langs: 3 июня [ru] / june 3 [en] / 3. juni [de] / 3 juin [fr] / 3 giugno [it] / 3 de junio [es]
days: may 31 / june 1 / june 2 / june 3 / june 4 / june 5 / june 6
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 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
- ... h his father and his older brother had graduated in 1907 and 1939 respectively. [6] He graduated on june 3, 1952, with a Bachelor of Science degree in military science , [11] finishing 185th of 527 cadets in ...
#2 Elliot See
Elliot McKay See Jr. (July 23, 1927 – February 28, 1966) was an American engineer , naval aviator , test pilot and NASA astronaut . American test pilot and astronaut (1927–1966) Elliot See See in 1964 Born Elliot McKay See Jr. ( 1927-07-23 ) July 23, 1927 Dallas, Texas , U.S. Died February 28, 1966
- ... of the accident. Stafford and Cernan—the original backup crew—were launched three months later, on june 3, 1966, as Gemini 9A . [40] The shuffling of the Gemini crews caused by the deaths of See and Bassett ...
#3 John Young (astronaut)
John Watts Young (September 24, 1930 – January 5, 2018) was an American astronaut , naval officer and aviator , test pilot , and aeronautical engineer . He became the ninth person to walk on the Moon as commander of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972. He is the only astronaut to fly on four different c
- ... and the Descartes Highlands , and it chose the Descartes Highlands as the Apollo 16 landing site on june 3. The mission science kit contained instruments to sample and photograph the lunar surface, as well a ...
#4 James McDivitt
James Alton McDivitt (born June 10, 1929) is an American former test pilot , United States Air Force (USAF) pilot, aeronautical engineer , and NASA astronaut who flew in the Gemini and Apollo programs . He joined the USAF in 1951 and flew 145 combat missions in the Korean War . In 1959, after gradua
- ... vitt (right) visits Mission Control in Houston during the Gemini 4 mission Gemini 4 was launched on june 3, 1965. [17] The mission lasted 97 hours and 56 minutes, and made 62 orbits, [18] The first objective ...
#5 Thomas P. Stafford
Thomas Patten Stafford (born September 17, 1930) is an American former Air Force officer , test pilot , and NASA astronaut , and one of 24 people who flew to the Moon . He also served as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1969 to 1971. United States astronaut (born 1930) Thomas P. Stafford Stafford
- ... unch, scheduled for later the same day, was canceled due to a computer error. Gemini 9A launched on june 3, and rendezvoused with the ATDA on the second orbit. However, the shroud on the ATDA had only partia ...
#6 Julie Payette
Julie Payette CC CMM COM CQ CD ( French pronunciation: [ʒyli pajɛt] ; born October 20, 1963) is a Canadian engineer, scientist and former astronaut who served from 2017 to 2021 as Governor General of Canada , the 29th since Canadian Confederation . [1] [2] [3] 29th governor general of Canada, fo
- ... ictoria , Doctor of Science (DSc) [84] 2002 – Nipissing University , Doctor of Letters (DLitt) [85] june 3, 2003 – McGill University , Doctor of Science (DSc) [86] [87] 2004 – Mount Saint Vincent University ...
#7 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
- ... days 16 hours 43 minutes 0 0 3 Soyuz MS-07 17 December 2017, 07:21 UTC ISS-54 / ISS-55 Soyuz MS-07 3 june 2018, 12:39 UTC 168 days 5 hours 18 minutes 1 8 hours 13 minutes 4 Soyuz MS-19 5 October 2021, 08:5 ...
#8 Ed White (astronaut)
Edward Higgins White II (November 14, 1930 – January 27, 1967) was an American aeronautical engineer , United States Air Force officer , test pilot , and NASA astronaut . He was a member of the crews of Gemini 4 and Apollo 1 . American astronaut (1930-1967) "Edward Higgins White" redirects here. For
- ... d Apollo missions. He was assigned as pilot of Gemini 4 alongside command pilot James McDivitt . On june 3, 1965, White became the first American to walk in space . He was then assigned as senior pilot of th ...
- ... 't take one for every religion in the country, I could take the items most familiar to me." [33] On june 3, 1965, the Gemini 4 crew was launched into space to begin its four-day mission. After separation fro ...
#9 Edward Givens
Major Edward Galen Givens Jr. , USAF (January 5, 1930 – June 6, 1967) was a United States Air Force officer, test pilot , and NASA astronaut . Selected by NASA in 1966 as a member of the fifth astronaut group , he died in an automobile accident before being assigned to a prime or backup spaceflight
- ... is new assignment, and learned fighter tactics, formation flying, and some aerobatics . Starting on june 3, he flew the two-seater T-33 . On October 2, he moved from Chandler to Perrin Air Force Base , in Sh ...
#10 Norishige Kanai
Norishige Kanai ( 金井 宣茂 , Kanai Norishige , born 5 December 1976) is a Japanese doctor and JAXA astronaut. [1] Japanese doctor and JAXA astronaut Norishige Kanai Born ( 1976-12-05 ) December 5, 1976 (age 45) Tokyo , Japan Status Active Nationality Japanese Occupation Physician Space career JAXA As
- ... w member on board the International Space Station for Expedition 54 / 55 , and returned to Earth on june 3, 2018. PERSONAL LIFE Kanai graduated from Toho High School, Chiba, Japan, in 1995. He received an M. ...
#11 Jack Swigert
John Leonard Swigert Jr. (August 30, 1931 – December 27, 1982) was an American NASA astronaut , test pilot , mechanical engineer , aerospace engineer , United States Air Force pilot , and politician . In April 1970, as command module pilot of Apollo 13 , he became one of twenty-four astronauts who f
- ... their mission. [33] Following a sparse parade, Swigert received the City of New York Gold Medal on june 3. [34] He received the City of Houston Medal for Valor, 1970. [35] Swigert received the American Astr ...
#12 Charles Duke
Charles Moss Duke Jr. (born October 3, 1935) is an American former astronaut , United States Air Force (USAF) officer and test pilot . As lunar module pilot of Apollo 16 in 1972, he became the tenth and youngest person to walk on the Moon , at age 36 years and 201 days. [note 1] For the British Labo
- ... landing mission, on March 3, 1971. [58] The Descartes Highlands were chosen as the landing site on june 3, 1971. This was the highest region on the near side of the Moon. It was believed to be volcanic in o ...
#13 Scott D. Tingle
Scott David Tingle (born July 19, 1965) is a NASA astronaut . [1] He was selected in June 2009 as a member of the NASA Astronaut Group 20 , qualifying in 2011. Serving as a flight engineer as part of Expedition 54 and 55 , Tingle launched into space on board Soyuz MS-07 in December 2017, and returne
- ... ation of the EVA was 7 hours and 24 minutes. [9] Tingle and his two crew mates returned to Earth on june 3, 2018, following 168 days in space. [10] PERSONAL LIFE Scott Tingle is married to Raynette Mahelona ...
Museum / Museum
#1 Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is an American military and maritime history museum in New York City with a collection of museum ships . It is located at Pier 86 at 46th Street , along the Hudson River , in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood on the West Side of Manhattan . The museum showcases the
- ... (previously the Military Ocean Terminal ) to undergo restoration. The scheduled move was delayed on june 3, 2006, when the ship's propellers stuck in the thick Hudson River mud, preventing the tugboats from ...
- ... Enterprise was flown to JFK International Airport and then moved by barge to the Intrepid Museum on june 3, 2012. [10] [11] To make room for the Enterprise display, three aircraft were transferred to the Emp ...
#2 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
- ... . [275] Other significant events at Floyd Bennett Field during the Golden Age of Aviation included: june 3, 1932 – Stanislaus F. Hausner attempted a transatlantic flight from Bennett Field to Warsaw , Poland ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 Kibō (ISS module)
The Japanese Experiment Module ( JEM ), nicknamed Kibō ( きぼう , Kibō , Hope) , is a Japanese science module for the International Space Station (ISS) developed by JAXA . It is the largest single ISS module, and is attached to the Harmony module. The first two pieces of the module were launched on Spa
- ... F until launched into orbit aboard Discovery on 31 May 2008 as part of the STS-124 mission. [15] On 3 june 2008, the PM was attached to the Harmony module. At first the ELM-PS, the small cargo bay, was conn ...
#2 GhanaSat-1
GhanaSat-1 was the first Ghanaian nanosatellite to be launched into space. [4] It was designed and built in two years in conjunction with the Kyushu Institute of Technology Birds-1 program, which has the goal of helping countries build their first satellite. First ghanaian spacecraft GhanaSat-1 Ghan
- ... rer All Nations University Launch mass 1 kg Dimensions 10 x 10 x 10 cm Start of mission Launch date 3 june 2017, 21:07:38 UTC [1] Rocket Falcon 9 FT , CRS-11 Launch site Kennedy , LC-39A Contractor SpaceX D ...
- ... onboard. SpaceX launched the satellite on its CRS-11 mission to the International Space Station on 3 june 2017. The satellite was carried in a Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket, launched from NASA's K ...
#3 Soyuz MS-07
Soyuz MS-07 was a Soyuz spaceflight launched on 17 December 2017 at 07:21 UTC. [1] It transported three members of the Expedition 54 crew to the International Space Station . Soyuz MS-07 was the 136th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew consisted of a Russian commander, Japanese doctor, and an Am
- ... ber 2017, 07:21 UTC [1] Rocket Soyuz-FG Launch site Baikonur , Site 1/5 End of mission Landing date 3 june 2018, 12:39 UTC Landing site Steppes of the Kazakhstan Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentr ...
- ... ing with ISS Docking port Rassvet nadir Docking date 19 December 2017, 08:39 UTC [2] Undocking date 3 june 2018, 09:16 UTC Time docked 166 days 0 hour 37 minutes From left to right: Tingle, Shkaplerov and K ...
#4 STS-96
STS-96 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Discovery , and the first shuttle flight to dock [a] at the International Space Station. [1] [2] The shuttle carried the Spacehab module in the payload, filled with cargo for station outfitting. STS-96
- ... ing with ISS Docking port PMA-2 ( Unity forward) Docking date 29 May 1999, 04:23 UTC Undocking date 3 june 1999, 22:39 UTC Time docked 5 days, 18 hours, 15 minutes Left to right - Front row: Rominger, Ochoa ...
#5 Lunokhod 2
Lunokhod 2 ( Russian : Луноход-2 ("Moonwalker 2"), also known as Аппарат 8ЕЛ № 204 ("Device 8EL No. 204")) was the second of two unmanned lunar rovers that landed on the Moon by the Soviet Union as part of the Lunokhod programme . Second robotic Moon rover (1973) Lunokhod 2 Model of Lunokhod 2 rover
- ... he rover drives 16,533 metres further April 9 to 22: The rover drives 8,600 metres further May 8 to june 3: The rover drives 880 metres further Scheme of Lunokhod mission END OF MISSION On June 4, 1973 it wa ...
#6 International Space Station
The International Space Station ( ISS ) is the largest modular space station currently in low Earth orbit . It is a multinational collaborative project involving five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA (Japan), ESA (Europe), and CSA (Canada). [7] [8] The own
- ... Harmony zenith 28 April 2022 September 2022 Progress MS No. 450 Uncrewed Progress MS-20 Zvezda aft 3 june 2022 [275] [276] April 2023 Soyuz MS Tsiolkovsky Crewed Soyuz MS-22 Rassvet nadir 21 September 2022 ...
#7 SpaceX CRS-22
SpaceX CRS-22 , also known as SpX-22 , was a Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) mission to the International Space Station (ISS) that launched at 17:29:15 UTC on 3 June 2021. [1] The mission is contracted by NASA and is flown by SpaceX using a Cargo Dragon 2 . This is the second flight for SpaceX un
- ... ly Services (CRS) mission to the International Space Station (ISS) that launched at 17:29:15 UTC on 3 june 2021. [1] The mission is contracted by NASA and is flown by SpaceX using a Cargo Dragon 2 . This is ...
- ... kg (7,337 lb) Dimensions 8.1 m (27 ft) (height) 4 m (13 ft) (diameter) Start of mission Launch date 3 june 2021, 17:29:15 UTC [1] Rocket Falcon 9 Block 5 ( B1067.1 ) Launch site Kennedy Space Center , LC-39 ...
#8 Soyuz T-2
Soyuz T-2 ( Russian : Союз T-2 , Union T-2 ) was a 1980 Soviet crewed space flight to the Salyut 6 space station . It was the 12th mission to and 10th successful docking at the orbiting facility. The Soyuz T-2 crew were the second to visit the long-duration Soyuz 35 resident crew. 1980 Soviet crewed
- ... er Oleg Makarov MISSION HIGHLIGHTS When the visiting Soyuz 36 Intercosmos crew departed Salyut 6 on 3 june 1980 and the remaining resident crew almost immediately redocked the Soyuz craft left behind, obser ...
#9 STS-8
STS-8 was the eighth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the third flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger . It launched on August 30, 1983, and landed on September 5, 1983, conducting the first night launch and night landing of the Space Shuttle program . It also carried the first African-American astron
- ... the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to be stacked for launch. Preparation for the mission began on june 3, 1983, with the assembly of the shuttle's solid rocket boosters (SRB) on the Mobile Launcher Platfor ...
#10 Luna 21
Luna 21 (Ye-8 series) was an unmanned space mission , and its spacecraft, of the Luna program , also called Lunik 21 , in 1973. The spacecraft landed on the Moon and deployed the second Soviet lunar rover, Lunokhod 2 . The primary objectives of the mission were to collect images of the lunar surface
- ... ls and radiators, disrupting temperatures in the vehicle. Attempts to save the rover failed, and on 3 june , the Soviet news agency announced that its mission was over. Before last contact, the rover took 80 ...
#11 SES-6
SES-6 is a commercial geostationary communication satellite owned and operated by SES S.A. SES-6 Mission type Communications Operator SES S.A. COSPAR ID 2013-026A SATCAT no. 39172 Website https://www.ses.com/ Mission duration 15 years (planned) 9 years, 4 months (elapsed) Spacecraft properties S
- ... rostar-3000 Manufacturer EADS Astrium Launch mass 6,010 kg (13,250 lb) Start of mission Launch date 3 june 2013, 09:18:31 UTC [1] Rocket Proton-M / Briz-M Launch site Baikonur , Site 200/39 Contractor Khrun ...
- ... tic Ocean SES constellation ← SES-5 SES-7 → LAUNCH Constructed by EADS Astrium , it was launched on 3 june 2013 at 09:18:31 UTC from Baikonour by Proton-M / Briz-M launch vehicle and carries 43 C-band and 4 ...
#12 Gemini 4
Gemini 4 (officially Gemini IV ) [3] was the second crewed spaceflight in NASA 's Project Gemini , occurring in June 1965. It was the tenth crewed American spaceflight (including two X-15 flights at altitudes exceeding 100 kilometers (54 nmi) ). Astronauts James McDivitt and Ed White circled the E
- ... rs James A. McDivitt Edward H. White II EVAs 1 EVA duration 20 minutes Start of mission Launch date june 3, 1965, 15:15:59 ( 1965-06-03UTC15:15:59Z ) UTC Rocket Titan II GLV , s/n 62-12559 Launch site Cape K ...
- ... 9 nmi) Apogee altitude 289 kilometers (156 nmi) Inclination 32.5 degrees Period 89.03 minutes Epoch june 3, 1965 [2] (L-R) White, McDivitt Project Gemini ← Gemini 3 Gemini 5 → The flight also included the fi ...
- ... (last orbit): 150 km (81 nmi) Apogee (last orbit): 232.8 km (125.7 nmi) SPACEWALK Ed White - EVA - june 3, 1965 Hatch opened : 19:34 UTC Start EVA : 19:39 UTC End EVA : 20:02 UTC Duration : 23 minutes Hatch ...
- ... taken by the Soviets in what was known as the Space Race . As late as 11 days before the scheduled june 3 launch, newspapers were reporting that NASA was saying it "had not yet determined whether White woul ...
- ... ts Titan II launch vehicle . [8] FLIGHT LAUNCH A Titan II launch vehicle lifts Gemini 4 into orbit, june 3, 1965. Launched from LC-19 at Cape Kennedy Air Force Station , Florida , Gemini 4 was the first flig ...
#13 SpaceX CRS-17
SpaceX CRS-17 , also known as SpX-17 , was a Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS) to the International Space Station that was launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on 4 May 2019. [5] The mission was contracted by NASA and was flown by SpaceX . 2019 American resupply spaceflight to the ISS "CRS-17"
- ... aunch site Cape Canaveral , SLC-40 Contractor SpaceX End of mission Disposal Recovered Landing date 3 june 2019, 21:10 ( 2019-06-03UTC21:11 ) UTC [2] Landing site Pacific Ocean, off Baja California Orbital ...
- ... ony nadir RMS capture 6 May 2019, 11:04 UTC [3] Berthing date 6 May 2019, 13:33 UTC Unberthing date 3 june 2019 RMS release 3 June 2019, 16:01 UTC [4] Time berthed 27 days NASA SpX-17 mission patch Commerci ...
- ... May 2019, 11:04 UTC [3] Berthing date 6 May 2019, 13:33 UTC Unberthing date 3 June 2019 RMS release 3 june 2019, 16:01 UTC [4] Time berthed 27 days NASA SpX-17 mission patch Commercial Resupply Services ← N ...
#14 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
- ... garden was started. Studies of the stars , planets , Earth and its atmosphere were started on 2 and 3 june 1975. Some 2,000 photographs of the Earth and 600 of the Sun were reported taken. [4] More medical ...
#15 Salyut 6
Salyut 6 ( Russian : Салют-6 ; lit. Salute 6 ), DOS-5 , was a Soviet orbital space station , the eighth station of the Salyut programme . It was launched on 29 September 1977 by a Proton rocket . Salyut 6 was the first space station to receive large numbers of crewed and uncrewed spacecraft for huma
- ... 29 Progress 8 29 March 1980 23:01 rear 25 April 1980 11:04 26.50 Soyuz 35 10 April 1980 18:16 front 3 june 1980 14:47 53.85 Progress 9 29 April 1980 11:09 rear 20 May 1980 21:51 21.45 Soyuz 36 27 May 1980 2 ...
- ... 37 184.84 Salyut 6 - EP-5 Valery Kubasov , Bertalan Farkas – Hungary 26 May 1980 18:20:39 Soyuz 36 3 june 1980 15:06:23 Soyuz 35 7.87 Salyut 6 - EP-6 Yury Malyshev , Vladimir Aksyonov 5 June 1980 14:19:30 ...
#16 Nigeria EduSat-1
Nigeria EduSat-1 was a Nigerian nanosatellite built by the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA), created in conjunction with the Japanese Birds-1 program. It was Nigeria's first satellite built by a university. It was launched from the Japanese Kibō module of the International Space Station
- ... chnology Akure Launch mass 1 kg Dimensions 10 × 10 × 10 cm Power watts Start of mission Launch date 3 june 2017, 21:07:38 UTC [1] Rocket Falcon 9 FT , CRS-11 Launch site Kennedy , LC-39A Contractor SpaceX D ...
- ... ons. [12] SpaceX launched the satellite on its CRS-11 mission to the International Space Station on 3 june 2017. The satellite was carried in a Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket, launched from NASA's K ...
#17 Astérix (satellite)
Astérix or A-1 (initially conceptualized as FR.2 or FR-2 ) is the first French satellite . It was launched on 26 November 1965 by a Diamant A rocket from the CIEES launch site at Hammaguir , Algeria . With Astérix , France became the sixth country to have an artificial satellite and the third countr
- ... nutes MISSION AND RESULTS France carried out two suborbital Astérix prototype flights on 31 May and 3 june 1965 using Rubis rockets from the CIEES launch complex Bacchus at Hammaguir , Algeria . [7] Astérix ...
#18 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
- ... 19:36 UTC. Greg Chamitoff officially joined the Expedition 17 crew, replacing Garrett Reisman. [18] 3 june (FLIGHT DAY 4) Ron Garan on the mission's second space walk, flight day 6. Mike Fossum and Ron Gara ...
- ... utes. EVA Spacewalkers Start ( UTC ) End (UTC) Duration EVA 1 Ronald J. Garan Jr. Michael E. Fossum 3 june 2008 16:22 3 June 2008 23:10 6 hours, 48 minutes Released straps on the shuttle's robotic arm elbow ...
- ... kers Start ( UTC ) End (UTC) Duration EVA 1 Ronald J. Garan Jr. Michael E. Fossum 3 June 2008 16:22 3 june 2008 23:10 6 hours, 48 minutes Released straps on the shuttle's robotic arm elbow joint camera, tra ...
#19 Birds-1
Birds-1 was the first iteration of a multinational program called the Joint Global Multi-Nations Birds Satellite project, or Birds project, to help countries build their first satellite. The Japanese Kyushu Institute of Technology (KIT) supported the design and fabrication of the satellites. The con
- ... tellites. The constellation was launched by a Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station on 3 june 2017, as part of CRS-11 , where it was released from the Kibō module into space. Japan , Ghana , Mo ...
- ... board SpaceX launched the constellation on its CRS-11 mission to the International Space Station on 3 june 2017. Birds-1 was carried in a Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket, launched from NASA's Kennedy ...
#20 TIROS-7
TIROS-7 (also called TIROS-G or A-52 ) was a spin-stabilized meteorological satellite . It was the seventh in a series of Television Infrared Observation Satellites . TIROS-7 TIROS-7 satellite. Mission type Weather satellite Operator NASA COSPAR ID 1963-024A SATCAT no. 604 Spacecraft properties Spac
- ... UTC [2] Rocket Thor-Delta B 359/D-19 Launch site Cape Canaveral LC-17B End of mission Last contact june 3, 1968 ( 1968-06-04 ) Decay date June 3, 1994 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime L ...
- ... aunch site Cape Canaveral LC-17B End of mission Last contact June 3, 1968 ( 1968-06-04 ) Decay date june 3, 1994 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Low Earth Eccentricity 0.001995 [1] Peri ...
- ... e Canaveral Air Force Station , Florida , United States . The spacecraft functioned nominally until june 3, 1968. It reentered the atmosphere after exactly 26 years on June 3, 1994. The satellite orbited the ...
- ... raft functioned nominally until June 3, 1968. It reentered the atmosphere after exactly 26 years on june 3, 1994. The satellite orbited the Earth once every 1 hour and 37 minutes, at an inclination of 58.2°. ...
- ... TIROS-7 was operated for an additional 1.5 years to collect engineering data. It was deactivated on june 3, 1968. [3] On June 3, 1994, it was destroyed by being incinerated in the Earth's atmosphere .
- ... for an additional 1.5 years to collect engineering data. It was deactivated on June 3, 1968. [3] On june 3, 1994, it was destroyed by being incinerated in the Earth's atmosphere .