langs: 14 марта [ru] / march 14 [en] / 14. märz [de] / 14 mars [fr] / 14 marzo [it] / 14 de marzo [es]
days: march 11 / march 12 / march 13 / march 14 / march 15 / march 16 / march 17
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 Norman Thagard
Norman Earl Thagard , M.D. (born July 3, 1943), ( Capt , USMC , Ret.), is an American scientist and former U.S. Marine Corps officer and naval aviator and NASA astronaut . He is the first American to ride to space on board a Russian vehicle, and can be considered the first American cosmonaut . He di
- ... ace on board a Russian vehicle, and can be considered the first American cosmonaut . He did this on march 14, 1995, in the Soyuz TM-21 spacecraft for the Russian Mir-18 mission. American astronaut, scientist, ...
- ... cted in the course of the 115-day flight. Liftoff was from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on march 14, 1995. The mission culminated in a landing at the Kennedy Space Center in the Space Shuttle Atlantis ...
#2 David Saint-Jacques
David Saint-Jacques OQ FRCGS ( in Quebec : [davɪd sẽɪ̯̃nʒã(ŋ)k̚] , French pronunciation: [david sɛ̃ʒak] ; born January 6, 1970) [2] is a Canadian astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). He is also an astrophysicist , engineer , and a physician . Canadian engineer, astrophysicist, physici
- ... left the station. Saint-Jacques, Kononenko and McClain subsequently transferred to Expedition 59 on 14 march 2019 with the arrival of Soyuz MS-12 . On April 8, 2019, Saint-Jacques conducted his first spacewal ...
#3 Gene Cernan
Eugene Andrew Cernan ( / ˈ s ɜːr n ə n / ; March 14, 1934 – January 16, 2017) was an American astronaut , naval aviator , electrical engineer , aeronautical engineer , and fighter pilot . During the Apollo 17 mission, Cernan became the eleventh human being to walk on the Moon. As he re-entered the
- Eugene Andrew Cernan ( / ˈ s ɜːr n ə n / ; march 14, 1934 – January 16, 2017) was an American astronaut , naval aviator , electrical engineer , aeronaut ...
- ... n in France, see Cernans . Eugene A. Cernan Cernan in 1969 Born Eugene Andrew Cernan ( 1934-03-14 ) march 14, 1934 Chicago, Illinois , U.S. Died January 16, 2017 (2017-01-16) (aged 82) Houston, Texas , U.S. Re ...
- ... of the Gemini 12 , Apollo 7 and Apollo 14 space missions. BIOGRAPHY EARLY YEARS Cernan was born on march 14, 1934, in Chicago, Illinois ; [1] he was the son of Andrew George Cernan (1904–1967) and Rose Cernan ...
#4 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
- Frank Frederick Borman II (born march 14, 1928) is a retired United States Air Force (USAF) colonel , aeronautical engineer , test pilot , bu ...
- ... can astronaut (born 1928) Frank Borman Borman in 1964 Born Frank Frederick Borman II ( 1928-03-14 ) march 14, 1928 (age 94) Gary, Indiana , U.S. Status Retired Alma mater United States Military Academy ( BS ) ...
- ... a cattle ranch in Bighorn, Montana . EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION Frank Frederick Borman II was born on march 14, 1928, at 2162 West 11th Avenue in Gary, Indiana , [1] the only child of Edwin Otto Borman (1901–199 ...
#5 Michael Fincke
Edward Michael " Mike "/" Spanky " Fincke [1] (born March 14, 1967) is an American astronaut who formerly held the American record for the most time in space (381.6 days). His record was broken by Scott Kelly on October 16, 2015. United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut E. Michael Fincke F
- Edward Michael " Mike "/" Spanky " Fincke [1] (born march 14, 1967) is an American astronaut who formerly held the American record for the most time in space (38 ...
- ... and NASA astronaut E. Michael Fincke Fincke in April 2006 Born Edward Michael Fincke ( 1967-03-14 ) march 14, 1967 (age 55) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , U.S. Status Active Nationality American Alma mater MIT , B ...
#6 Christina Koch
Christina Hammock Koch ( / k oʊ k / KOHK ; born January 29, 1979) is an American engineer and NASA astronaut of the class of 2013. [1] [2] She received Bachelor of Science degrees in electrical engineering and physics and a Master of Science in electrical engineering at North Carolina State Universi
- ... A time 42h 15min Missions Soyuz MS-12 / Soyuz MS-13 ( Expedition 59 / 60 / 61 ) Mission insignia On march 14, 2019, Koch launched to the International Space Station as a Flight Engineer on Expedition 59 , 60 a ...
- ... Hague , Alexey Ovchinin , and Koch (bottom right) who arrived at the International Space Station on march 14, 2019. On March 14, 2019, Koch launched to the International Space Station on Soyuz MS-12 , alongsid ...
- ... inin , and Koch (bottom right) who arrived at the International Space Station on March 14, 2019. On march 14, 2019, Koch launched to the International Space Station on Soyuz MS-12 , alongside Aleksey Ovchinin ...
#7 Pedro Duque
Pedro Francisco Duque Duque , OF , OMSE ( Madrid , 14 March 1963) is a Spanish astronaut and aeronautics engineer who served as Minister of Science of the Government of Spain from 2018 to 2021. He was also Member of the Congress of Deputies from May 2019 until February 2020. Spanish astronaut and po
- Pedro Francisco Duque Duque , OF , OMSE ( Madrid , 14 march 1963) is a Spanish astronaut and aeronautics engineer who served as Minister of Science of the Gove ...
- ... In office 21 May 2019 – 21 February 2020 Constituency Alicante Personal details Born ( 1963-03-14 ) 14 march 1963 (age 59) Madrid , Spain Political party Independent Occupation Flight engineer Awards Grand Cr ...
#8 Nick Hague
Tyler Nicklaus Hague (born on September 24, 1975) is a United States Space Force colonel and a NASA astronaut of the class of 2013 . [2] [3] Selected to be a flight engineer on the International Space Station , his first launch was on Soyuz MS-10 , which aborted shortly after take-off on October 11,
- ... as on Soyuz MS-10 , which aborted shortly after take-off on October 11, 2018. His second launch, on march 14, 2019, was successful, taking him and his fellow Soyuz MS-12 crew members to join ISS Expedition 59 ...
- ... efore count subsequent flights differently. [4] EXPEDITION 59/60 Hague launched to the ISS again on march 14, 2019, travelling on Soyuz MS-12 with Russian Commander Aleksey Ovchinin and fellow American astrona ...
#9 Bruce Peterson
Bruce A. Peterson (May 23, 1933 – May 1, 2006) was an American aeronautical engineer , and test pilot for NASA . Bruce A. Peterson Born ( 1933-05-23 ) May 23, 1933 Washburn, North Dakota , U.S. Died May 1, 2006 (2006-05-01) (aged 72) Laguna Niguel, California , U.S. Nationality American Other
- ... gallo paraglider research vehicle ( Paresev ) program. He made his first Paresev research flight on march 14, 1962. He was injured when the craft crashed from a height of about 10 feet (3 m) during a ground to ...
#10 William B. Lenoir
William Benjamin "Bill" Lenoir (March 14, 1939 – August 26, 2010) was an American electrical engineer and NASA astronaut . For other people named William Lenoir, see William Lenoir . William B. Lenoir Born ( 1939-03-14 ) March 14, 1939 Miami , Florida , U.S. Died August 26, 2010 (2010-08-26) (aged
- William Benjamin "Bill" Lenoir ( march 14, 1939 – August 26, 2010) was an American electrical engineer and NASA astronaut . For other people n ...
- ... . For other people named William Lenoir, see William Lenoir . William B. Lenoir Born ( 1939-03-14 ) march 14, 1939 Miami , Florida , U.S. Died August 26, 2010 (2010-08-26) (aged 71) Sandoval County , New Mexic ...
- ... phere by microwave measurements (1965) EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION William Benjamin Lenoir was born on march 14, 1939, in Miami, Florida . He attended Coral Gables Elementary School, Ponce de Leon Junior High Sch ...
#11 Gennady Strekalov
Gennady Mikhailovich Strekalov ( Russian : Генна́дий Миха́йлович Стрека́лов ; 26 October 1940 – 25 December 2004) [1] was an engineer, cosmonaut , and administrator at Russian aerospace firm RSC Energia . He flew into space five times and lived aboard the Salyut 6 , Salyut 7 , and Mir space stations
- ... f the cosmonaut department. [1] But he returned to flight status for the Shuttle–Mir Program and on 14 march 1995 he flew on Soyuz TM-21 to the Mir space station, accompanied by Vladimir Dezhurov and American ...
#12 Vladimir Dezhurov
Vladimir Nikolayevich Dezhurov ( Russian : Влади́мир Никола́евич Дежу́ров ; born July 30, 1962) is a Russian former cosmonaut who resides in Star City, Moscow . He is a veteran of two spaceflights, to the Mir and International Space Stations. During his career, Dezhurov also conducted nine spacewalk
- ... me crew of the Mir -18 mission. The crew was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on march 14, 1995, aboard the Soyuz TM-21 spacecraft. Following a two-day solo flight, the Soyuz spacecraft dock ...
#13 Aleksey Ovchinin
Aleksey Nikolayevich Ovchinin ( Russian : Алексей Николаевич Овчинин , IPA: [ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ɐfˈtɕinʲɪn] ; [2] born 28 September 1971) is a Russian Air Force Major and cosmonaut , who was selected in 2006. [3] Ovchinin made his first spaceflight in 2016, and was assigned as Commander
- ... 19 minutes and 41 seconds after launch. [13] EXPEDITION 59/60 Ovchinin launched to the ISS again on 14 march 2019, travelling on Soyuz MS-12 with American astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch . The trio j ...
#14 Soichi Noguchi
Soichi Noguchi ( 野口 聡一 , Noguchi Sōichi , born 15 April 1965) is a Japanese aeronautical engineer and former JAXA astronaut . His first spaceflight was as a Mission Specialist aboard STS-114 on 26 July 2005 for NASA 's first "return to flight" Space Shuttle mission after the Columbia disaster . He w
- ... e future to the Genius 100 Foundation and shared it during his induction ceremony which was held on march 14, 2021, while he was aboard the International Space Station. [46]
Museum / Museum
#1 Aeroscopia
Aeroscopia is a French aerospace museum , located at the north-western edge of Toulouse , in the commune of Blagnac . It was opened on 14 January 2015. [1] Aviation museum in Blagnac, France Aeroscopia Established 2015 Location Blagnac , France Coordinates 43°39′36.814″N 1°21′38.005″E Type Aviation
- ... 80. The North tarmac, the new building and the visit of the A380 have been open to the public since march 14, 2020, i.e. 3 days before the first confinement linked to the COVID-19 pandemic . SEE ALSO France po ...
#2 Patuxent River Naval Air Museum
The Patuxent River Naval Air Museum is a museum at Lexington Park, Maryland , first opened in 1978, which preserves and interprets the Naval Air Station Patuxent River history and heritage of advancing US naval aviation technology with artifacts, photographs and film, documents, and related heritage
- ... y incorporating papers and bylaws, and introduced legislation to the Maryland General Assembly . On 14 march 1975, the Naval Air Test and Evaluation Museum (NATEM) Association was approved and established as ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 Galaxy 5
Galaxy 5 is a communications satellite operated by PanAmSat from 2000 to 2005. It spent most of its operational life at an orbital location of 176° E. Galaxy 5 was launched on March 14, 1992, with an Atlas launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station , Florida , United States , and covered N
- ... 5. It spent most of its operational life at an orbital location of 176° E. Galaxy 5 was launched on march 14, 1992, with an Atlas launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station , Florida , United States ...
- ... HS-376 Manufacturer Hughes Launch mass 1,412 kilograms (3,113 lb) [1] Start of mission Launch date 14 march 1992, 00:00 ( 1992-03-14Z ) UTC Rocket Atlas I Launch site Cape Canaveral LC-36B End of mission Dea ...
#2 Soyuz MS-12
Soyuz MS-12 was a Soyuz spaceflight which launched on 14 March 2019, carrying three members of the Expedition 59 crew to the International Space Station . [6] The mission ended on 3 October 2019, when Soyuz-MS-12 (carrying Ovchinin, Hague, and spaceflight participant Hazza Al Mansouri) successfully
- Soyuz MS-12 was a Soyuz spaceflight which launched on 14 march 2019, carrying three members of the Expedition 59 crew to the International Space Station . [6] The ...
- ... ng Christina Koch Landing Hazza Al Mansouri Callsign Бурлак/Burlak [3] Start of mission Launch date 14 march 2019, 19:14:08 UTC [4] [5] Rocket Soyuz-FG Launch site Baikonur Pad 1/5 End of mission Landing date ...
#3 TDRS-4
TDRS-4 , known before launch as TDRS-D , is an American communications satellite , of first generation, which was operated by NASA as part of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System from 1989 until 2011. It was constructed by TRW , based on a custom satellite bus which was used for all seven of
- ... tric orbit Regime Geostationary orbit Longitude 41.0° West (1988–2005) 46.0° West (2005–2011) Epoch 14 march 1989 [2] HISTORY The launch of STS-29 carrying TDRS-D. TDRS-D was launched aboard Space Shuttle Dis ...
- ... rom Discovery , and placed the satellite into a geostationary transfer orbit (GTO). At 03:30 UTC on 14 march 1989, it reached apogee , and the second stage fired, placing TDRS-D into geostationary orbit . [5] ...
#4 USA-64
USA-64 , also known as GPS II-9 and GPS SVN-15 , was an American navigation satellite which formed part of the Global Positioning System . It was the last of nine Block II GPS satellites to be launched, which were the first operational GPS satellites to fly. It was also the last Block II satellite t
- ... onnell Douglas Entered service 31 October 1990 End of mission Declared 17 November 2006 Deactivated 14 march 2007 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit [4] Regime Medium Earth orbit ( Semi-sync ...
- ... [1] having been added from active service on 17 November 2006 for testing, and ceased operations on 14 march 2007.
#5 Venera 5
Venera 5 ( Russian : Венера-5 meaning Venus 5 ) was a space probe in the Soviet space program Venera for the exploration of Venus . Soviet space probe to Venus in 1969 This article needs additional citations for verification . ( May 2014 ) Venera 5 Seal of Venera 5 Mission type Venus atmospheric pro
- ... 28:08 UT and then from a Tyazheliy Sputnik (69-001C) towards Venus . After a mid-course maneuver on 14 march 1969, the probe was released from the bus on 16 May 1969 at a distance of 37,000 kilometers (23,000 ...
#6 NuSTAR
NuSTAR ( Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array , also named Explorer 93 and SMEX-11 ) is a NASA space-based X-ray telescope that uses a conical approximation to a Wolter telescope to focus high energy X-rays from astrophysical sources, especially for nuclear spectroscopy , and operates in the range
- ... March 2012. [6] It had earlier been planned for 15 August 2011, 3 February 2012, 16 March 2012, and 14 march 2012. [13] After a launch meeting on 15 March 2012, the launch was pushed further back to allow tim ...
#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
- ... 7] But the failure of Falcon 9 Flight 19 meant a delay of at least six months on the launch. [3] On march 14, 2016, SSL delivered JCSAT-14 to the launch site, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station , for launch p ...
#8 Giotto (spacecraft)
Giotto was a European robotic spacecraft mission from the European Space Agency . The spacecraft flew by and studied Halley's Comet and in doing so became the first spacecraft to make close up observations of a comet. On 13 March 1986, the spacecraft succeeded in approaching Halley's nucleus at a di
- ... ion 2.09° Period 304.6 days Epoch 10 July 1992, 15:18:43 UTC Flyby of Comet Halley Closest approach 14 march 1986 Distance 596 km (370 mi) Flyby of Earth Closest approach 2 July 1990 Distance 22,730 km (14,12 ...
- ... n 9 March. Vega 1's closest approach to Halley was 8 889 km. Giotto passed Halley successfully on 14 march 1986 at 596 km distance, and surprisingly survived despite being hit by some small particles. One i ...
#9 Ariel 5
Ariel 5 (or UK 5) was a joint British and American space telescope dedicated to observing the sky in the X-ray band. It was launched on 15 October 1974 from the San Marco platform in the Indian Ocean and operated until 1980. It was the penultimate satellite to be launched as part of the Ariel progra
- ... :47:00 ( 1974-10-15UTC07:47Z ) UTC Rocket Scout B-1 Launch site San Marco End of mission Decay date 14 march 1980 Orbital parameters Eccentricity 0.00325 Perigee altitude 512 km (318 mi) Apogee altitude 557 k ...
#10 LES-4
Lincoln Experimental Satellite 4 , also known as LES-4 , was a communications satellite , the fourth of nine in the Lincoln Experimental Satellite , and the first of the series designed for operations at geosynchronous altitudes. Launched by the United States Air Force (USAF) on 21 December 1965, it
- ... The LES program continued through nine satellites, culminating in the launch of LES-8 and LES-9 on 14 march 1976. [2] : 88
#11 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
- ... originally scheduled date of February 16, 2022. [7] PHOTOS of Launch GOES-T was renamed GOES-18 on march 14, 2022 after reaching geostationary orbit. [8] GOES-18 will undergo a “split” post-launch testing (PL ...
#12 Intelsat 603
Intelsat 603 or IS-603 , previously named Intelsat VI F-3 , is a communications satellite operated by Intelsat . Launched in 1990, it was the second of five Intelsat VI satellites to be launched. The Intelsat VI series was constructed by Hughes Aircraft , based on the HS-389 satellite bus . [2] Geos
- ... 389 Manufacturer Hughes [2] Launch mass 4,215 kilograms (9,292 lb) [2] Start of mission Launch date 14 march 1990, 11:52:31 ( 1990-03-14UTC11:52:31Z ) UTC Rocket CT-III / Orbus-21S CT-2 [3] Launch site Cape C ...
- ... Intelsat VI ← Intelsat VI F-2 Intelsat VI F-4 → LAUNCH Intelsat 603 was launched at 11:52:31 UTC on 14 march 1990, atop a Commercial Titan III carrier rocket, flight number CT-2, with an Orbus-21S upper stage ...
#13 AMC-14
AMC-14 is a communications satellite . Initially owned by SES Americom , AMC-14 was designed to be placed in geostationary orbit , following launch on a Proton-M / Briz-M space vehicle . Built by Lockheed Martin and based on the A2100 satellite bus , AMC-14 was to have been located at 61.5° West lon
- ... s A2100AX Manufacturer Lockheed Martin Launch mass 4,140 kg (9,130 lb) Start of mission Launch date 14 march 2008, 23:18:55 UTC Rocket Proton-M / Briz-M Launch site Baikonur , Site 200/39 Contractor Khruniche ...
- ... lation ← AMC-12 AMC-15 → It was launched atop a Proton-M / Briz-M launch vehicle at 23:18:55 UTC on 14 march 2008, from Site 200/39 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan . The satellite was placed in an un ...
#14 WARP-01
WARP-01 , nicknamed Nichirin , was a 1U-sized CubeSat developed and operated by Warpspace , a newspace company based in Tsukuba, Japan . It was launched on 20 February 2021 on board a Cygnus cargo spacecraft, and deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) on 14 March 2021. [1] [2] WARP-01 w
- ... 2021 on board a Cygnus cargo spacecraft, and deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) on 14 march 2021. [1] [2] WARP-01 was used for technology validation and monitoring the radio wave and radiatio ...
- ... res 230+ Launch site MARS , Pad 0A Deployed from ISS Kibō Delivered by Cygnus NG-15 Deployment date 14 march 2021 End of mission Decay date 1 May 2022 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Low ...
#15 Maya-2
Maya-2 was a Filipino nanosatellite . It succeeded Maya-1 , the first Filipino nanosatellite, which was deorbited in November 2020. For the DNA computer, see MAYA-II . Maya-2 Mission type Technology demonstration COSPAR ID 1998-067SF SATCAT no. 47929 Spacecraft properties Spacecraft type 1U CubeSat
- ... ule of the space station. [12] [13] The satellite was deployed into low Earth orbit from the ISS on march 14, 2021, at around 11:20 UTC . [14] [15] After a 16-month mission, Maya-2 re-entered the atmosphere on ...
- ... :36:50 UTC Rocket Antares Launch site Wallops Island MARS , LP-0A Deployed from ISS Deployment date 14 march 2021, 11:20 UTC End of mission Disposal Deorbited Decay date July 5, 2022 Orbital parameters Regime ...
#16 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
- ... ital inclination Source 20 March 2017 348.3 334.8 361.8 42.8 7 January 2018 281.3 265.1 297.4 42.77 14 march 2018 240.8 233.4 248.2 42.68 15 March 2018 239.5 232.5 246.5 42.67 16 March 2018 237.8 231.0 244.7 ...
#17 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
- ... October 1978 16:07 18.50 Soyuz 32 26 February 1979 08:30 front 13 June 1979 12:51 107.18 Progress 5 14 march 1979 10:20 rear 3 April 1979 19:10 20.37 Progress 6 15 May 1979 09:19 rear 8 June 1979 11:00 24.07 ...
#18 Progress M-38
Progress M-38 ( Russian : Прогресс M-38 ) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in March 1998 to resupply the Mir space station. Russian cargo spacecraft Progress M-38 A Progress-M spacecraft Mission type Mir resupply COSPAR ID 1998-015A SATCAT no. 25256 [1] Spacecraft
- ... gress (No.240) Spacecraft type Progress-M [2] Manufacturer RKK Energia Start of mission Launch date 14 march 1998, 22:45:55 UTC [1] Rocket Soyuz-U [2] Launch site Baikonur , Site 1/5 End of mission Disposal D ...
- ... altitude 193 km [3] Apogee altitude 249 km [3] Inclination 51.6° [3] Period 88.6 minutes [3] Epoch 14 march 1998 Docking with Mir Docking port Kvant-1 aft [3] Docking date 17 March 1998, 00:31:17 UTC Undocki ...
- ... 18:43:54 UTC Progress (spacecraft) ← Progress M-37 Progress M-39 → LAUNCH Progress M-38 launched on 14 march 1998 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan . It used a Soyuz-U rocket. [2] [4] DOCKING Progres ...
#19 STS-134
STS-134 ( ISS assembly flight ULF6 ) [9] was the penultimate mission of NASA 's Space Shuttle program and the 25th and last spaceflight of Space Shuttle Endeavour . [10] This flight delivered the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and an ExPRESS Logistics Carrier to the International Space Station . [11] M
- ... d Control Assembly 2. Endeavour sitting on Launch Pad 39A LAUNCHPAD FATALITY At around 07:40 EDT on 14 march 2011, United Space Alliance engineer James Vanover committed suicide [42] by jumping from the STS-1 ...
#20 LES-3
Lincoln Experimental Satellite 3 , also known as LES-3 , was a communications satellite , the third of nine in the Lincoln Experimental Satellite . Launched by the United States Air Force (USAF) on 21 Dec 1965, it was stranded in a Geostationary Transfer Orbit rather than its planned circular high o
- ... The LES program continued through nine satellites, culminating in the launch of LES-8 and LES-9 on 14 march 1976. [2] : 88