langs: 21 марта [ru] / march 21 [en] / 21. märz [de] / 21 mars [fr] / 21 marzo [it] / 21 de marzo [es]

days: march 18 / march 19 / march 20 / march 21 / march 22 / march 23 / march 24

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Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut

#1 Roger B. Chaffee

Roger Bruce Chaffee ( / ˈ tʃ æ f iː / ; February 15, 1935 – January 27, 1967) was an American naval officer , aviator and aeronautical engineer who was a NASA astronaut in the Apollo program . American astronaut, naval aviator and aeronautical engineer Roger B. Chaffee Chaffee in 1964 Born Roger Bru

• ... to a second Apollo crew, commanded by Wally Schirra . [31] The crew announcement was made public on march 21, 1966. The two-week flight of Apollo 1 was to test the spacecraft systems and the control and ground ...

#2 Oleg Artemyev

Oleg Germanovich Artemyev ( Russian : Олег Германович Артемьев ; born December 28, 1970) is a Russian Cosmonaut for the Russian Federal Space Agency . He was selected as part of the RKKE-15 Cosmonaut group in 2003. [1] He was a flight engineer of Expedition 39 and 40 to the International Space Stati

• ... 014, and returned to Earth on September 11, 2014. [7] [8] [9] EXPEDITION 55/56 Artemyev launched on march 21, 2018 as part of Expedition 55 / 56 . He was the Commander of Soyuz MS-08 . [10] He returned to Eart ...

#3 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

• ... is Air Show , where they met cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin . [25] PROJECT APOLLO Main article: Apollo 9 On march 21, 1966, NASA announced that McDivitt would be the commander (CDR) of the backup crew of the first cre ...

#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

• ... alled StationLife , which focuses on facets of life aboard the International Space Station. [10] On march 21, 2017, Dyson stood behind President Trump as he signed a bill for NASA to send humans to Mars in the ...

#5 Rusty Schweickart

Russell Louis " Rusty " Schweickart (also Schweikart ; born October 25, 1935) is an American aeronautical engineer , and a former NASA astronaut , research scientist , U.S. Air Force fighter pilot , as well as a former business executive and government executive . American scientist, astronaut, figh

• ... group of astronauts performed jungle training. Schweickart partnered with Clifton Williams . [8] On march 21, 1966, he was named as the backup Pilot for Roger B. Chaffee on Apollo 1 —which was to have been the ...

#6 James M. Kelly (astronaut)

James McNeal "Vegas" Kelly (born May 14, 1964) is a NASA Astronaut and a retired Colonel of the United States Air Force . He twice served as pilot on Space Shuttle missions. James Kelly is not related to Scott Kelly or Mark Kelly . American astronaut For other people named James Kelly, see James Kel

• ... ponsible for shuttle launch preparation. SPACE FLIGHT EXPERIENCE STS-102 Discovery (March 8, 2001 – march 21, 2001) was the eighth Space Shuttle mission to visit the International Space Station . The mission a ...

#7 Joshua Kutryk

Joshua Kutryk (born March 21, 1982) is a Canadian astronaut , engineer, and pilot. He was selected by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) one of the two members of the 2017 CSA Group alongside Jenni Sidey . [1] [2] [3] Canadian astronaut, engineer, and pilot (born 1982) Joshua Kutryk Born ( 1982-03-21 )

• Joshua Kutryk (born march 21, 1982) is a Canadian astronaut , engineer, and pilot. He was selected by the Canadian Space Agency ( ...
• ... . [1] [2] [3] Canadian astronaut, engineer, and pilot (born 1982) Joshua Kutryk Born ( 1982-03-21 ) march 21, 1982 (age 40) Fort Saskatchewan , Alberta , Canada Alma mater Royal Military College of Canada ( BS ...
• ... ce career CSA Astronaut Selection 2017 CSA Group EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION Joshua Kutryk was born on march 21, 1982, in Fort Saskatchewan , Alberta . His family emigrated to Canada from Ukraine in 1910. [4] He ...

#8 Bert R. Bulkin

Bertram Raoul Bulkin (July 20, 1929 – March 10, 2012) was an American aeronautical engineer who participated in the first United States photo-reconnaissance satellite programs and is best known for his role in building the Hubble Space Telescope . Bertram (Bert) R. Bulkin Bert Bulkin in front of Hub

• ... erican Awards Pioneer of Space Technology ( CIA ; 1985) Distinguished Public Service Award ( NASA ; march 21, 1991) Lodi Hall of Fame Space career Aeronautical Engineer BIOGRAPHY EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION Bulki ...
• ... hnology (for work on the Corona project ) ( CIA ; 1985) Distinguished Public Service Award ( NASA ; march 21, 1991) Lodi Hall of Fame (Lodi, California; 2008) [16]

#9 Dirk Frimout

Dirk Dries David Damiaan, Viscount Frimout (born 21 March 1941 in Poperinge , Belgium) is an astrophysicist for the European Space Agency . He flew aboard NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-45 as a payload specialist [1] , making him the first Belgian in space [2] . Belgian astronaut The Viscount Frimou

• Dirk Dries David Damiaan, Viscount Frimout (born 21 march 1941 in Poperinge , Belgium) is an astrophysicist for the European Space Agency . He flew aboard NA ...
• ... ing him the first Belgian in space [2] . Belgian astronaut The Viscount Frimout Born ( 1941-03-21 ) 21 march 1941 (age 81) Poperinge , Belgium Nationality Belgian Occupation Astrophysicist Space career ESA Pa ...

#10 Andrew J. Feustel

Andrew Jay "Drew" Feustel ( / ˈ f ɔɪ s t əl / ; born August 25, 1965) is an American/Canadian NASA astronaut and geophysicist . Following several years working as a geophysicist, Feustel was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in July 2000. He is the veteran of 3 space flights with NASA. [3]

• ... ded on June 1, 2011. STS-134 was the penultimate Space Shuttle flight. Feustel returned to space on march 21, 2018, on Soyuz MS-08 with Expedition 55/56 . [7] [8] For expedition 56, he commanded the Internatio ...
• ... later Miler died at the age of 90 years. EXPEDITION 55/56 Feustel returned to space on launching on march 21, 2018 [7] for a six month [15] stay during Expedition 55 / 56 . He served as a flight engineer on Ex ...

#11 Jim Lovell

James Arthur Lovell Jr. ( / ˈ l ʌ v əl / ; born March 25, 1928) is an American retired astronaut , naval aviator , test pilot and mechanical engineer. In 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8 , he became, with Frank Borman and William Anders , one of the first three astronauts to fly to and orbi

• ... 24, 1966, Lovell was named as the backup command pilot of Gemini 10 , with Aldrin as the pilot. On march 21, this was changed as a result of the deaths of the Gemini 9 prime crew, Elliot See and Charles Basse ...

#12 Yuri Gidzenko

Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko ( Russian: Юрий Павлович Гидзенко ; born March 26, 1962) is a Russian cosmonaut . [1] He was a test cosmonaut of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (TsPK). Gidzenko has flown into space three times and has lived on board the Mir and the International Space Station. He

• ... very at the completion of the STS-102. Discovery landed at the Kennedy Space Center's Runway 15, on march 21 at 02:33:06 EST. On board Soyuz/shuttle and ISS, Gidzenko logged 140 days in space. SOYUZ TM-34/SOYU ...

#13 Joseph M. Acaba

Joseph Michael "Joe" Acabá (born May 17, 1967) is a Puerto Rican educator , hydrogeologist , and NASA astronaut . [1] [2] In May 2004 he became the first person of Puerto Rican heritage to be named as a NASA astronaut candidate, when he was selected as a member of NASA Astronaut Training Group 19. [

• ... and Banda Criolla. [17] [18] On March 20, he provided support to the first mission spacewalk and on march 21, he performed a spacewalk with Steve Swanson in which he helped to successfully unfurl the final "wi ...

#14 Andy Thomas

Andrew "Andy" Sydney Withiel Thomas , AO (born 18 December 1951) is an Australian and American aerospace engineer and a former NASA astronaut . He has dual nationality; [1] he became a U.S. citizen in December 1986, hoping to gain entry to NASA's astronaut program. [2] He is married to fellow NASA a

• ... 12 June 1998, completing 130 days in space and 2,250 orbits of the earth. [7] STS-102 Discovery (8–2 21 march 2001) was the eighth Shuttle mission to visit the International Space Station and Thomas's third fli ...

#15 Richard R. Arnold

Richard Robert "Ricky" Arnold II (born November 26, 1963, in Cheverly , Maryland ) is an American educator and a NASA astronaut . He flew on Space Shuttle mission STS-119 , which launched March 15, 2009, and delivered the final set of solar arrays to the International Space Station . [1] He launched

• ... in 2018 In March 2017, Arnold was assigned to ISS Expeditions 55/56. He launched on Soyuz MS-08 on march 21, 2018. [7] Arnold pictured in the Cupola during Expedition 55 On March 29, 2018, Arnold performed hi ...

#16 William Shepherd

William McMichael "Bill" Shepherd (born July 26, 1949), ( Capt , USN , Ret.), is an American former Navy SEAL , aerospace , ocean , and mechanical engineer , and NASA astronaut , who served as Commander of Expedition 1 , [1] the first crew on the International Space Station . He is a recipient of th

• ... cted U.S. microgravity payload experiments. [17] [12] Expedition 1 : From October 31, 2000, [18] to march 21, 2001, [19] he and Russian cosmonauts Yuri Gidzenko and Sergey Krikalev launched from Baikonur on So ...

#17 Sergei Krikalev

Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev ( Russian : Сергей Константинович Крикалёв , also transliterated as Sergei Krikalyov ; born 27 August 1958) is a Russian mechanical engineer and former cosmonaut . As a prominent rocket scientist , he is a veteran of six space flights and ranks third to Gennady Padalk

• ... crew, undocking from the station on 18 March with landing at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 21 march 2001. Krikalev was also the Commander of Expedition 11 . He lived and worked aboard the Internation ...

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Museum / Museum

#1 Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum

Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum (formerly the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor ) is a non-profit founded in 1999 to develop an aviation museum in Hawaii . [3] Part of Senator Daniel Inouye 's vision for a rebirth of Ford Island , the museum hosts a variety of aviation exhibits with a majority relat

• ... e direction and chief executive operating officer. [5] [11] [12] A groundbreaking ceremony was held march 21, 2006 for the $75,000,000 construction of the museum. [13] [14] It opened on December 7, 2006 on the ...

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Spacecraft / Spacecraft

#1 Progress M1-8

Progress M1-8 , identified by NASA as Progress 7P , was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station . It was a Progress-M1 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 257. [1] Russian cargo spacecraft Progress M1-8 Progress M1-8 departing the ISS. Mission type ISS resuppl

• ... roperties Spacecraft type Progress-M1 s/n 257 Manufacturer RKK Energia Start of mission Launch date 21 march 2002, 20:13:39 UTC Rocket Soyuz-U Launch site Baikonur , Site 1/5 End of mission Disposal Deorbited ...
• ... ow Earth Perigee altitude 389 km Apogee altitude 394 km Inclination 51.6° Period 92.4 minutes Epoch 21 march 2002 Docking with ISS Docking port Zvezda aft Docking date 24 March 2002, 20:57:56 UTC Undocking da ...
• ... oyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome . Launch occurred at 20:13:39 UTC on 21 march 2002. [1] DOCKING The spacecraft docked with the aft port of the Zvezda module at 20:57:56 UTC on 2 ...

#2 Progress 25

Progress 25 ( Russian : Прогресс 25 ) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in March 1986 to resupply the Mir space station. Progress 25 A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft Mission type Mir resupply COSPAR ID 1986-023A SATCAT no. 16645 [1] Spacecraft properties Spacecraft Progr

• ... minutes [3] Epoch 19 March 1986 Docking with Mir Docking port Mir Core Module aft [3] Docking date 21 march 1986, 11:16:02 UTC Undocking date 20 April 1986, 19:24:08 UTC Progress (spacecraft) ← Kosmos 1669 P ...
• ... d a Soyuz-U2 rocket. [2] [4] DOCKING Progress 25 docked with the aft port of the Mir Core Module on 21 march 1986 at 11:16:02 UTC, and was undocked on 20 April 1986 at 19:24:08 UTC. [3] [5] DECAY It remained ...

#3 Soyuz TMA-18

Soyuz TMA-18 was a 2010 Soyuz flight to the International Space Station (ISS). TMA-18 was the 105th crewed flight of a Soyuz spacecraft since the first crewed flight in 1967. 2010 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS Soyuz TMA-18 Soyuz TMA-18 launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome, 2 April 2010. Mission

• ... 16 March 2010. [8] The Soyuz TMA-18 primary and backup crews arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on 21 march 2010. [9] They arrived in two Tupolev Tu-134 air planes. The Soyuz tanking was completed on 23 Marc ...

#4 Leonardo (ISS module)

The Leonardo Permanent Multipurpose Module ( PMM ) is a module of the International Space Station . It was flown into space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-133 on 24 February 2011 and installed on 1 March. Leonardo is primarily used for storage of spares, supplies and waste on the ISS, whi

• ... 02 . FLIGHTS Mission Orbiter Launch (UTC) [14] Landing (UTC) Remarks STS-102 Discovery 8 March 2001 21 march 2001 STS-105 Discovery 10 August 2001 22 August 2001 STS-111 Endeavour 5 June 2002 19 June 2002 STS ...

#5 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

• ... and XMM-Newton . It was successfully launched on 13 June 2012, having previously been delayed from 21 march 2012 due to software issues with the launch vehicle. [5] [6] The mission's primary scientific goals ...
• ... ciences Corporation to launch NuSTAR (mass 350 kg (770 lb) ) [12] on a Pegasus XL launch vehicle on 21 march 2012. [6] It had earlier been planned for 15 August 2011, 3 February 2012, 16 March 2012, and 14 Ma ...

#6 Kosmos 149

Kosmos 149 ( Russian : Космос 149 meaning Cosmos 149 ), also known as DS-MO No.1 was a technology demonstration satellite which was launched by the Soviet Union in 1967 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. Its primary mission was to demonstrate orientation control by means of an aerodyna

• ... ies Spacecraft type DS-MO Manufacturer Yuzhnoye Launch mass 375 kg [1] Start of mission Launch date 21 march 1967, 10:04:00 GMT Rocket Kosmos-2I 63SM Launch site Kapustin Yar , Site 86/1 Contractor Yuzhnoye E ...
• ... w Earth Perigee altitude 243 km Apogee altitude 285 km Inclination 48.4° Period 89.76 minutes Epoch 21 march 1967 It was launched aboard a Kosmos-2I 63SM rocket [4] from Site 86/1 at Kapustin Yar . The launch ...
• ... rd a Kosmos-2I 63SM rocket [4] from Site 86/1 at Kapustin Yar . The launch occurred at 10:07 GMT on 21 march 1967. [5] Kosmos 149 was placed into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of 243 kilometres (151 mi) , ...

#7 Progress M-7

Progress M-7 ( Russian : Прогресс М-7 ) was a Soviet uncrewed cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1991 to resupply the Mir space station. [2] The twenty-fifth of sixty four Progress spacecraft to visit Mir, it used the Progress-M 11F615A55 configuration, [3] and had the serial number 208. [4] It

• ... smodrome . [4] It took three attempts to dock with Mir; the first of which occurred at 14:28 GMT on 21 march , and resulted in Progress M-7 approaching to within 500 metres (1,600 ft) of Mir, before the attemp ...

#8 Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 ( Korean :   광명성 3호 ; Hanja :   光明星3號 ; lit.   Bright Star-3 [2] or Lode Star-3 [3] ) was a North Korean Earth observation satellite which, according to the DPRK , was for weather forecast purposes, and whose launch was widely portrayed in the West to be a veiled ballistic missile t

• ... e launch. [13] The Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) was officially invited to the launch on 21 march by the North Korean Embassy to Russia but Roscosmos's spokesman said Russia refused to dispatch its ...

#9 Mir

Mir ( Russian : Мир , IPA:   [ˈmʲir] ; lit.   ' peace ' or ' world ' ) was a space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, operated by the Soviet Union and later by Russia . Mir was the first modular space station and was assembled in orbit from 1986   to   1996. It had a greater

• ... l system. [17] ORBIT CONTROL Graph showing the changing altitude of Mir from 19 February 1986 until 21 march 2001 Mir was maintained in a near circular orbit with an average perigee of 354 km (220 mi) and an ...

#10 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

• ... ere notable for including China's first female astronauts , Liu Yang and Wang Yaping . [24] [26] On 21 march 2016, after a lifespan extended by two years, the China Manned Space Engineering Office announced t ...
• ... that communication with Tiangong-1 had ceased functioning on 16 March 2016. [70] One week later on 21 march 2016, the China Manned Space Engineering Office announced that they had officially disabled data se ...
• ... 233.8 227.3 240.4 42.65 19 March 2018 231.8 225.4 238.2 42.65 20 March 2018 229.3 222.9 235.8 42.65 21 march 2018 227.0 220.3 233.6 42.64 22 March 2018 224.8 217.8 231.8 42.64 23 March 2018 222.4 215.1 229.6 ...

#11 Kosmos 13

Kosmos 13 ( Russian : Космос 13 meaning Cosmos 13 ) or Zenit-2 No.9 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1963. A Zenit-2 spacecraft, Kosmos 13 was the eighth of eighty-one such satellites to be launched. [3] [4] Soviet optical reconnaissance satellite (1963) Kosmos 1

• ... ies Spacecraft type Zenit-2 Manufacturer OKB-1 Launch mass 4730 kg [1] Start of mission Launch date 21 march 1963, 08:24:00 GMT Rocket Vostok-2 s/n T15000-01 Launch site Baikonur , Site 1/5 Contractor OKB-1 E ...
• ... Low Earth Perigee altitude 192 km Apogee altitude 324km Inclination 65.0° Period 89.8 minutes Epoch 21 march 1963 SPACECRAFT Kosmos 13 was a Zenit-2 satellite, a first generation, low resolution, reconnaissan ...
• ... launch Kosmos 13. The launch took place from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 08:24:00 GMT on 21 march 1963. [2] Following its successful arrival in orbit the spacecraft received its Kosmos designation, ...

#12 OneWeb satellite constellation

The OneWeb satellite constellation is a planned initial 648- satellite internet constellation which is in the process of being completed in 2022, [2] with a goal to provide global broadband internet services to people everywhere by the end of 2023. [3] The constellation is being deployed by OneWeb ,

• ... dom rejected these demands, and subsequently OneWeb suspended all remaining Soyuz launches. [59] On 21 march 2022, OneWeb announced that it had signed a launch agreement with United States launch provider Spa ...
• ... ur Cosmodrome , Site 31 Soyuz 2.1b / Fregat-M 34 (first launch of operational satellites) Success 3 21 march 2020 [6] Baikonur Cosmodrome , Site 31 Soyuz 2.1b / Fregat-M 34 Success 4 18 December 2020 [69] [65 ...

#13 STS-102

STS-102 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Discovery and launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida. STS-102 flew in March 2001; its primary objectives were resupplying the ISS and rotating the Expedition 1 and Expedition 2 crews. At eight h

• ... arch 2001, 11:42 ( 2001-03-08UTC11:42Z ) UTC Launch site Kennedy LC-39B End of mission Landing date 21 march 2001, 07:33:06 ( 2001-03-21UTC07:33:07Z ) UTC Landing site Kennedy SLF Runway 15 Orbital parameters ...

#14 SpaceX CRS-9

SpaceX CRS-9 , also known as SpX-9 , is a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station which launched on 18 July 2016. [7] [8] The mission was contracted by NASA and is operated by SpaceX using a Dragon capsule. 2016 American resupply spaceflight to the ISS "CRS-9" redirect

• ... paceX CRS-7 on 28 June 2015, the launch date was left open and, in September 2015, was moved to NET 21 march 2016. [11] The flight was later pushed to 24 June, 27 June, 16 July, and finally 18 July 2016, [12] ...

#15 Cosmic Background Explorer

The Cosmic Background Explorer ( COBE / ˈ k oʊ b i / KOH -bee ), also referred to as Explorer 66 , was a NASA satellite dedicated to cosmology , which operated from 1989 to 1993. Its goals were to investigate the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB or CMBR) of the universe and provide measure

• ... d that observed in the microwave background. Comparison of CMB results from COBE, WMAP and Planck - 21 march 2013. During the 15-year-long period between the proposal and launch of COBE, there were two signif ...

#16 Priroda

The Priroda ( Russian : Природа ; English: Nature ) (TsM-I, 77KSI, 11F77I) module was the seventh and final module of the Mir Space Station . Its primary purpose was to conduct Earth resource experiments through remote sensing and to develop and verify remote sensing methods. The control system of P

• ... 1996 Docked with Mir April 26, 1996 Launch pad LC-81/23 , Baikonur Cosmodrome , Kazakhstan Reentry march 21, 2001 Mass 19,700 kg Length 9.7 metres Diameter 4.35 metres Pressurised volume 66 m 3 Periapsis alti ...

#17 STS-119

STS-119 ( ISS assembly flight 15A) was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) which was flown by space shuttle Discovery during March 2009. It delivered and assembled the fourth starboard Integrated Truss Segment (S6) , and the fourth set of solar arrays and batteries to th

• ... NASA and the partnership team. [36] —   Dan Hartman, Space Station Mission Management Team Chairman 21 march (FLIGHT DAY 7, SPACEWALK 2) The unpressurized cargo carrier attachment system (UCCAS) ISS after dep ...
• ... mal covers, and deployed the S6 photovoltaic radiator. [47] [48] [49] EVA 2 Swanson Joseph M. Acaba 21 march 2009 16:51 21 March 2009 23:21 6 hours, 30 minutes Advanced preparation of a worksite for STS-127 , ...
• ... oyed the S6 photovoltaic radiator. [47] [48] [49] EVA 2 Swanson Joseph M. Acaba 21 March 2009 16:51 21 march 2009 23:21 6 hours, 30 minutes Advanced preparation of a worksite for STS-127 , partial installatio ...

#18 Mars 1

Mars 1 , also known as 1962 Beta Nu 1 , Mars 2MV-4 and Sputnik 23 , was an automatic interplanetary station launched in the direction of Mars on November 1, 1962, [1] [2] the first of the Soviet Mars probe program , with the intent of flying by the planet at a distance of about 11,000   km (6,800  

• ... five days, containing a large amount of interplanetary data. [1] "Mars 1" stamp in Soviet Union On march 21, 1963, when the spacecraft was at a distance of 106,760,000 km (66,340,000 mi) from Earth on its way ...

#19 Aura (satellite)

Aura ( EOS CH-1 ) is a multi-national NASA scientific research satellite in orbit around the Earth , studying the Earth's ozone layer , air quality and climate . [2] It is the third major component of the Earth Observing System (EOS) following on Terra (launched 1999) and Aqua (launched 2002). Aura

• ... aly was first detected in December 2007. New symptoms were detected in January 2017 and starting on march 21, 2017, Aura no longer recorded housekeeping data to partition 31. [6] In December 2016, reaction whe ...

#20 PSLV-D3

PSLV-D3 was the overall third and second successful mission of the PSLV program by Indian Space Research Organisation . The vehicle carried IRS-P3 satellite which was deployed in the Sun-synchronous Low Earth orbit . [1] [2] [3] [4] PSLV-D3 Model of the PSLV rocket Mission type Deployment of one sat

• ... lograms (650,000 lb) Payload mass 920 kilograms (2,030 lb) Start of mission Launch date 04:53 : 00, march 21, 1996 (UTC) ( 1996-03-21T04 : 53 : 00Z ) ( IST ) Rocket PSLV Launch site Sriharikota Launching Range ...
• ... ikota Launching Range Contractor ISRO End of mission Disposal Placed in graveyard orbit Deactivated 21 march 1996 Orbital parameters Regime Sun-synchronous Low Earth orbit Payload IRS-P3 Polar Satellite Launc ...
• ... tellite Launch Vehicle missions ← PSLV-D2 PSLV-C1 → LAUNCH PSLV-D3 was launched at 4:53 a.m. IST on 21 march 1996 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (then called "Sriharikota Launching Range"). The vehicle succe ...