 am on june 11. [4] On the morning of June 12, Yui and his crewmates officially became aquanauts, having spent over ...
#11 Tim Peake
Major Timothy Nigel “Tim” Peake CMG (born 7 April 1972) is a British Army Air Corps officer, European Space Agency astronaut [3] and a former International Space Station (ISS) crew member. British Army Air Corps officer and astronaut Tim Peake CMG HonFIET Official NASA portrait photograph, taken in
- ... arius underwater laboratory during the NEEMO 16 undersea exploration mission, scheduled to begin on 11 june 2012 and last twelve days. [23] [24] The NEEMO 16 crew successfully "splashed down" at 11:05 am on ...
- ... 2012 and last twelve days. [23] [24] The NEEMO 16 crew successfully "splashed down" at 11:05 am on 11 june . [25] On the morning of 12 June, Peake and his crewmates officially became aquanauts, having spent ...
#12 Charles D. Gemar
Charles Donald "Sam" Gemar (born August 4, 1955) is an American former astronaut with NASA and a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army . Gemar has flown on three Space Shuttle missions ( STS-38 , STS-48 and STS-62 ). Gemar has completed 385 orbits of the Earth and over 581 hours in space . He
- ... in Yankton, South Dakota , Gemar enlisted in the U.S. Army in January 1973 and reported for duty on june 11, 1973, following graduation from Scotland Public High School, Scotland, South Dakota . In November 1 ...
Museum / Museum
#1 Kansas Aviation Museum
The Kansas Aviation Museum is a museum located in Wichita , Kansas , United States, near 31st South and George Washington Blvd. The building was the former Wichita Municipal Airport terminal from 1935 to 1954. Aviation Museum in Wichita, Kansas USA Kansas Aviation Museum Southeast side of building L
- ... Architect Glen H. Thomas Architectural style Art Deco NRHP reference No. 90000908 [3] Added to NRHP june 11, 1990 Northwest side of building Bas-relief of the Spirit of St. Louis crossing the Atlantic above e ...
#2 Indiana Aviation Museum
The Indiana Aviation Museum was an aviation museum located in Valparaiso, Indiana , at the Porter County Regional Airport . Incorporated on September 28, 2000, the museum was permanently closed October 29, 2010. The museum was open from May through October, and featured displays of working military
- ... ted a tail hook for cable-arrested carrier landings. The museum's AT-6 was delivered to the USAF on june 11, 1952, to the 3301st Pilot Training Squadron, Columbus AFB , MS. [3] 1953 DHC 1 MK22 Chipmunk 1955 T ...
#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
- ... sp engine, with passengers Dr. Leon Pisculli and Edna Newcomber. They were lost at sea. [277] [257] june 11 12, 1933 – Captain J. Errol Boyd , Robert G. Lyon , and Harold P. Davis flew a Bellanca monoplane, p ...
#4 Kjeller Airport
Kjeller Airport ( Norwegian : Kjeller flyplass ; ICAO : ENKJ ) is a military and general aviation airport located in Kjeller in Skedsmo in Viken county , Norway. Situated in the outskirts of Lillestrøm , it is 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) east northeast of Oslo , making it the airport located
- ... ld Amundsen started his flight training in 1913 and took Norway's first civilian pilot's license on 11 june 1914. [11] On 18 August 1913 two departments were established at Kjeller: a technical and a tactica ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope ( FGST , [3] also FGRST ), formerly called the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope ( GLAST ), is a space observatory being used to perform gamma-ray astronomy observations from low Earth orbit . Its main instrument is the Large Area Telescope (LAT), with which as
- ... sions Stowed: 2.8 × 2.5 m (9.2 × 8.2 ft) [1] Power 1,500 W average [1] Start of mission Launch date 11 june 2008, 16:05 ( 2008-06-11UTC16:05 ) UTC Rocket Delta II 7920-H #333 Launch site Cape Canaveral SLC-1 ...
- ... 6:22 UTC [2] Instruments GBM Gamma-ray Burst Monitor LAT Large Area Telescope Fermi was launched on 11 june 2008 at 16:05 UTC aboard a Delta II 7920-H rocket. The mission is a joint venture of NASA , the Uni ...
- ... overies, emerging from this single mission. MISSION TIMELINE GLAST launch aboard a Delta II rocket, 11 june 2008 GLAST launch as pictured by a space-based infrared sensor, looking down at the Earth PRELAUNCH ...
- ... lle, Florida . [33] On 4 June 2008, after several previous delays, launch status was retargeted for 11 june at the earliest, [34] [35] the last delays resulting from the need to replace the Flight Terminatio ...
- ... ded from 15:45 to 17:40 UTC daily, until 7 August 2008. [36] LAUNCH Launch occurred successfully on 11 june 2008 at 16:05 UTC aboard a Delta 7920H-10C rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launc ...
#2 Vega 1
Vega 1 (along with its twin Vega 2 ) was a Soviet space probe , part of the Vega program . The spacecraft was a development of the earlier Venera craft. They were designed by Babakin Space Centre and constructed as 5VK by Lavochkin at Khimki . The name VeGa (ВеГа) combines the first two letters from
- ... ltitude 202 kilometres (126 mi) Inclination 51.5° Period 88 minutes Flyby of Venus Closest approach 11 june 1985 Distance ~39,000 kilometres (24,000 mi) Venus atmospheric probe Spacecraft component Vega 1 Ba ...
- ... (24,000 mi) Venus atmospheric probe Spacecraft component Vega 1 Balloon Atmospheric entry 02:06:10, 11 june 1985 Venus lander Spacecraft component Vega 1 Descent Craft Landing date 03:02:54, 11 June 1985 Lan ...
- ... 2:06:10, 11 June 1985 Venus lander Spacecraft component Vega 1 Descent Craft Landing date 03:02:54, 11 june 1985 Landing site 7.5°N 177.7°E / 7.5; 177.7 ( Vega 1 ) (north of Aphrodite Terra ) Flyby of 1P ...
- ... [2] for dust protection from Halley's comet . VENUS MISSION The descent module arrived at Venus on 11 june 1985, two days after being released from the Vega 1 flyby probe. The module, a 1500-kg sphere with ...
- ... Venus atmosphere (125 km altitude) at 2:06:10 UT (Earth received time; Moscow time 5:06:10 a.m.) on 11 june 1985 at roughly 11 km/s. At approximately 2:06:25 UT the parachute attached to the landing craft ca ...
#3 Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer ( AMS-02 ) is a particle physics experiment module that is mounted on the International Space Station (ISS). [4] The experiment is a recognized CERN experiment (RE1). [5] [6] The module is a detector that measures antimatter in cosmic rays ; this information is needed
- ... al shuttle flight in 2010 or 2011. [35] The bill was passed by the full House of Representatives on june 11, 2008. [36] The bill then went before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee wher ...
#4 Soyuz TMA-19
Soyuz TMA-19 was a crewed spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS) and is part of the Soyuz programme . It was launched on 15 June 2010 carrying three members of the Expedition 24 crew to the International Space Station, who remained aboard the station for around six months. Soyuz TMA-19
- ... Baikonur by train three days later. [8] [9] Upon delivery, the spacecraft was moved to site 254. On 11 june 2010, final inspections of the spacecraft were conducted, and the spacecraft was then encapsulated ...
#5 Intelsat 19
Intelsat 19 is a geostationary communications satellite operated by Intelsat . It was constructed by Space Systems/Loral , [1] based on the LS-1300 satellite bus . It was successfully launched by Sea Launch using a Zenit-3SL launch vehicle on 1 June 2012 at 05:22:59 UTC . [2] Upon entering service i
- ... olar array panel was eventually deployed on 12 June 2012, following four apogee maneuver firings on 11 june 2012, and appears to have lost 50% of its capacity, leaving the satellite with 75% of its design po ...
#6 GSAT-15
GSAT-15 is an Indian communication satellite similar to GSAT-10 to augment the capacity of transponders to provide more bandwidth for Direct-to-Home television and VSAT services. It was successfully launched on 10 November 2015 at 21:34:07 UTC aboard an Ariane 5 rocket, along with the ArabSat 6B s
- ... igee altitude 35,774 km (22,229 mi) Apogee altitude 35,799 km (22,244 mi) Inclination 0.0728° Epoch 11 june 2017, 00:27:58 UTC [5] Transponders Band 24 × K u band Bandwidth 36 MHz GSAT ← GSAT-6 GSAT-18 → PAY ...
#7 JCSAT-2B
JCSAT-2B , known as JCSAT-14 before commissioning, is a geostationary communications satellite operated by SKY Perfect JSAT Group and designed and manufactured by SSL on the SSL 1300 platform. [4] [5] It had a launch weight of 4,696.2 kg (10,353 lb) , a power production capacity of 9 to 9.9 kW
- ... de communications services to Japan, Asia, Russia, Oceania, and the Pacific Islands. [5] HISTORY On june 11, 2013, SSL announced that it had been awarded a contract by SKY Perfect JSAT Group to manufacture JC ...
#8 1KUNS-PF
1KUNS-PF ( 1st Kenyan University NanoSatellite-Precursor Flight ) was the first Kenyan owned satellite to be launched into space. [3] [4] The cubesat was developed and assembled by the University of Nairobi. Technical support was provided by Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency and it was launched f
- ... e Kennedy LC-39A Contractor SpaceX Entered service 11 May 2018, 10:51 UTC End of mission Decay date 11 june 2020 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Low Earth Semi-major axis 6,778.8 km (4, ...
#9 USA-150
USA-150 , also known as GPS IIR-4 and GPS SVN-51 , is an American navigation satellite which forms part of the Global Positioning System . It was the fourth Block IIR GPS satellite to be launched, out of thirteen in the original configuration, and twenty one overall . It was built by Lockheed Martin
- ... -9.5 (Delta D278) Launch site Cape Canaveral , SLC-17A Contractor McDonnell Douglas Entered service 11 june 2000 End of mission Deactivated Operational [3] Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbi ...
- ... The satellite raised itself into medium Earth orbit using a Star-37FM apogee motor . [2] MISSION By 11 june 2000, USA-150 was in an orbit with a perigee of 20,133 km (12,510 mi) , an apogee of 20,234 km (12, ...
#10 Cygnus OA-7
OA-7 , previously known as Orbital-7 , is the eighth flight of the Orbital ATK uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its seventh flight to the International Space Station (ISS) under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA . [5] The mission launched on 18 April 2017 at 15:11:26 UTC . O
- ... ape Canaveral SLC-41 Contractor United Launch Alliance End of mission Disposal Deorbited Decay date 11 june 2017, 17:08 UTC [6] Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit Regime Low Earth orbit Inc ...
- ... one pair at 20:46 UTC and the other pair at 23:46 UTC. [8] [15] Reentry for Cygnus is scheduled for 11 june 2017; as the vehicle begins breaking up in Earth's atmosphere, three probes will be released as par ...
- ... l as helping to characterize how spacecraft break up on reentry. [15] [16] Orbital ATK announced on 11 june 2017 that the OA-7 mission had formally ended at 17:08 UTC with the reentry and destruction of the ...
#11 Soyuz TMA-15M
Soyuz TMA-15M was a 2014 flight to the International Space Station . It transported three members of the Expedition 42 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-15M was the 124th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft , the first flight launching in 1967. The Soyuz remained docked to the space station for
- ... 2015. 2014 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS Soyuz TMA-15M Soyuz TMA-15M undocks from the ISS, 11 june 2015. Mission type ISS crew transport Operator Roskosmos COSPAR ID 2014-074A SATCAT no. 40312 Missi ...
- ... 23 November 2014 21:00:14 UTC Rocket Soyuz-FG Launch site Baikonur 31/6 End of mission Landing date 11 june 2015 13:44 UTC [1] Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Low Earth Docking with ISS ...
- ... Docking with ISS Docking port Rassvet nadir Docking date 24 November 2014 02:49 UTC Undocking date 11 june 2015 10:20 UTC Time docked 199 days, 7 hours, 31 minutes (l-r) Shkaplerov, Cristoforetti and Virts ...
- ... d Virts to Earth. UNDOCKING AND RETURN TO EARTH Soyuz TMA-15M undocked from the ISS at 10:20 UTC on 11 june 2015, containing Shkaplerov, Cristoforetti, and Virts. Following a deorbit burn, the Soyuz spacecra ...
- ... scent module reentered the Earth's atmosphere. The crew landed safely in Kazakhstan at 13:44 UTC on 11 june , just over three hours after departing the ISS. GALLERY Rollout of Soyuz TMA-15M rocket. Soyuz TMA- ...
#12 T12 (satellite)
T12 , formerly known as D12 , is a Boeing model 702 satellite built by the Boeing Satellite Development Center . It was launched on December 29, 2009 and became operational on May 19, 2010. It is used by DirecTV to provide additional high definition channels and Video on demand content, as well as 3
- ... continued June 23 and later in the summer. DirecTV added the first 3D channel to T12, ESPN 3D , on june 11, and new channels n3D and a pay-per-view 3D movie channel on July 1. A few more HD channels were add ...
#13 Explorer 49
Explorer 49 (also called Radio Astronomy Explorer-2 , RAE-B ) was a NASA 328 kg (723 lb) satellite launched on 10 June 1973, for long wave radio astronomy research. It had four 230 m (750 ft) X-shaped antenna elements, which made it one of the largest spacecraft ever built. [3] NASA satellit
- ... overed. [5] After launch on a direct ascent trajectory to the Moon and one mid-course correction on 11 june 1973, was placed into lunar orbit on 15 June 1973, at 07:21 UTC, [1] after a 20 seconds firing of t ...
#14 STS-111
STS-111 was a space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour . STS-111 resupplied the station and replaced the Expedition 4 crew with the Expedition 5 crew. It was launched on 5 June 2002, from Kennedy Space Center , Florida. 2002 American crewed spac
- ... Power and Data Grapple Fixture to P6 Truss 40. STS-111 EVA 2 Franklin R. Chang-Diaz Philippe Perrin 11 june 2002 15:20 11 June 2002 20:20 [1] [2] 5 h, 00 min Attached Mobile Base System to Mobile Transporter ...
- ... ple Fixture to P6 Truss 40. STS-111 EVA 2 Franklin R. Chang-Diaz Philippe Perrin 11 June 2002 15:20 11 june 2002 20:20 [1] [2] 5 h, 00 min Attached Mobile Base System to Mobile Transporter 41. STS-111 EVA 3 ...
#15 Tiangong-1
Tiangong-1 ( Chinese : 天宫一号 ; pinyin : Tiāngōng yīhào ; lit. 'Heaven's Palace-1" or "Celestial Palace-1"' ) was China's first prototype space station . [9] It orbited Earth from September 2011 to April 2018, serving as both a crewed laboratory and an experimental testbed to demonstrate orbital rende
- ... craft, the final Shenzhou mission to rendezvous with Tiangong-1 before its deorbit, was launched on 11 june 2013. [23] [24] [62] The launch of Shenzhou 10 was originally planned for earlier in the year, but ...
#16 Apollo 15
Apollo 15 (July 26 – August 7, 1971) was the ninth crewed mission in the United States' Apollo program and the fourth to land on the Moon . It was the first J mission , with a longer stay on the Moon and a greater focus on science than earlier landings. Apollo 15 saw the first use of the Lunar R
- ... em to the public. [105] The astronauts were photographed with the cars and the training LRV for the june 11, 1971, edition of Life magazine. [ALSJ 13] VISIBILITY FROM SPACE The halo area of the Apollo 15 land ...
#17 SOLRAD 10
Solrad 10 , also known Explorer 44 , NRL-PL 165 and Explorer SE-C , was one of the SOLRAD series designed to provide continuous coverage of wavelength and intensity changes in solar radiation in the UV , soft and hard X-ray regions. The satellite also mapped the celestial sphere using a high-sensiti
- ... ed rather than those from Explorer 37 (SOLRAD 9). The Explorer 44 (SOLRAD 10) core memory failed on 11 june 1973, and Explorer 37 (SOLRAD 9) was heavily used until 25 February 1974, when the gas supply of th ...
#18 Albert Einstein ATV
The Albert Einstein ATV , or Automated Transfer Vehicle 004 ( ATV-004 ), was a European uncrewed cargo resupply spacecraft , named after the German-born physicist Albert Einstein . [3] It was built to supply the International Space Station (ISS) with propellant, water, air, and dry cargo, and also t
- ... quired for subsequent commercial launches. In addition, docking with the ISS could not occur before 11 june , as the Zvezda port (where the Albert Einstein docked) was occupied by Progress 51. After Progress ...
- ... port (where the Albert Einstein docked) was occupied by Progress 51. After Progress 51 departed on 11 june , cameras on the ISS checked the Zvezda docking port to ensure that no damage was caused when Progre ...
#19 Sputnik 1
Sputnik 1 ( / ˈ s p ʌ t n ɪ k , ˈ s p ʊ t n ɪ k / ; see § Etymology ) was the first artificial Earth satellite . [5] It was launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957 as part of the Soviet space program . It sent a radio signal back to Earth for three weeks bef
- ... km (250 mi) downrange. [34] Three attempts to launch the second rocket (8K71 No.6) were made on 10–1 11 june but an assembly defect prevented launch. [35] The unsuccessful launch of the third R-7 rocket (8K71 ...
#20 STS-124
STS-124 was a Space Shuttle mission , flown by Space Shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station . Discovery launched on 31 May 2008 at 17:02 EDT , moved from an earlier scheduled launch date of 25 May 2008, [4] and landed safely at the Kennedy Space Center 's Shuttle Landing Facility , at
- ... ng with ISS Docking port PMA-2 (Harmony forward) Docking date 2 June 2008, 18:03 UTC Undocking date 11 june 2008, 11:42 UTC Time docked 8 days, 17 hours, 39 minutes From left to right: Chamitoff, Fossum, Ham ...
- ... ertainly have a great crew and they're well trained, but there's also a little luck involved." [29] 11 june (FLIGHT DAY 12) Discovery undocked from the International Space Station's Harmony Module, at 11:42 ...