langs: 2 июня [ru] / june 2 [en] / 2. juni [de] / 2 juin [fr] / 2 giugno [it] / 2 de junio [es]
days: may 30 / may 31 / june 1 / june 2 / june 3 / june 4 / june 5
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 Kevin P. Chilton
Kevin Patrick "Chilli" Chilton (born November 3, 1954) is an American mechanical engineer and retired United States Air Force four-star general , test pilot , and NASA astronaut . His last assignment was as commander of U.S. Strategic Command from October 3, 2007, to January 28, 2011. Prior to his a
- ... ajor general April 1, 2002 Brigadier general May 1, 1999 Colonel January 1, 1993 Lieutenant colonel june 2, 1989 Major May 2, 1985 Captain June 2, 1980 First lieutenant June 2, 1978 Second lieutenant June 2, ...
- ... neral May 1, 1999 Colonel January 1, 1993 Lieutenant colonel June 2, 1989 Major May 2, 1985 Captain june 2, 1980 First lieutenant June 2, 1978 Second lieutenant June 2, 1976 GALLERY Commander of The Strategi ...
- ... ary 1, 1993 Lieutenant colonel June 2, 1989 Major May 2, 1985 Captain June 2, 1980 First lieutenant june 2, 1978 Second lieutenant June 2, 1976 GALLERY Commander of The Strategic Command General Kevin P. Chi ...
- ... June 2, 1989 Major May 2, 1985 Captain June 2, 1980 First lieutenant June 2, 1978 Second lieutenant june 2, 1976 GALLERY Commander of The Strategic Command General Kevin P. Chilton and U.S. Secretary of Defe ...
#2 Oleg Kotov
Oleg Valeriyevich Kotov ( Russian : Олег Валериевич Котов ) was born on 27 October 1965 in Simferopol , Crimean oblast in the Ukrainian SSR . After a career as a physician assigned to the Soviet space program, he joined the Russian cosmonaut corps. He has flown three long duration spaceflights on th
- ... at Kotov's Progress M-05M rendezvous work may have set a new record. [4] Kotov returned to Earth on 2 june 2010 aboard the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft. The Soyuz capsule touched down at about 3:25 UTC on the ce ...
#3 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
- ... s mission to the space station. Discovery and its crew docked to the International Space Station on 2 june 2008, beginning 8 days of operations to install the Japanese Experiment Module-Pressurised Module ( ...
#4 Tracy Caldwell Dyson
Tracy Caldwell Dyson (born Tracy Ellen Caldwell ; August 14, 1969) is an American chemist and NASA astronaut . Caldwell Dyson was a Mission Specialist on Space Shuttle Endeavour flight STS-118 in August 2007 and part of the Expedition 23 and Expedition 24 crew on the International Space Station from
- ... nd docking maneuver with the ISS , she joined Expedition 23 as a Flight Engineer and transferred on june 2, 2010 to Expedition 24 again as a Flight Engineer after the departure of the Soyuz TMA-17 . The thre ...
#5 Frank Borman
Frank Frederick Borman II (born March 14, 1928) is a retired United States Air Force (USAF) colonel , aeronautical engineer , test pilot , businessman, and NASA astronaut . He was the commander of Apollo 8 , the first mission to fly around the Moon, and together with crewmates Jim Lovell and William
- ... 10] Borman chose to be commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Air Force (USAF) on june 2, 1950. [8] Before the United States Air Force Academy was built, the USAF was authorized to accept u ...
#6 Richard Branson
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) [2] is a British billionaire, entrepreneur, and business magnate . [3] [4] [5] In the 1970s he founded the Virgin Group , which today controls more than 400 companies in various fields. [6] British entrepreneur and business magnate Not to be c
- ... g Arts and Sciences ' President's Merit Award for his contributions to the music industry. [173] On 2 june 2013, Branson received an honorary degree of Doctor Honoris Causa from Kaunas Technology University ...
#7 Pavel Vinogradov
Pavel Vladimirovich Vinogradov ( Russian : Павел Владимирович Виноградов ; born 31 August 1953 in Magadan , USSR ) is a cosmonaut and former commander of the International Space Station . As of May 2013, he has flown into space three times, aboard Mir and the International Space Station , and is one
- ... spacewalk began at 23:08 UTC and ended at 02:14 UTC. The excursion lasted 3 hours and 6 minutes. On 2 june 2006 Vinogradov performed his sixth career spacewalk. Vinogradov and NASA astronaut Jeffrey William ...
#8 Charles J. Precourt
Charles Joseph Precourt (born June 29, 1955) is a retired NASA astronaut . His career in flight began at an early age, and spans his entire lifetime. He served in the US Air Force , piloted numerous jet aircraft, and piloted and commanded the Space Shuttle . Notably, he piloted or commanded several
- ... (June 27 to July 7, 1995), and was the spacecraft commander on STS-84 (May 15–24, 1997) and STS-91 ( june 2 12, 1998), the final scheduled Shuttle-Mir docking mission, concluding the joint U.S./Russian Phase ...
- ... Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Mission duration was 221 hours and 20 minutes. [2] STS-91 Discovery ( june 2 12, 1998) was the 9th and final Shuttle-Mir docking mission and marked the conclusion of the highly ...
#9 Alexander Misurkin
Alexander Alexanderovich Misurkin ( Russian : Aлександр Aлександрович Мисуркин ) (born 23 September 1977), a major in the Russian Air Force , is a Russian cosmonaut , selected in 2006. He flew aboard Soyuz TMA-08M on 28 March 2013 as his first space mission, and launched on Soyuz MS-06 as his second
- ... ut corps. He took the basic training at GCTC from February 2007 to June 2009, which he completed on 2 june 2009. Misurkin was qualified as a test-cosmonaut 9 June 2009. From August 2009 to February 2011 he ...
#10 Pete Conrad
Charles " Pete " Conrad Jr. (June 2, 1930 – July 8, 1999) was an American NASA astronaut , aeronautical engineer , naval officer and aviator , and test pilot , and commanded the Apollo 12 space mission, on which he became the third person to walk on the Moon . Conrad was selected in NASA's second
- Charles " Pete " Conrad Jr. ( june 2, 1930 – July 8, 1999) was an American NASA astronaut , aeronautical engineer , naval officer and avi ...
- ... Peter Conrad and Charles Conrad . Pete Conrad Conrad in 1964 Born Charles Conrad Jr. ( 1930-06-02 ) june 2, 1930 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , U.S. Died July 8, 1999 (1999-07-08) (aged 69) Ojai, California , ...
- ... uries sustained in a motorcycle accident, aged 69. EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION Pete Conrad was born on june 2, 1930, in Philadelphia , [1] the third child and the first son of Charles Conrad (1892–1969) and Fra ...
#11 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
- ... as named Chief of the Astronaut Office at NASA in July 2015, succeeding Robert L. Behnken . [15] On june 2, 2017, Cassidy was replaced by Patrick G. Forrester as Chief of the Astronaut Office and was returne ...
#12 Mark L. Polansky
Mark Lewis " Roman " Polansky (born June 2, 1956, in Paterson, New Jersey ) is an American aerospace engineer and research pilot and a former NASA astronaut . Polansky received the nickname "Roman" as a joke, because he shares a last name with director Roman Polanski . He flew on three Space Shuttle
- Mark Lewis " Roman " Polansky (born june 2, 1956, in Paterson, New Jersey ) is an American aerospace engineer and research pilot and a former N ...
- ... ds additional citations for verification . ( October 2009 ) Mark Lewis Polansky Born ( 1956-06-02 ) june 2, 1956 (age 65) Paterson, New Jersey Status Retired Nationality American Occupation Pilot Space caree ...
#13 Wendy B. Lawrence
Wendy Barrien Lawrence (born July 2, 1959) is a retired United States Navy Captain , an engineer, and former helicopter pilot and NASA astronaut. She was the first female graduate of the United States Naval Academy to fly into space and she has also visited the Russian Space Station Mir . She was a
- ... ew transfer logistics for the Mir, she flew on STS-86 (September 25 to October 6, 1997) and STS-91 ( june 2 12, 1998). A veteran of four space flights , she logged over 1,200 hours in space. Lawrence was a Mi ...
- ... sults to Earth. Mission duration was 169 orbits in 259 hours and 21 minutes. [13] STS-91 Discovery ( june 2 12, 1998) was the 9th and final Shuttle-Mir docking mission and marked the conclusion of the joint U ...
#14 Philip K. Chapman
Philip Kenyon Chapman (5 March 1935 – 5 April 2021) was the first Australian-born American astronaut , serving for about five years in NASA Astronaut Group 6 (1967). American astronaut (1935–2021) This article needs additional citations for verification . ( April 2021 ) Philip Kenyon Chapman Chapman
- ... 14252244 . Chapman, Philip K. (30 May 2003). "Space Beyond The Cold War" . Space Daily . Retrieved 2 june 2008 . Chapman, Philip K. (30 May 2003). "The Failure of NASA: And A Way Out" . Space Daily . Retri ...
- ... . Chapman, Philip K. (30 May 2003). "The Failure of NASA: And A Way Out" . Space Daily . Retrieved 2 june 2008 . SEE ALSO List of astronauts by name List of astronauts by selection Timeline of astronauts b ...
#15 Patrick G. Forrester
Patrick Graham Forrester (born March 31, 1957) is a NASA astronaut , engineer, and former Chief of the Astronaut Office . He is a retired United States Army officer and Army aviator. At the time of his retirement from the U.S. Army, Forrester had achieved the rank of colonel . He is married and has
- ... tes of EVA time. CHIEF OF THE ASTRONAUT OFFICE He was announced as Chief of the Astronaut Office on june 2, 2017. He is the first Army officer to hold this position. He replaced Chris Cassidy who returned to ...
#16 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
- ... e Climb to 9000 m MiG-21 1:21 min November 15, 1974 rocket plane Climb to 12000 m MiG-21 1:59.3 min june 2, 1975 turbojet Speed over 15/25 km MiG-25 2683.45 km/h August 31, 1977 turbojet Altitude in horizont ...
#17 Oleg Novitsky
Oleg Viktorovich Novitskiy ( Russian : Олег Викторович Новицкий ; born October 12, 1971 in Chervyen , Belarus ) is a former Lieutenant Colonel in the Russian Air Force who logged over 700 hours of flight time and was awarded for bravery. He is currently serving as a Russian cosmonaut with Roscosmos
- ... ce as part of Expedition 50 / Expedition 51 which launched on November 17, 2016 on Soyuz MS-03 . On june 2, 2017, MS-03 undocked from the ISS, carrying Novitskiy and Thomas Pesquet back to Earth after 196 da ...
#18 Ronald J. Garan Jr.
Ronald John Garan Jr. (born October 30, 1961) [1] [2] is a retired NASA astronaut . After graduating from State University of New York College at Oneonta in 1982, he joined the Air Force , becoming a Second Lieutenant in 1984. He became an F-16 pilot, and flew combat missions in Desert Shield and De
- ... ennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida , and docked with the International Space Station on june 2 to deliver the Japanese Experiment Module Pressurized Module (JEM-PM) and the Japanese Remote Manipu ...
#19 Janet L. Kavandi
Janet Lynn Kavandi , a native of Carthage, Missouri , (born July 17, 1959) is an American scientist and a NASA astronaut . She is a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions, served as NASA's Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office , [1] and was the Center Director at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cl
- ... integration for the International Space Station. Kavandi served as a mission specialist on STS-91 ( june 2 12, 1998), the 9th and final Shuttle-Mir docking mission, concluding the joint U.S./Russian Phase 1 ...
#20 Serena Auñón-Chancellor
Serena Maria Auñón-Chancellor ( M.D. , M.P.H. ) (born April 9, 1976, in Indianapolis, Indiana ) is an American physician, engineer, and NASA astronaut. [1] [2] [3] She visited the ISS as a flight engineer for Expedition 56 / 57 on the International Space Station . American physician, engineer, and N
- ... nician Class license and was granted her callsign by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on june 2, 2017. [19] Auñón-Chancellor was the last astronaut to have made random (unscheduled) ham radio cont ...
Museum / Museum
#1 Queensland Air Museum
The Queensland Air Museum is a not-for-profit community-owned aviation museum located at Caloundra Airport in Queensland , Australia . Its mission is to collect and preserve all aspects of aviation heritage with an emphasis on Australia and Queensland. The museum has the largest collection of histor
- ... Aerospace museum Website http://www.qam.com.au HISTORY Queensland Air Museum, Caloundra Airport On 2 june 1974 the Queensland Air Museum was inaugurated with the official unveiling of a Canberra bomber tha ...
#2 Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre
The Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre is located to the North of Montrose , Angus, Scotland . Montrose has the distinction of having the first operational military airfield in Great Britain and the Heritage Centre is located on the former airfield. It aims to show the human side of its history wi
- ... s was for the renovation of a World War II timber building to create a visitor reception area. [18] 2 june 2014, Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre was proud to have conferred upon it the Queen's Award fo ...
#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
- ... ort. With the outbreak of World War II , Bennett Field became part of Naval Air Station New York on june 2, 1941. [6] [7] Floyd Bennett Field was a hub for naval activities during World War II. After the war ...
- ... 6, 1941, the airport was closed to all commercial and general aviation uses. [128] A week later, on june 2, the Navy opened Naval Air Station New York (NAS New York) with an air show that attracted 30,000 [7 ...
- ... ell-Williams to Burbank, California , in 12:33 hours, establishing a new East–West record. [257] On june 2, 1933, Lieutenant Commander Frank Hawks flew a Northrop Gamma, powered by a Wright Whirlwind engine, ...
#4 Darwin Aviation Museum
The Darwin Aviation Museum , previously known as the Australian Aviation Heritage Centre , displays aircraft and aircraft engines of relevance to the Northern Territory and aviation in Australia generally. It is located in Darwin suburb of Winnellie . [2] [1] Aerospace museum in Winnellie, Northern
- ... F Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bomber and to build a museum to house and display the aircraft. [3] On 2 june 1990, the new Darwin Aviation Museum was officially opened. [4] [5] In 2011, the museum was conside ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 Surveyor 1
Surveyor 1 was the first lunar soft-lander in the uncrewed Surveyor program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA, United States ). This lunar soft-lander gathered data about the lunar surface that would be needed for the crewed Apollo Moon landings that began in 1969. The succe
- ... anaveral LC-36A End of mission Last contact 7 January 1967 ( 1967-01-08 ) Lunar lander Landing date june 2, 1966, 06:17:36 UTC [1] Landing site 2.474°S 43.339°W / -2.474; -43.339 [1] Surveyor ← None Survey ...
- ... from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at Cape Canaveral, Florida , and it landed on the Moon on june 2, 1966. Surveyor 1 transmitted 11,237 still photos of the lunar surface to the Earth by using a telev ...
- ... face. Surveyor 1 fell freely to the surface from this height, and it landed on the lunar surface on june 2, 1966, on the Oceanus Procellarum . This location was at 2.474°S 43.339°W / -2.474; -43.339 . [1] ...
#2 STS-70
STS-70 was the 21st flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery , and the last of 7 shuttle missions to carry a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS). This was the first shuttle mission controlled from the new mission control center room at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. [1] STS-70 was also the f
- ... thermal protection foam insulation. Technicians installed safeguards against additional damage. On 2 june , NASA managers decided to delay the launch of Discovery in order to make repairs to the insulation, ...
#3 Kosmos 18
Kosmos 18 ( Russian : Космос 18 meaning Cosmos 18 ) or Zenit-2 No.11 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1963. A Zenit-2 satellite, Kosmos 18 was the eleventh of eighty-one such spacecraft to be launched. [3] [4] Kosmos 18 Mission type Optical imaging reconnaissance
- ... -12 Launch site Baikonur , Site 1/5 Contractor OKB-1 End of mission Disposal Recovered Landing date 2 june 1963 Landing site Steppe in Kazakhstan Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric [2] Regime Lo ...
- ... rbital period of 89.4 minutes. [2] Having spent nine days in orbit, the spacecraft was deorbited on 2 june 1963. Its return capsule descended under parachute and was recovered by the Soviet forces in the st ...
#4 Soyuz MS-03
Soyuz MS-03 was a Soyuz spaceflight launched on 17 November 2016. [1] It transported three members of the Expedition 50 crew to the International Space Station . MS-03 was the 132nd flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew consisted of a Russian commander with American and French flight engineers. [2]
- ... G Launch site Baikonur , Site 1 Contractor Progress Rocket Space Centre End of mission Landing date 2 june 2017, 14:10 UTC Landing site Steppes of the Kazakhstan Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentr ...
- ... Docking with ISS Docking port Rassvet nadir Docking date 19 November 2016, 21:58 UTC Undocking date 2 june 2017, 10:47 UTC Time docked 194 days (l-r) Pesquet, Whitson and Novitsky Soyuz programme (Crewed mi ...
- ... to space. [7] [8] Soyuz MS-03 docked at the International Space Station on 19 November 2016. [9] On 2 june 2017, Soyuz MS-03 undocked from the ISS, carrying Oleg Novitsky and Thomas Pesquet back to Earth af ...
#5 Soyuz TMA-17
Soyuz TMA-17 was a human spaceflight mission to the International Space Station (ISS). TMA-17 crew members participated in ISS Expedition 22 and Expedition 23 . The mission ended when the Soyuz TMA-17 capsule landed on 2 June 2010. 2009 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS Soyuz TMA-17 Launch of TM
- ... in ISS Expedition 22 and Expedition 23 . The mission ended when the Soyuz TMA-17 capsule landed on 2 june 2010. 2009 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS Soyuz TMA-17 Launch of TMA-17 Mission type Crewed ...
- ... ber 2009, 21:52 UTC [2] Rocket Soyuz-FG Launch site Baikonur , site 1/5 End of mission Landing date 2 june 2010, 03:25 UTC Landing site Steppes of Kazakhstan Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric o ...
- ... ocking with ISS (Relocation) Docking port Zvezda Docking date 12 May 2010, 13:53 UTC Undocking date 2 june 2010, 00:04 UTC Time docked 20 days, 10 hours and 11 minutes From left to right: Creamer, Kotov and ...
- ... mander Oleg Kotov was at the controls of the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft as it undocked at 00:04 UTC on 2 june 2010 from the space station's Zvezda module . The Soyuz TMA-17 crew capsule landed on the steppes o ...
- ... s Zvezda module . The Soyuz TMA-17 crew capsule landed on the steppes of Kazakhstan at 03:25 UTC on 2 june 2010 wrapping up their stay aboard the space station. [8]
#6 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
- ... a month ahead of schedule. [14] In preparation for unberthing, Cygnus was grappled by Canadarm2 on 2 june 2017. Early on 4 June 2017, the bolts securing Cygnus to the station were retracted, and Canadarm2 ...
#7 GOES-18
GOES-18 (designated pre-launch as GOES-T ) is the third of the "GOES-R Series", the current generation of weather satellites operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The current and next satellites of the Series ( GOES-16 , GOES-17 , GOES-18, and GOES-U ) will extend t
- ... ,957 km (22,343 mi) Apogee altitude 35,972 km (22,352 mi) Inclination 0.0558° Period 24 hours Epoch june 2, 2022 [2] [3] Instruments ABI Advanced Baseline Imager GLM Geostationary Lightning Mapper EXIS Extre ...
#8 Star One C2
Star One C2 is a Brazilian communications satellite . It was launched on 18 April 2008 22:17 UTC by an Ariane 5ECA carrier rocket, as part of a dual-payload launch with Vinasat-1 . It was built by Thales Alenia Space , based on the Spacebus-3000B3 satellite bus . [1] It is operated by Star One , a s
- ... EE X-band (NATO H / I / J-band ) Coverage area South America , Mexico and Florida (USA) OVERVIEW On june 2, 2008, Star One C2 replaced BrasilSat B4 in the task of broadcasting the main Brazilian TV network c ...
#9 Kosmos 17
Kosmos 17 ( Russian : Космос 17 meaning Cosmos 17 ), also known as DS-A1 No.2 was a technology demonstration satellite which was launched by the Soviet Union in 1963. It was launched as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. Its primary mission was to demonstrate technologies for future Sovie
- ... ket Kosmos-2I 63S1 Launch site Kapustin Yar , Mayak-2 Contractor Yuzhnoye End of mission Decay date 2 june 1965 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric [2] Regime Low Earth Perigee altitude 260 km Ap ...
- ... lometres (490 mi) , 49.0° of inclination , and an orbital period of 94.8 minutes. [2] It decayed on 2 june 1965. [4] Kosmos 17 was the second of seven DS-A1 satellites to be launched. [3] The previous DS-A1 ...
#10 Starlink
Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by SpaceX , [3] providing satellite Internet access coverage to 40 countries. It also aims for global mobile phone service after 2023. [4] SpaceX started launching Starlink satellites in 2019. As of September 2022, Starlink consists of over 3,0
- ... to lack of public consultation. [141] Approval was given again after consultation was completed on 2 june 2022. [142] Service expanded to Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy in July 2022. [129] Service expan ...
#11 Brasilsat B1
Brasilsat B1 is a Brazilian communications satellite launched on August 10, 1994, by an Ariane rocket model 44LP at Guiana Space Centre which is located in Kourou , French Guiana . This article needs additional citations for verification . ( May 2010 ) Brasilsat B1 Mission type Telecommunications Op
- ... B1 was moved from its former orbital position at 70.0°W to 68.0°W and replaced by Brasilsat B4 . On june 2, 2008 Brasilsat B4 was moved from its new position to 84.0°W and replaced at 70.0°W by Star One C2 . ...
#12 GOES 5
GOES-5 , known as GOES-E before becoming operational, was a geostationary weather satellite which was operated by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as part of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite system. [1] Launched in 1981, it was used for weather f
- ... GOES-E into a geostationary transfer orbit , from which it raised itself to geostationary orbit on 2 june by means of an onboard Star 27 apogee motor. [3] [6] Following insertion into geostationary orbit, ...
#13 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
- ... n 51.6 degrees Period 91 minutes Docking 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 Fro ...
- ... nded the orbiter's docking system ring to prepare Discovery' for arrival at the space station. [17] 2 june (FLIGHT DAY 3) Discovery docked with the space station at 18:03 UTC and the hatches opened at 19:36 ...
#14 Ariel 6
Ariel 6 , known pre-launch as UK-6 , was a British and American satellite launched in 1979 as part of the Ariel programme . It was operated by the Science Research Council , which became the Science and Engineering Research Council in 1981. Ariel 6 was used for astronomical research and provided dat
- ... Manufacturer Marconi Company (UK) Launch mass 154.5 kilograms (341 lb) Start of mission Launch date 2 june 1979, 23:26:00 ( 1979-06-02UTC23:26Z ) UTC Rocket Scout D-1 ( SN S198C) Launch site Wallops Flight ...
- ... nch Area 3A at the Wallops Flight Center . The launch was successfully conducted at 23:26:00 UTC on 2 june 1979. [6] [7] Once the satellite achieved orbit it was renamed from UK-6 to Ariel 6. [8] OPERATIONS ...
#15 Venera 15
Venera 15 ( Russian : Венера-15 meaning Venus 15 ) was a spacecraft sent to Venus by the Soviet Union . This uncrewed orbiter was to map the surface of Venus using high resolution imaging systems. The spacecraft was identical to Venera 16 and based on modifications to the earlier Venera space probes
- ... [3] Launch mass 5,250 kg (11,570 lb) [3] Dry mass 4,000 kg (8,800 lb) Start of mission Launch date june 2, 1983, 02:38:39 ( 1983-06-02UTC02:38:39 ) UTC Rocket Proton-K / D-1 [3] Launch site Baikonur 200/39 ...
- ... enera ← Venera 14 Venera 16 → MISSION PROFILE Flight profile of Venera 15 Venera 15 was launched on june 2, 1983, at 02:38:39 UTC [3] and reached Venus' orbit on October 10, 1983. [5] The spacecraft was inse ...
#16 STS-91
STS-91 was the final Space Shuttle mission to the Mir space station. It was flown by Space Shuttle Discovery , and launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida, on 2 June 1998. [1] Final Space Shuttle mission to the Mir space station STS-91 Discovery lands at Kennedy, concluding the last mission in
- ... ion. It was flown by Space Shuttle Discovery , and launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida, on 2 june 1998. [1] Final Space Shuttle mission to the Mir space station STS-91 Discovery lands at Kennedy, c ...
- ... B. Lawrence Janet L. Kavandi Valery Ryumin Landing Andrew S. W. Thomas Start of mission Launch date 2 june 1998, 22:06:24 ( 1998-06-02UTC22:06:24Z ) UTC Launch site Kennedy LC-39A End of mission Landing dat ...
#17 Apollo 17
Apollo 17 (December 7–19, 1972) was the final mission of NASA 's Apollo program , the most recent time humans have set foot on the Moon or traveled beyond low Earth orbit . Commander Gene Cernan and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt walked on the Moon, while Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans orbit
- ... CM-114, SM-114 and SLA-21 all arrived on March 24, 1972. The rover reached Kennedy Space Center on june 2, 1972. [61] Cernan (seated, right) and Schmitt in the training LRV with the mockup LM in the backgro ...
#18 STS-127
STS-127 ( ISS assembly flight 2J/A ) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). [1] It was the twenty-third flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour . The primary purpose of the STS-127 mission was to deliver and install the final two components of the Japanese Experiment Mo
- ... 9, in preparation for STS-127. [20] [NASA 7] The crew of STS-127 arrived at Kennedy Space Center on june 2, 2009, for the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) that concluded with a full launch dress ...
#19 Hispasat 1C
Hispasat 1C , also known as Hispasat 30W-3 and Hispasat 84W-1 , was a Spanish communications satellite which was operated by Hispasat . It was constructed by Alcatel Space and is based on the Spacebus-3000B2 satellite bus . Launch occurred on 3 February 2000, at 23:30. The launch was contracted by I
- ... t and Star One , the satellite was relocated at 84º West and renamed as Hispasat 84W-1. Finally, on june 2, 2017, the satellite was reorbited to a graveyard orbit , having had a service life of 17 years.
- ... unch site Cape Canaveral SLC-36B Contractor ILS End of mission Disposal Graveyard orbit Deactivated 2 june 2017 ( 2017-06-03 ) Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Geostationary Longitude 3 ...
#20 Crew Dragon Demo-2
Crew Dragon Demo-2 (officially Crew Demo-2 , SpaceX Demo-2 , or Demonstration Mission-2 ) [lower-alpha 1] was the first crewed test flight of the Crew Dragon spacecraft. The spacecraft, named Endeavour , launched on 30 May 2020 [7] [11] [12] on a Falcon 9 booster, and carried NASA astronauts Douglas
- ... launch windows were 31 May 2020 at 19:00:07 UTC, with a 60% probability of favorable conditions and 2 june 2020 at 18:13 UTC with a 70% probability of favorable conditions. [47] [48] Attempt Planned Result ...