langs: 8 марта [ru] / march 8 [en] / 8. märz [de] / 8 mars [fr] / 8 marzo [it] / 8 de marzo [es]
days: march 5 / march 6 / march 7 / march 8 / march 9 / march 10 / march 11
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 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
- ... responsible for launch and ascent phases of the Space Shuttle program. [69] He retired from NASA on march 8, 1977. [76] LATER YEARS Jan's parents had retired to live in Sun City, Arizona , and Jan was eager t ...
#2 Susan Helms
Susan Jane Helms (born February 26, 1958) is a retired United States Air Force lieutenant general and NASA astronaut . She was the commander, 14th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic); and commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Space at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California . [1] Lieutenant
- ... list for rendezvous with the ISS. Mission duration was 9 days, 20 hours and 9 minutes. Expedition 2 march 8 to August 22, 2001, was a mission to the International Space Station and Helms was a member of the s ...
- ... tation Alpha. The Expedition 2 crew (two American astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut) launched on march 8, 2001, on board STS-102 Discovery and successfully docked with the station on March 9, 2001. The Exp ...
#3 Donald Pettit
Donald Roy Pettit (born April 20, 1955) is an American astronaut and chemical engineer . He is a veteran of two long-duration stays aboard the International Space Station , one Space Shuttle mission and a six-week expedition to find meteorites in Antarctica . As of 2021, at age 66, he is NASA's olde
- ... sed by NASA both on its official site and YouTube along with another commercial version by Rovio on march 8, 2012 to announce the launch of new game Angry Birds Space on March 22, 2012. [13] INVENTIONS/INNOVA ...
#4 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
- ... rsonnel team responsible 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 Statio ...
#5 Jim Wetherbee
James Donald "Wxb" Wetherbee (born November 27, 1952) ( Capt , USN , Ret.), is a retired United States Navy officer and aviator , test pilot , aerospace engineer , and NASA astronaut . He is a veteran of six Space Shuttle missions and is the only American to have commanded five spaceflight missions.
- ... Mission duration was 169 orbits in 259 hours and 21 minutes. [9] : 123–124 STS-102 : Discovery ( march 8 21, 2001) was the eighth Space Shuttle mission to visit the International Space Station. The mission ...
#6 Vladimir Vasyutin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Vasyutin (Russian: Влaдимиp Bлaдимиpoвич Васютин; 8 March 1952 – 19 July 2002) [1] was a Soviet cosmonaut . Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Vladimirovich Vasyutin Born ( 1952-03-08 ) 8 March 1952 Kharkiv , Ukrainian SSR Died 19 July 2002 (2002-07-19) (aged 50) Nationality Soviet O
- Vladimir Vladimirovich Vasyutin (Russian: Влaдимиp Bлaдимиpoвич Васютин; 8 march 1952 – 19 July 2002) [1] was a Soviet cosmonaut . Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Vladimirovich Vasyutin ...
- ... ) [1] was a Soviet cosmonaut . Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Vladimirovich Vasyutin Born ( 1952-03-08 ) 8 march 1952 Kharkiv , Ukrainian SSR Died 19 July 2002 (2002-07-19) (aged 50) Nationality Soviet Occupation ...
#7 Wally Schirra
Walter Marty Schirra Jr. ( / ʃ ɜːr ˈ ɑː / , March 12, 1923 – May 3, 2007) was an American naval aviator , test pilot , and NASA astronaut . In 1959, he became one of the original seven astronauts chosen for Project Mercury , which was the United States ' first effort to put human beings into space
- ... (T-AKE-8) , a Lewis and Clark -class dry cargo ship named for Schirra, was christened and launched march 8, 2009. [47] A street and a park are named after Schirra in Upper Dublin, Pennsylvania , and Oradell, ...
#8 Richard Garriott
Richard Allen Garriott de Cayeux ( né Garriott ; born July 4, 1961) is an American video game developer , entrepreneur and private astronaut. Although both his parents were American, he maintains dual British and American citizenship by birth. [1] American video game developer and entrepreneur (born
- ... perty rights to Ultima from EA, the game could have become Ultima Online 2 . [40] [41] [42] [43] On march 8, 2013, Portalarium launched a Kickstarter campaign [44] for Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues . ...
#9 James S. Voss
James Shelton Voss (born March 3, 1949) is a retired United States Army colonel and NASA astronaut . During his time with NASA, Voss flew in space five times on board the Space Shuttle and International Space Station . He also served as deputy of Flight Operations for the Space Station Program Missi
- ... ide of the station. [7] STS-102 Voss and his Expedition 2 crewmates launched as Mission Specialists march 8, 2001, on board Space Shuttle Discovery during the STS-102 mission. The primary objectives of the fl ...
#10 Paul W. Richards
Paul William Richards (born May 20, 1964 in Scranton, Pennsylvania ) is an American engineer and a former NASA Astronaut . He flew aboard one Space Shuttle mission in 2001. American engineer and a former NASA Astronaut For the Iowa Supreme Court justice, see Paul W. Richards (judge) . Paul William R
- ... ns and Navigation (SCaN) Program. He retired from NASA in 2019. [2] SPACEFLIGHTS STS-102 Discovery ( march 8 21, 2001) was the eighth Shuttle mission to visit the International Space Station. Mission accomplis ...
#11 Yuri Usachov
Yury Vladimirovich Usachov ( Russian : Юрий Владимирович Усачёв ; born October 9, 1957) is a former cosmonaut who resides in Star City, Moscow . Usachov is a veteran of four spaceflights, including two long duration missions on board the Mir Space Station and another on board the International Space
- ... made his fourth trip into space on board Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-102 . Launched from KSC on march 8, 2001, at 06:42 EST Discovery successfully docked with the ISS a day later on March 9 at 6:38 UTC. T ...
#12 Mae Jemison
Mae Carol Jemison (born October 17, 1956) is an American engineer , physician , and former NASA astronaut. She became the first black woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour . Jemison joined NASA's astronaut corps in 1987 and was selected
- ... of Jemison, Margaret Hamilton , Sally Ride , and Nancy Grace Roman . [77] [78] The Google Doodle on march 8, 2019 ( International Women's Day ) featured a quote from Jemison: "Never be limited by other people ...
Museum / Museum
#1 Aerospace Bristol
Aerospace Bristol is an aerospace museum at Filton , to the north of Bristol , England , U.K. The project is run by the Bristol Aero Collection Trust and houses a varied collection of exhibits, including Concorde Alpha Foxtrot , the final Concorde to be built and the last to fly. [1] Aerospace museu
- ... the move of Concorde Alpha Foxtrot into the new purpose-built hangar at Aerospace Bristol. [14] On 8 march 2017, a Sea Harrier was delivered to the museum site, airlifted by an RAF Chinook , for display in ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 Noor 2 (satellite)
The Nour satellite (also spelled Noor, Persian: ماهواره نور, lit. 'Light') callsign "NOUR 02" or "NOOR 02", is an Iranian military satellite , which was launched to orbit on 8 March 2022. [1] The Nour 2 satellite was lifted into space by the three-stage launcher Qased, or "Messenger" . The satellite
- ... callsign "NOUR 02" or "NOOR 02", is an Iranian military satellite , which was launched to orbit on 8 march 2022. [1] The Nour 2 satellite was lifted into space by the three-stage launcher Qased, or "Messeng ...
- ... f 425 kilometers above the surface of the earth. [4] Iranian military satellite SATELLITE LAUNCH On 8 march 2022, the Nour 2 satellite, callsign "NOUR 02" or "NOOR 02", the Iranian military satellite, was la ...
#2 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
- ... s chondrites meteorites and also detected clathrate ice. After subsequent imaging sessions on 7 and 8 march 1986, Vega 1 headed out to deep space. In total Vega 1 and Vega 2 returned about 1500 images of Com ...
#3 Poisk (ISS module)
Poisk ( Russian : Поиск , lit. ' Search ' ), also known as the Mini-Research Module 2 ( MRM 2 ), Малый исследовательский модуль 2 , or МИМ 2 , is a docking module of the International Space Station . Its original name was Docking Module 2 ( Stykovochniy Otsek 2 , SO-2 ), as it is almost identical
- ... ber 2, 2017 21:58 UTC Soyuz MS-06 September 13, 2017 02:55 UTC February 27, 2018 23:08 UTC Soyuz MS- 08 march 23, 2018 20:40 UTC October 4, 2018 07:57 UTC Soyuz MS-11 December 3, 2018 17:33 UTC June 24, 2019 2 ...
#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
- ... very on STS-102 . 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 ...
#5 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
- ... Discovery' s Thermal Protection System was conducted using the OBSS , before the OBSS was berthed. 8 march (FLIGHT DAY 13) This section needs expansion . You can help by adding to it . ( May 2011 ) The crew ...
#6 Kosmos 2241
Kosmos 2241 ( Russian : Космос 2241 meaning Cosmos 2241 ) was a Russian US-K missile early warning satellite that was launched in 1993 as part of the Russian Space Forces ' Oko programme. The satellite was designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors . [2] Kosm
- ... ) UTC Rocket Molniya-M / 2BL [2] Launch site Plesetsk Cosmodrome [2] [3] End of mission Decay date 8 march 2022 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Molniya [2] Perigee altitude 663 kilomet ...
- ... 93-051A. [3] The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 22594. [3] On 8 march 2022, Kosmos 2241 decayed from orbit and reentered the atmosphere. [6] SEE ALSO Spaceflight portal ...
#7 CoRoT
CoRoT (French: Co nvection, Ro tation et T ransits planétaires ; English: Co nvection, Ro tation and planetary T ransits) was a space telescope mission which operated from 2006 to 2013. The mission's two objectives were to search for extrasolar planets with short orbital periods, particularly those
- ... t of perigee 148.21 degrees [2] Mean anomaly 213.16 degrees [2] Mean motion 14.44 rev/day [2] Epoch 8 march 2016, 11:58:39 UTC [2] Revolution no. 47715 Main telescope Type Afocal Diameter 27 cm (11 in) Focal ...
- ... than the shallows eclipses induced by terrestrial planets. FAILURE OF DATA PROCESSING UNIT NO. 1 On 8 march 2009 the satellite suffered a loss of communication with Data Processing Unit No. 1, processing dat ...
#8 BSAT-2a
BSAT-2a , was a geostationary communications satellite operated by B-SAT which was designed and manufactured by Orbital Sciences Corporation on the STAR-1 platform. It was stationed on the 110° East orbital slot along its companion BSAT-2c from where they provided redundant high definition direct
- ... 76 m × 2.49 m × 2.03 m (12.3 ft × 8.2 ft × 6.7 ft) Power 2.6 kW Start of mission Launch date 22:51, march 8, 2001 (UTC) ( 2001-03-08T22 : 51Z ) [1] Rocket Ariane 5G V-140 Launch site Guiana Space Center ELA-3 ...
- ... A Space Systems, the original developer. [2] BSAT-2a was launched aboard an Ariane 5G at 22:51 UTC, march 8, 2001, from Guiana Space Center ELA-3 . [10] It rode on the lower berth below Eurobird . On April 26 ...
#9 Discoverer 8
Discoverer 8 , also known as Corona 9005 , [1] : 236 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite launched on 20 November 1959 at 19:25:24 GMT, the fifth of ten operational flights of the Corona KH-1 spy satellite series. Overburn by the carrier rocket placed the satellite in a higher apogee
- ... GMT Rocket Thor DM-21 Agena-A (Thor 212) Launch site Vandenberg LC 75-3-5 End of mission Decay date 8 march 1960 ( 1960-03-09 ) Landing date 21 November 1959 (SRV) Landing site Pacific Ocean (SRV) Orbital pa ...
- ... scent, in turn preventing the parachute from deploying. [9] : 85 The satellite bus reentered on 8 march 1960. [10] USNS PVT Joe E. Mann in 1960, supporting the Discoverer program. LEGACY CORONA achieved ...
#10 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
- ... was the landing radar, as this could not be done in Earth orbit. [79] SIXTH THROUGH ELEVENTH DAYS ( march 8 13) Apollo 9 approaches splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean , March 13, 1969 Apollo 9 was to remain in ...
#11 ICESat-2
ICESat-2 ( Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite 2 ), part of NASA 's Earth Observing System , is a satellite mission for measuring ice sheet elevation and sea ice thickness , as well as land topography , vegetation characteristics, and clouds. [9] ICESat-2, a follow-on to the ICESat mission, was
- ... .78 km (299.99 mi) Inclination 92.0002° Period 94.22 minutes Velocity 6.9 km/s (4.3 mi/s) [7] Epoch 8 march 2019, 15:04:15 UTC [8] Instruments ATLAS Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System The ICESat-2 m ...
#12 Apollo 6
Apollo 6 (April 4, 1968), also known as AS-502 , was the third and final uncrewed flight in the United States' Apollo Program and the second test of the Saturn V launch vehicle. It qualified the Saturn V to be used on crewed missions, as happened for the first time on Apollo 8 in December 1968. Seco
- ... to the launch pad for two days due to high winds. [18] [16] The flight readiness test concluded on march 8, 1968, and at a review held three days later, Apollo 6 was cleared for launch contingent on the succ ...
#13 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
- ... 6 6:48 4 Newman Massimino 7 March 2002, 09:00 7 March 2002, 16:18 [8] [9] 7:18 5 Grunsfeld Linnehan 8 march 2002, 08:46 8 March 2002, 16:18 [8] [10] 7:32 MISSION HIGHLIGHTS Hubble Space Telescope after servi ...
- ... imino 7 March 2002, 09:00 7 March 2002, 16:18 [8] [9] 7:18 5 Grunsfeld Linnehan 8 March 2002, 08:46 8 march 2002, 16:18 [8] [10] 7:32 MISSION HIGHLIGHTS Hubble Space Telescope after servicing by the crew of ...
#14 Suisei (spacecraft)
Suisei ( すいせい , lit. "Comet") , originally known as Planet-A , was an unmanned space probe developed by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (now part of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency , or JAXA). Japanese deep space probe to Halley's comet This article includes a list of refe
- ... Orbital parameters Reference system Heliocentric Sun orbiter Flyby of Comet Halley Closest approach march 8, 1986 Distance 151,000 km (94,000 mi) Flyby of Earth Closest approach August 20, 1992 Distance ~900, ...
- ... ng up to 6 images/day. The spacecraft encountered Comet Halley at 151,000 km on sunward side during march 8, 1986, suffering only 2 dust impacts. EARTH FLYBY Fifteen burns of Suisei ' s 3 N motors during the ...
#15 CFESat
CFESat , the Cibola Flight Experiment Satellite , examines radio spectra for ionospheric and lightning studies, using field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). As well as science observation, the mission aims to show use of reconfigurable FPGAs to work in the radiation environment of low Earth orbit .
- ... d the bus was built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd . CFESat was launched from Cape Canaveral on 8 march 2007, alongside Orbital Express , MidSTAR-1 and FalconSAT-3 .
#16 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
- ... . Gidzenko Sergei K. Krikalev EVAs 2 EVA duration 15 hours, 17 minutes Start of mission Launch date 8 march 2001, 11:42 ( 2001-03-08UTC11:42Z ) UTC Launch site Kennedy LC-39B End of mission Landing date 21 M ...
#17 Space Tracking and Surveillance System
The Space Tracking and Surveillance System ( STSS ) (formerly SBIRS-Low ) was a pair of satellites developed by the United States Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to research the space-based detection and tracking of ballistic missiles . Data from STSS satellites could allow interceptors to engage incom
- ... -17B Contractor United Launch Alliance Entered service Late January 2010 End of mission Deactivated 8 march 2022 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit [3] Regime Low Earth orbit Altitude 1,350 ...
- ... ts to prevent future collisions with other space objects, the two satellites were decommissioned on 8 march 2022. [24] SEE ALSO Spaceflight portal Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System Defense Support Progr ...
#18 Crew Dragon Demo-1
Crew Dragon Demo-1 (officially Crew Demo-1 , SpaceX Demo-1 , or Demonstration Mission-1 ) [lower-alpha 1] was the first orbital test of the Dragon 2 spacecraft. This first spaceflight was an uncrewed mission that launched on 2 March 2019 [3] [4] at 07:49:03 UTC , and arrived at the International Spa
- ... 19, a little over 24 hours after the launch. The mission ended following a successful splashdown on 8 march 2019 at 13:45:08 UTC. [5] [6] Demonstration flight of the SpaceX Dragon 2 Crew Dragon Demo-1 Dragon ...
- ... ce Center , LC-39A Contractor SpaceX End of mission Recovered by GO Searcher (Shannon) Landing date 8 march 2019, 13:45:08 UTC [1] Landing site Atlantic Ocean Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric o ...
- ... cking with ISS Docking port Harmony forward [2] Docking date 3 March 2019, 10:51 UTC Undocking date 8 march 2019, 07:32 UTC Time docked 4 days, 20 hours, 41 minutes Crew Dragon Demo-1 mission patch Commercia ...
- ... on 3 March 2019 at 10:51 UTC. [18] [19] The Dragon 2 capsule successfully undocked from the ISS on 8 march 2019 at 07:32 UTC, performed entry into the Earth's atmosphere and splashed down in the Atlantic Oc ...
- ... ro-g indicator" was left on board the ISS after undocking, while Ripley returned safely to Earth on 8 march 2019. GALLERY The Dragon 2 capsule at SpaceX's LC-39A Horizontal Integration Facility C204 launches ...
#19 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
- ... nch, and scheduled it for 11 March 2009. [18] The astronauts arrived at the Kennedy Space Center on 8 march 2009 to prepare for launch. The 11 March 2009 launch was scrubbed due to a leak in a liquid hydroge ...
#20 Miranda (satellite)
Miranda , also known as X-4 , is a British satellite in low Earth orbit . The satellite was launched in March 1974 as an engineering test bed of technologies in orbit. [2] Miranda Names X4 COSPAR ID 1974-013A SATCAT no. 07213 [1] Spacecraft properties Manufacturer Hawker Siddeley Dynamics Launch mas
- ... 444 mi) Apogee altitude 916 kilometres (569 mi) Inclination 97.8 degrees Period 101.2 minutes Epoch 8 march 1974, 08:22:00 UTC [3] Miranda was named after a character in the Shakespeare play The Tempest , [4 ...