langs: 6 марта [ru] / march 6 [en] / 6. märz [de] / 6 mars [fr] / 6 marzo [it] / 6 de marzo [es]
days: march 3 / march 4 / march 5 / march 6 / march 7 / march 8 / march 9
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 Gordon Cooper
Leroy Gordon " Gordo " Cooper Jr. (March 6, 1927 – October 4, 2004) was an American aerospace engineer , test pilot , United States Air Force pilot , and the youngest of the seven original astronauts in Project Mercury , the first human space program of the United States. Cooper learned to fly as
- Leroy Gordon " Gordo " Cooper Jr. ( march 6, 1927 – October 4, 2004) was an American aerospace engineer , test pilot , United States Air Force p ...
- ... t in 1959. American astronaut (1927–2004) Gordon Cooper Born Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr. ( 1927-03-06 ) march 6, 1927 Shawnee, Oklahoma , U.S. Died October 4, 2004 (2004-10-04) (aged 77) Ventura, California , U.S ...
- ... orce with the rank of colonel in 1970. EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr. was born on march 6, 1927, in Shawnee, Oklahoma , [1] the only child of Leroy Gordon Cooper Sr. and his wife Hattie Lee ...
#2 Ronald Evans (astronaut)
Ronald Ellwin Evans Jr. (November 10, 1933 – April 7, 1990) was an American electrical engineer , aeronautical engineer , officer and aviator in the United States Navy , and NASA astronaut . As Command Module Pilot on Apollo 17 he was one of the 24 astronauts to have flown to the Moon, and one of
- ... ubic Bay in the Philippines for Sasebo , Japan, on February 17, but it was back on Dixie Station by march 6. Eleven days later, Evans participated in an attack on Viet Cong units that earned him a Navy Commen ...
#3 Alan Shepard
Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) was an American astronaut , naval aviator , test pilot , and businessman. In 1961, he became the second person and the first American to travel into space, and in 1971, he walked on the Moon . American astronaut (1923–1998), first Ameri
- ... ral times by unplanned preparatory work, initially to December 5, 1960, then mid-January 1961, [64] march 6, 1961, [65] April 25, 1961, [66] May 2, 1961, and finally to May 5, 1961. [67] On April 12, 1961, So ...
#4 Edgar Mitchell
Edgar Dean Mitchell (September 17, 1930 – February 4, 2016) was a United States Navy officer and aviator , test pilot , aeronautical engineer , ufologist and NASA astronaut . As the Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo 14 in 1971 he spent nine hours working on the lunar surface in the Fra Mauro Highlands
- ... om an unnamed intelligence officer at the Pentagon . [39] [40] In an interview for AskMen published march 6, 2014, Mitchell said that he had never seen a UFO, [38] that no one had ever threatened him over his ...
#5 Sergey Vozovikov
Sergei Yuriyevich Vozovikov (17 April 1958 – 11 July 1993) was a member of the Soviet Air Force Cosmonaut Training Group 11. His Cosmonaut training was to take place from October 1, 1991 to March 6, 1992. This was cut short when he drowned on July 11, 1993 during water recovery training in the Black
- ... Force Cosmonaut Training Group 11. His Cosmonaut training was to take place from October 1, 1991 to march 6, 1992. This was cut short when he drowned on July 11, 1993 during water recovery training in the Bla ...
#6 Eileen Collins
Eileen Marie Collins (born November 19, 1956) is a retired NASA astronaut and United States Air Force (USAF) colonel . A former flight instructor and test pilot , Collins was the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle and the first to command a Space Shuttle mission. American astronaut and pilot (bo
- ... the entire Space Shuttle fleet being grounded again until October, pushing the launch date back to march 6, 2003. The fleet was then grounded again after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in February 2003. ...
#7 Kathryn D. Sullivan
Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan (born October 3, 1951) is an American geologist and oceanographer , and a former NASA astronaut and US Navy officer. She was a crew member on three Space Shuttle missions. "Kathryn Sullivan" redirects here. For other uses, see Kathryn Sullivan (disambiguation) . American geolo
- ... and Atmosphere 10th Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration In office march 6, 2014 – January 20, 2017 President Barack Obama Preceded by Jane Lubchenco Succeeded by Rick Spinrad ...
- ... Barack Obama Preceded by Jane Lubchenco Succeeded by Rick Spinrad In office Acting: March 1, 2013 – march 6, 2014 Alma mater University of California, Santa Cruz Dalhousie University Awards NASA Outstanding L ...
- ... he National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) after being confirmed by the US Senate on march 6, 2014. Her tenure ended on January 20, 2017, after which she was designated as the 2017 Charles A. L ...
- ... ans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator on August 1, 2013, and she was confirmed by the Senate on march 6, 2014. [50] [49] Her term ended on January 20, 2017. [51] At the White House Leadership Summit on Wo ...
#8 Jeff Bezos
Jeffrey Preston Bezos ( / ˈ b eɪ z oʊ s / BAY -zohss ; [2] né Jorgensen ; born January 12, 1964) is an American entrepreneur, media proprietor , investor, computer engineer, and commercial astronaut . [3] [4] He is the founder, executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon . With a net
- ... n November 24, 2017, and he was formally designated the wealthiest person in the world by Forbes on march 6, 2018, with a net worth of $112 billion. [71] Bezos receives the James Smithson Bicentennial medal o ...
- ... billion in 5 minutes, slightly less than the annual gross domestic product of Kyrgyzstan . [205] On march 6, 2018, Bezos was designated the wealthiest person in the world with a registered net worth of $112 b ...
#9 Samantha Cristoforetti
Samantha Cristoforetti , OMRI ( Italian pronunciation: [saˈmanta kristofoˈretti] ; born in Milan on 26 April 1977) is an Italian European Space Agency astronaut, former Italian Air Force pilot and engineer. She holds the record for the longest uninterrupted spaceflight by a European astronaut (199
- ... tion. [48] HONOURS AND DECORATIONS Italy Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic on 6 march 2013 [49] Italy Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic on 16 July 2015 [4 ...
#10 Michael E. Fossum
Michael Edward Fossum (born December 19, 1957, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota ) is a former American astronaut , engineer , and the Chief Operating Officer of Texas A&M University at Galveston . He flew into space on board the NASA Space Shuttle missions STS-121 and STS-124 and served as a mission spe
- ... of Cadets), and the presentation of an Aggie flag flown on STS-121 at a Texas A&M football game. On march 6, 2010, Fossum became the youngest person inducted into the Corps of Cadets Hall of Honor. In 2011, N ...
#11 Viktor Savinykh
Viktor Petrovich Savinykh was born in Berezkiny , Kirov Oblast, Russian SFSR on 7 March 1940. Married with one child. Selected as a cosmonaut on 1 December 1978. Retired on 9 February 1989. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification . ( February 2009 ) Viktor Petro
- ... le's Republic of Bulgaria Order For Merit to the Fatherland 1st class (27 February 2020) 2nd class ( 6 march 2000) - for outstanding achievements in scientific research and a great contribution to the prepara ...
#12 Scott Carpenter
Malcolm Scott Carpenter (May 1, 1925 – October 10, 2013) was an American naval officer and aviator , test pilot , aeronautical engineer , astronaut , and aquanaut . He was one of the Mercury Seven astronauts selected for NASA 's Project Mercury in April 1959. Carpenter was the second American (after
- ... rted to Naval Air Station Pensacola , Florida , for pre-flight training, from which he graduated on march 6, 1950. He then commenced primary flight training at Naval Air Station Whiting Field , learning to fl ...
#13 Patrick Baudry
Patrick Pierre Roger Baudry (born March 6, 1946 in Cameroon ) is a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the French Air Force and a former CNES astronaut . In 1985, he became the second French citizen in space, after Jean-Loup Chrétien , when he flew aboard NASA 's Space Shuttle mission STS-51-G . This arti
- Patrick Pierre Roger Baudry (born march 6, 1946 in Cameroon ) is a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the French Air Force and a former CNES astron ...
- ... ain unclear because it lacks inline citations . ( January 2014 ) Patrick Baudry Born ( 1946-03-06 ) march 6, 1946 (age 76) Douala , Cameroon Status Retired Nationality French Occupation Fighter pilot Space ca ...
#14 Valentina Tereshkova
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova ( Russian : Валентина Владимировна Терешкова , IPA: [vɐlʲɪnʲˈtʲinə vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvnə tʲɪrʲɪʂˈkovə] ( listen ) ; born 6 March 1937) is an engineer , member of the Russian State Duma , and former Soviet cosmonaut . She is known for being the first and youngest woman i
- ... ентина Владимировна Терешкова , IPA: [vɐlʲɪnʲˈtʲinə vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvnə tʲɪrʲɪʂˈkovə] ( listen ) ; born 6 march 1937) is an engineer , member of the Russian State Duma , and former Soviet cosmonaut . She is know ...
- ... ate Duma from Moscow Incumbent Assumed office 21 December 2011 Personal details Born ( 1937-03-06 ) 6 march 1937 (age 85) Bolshoye Maslennikovo , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union Political party Communist Party o ...
- ... nited Russia party and was re-elected in 2016 and 2021. EARLY LIFE Valentina Tereshkova was born on 6 march in 1937 in the Bolshoye Maslennikovo , a village on the Volga River [1] 270 kilometres (170 mi) nor ...
- ... at the 24th Congress of the CPSU , 1971 RUSSIAN Order of Merit for the Fatherland : [4] 3rd class ( 6 march 1997) [24] 2nd class (6 March 2007) [24] 1st class (1 March 2017) [73] Order of Alexander Nevsky (2 ...
- ... PSU , 1971 RUSSIAN Order of Merit for the Fatherland : [4] 3rd class (6 March 1997) [24] 2nd class ( 6 march 2007) [24] 1st class (1 March 2017) [73] Order of Alexander Nevsky (2013) [74] [75] Order of Honour ...
Museum / Museum
#1 USS Midway (CV-41)
USS Midway (CVB/CVA/CV-41) is an aircraft carrier , formerly of the United States Navy , the lead ship of her class . Commissioned 8 days after the end of World War II, Midway was the largest ship in the world until 1955, as well as the first U.S. aircraft carrier too big to transit the Panama Canal
- ... stems of Japan, Korea , Okinawa , the Philippines, and Taiwan. Midway again sailed for the Far East 6 march 1965, and from mid-April flew strikes against military and logistics installations in North and Sou ...
#2 Warhawk Air Museum
The Warhawk Air Museum is an aviation museum located in Nampa, Idaho . Military aviation museum in Nampa, Idaho Warhawk Air Museum Location within Idaho Established 6 March 1989 ( 1989-03-06 ) Location Nampa, Idaho Coordinates 43.5860°N 116.5235°W / 43.5860; -116.5235 Type Military aviation
- ... aho . Military aviation museum in Nampa, Idaho Warhawk Air Museum Location within Idaho Established 6 march 1989 ( 1989-03-06 ) Location Nampa, Idaho Coordinates 43.5860°N 116.5235°W / 43.5860; -116.5235 T ...
- ... seum Founder John Paul Sue Paul [1] Website warhawkairmuseum .org HISTORY The museum was founded on 6 march 1989 by John and Sue Paul. [2] In 2021, it announced plans for an expansion. [3] COLLECTION Aero S- ...
#3 Kansas Aviation Museum
The Kansas Aviation Museum is a museum located in Wichita , Kansas , United States, near 31st South and George Washington Blvd. The building was the former Wichita Municipal Airport terminal from 1935 to 1954. Aviation Museum in Wichita, Kansas USA Kansas Aviation Museum Southeast side of building L
- ... began work. [7] An application for the building to be placed on the Historic Register was filed on march 6, 1990 and was later approved. The outside of the building has been restored but still needs some wor ...
#4 1940 Air Terminal Museum
The 1940 Air Terminal Museum is a museum located in Houston , Texas , United States , at William P. Hobby Airport . Collections are housed in the original art deco building which served as the first purpose-built terminal for passenger flight in Houston. [1] The museum currently exhibits several col
- ... onal Register of Historic Places Architect Joseph Finger NRHP reference No. 100003488 Added to NRHP march 6, 2019 HISTORY Eastern Air Lines DC-3 at the then-new Houston Municipal Airport Terminal, April 1941 ...
#5 Lake Boga Flying Boat Base
Lake Boga Flying Boat Base was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) flying boat base at Lake Boga , Victoria , Australia during World War II. Airport in Victoria, Australia Lake Boga Flying Boat Base A Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat at the Lake Boga flying boat museum IATA : none ICAO : none S
- ... ished Service Order for dropping two bombs from his aircraft on a submarine in the English Channel, 6 march 1918. A direct hit was reported by the observer and it was thought to have sunk but SQN Leader O'Br ...
#6 McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center
The McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center is a science museum located in Concord, New Hampshire , United States, next door to the NHTI campus. The museum is dedicated to Christa McAuliffe , the Concord High School social studies teacher selected by NASA out of over 11,000 applicants to be the first Tea
- ... and space science ; it was renamed the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center. The grand opening was on march 6, 2009. [1] After 22 years as a State of New Hampshire agency, on January 1, 2013, the McAuliffe-Shep ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 Vega 1
Vega 1 (along with its twin Vega 2 ) was a Soviet space probe , part of the Vega program . The spacecraft was a development of the earlier Venera craft. They were designed by Babakin Space Centre and constructed as 5VK by Lavochkin at Khimki . The name VeGa (ВеГа) combines the first two letters from
- ... 177.7°E / 7.5; 177.7 ( Vega 1 ) (north of Aphrodite Terra ) Flyby of 1P/Halley Closest approach 6 march 1986 Distance ~10,000 km (6,200 mi) Insignia of the mission Vega ← None Vega 2 → The craft was powe ...
- ... the comet had a thin layer on its surface covering an icy body. Vega 1 made its closest approach on 6 march at around 8,889 kilometers (at 07:20:06 UT) of the nucleus. It took more than 500 pictures via diff ...
#2 Boeing Orbital Flight Test
The Boeing Starliner Orbital Flight Test (also known as Boe-OFT ) was the first orbital mission of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, conducted by Boeing as part of NASA 's Commercial Crew Program . The mission was planned to be an eight-day test flight of the spacecraft, involving a rendezvous and d
- ... 020, in addition a full-scale safety review was planned that would likely take months. [13] [17] On 6 march 2020, NASA gave an update on the anomalies. [18] They announced 61 corrective actions that addresse ...
#3 STS-133
STS-133 ( ISS assembly flight ULF5 ) [6] was the 133rd mission in NASA 's Space Shuttle program ; during the mission, Space Shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station . It was Discovery ' s 39th and final mission. The mission launched on 24 February 2011, and landed on 9 March 201
- ... the ISS with multiple spacecraft docked was considered, but rejected by mission planners. [69] [70] 6 march (FLIGHT DAY 11) This section needs expansion . You can help by adding to it . ( May 2011 ) As well ...
#4 Skylab
Skylab was the first United States space station , launched by NASA , [3] occupied for about 24 weeks between May 1973 and February 1974. It was operated by three separate three-astronaut crews: Skylab 2 , Skylab 3 , and Skylab 4 . Major operations included an orbital workshop, a solar observatory ,
- ... eld was torn off the ground staff had to balance solar heating with electrical production. [103] On march 6, 1978, the computer system was re-activated by NASA to control the re-entry. [104] The system had a ...
#5 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
- ... he commercial Bartolomeo External Payload Hosting Platform, manufactured by Airbus, was launched on 6 march 2020 aboard CRS-20 and attached to the European Columbus module. It will provide an additional 12 e ...
- ... -23 20 March 2023 Soyuz MS Crewed Soyuz-2.1a Baikonur Site 31/6 Roscosmos Prichal nadir SpaceX Crew- 6 march 2023 Crew Dragon Crewed Falcon 9 Block 5 Kennedy LC-39A SpaceX Harmony forward or zenith AX-3 H1 20 ...
#6 TechEdSat
Technology Education Satellite ( TechEdSat ) is a successful nano-sat flight series conducted from the NASA Ames Research Center in collaboration with numerous universities (San Jose State University, University of Idaho, University of California, University of Minnesota, Smith College). While one o
- ... e Tanegashima Space Center , Yoshinobu LC-Y2 Contractor Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Deployment date 6 march 2017, 18:20:00 UTC End of mission Decay date 29 July 2017 Orbital parameters Reference system Geoce ...
- ... go resupply spacecraft, and was deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) at 18:20 UTC on 6 march 2017. [21] It was the first satellite in the TechEdSat program to include a modulated Exo-Brake tha ...
#7 JCSAT-1
JCSAT-1 was a geostationary communications satellite designed and manufactured by Hughes (now Boeing ) on the HS-393 satellite bus . It was originally ordered by Japan Communications Satellite Company (JCSAT), which later merged into the JSAT Corporation . It had a Ku-band payload and operated on th
- ... 8 ft × 7.5 ft) with solar panels and antennas deployed. Power 2.350 kW Start of mission Launch date 6 march 1989, 23:29:00 UTC [2] Rocket Ariane 44LP Launch site Centre Spatial Guyanais , ELA-2 Contractor Ar ...
- ... commercial Japanese communications satellite. It was successfully launched aboard an Ariane-44LP on 6 march 1989 at 23:29:00 UTC . [5] Originally expected to be retired in 1997, it was finally sent to a grav ...
#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
- ... eturning images of Halley on 4 March 1986, and the first ever of its nucleus, and made its flyby on 6 march , followed by Vega 2 making its flyby on 9 March. Vega 1's closest approach to Halley was 8 889 km ...
#9 Soyuz 32
Soyuz 32 ( Russian : Союз 32 , Union 32 ) was a 1979 Soviet crewed space flight to the Salyut 6 space station . [1] It was the eighth mission to and seventh successful docking at the orbiting facility. The Soyuz 32 crew was the third long-duration crew to man the space station. Soyuz 32 COSPAR ID 19
- ... but the chicks grew much slower than on Earth, and lacked heads. [2] A videotape recorder was fixed 6 march using a soldering iron , the first time such repair equipment had been used in space. [3] PROGRESS ...
#10 ÑuSat
ÑuSat satellite series ( Spanish : ÑuSat , sometimes translated into English as NewSat ), is a series of Argentinean commercial Earth observation satellites . They form the Aleph-1 constellation, which is designed, built and operated by Satellogic . Series of Argentinean commercial Earth observation
- ... 2020 (6th) 6 November 2020, 03:19 UTC (9th-18th) Rocket Long March 4B , Long March 2D , Vega , Long march 6 Launch site Taiyuan , Jiuquan , Kourou OVERVIEW SATELLITES DESIGN The satellites in the constellatio ...
- ... ggy-backs on a Long March 2D rocket in January 2020. Satellites number 9-18 were launched on a Long march 6 launch vehicle on 6 November 2020. GROUND COMMUNICATIONS An U/V transponder with 2 watts of output p ...
- ... ccess [11] ÑuSat 9 (Aleph-1 9) Alice [12] 2020-079A Alice Ball [13] 6 November 2020, 03:19 UTC Long march 6 Success ÑuSat 10 (Aleph-1 10) Caroline [12] 2020-079B Caroline Herschel [13] 6 November 2020, 03:19 ...
- ... uSat 10 (Aleph-1 10) Caroline [12] 2020-079B Caroline Herschel [13] 6 November 2020, 03:19 UTC Long march 6 Success ÑuSat 11 (Aleph-1 11) Cora [12] 2020-079C Cora Ratto [13] 6 November 2020, 03:19 UTC Long Ma ...
- ... 6 Success ÑuSat 11 (Aleph-1 11) Cora [12] 2020-079C Cora Ratto [13] 6 November 2020, 03:19 UTC Long march 6 Success ÑuSat 12 (Aleph-1 12) Dorothy [12] 2020-079D Dorothy Vaughan [13] 6 November 2020, 03:19 UTC ...
- ... s ÑuSat 12 (Aleph-1 12) Dorothy [12] 2020-079D Dorothy Vaughan [13] 6 November 2020, 03:19 UTC Long march 6 Success ÑuSat 13 (Aleph-1 13) Emmy [12] 2020-079E Emmy Noether [13] 6 November 2020, 03:19 UTC Long ...
- ... Success ÑuSat 13 (Aleph-1 13) Emmy [12] 2020-079E Emmy Noether [13] 6 November 2020, 03:19 UTC Long march 6 Success ÑuSat 14 (Aleph-1 14) Hedy [12] 2020-079F Hedy Lamarr [13] 6 November 2020, 03:19 UTC Long M ...
- ... Success ÑuSat 14 (Aleph-1 14) Hedy [12] 2020-079F Hedy Lamarr [13] 6 November 2020, 03:19 UTC Long march 6 Success ÑuSat 15 (Aleph-1 15) Katherine [12] 2020-079G Katherine Johnson [13] 6 November 2020, 03:19 ...
- ... Sat 15 (Aleph-1 15) Katherine [12] 2020-079G Katherine Johnson [13] 6 November 2020, 03:19 UTC Long march 6 Success ÑuSat 16 (Aleph-1 16) Lise [12] 2020-079H Lise Meitner [13] 6 November 2020, 03:19 UTC Long ...
- ... Success ÑuSat 16 (Aleph-1 16) Lise [12] 2020-079H Lise Meitner [13] 6 November 2020, 03:19 UTC Long march 6 Success ÑuSat 17 (Aleph-1 17) Mary [12] 2020-079J Mary Jackson [13] 6 November 2020, 03:19 UTC Long ...
- ... Success ÑuSat 17 (Aleph-1 17) Mary [12] 2020-079J Mary Jackson [13] 6 November 2020, 03:19 UTC Long march 6 Success ÑuSat 18 (Aleph-1 18) Vera [12] 2020-079K Vera Rubin [13] 6 November 2020, 03:19 UTC Long Ma ...
- ... 6 Success ÑuSat 18 (Aleph-1 18) Vera [12] 2020-079K Vera Rubin [13] 6 November 2020, 03:19 UTC Long march 6 Success ÑuSat 19 (Aleph-1 19) Rosalind [14] 2021-059AC Rosalind Franklin [14] 30 June 2021, 19:31 UT ...
#11 OPS 5118
OPS 5118 , also known as Navstar 6 , GPS I-6 and GPS SVN-6 , was an American navigation satellite launched in 1980 as part of the Global Positioning System development programme. It was the sixth of eleven Block I GPS satellites to be launched. [2] OPS 5118 Names Navstar 6 GPS I-6 GPS SVN-6 Mission
- ... , SLC-3E Contractor Convair General Dynamics Entered service 16 May 1980 End of mission Deactivated 6 march 1991 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit [3] Regime Medium Earth orbit ( Semi-sync ...
- ... broadcast the PRN 09 signal in the GPS demonstration constellation, and was retired from service on 6 march 1991.
#12 Apollo 9
Apollo 9 (March 3 – 13, 1969) was the third human spaceflight in NASA 's Apollo program . Flown in low Earth orbit , it was the second crewed Apollo mission that the United States launched via a Saturn V rocket, and was the first flight of the full Apollo spacecraft : the command and service module
- ... [61] raising the craft's orbit to 142 by 149 miles (229 by 240 km) . [2] The fourth day's program ( march 6) was for Schweickart to exit the hatch on the LM and make his way along the outside of the spacecraf ...
#13 Pioneer 4
Pioneer 4 was an American spin-stabilized uncrewed spacecraft launched as part of the Pioneer program on a lunar flyby trajectory and into a heliocentric orbit making it the first probe of the United States to escape from the Earth's gravity. It carried a payload similar to Pioneer 3 : a lunar radia
- ... no II Launch site Cape Canaveral , LC-5 Contractor Chrysler Corporation End of mission Last contact 6 march 1959, 15:40:00 GMT Orbital parameters Reference system Heliocentric Semi-major axis 1.1015 astronom ...
#14 Cartosat-2
Cartosat-2 is an Earth observation satellite in a Sun-synchronous orbit and the second of the Cartosat series of satellites. The satellite was built, launched and maintained by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Weighing around 680 kg at launch, its applications will mainly be towards
- ... nited Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)'s space debris mitigation guidelines. Between 6 march to 3 September 2020, perigee was lowered incrementally by performing 26 perigee reduction burns put ...
#15 STS-109
STS-109 (SM3B) was a Space Shuttle mission that launched from the Kennedy Space Center on 1 March 2002. It was the 108th mission of the Space Shuttle program , [1] the 27th flight of the orbiter Columbia [1] and the fourth servicing of the Hubble Space Telescope . [2] It was also the last successful
- ... 02, 13:38 7:01 2 Newman Massimino 5 March 2002, 06:40 5 March 2002, 13:56 7:16 3 Grunsfeld Linnehan 6 march 2002, 08:28 6 March 2002, 15:16 6:48 4 Newman Massimino 7 March 2002, 09:00 7 March 2002, 16:18 [8] ...
- ... man Massimino 5 March 2002, 06:40 5 March 2002, 13:56 7:16 3 Grunsfeld Linnehan 6 March 2002, 08:28 6 march 2002, 15:16 6:48 4 Newman Massimino 7 March 2002, 09:00 7 March 2002, 16:18 [8] [9] 7:18 5 Grunsfel ...
#16 Long March 6
The Long March 6 ( Chinese : 长征六号运载火箭 ) or Chang Zheng 6 as in pinyin , abbreviated LM 6 for export or CZ 6 within China, is a Chinese liquid-fuelled launch vehicle of the Long March family , which was developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) [7] and the Shanghai Ac
- The Long march 6 ( Chinese : 长征六号运载火箭 ) or Chang Zheng 6 as in pinyin , abbreviated LM 6 for export or CZ 6 within Ch ...
- ... 2000s, and made its maiden flight in 2015. [8] As one of the new generation rocket family, the Long march 6 was designed to be a light capacity, "high-speed response" rocket, complementing the heavy lift Long ...
- ... t 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) of payload into a Sun-synchronous orbit . [9] [8] The first stage of the Long march 6 was derived from the booster rockets being developed for the Long March 5 rocket. It is powered by a ...
- ... fuel and oxidiser . [8] This was the first flight of the new engine design. [3] Launch vehicle Long march 6 Maiden flight of Long March 6 rocket Function Small launch vehicle Manufacturer Shanghai Academy of ...
- ... as the first flight of the new engine design. [3] Launch vehicle Long March 6 Maiden flight of Long march 6 rocket Function Small launch vehicle Manufacturer Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology [1] Cou ...
- ... ulse 306.9 seconds Propellant N 2 O 4 / UDMH [4] [ edit on Wikidata ] An enlarged variant, the Long march 6a , which has four strap-on solid boosters, an elongated stage one, a new stage two with the same dia ...
#17 Kosmos 1541
Kosmos 1541 ( Russian : Космос 1541 meaning Cosmos 1541 ) is a Soviet US-K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1984 as part of the Soviet military's Oko programme. The satellite is designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors . [2] Kosmos 1541
- ... erties Spacecraft type US-K [2] Launch mass 1,900 kilograms (4,200 lb) Start of mission Launch date 6 march 1984, 17:10 ( 1984-03-06UTC17:10Z ) UTC Rocket Molniya-M / 2BL [2] Launch site Plesetsk Cosmodrome ...
- ... rier rocket with a 2BL upper stage was used to perform the launch, which took place at 17:10 UTC on 6 march 1984. [3] The launch successfully placed the satellite into a molniya orbit . It subsequently recei ...
#18 Double Asteroid Redirection Test
Double Asteroid Redirection Test ( DART ) is a NASA space mission aimed at testing a method of planetary defense against near-Earth objects (NEOs). Launched from Earth in November 2021, the mission will deliberately crash a space probe into the minor-planet moon Dimorphos of the double asteroid Didy
- ... in on Didymos's moon Dimorphos. [54] TRANSIT The transit phase to the goal lasts about 9 months. On march 6, 2022, the space probe must pass not far from the asteroid 2001 CB 21 ( 578 m (1,896 ft) in diameter ...
#19 STS-62
STS-62 was a Space Shuttle program mission flown aboard Space Shuttle Columbia . The primary payloads were the USMP-02 microgravity experiments package and the OAST-2 engineering and technology payload, both in the orbiter's cargo bay. The two-week mission also featured a number of biomedical experi
- ... lights up the orbiter's tail. Experiments in Columbia ' s payload bay On Flight Day Three (Sunday, march 6) , following a morning of medical studies, the crew spent the last half of the day exercising and con ...
#20 Mercury-Atlas 7
Mercury-Atlas 7 , launched May 24, 1962, was the fourth crewed flight of Project Mercury . The spacecraft, named Aurora 7 , was piloted by astronaut Scott Carpenter . He was the sixth human to fly in space. The mission used Mercury spacecraft No. 18 and Atlas launch vehicle No. 107-D. 1962 crewed sp
- ... onvair factory in San Diego, California on February 25, 1962. It was delivered to Cape Canaveral on march 6, 1962. [8] Changes made to Atlas 107D over Glenn's booster were minor. It had been agreed that the i ...