langs: 24 мая [ru] / may 24 [en] / 24. mai [de] / 24 mai [fr] / 24 maggio [it] / 24 de mayo [es]
days: may 21 / may 22 / may 23 / may 24 / may 25 / may 26 / may 27
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 Vladimir Shatalov
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov ( Russian : Владимир Александрович Шаталов ; December 8, 1927 – June 15, 2021) [2] was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut who flew three space missions of the Soyuz programme : Soyuz 4 , Soyuz 8 , and Soyuz 10 . [1] Soviet cosmonaut (1927–2021) Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sh
- ... Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR" Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms" , ( may 24, 1982) Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands" (~1969) USSR State Prize (1981) Pilot-Cosmonaut o ...
#2 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
- ... o become a naval aviator . He soloed on March 29, 1957, and obtained his private pilot's license on may 24, 1957. [11] He earned a Bachelor of Science degree, with distinction, in aeronautical engineering at ...
#3 John M. Grunsfeld
John Mace Grunsfeld (born October 10, 1958) is an American physicist and a former NASA astronaut . He is a veteran of five Space Shuttle flights and has served as NASA Chief Scientist . His academic background includes research in high energy astrophysics , cosmic ray physics and the emerging field
- ... ntis launched from Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39A May 11, 2009 at 2:01 p.m. EDT, and landed on may 24, 2009 at California's Edwards Air Force Base . [19] [20] During the mission, Grunsfeld performed thr ...
#4 David M. Walker (astronaut)
David Mathieson "Dave" Walker (May 20, 1944 – April 23, 2001), ( Capt , USN ), was an American naval officer and aviator , fighter pilot , test pilot , and a former NASA astronaut . He flew aboard four Space Shuttle missions in the 1980s and 1990s. David M. Walker Born ( 1944-05-20 ) May 20, 1944 Co
- ... ous marriage, Michael and Mathieson, survive him. He was interred at Arlington National Cemetery on may 24, 2001. EDUCATION 1962: Graduated from Eustis High School , Eustis, Florida 1966: Received a Bachelor ...
#5 Anna Lee Fisher
Anna Lee Fisher ( née Sims ; born August 24, 1949) is an American chemist , emergency physician and a former NASA astronaut . Formerly married to fellow astronaut Bill Fisher , and the mother of two children, in 1984 she became the first mother in space. During her career at NASA, she was involved w
- ... [61] and semi-official duties, such as when she was a special guest at the 99th Indianapolis 500 on may 24, 2015. [62] Fisher and Bill appeared together with their daughter Kristin on an August 1983 segment ...
#6 Stephen Thorne (astronaut)
Stephen Douglas Thorne (February 11, 1953 – May 24, 1986), ( Lt Cmdr , USN ), was an American naval officer and aviator , test pilot and a NASA astronaut candidate. American astronaut This article needs additional citations for verification . ( December 2020 ) Stephen D. Thorne Born Stephen Douglas
- Stephen Douglas Thorne (February 11, 1953 – may 24, 1986), ( Lt Cmdr , USN ), was an American naval officer and aviator , test pilot and a NASA astrona ...
- ... ephen Douglas Thorne ( 1953-02-11 ) February 11, 1953 Frankfurt , West Germany Status Deceased Died may 24, 1986 (1986-05-24) (aged 33) Santa Fe, Texas , U.S. Resting place Arlington National Cemetery Nation ...
- ... NASA astronaut training in June 1985, but died in an airplane accident where he was a passenger on may 24, 1986. He was survived by his wife, Sue Lotz of Staunton, Virginia . His interests included baseball ...
- ... lights. Thorne was killed in an aircraft accident of a stunt plane, in which he was a passenger, on may 24, 1986. The stunt plane crashed while performing maneuvers near Santa Fe, Texas , killing Thorne and ...
#7 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
- ... et Hale–Bopp , the brightest comet seen in the sky for many years. [60] Atlantis returned to KSC on may 24 after a flight lasting 9 days, 23 hours and 20 minutes. [57] STS-93 The usual practice at this time ...
#8 Andrey Borisenko
Andrey Ivanovich Borisenko ( Russian : Андрей Иванович Борисенко ; born 17 April 1964) is a Russian cosmonaut . [1] He was selected as a cosmonaut in May 2003, and is a veteran of two long duration missions to the International Space Station . Russian cosmonaut Andrey Borisenko Born ( 1964-04-17 ) 1
- ... ding with the departure of Soyuz TMA-20 , carrying Kondratyev, Coleman and Nespoli back to Earth on 24 may 2011. [7] The Expedition 28 crew would soon be joined by the crew of Soyuz TMA-02M , carrying Russi ...
#9 Jerry M. Linenger
Jerry Michael Linenger (born January 16, 1955) is a retired Captain in the United States Navy Medical Corps , and a former NASA astronaut who flew on the Space Shuttle and Space Station Mir . American astronaut This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification . ( Februar
- ... ndocking of the Shuttle, and eventually returned upon a different mission of Atlantis ( STS-84 ) on may 24, 1997—spending a total of 132 days, 4 hours, 1 minute in space—the longest duration flight of an Ame ...
#10 Paolo Nespoli
Major Paolo Angelo Nespoli (born 6 April 1957) is an Italian astronaut and engineer of the European Space Agency (ESA). In 2007, he first traveled into space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery as a mission specialist of STS-120 . In December 2010 he again traveled into space aboard the Soyuz TMA-20
- ... dratyev and NASA's astronaut Catherine Coleman . The three members of the crew returned to Earth on 24 may 2011. This mission, dubbed ‘MagISStra’, is Paolo Nespoli's second flight in space. From 15 December ...
- ... is mission, dubbed ‘MagISStra’, is Paolo Nespoli's second flight in space. From 15 December 2010 to 24 may 2011, Paolo Nespoli's duties [8] aboard the ISS included participating in the docking operations to ...
#11 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
- ... [46] After the most trouble-free countdown of Project Mercury to date, Carpenter flew into space on may 24, 1962, watched by 40 million television viewers. [47] He performed five onboard experiments per the ...
- ... Carpenter's flight The Man Malfunctioned . [51] Carpenter is helped into his Aurora 7 spacecraft on may 24, 1962. Unnoticed by ground control or pilot, however, the overexpenditure of fuel was caused by an i ...
#12 Anton Shkaplerov
Anton Nikolaevich Shkaplerov ( Russian : Антон Николаевич Шкаплеров ; born 20 February 1972) is a Russian cosmonaut . He is a veteran of four spaceflights. [1] Russian cosmonaut Anton Nikolaevich Shkaplerov Anton Shkaplerov in August 2017 as taken by Bill Ingalls Born ( 1972-02-20 ) 20 February 1972
- ... er actress Alyona Mordovina, director Alexei Dudin [14] and commander Oleg Artemyev. [15] Beginning may 24 the crew members trained at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center . [16] On July 23, the prime ...
#13 Pyotr Dubrov
Pyotr Valerievich Dubrov ( Russian : Пётр Валерьевич Дубров ; born 30 January 1978) is a Russian engineer and cosmonaut selected by Roscosmos in 2012. Russian engineer and cosmonaut This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification . ( March 2010 ) Pyotr Dubrov Born ( 197
- ... er actress Alyona Mordovina, director Alexei Dudin [10] and the commander Oleg Artemyev. [11] Since may 24 the crew members have been training at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center . [12] On July 23, ...
#14 Ronald Parise
Ronald Anthony Parise (May 24, 1951 – May 9, 2008) was an Italian American scientist who flew aboard two NASA Space Shuttle missions as a payload specialist . Ronald Anthony Parise Born ( 1951-05-24 ) May 24, 1951 Warren, Ohio Died May 9, 2008 (2008-05-09) (aged 56) Silver Spring, Maryland Nationa
- Ronald Anthony Parise ( may 24, 1951 – May 9, 2008) was an Italian American scientist who flew aboard two NASA Space Shuttle missio ...
- ... two NASA Space Shuttle missions as a payload specialist . Ronald Anthony Parise Born ( 1951-05-24 ) may 24, 1951 Warren, Ohio Died May 9, 2008 (2008-05-09) (aged 56) Silver Spring, Maryland Nationality Ameri ...
#15 Victor Vescovo
Victor Lance Vescovo (born 1966) is an American private equity investor, retired naval officer, space tourist and undersea explorer. He is a co-founder and managing partner of private equity company Insight Equity Holdings. [1] Vescovo achieved the Explorers Grand Slam by reaching the North and Sout
- ... e Explorers Grand Slam (Last Degree), Vescovo climbed Mount Everest ( 8,848 metres (29,029 ft) ) on 24 may 2010, Earth's highest point. Almost nine years later he dove to the bottom of the Challenger Deep i ...
#16 Oleg Novitsky
Oleg Viktorovich Novitskiy ( Russian : Олег Викторович Новицкий ; born October 12, 1971 in Chervyen , Belarus ) is a former Lieutenant Colonel in the Russian Air Force who logged over 700 hours of flight time and was awarded for bravery. He is currently serving as a Russian cosmonaut with Roscosmos
- ... t project of Roscosmos , Russia's Channel One and the Yellow, Black and White studio. [4] [5] Since may 24 the crew members have been training at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center . [6] Alternates t ...
#17 The Challenge (2022 film)
The Challenge , or Doctor's House Call [note 2] ( Russian : Вызов , romanized : Vyzov ) is an upcoming Russian space drama film co-written and directed by Klim Shipenko partially filmed on the International Space Station . It stars Yulia Peresild , Miloš Biković , and Vladimir Mashkov in the title
- ... ng since 2012. [6] The crew members began training at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center on 24 may 2021. [12] On 23 July, the prime crew participated in a four-hour simulation inside a Soyuz replica ...
#18 Sally Ride
Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012) was an American astronaut and physicist . Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983 became the first American woman and the third woman to fly in space , after cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova in 1963 and Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982.
- ... terviews, all of which were declined. Instead, NASA hosted the usual pre-launch press conference on may 24, 1983. [2] : 131, 147 Ride was asked questions such as, "Will the flight affect your reproduct ...
#19 Patricia Robertson
Patricia Consolatrix Hilliard Robertson (March 12, 1963 – May 24, 2001) was an American physician and a NASA astronaut. She died in a plane crash the year before she would have flown to the International Space Station . American astronaut This article is about the astronaut. For the Marvel Comics ch
- Patricia Consolatrix Hilliard Robertson (March 12, 1963 – may 24, 2001) was an American physician and a NASA astronaut. She died in a plane crash the year before she ...
- ... bertson (comics) . Patricia Robertson Born ( 1963-03-12 ) March 12, 1963 Indiana, Pennsylvania Died may 24, 2001 (2001-05-24) (aged 38) Houston, Texas Nationality American Occupation Physician Space career N ...
- ... Robertson. Caldwell holds a photo of fellow astronauts Clay Anderson and Sunita Williams . She died may 24, 2001 in Houston from burn injuries sustained in the crash of a private plane at Wolfe Air Park , Ma ...
#20 Yury Onufriyenko
Col. Yuri Ivanovich Onufrienko ( Russian : Юрий Иванович Онуфриенко , Ukrainian : Юрій Іванович Онуфрієнко ; born 6 February 1961) is a retired Russian cosmonaut . He is a veteran of two extended spaceflights, aboard the space station Mir in 1996 and aboard the International Space Station in 2001–20
- ... cause Pepsi later changed the design of the can. Onufrienko performed his third career spacewalk on 24 may 1996. He and cosmonaut Usachov started the spacewalk at 22:50 UTC. They installed the MCSA on the K ...
Museum / Museum
#1 National Air and Space Museum
The National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution , also called the Air and Space Museum , is a museum in Washington, D.C. , US. It was established in 1946 as the National Air Museum and opened its main building on the National Mall near L'Enfant Plaza in 1976. In 2018, the museum saw
- ... restaurant known as Flight Lane, but the restaurant closed in 2001 and reopened as a food court on may 24, 2002, with McDonald's (later added with a McCafé ), Boston Market , and Donato's Pizza serving as t ...
#2 Museum of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Madrid)
Museum of Aeronautics and Astronautics ( Spanish : Museo de Aeronáutica y Astronáutica ), also known as Air Museum ( Museo del Aire ), is an aviation museum located near of Madrid , is situated at Cuatro Vientos Air Base , Spain . The objective of the museum is to acquire, conserve and display the a
- ... eld, although surrounded by construction, is still in use. The museum was officially inaugurated on 24 may 1981, by Lieutenant-General Emiliano Alfaro Jose Arregui. In 1993, two new hangars were added, and ...
#3 East Midlands Airport
East Midlands Airport ( IATA : EMA , ICAO : EGNX ) is an international airport in the East Midlands of England , close to Castle Donington in northwestern Leicestershire , between Loughborough ( 10 miles (16 km) ), Derby ( 12.5 miles (20 km) ) and Nottingham ( 14 miles (23 km) ); Leicester is
- ... 35] Alicante , Lanzarote , Málaga , Sharm El Sheikh , [35] Tenerife–South Seasonal: Antalya (begins 24 may 2023), [35] Chambéry , Corfu , Dalaman , Dubrovnik , Enfidha , Faro , Heraklion , Hurghada (begins ...
#4 Floyd Bennett Field
Floyd Bennett Field is an airfield in the Marine Park neighborhood of southeast Brooklyn in New York City , along the shore of Jamaica Bay . The airport originally hosted commercial and general aviation traffic before being used as a naval air station . Bennett Field is currently part of the Gateway
- ... record time of 19:55:01 hours, cutting the previous record of Wiley Post by 5:50 hours. [289] [257] may 24, 1939 – Mexico City to Bennett Field flight. Francisco Sarabia flew a Gee Bee Racer from Mexico City ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 Kosmos 119
Kosmos 119 ( Russian : Космос 119 meaning Cosmos 119 ), also known as DS-U2-I No.1 , was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1966 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 250 kilograms (550 lb) spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau , and was used to study
- ... s Spacecraft type DS-U2-I Manufacturer Yuzhnoye Launch mass 250 kg [1] Start of mission Launch date 24 may 1966, 05:30:59 GMT Rocket Kosmos-2I 63SM Launch site Kapustin Yar , Site 86/1 Contractor Yuzhnoye E ...
- ... w Earth Perigee altitude 208 km Apogee altitude 1292 km Inclination 48.5° Period 99.8 minutes Epoch 24 may 1966 A Kosmos-2I 63SM carrier rocket was used to launch Kosmos 119 into low Earth orbit . The launc ...
- ... . The launch took place from Site 86/1 at Kapustin Yar . [4] The launch occurred at 05:30:59 GMT on 24 may 1966, and resulted in the successful insertion of the satellite into orbit. [5] Upon reaching orbit ...
#2 Boeing Orbital Flight Test 2
The Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (also known as Boe OFT-2 ) was a repeat of Boeing's unsuccessful first Orbital Flight Test (OFT-1) of its Starliner spacecraft . The uncrewed mission was part of NASA 's Commercial Crew Program . [1] OFT-2, using Starliner Spacecraft 2 , launched 19 May 2022 and last
- ... its NDS docking interface. [27] On 21 May at 16:04 UTC, the hatch was opened for the first time. On 24 may at 19:00 UTC the hatch was closed in preparation for departure. On 25 May at 18:36 UTC, Starliner u ...
#3 Kosmos 18
Kosmos 18 ( Russian : Космос 18 meaning Cosmos 18 ) or Zenit-2 No.11 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1963. A Zenit-2 satellite, Kosmos 18 was the eleventh of eighty-one such spacecraft to be launched. [3] [4] Kosmos 18 Mission type Optical imaging reconnaissance
- ... ies Spacecraft type Zenit-2 Manufacturer OKB-1 Launch mass 4730 kg [1] Start of mission Launch date 24 may 1963, 10:48:00 GMT [2] Rocket Vostok-2 s/n E15000-12 Launch site Baikonur , Site 1/5 Contractor OKB ...
- ... ow Earth Perigee altitude 196 km Apogee altitude 288 km Inclination 65.0° Period 89.4 minutes Epoch 24 may 1963 SPACECRAFT Kosmos 18 was a Zenit-2 satellite, a first generation, low resolution, reconnaissan ...
- ... serial number E15000-12, [5] was used to launch Kosmos 18. The launch took place at 10:48:00 GMT on 24 may 1963, using Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome . [1] Following its successful arrival in orbit the ...
- ... nd the Satellite Catalog Number 00586. [1] MISSION Kosmos 18 was operated in a low Earth orbit . On 24 may 1963, it had a perigee of 196 kilometres (122 mi) , an apogee of 288 kilometres (179 mi) , with an ...
#4 Magellan (spacecraft)
The Magellan spacecraft was a 1,035-kilogram (2,282 lb) robotic space probe launched by NASA of the United States, on May 4, 1989, to map the surface of Venus by using synthetic-aperture radar and to measure the planetary gravitational field . NASA mission to map the surface of Venus via robotic p
- ... [9] [19] MAPPING CYCLE 5 Goal: Aerobraking to circular orbit and global gravity measurements. [20] may 24, 1993 – August 29, 1994 At the end of the fourth cycle in May 1993, the orbit of Magellan was circul ...
- ... of the cycle on August 29, 1994. [2] [3] [9] [19] AEROBRAKING Goal: To enter a circular orbit [20] may 24, 1993 – August 2, 1993 Aerobraking had long been sought as a method for slowing the orbit of interpl ...
#5 Mercury-Scout 1
Mercury-Scout 1 , or MS-1 , was a United States spacecraft intended to test tracking stations for Project Mercury flights. [1] [2] It grew out of a May 5, 1961 NASA proposal to use Scout rockets to launch small satellites to evaluate the worldwide Mercury Tracking Network in preparation for manned o
- ... Florida through land lines, undersea cables and in some cases HF radio. The concept was approved on may 24. On June 13 the NASA Space Task Group issued requirements for a modified Scout rocket and small comm ...
#6 Delfi-n3Xt
Delfi-n3Xt is a Dutch nanosatellite which is operated by Delft University of Technology . [3] It was launched on 21 November 2013. [4] It is a three-unit CubeSat which will be used to demonstrate propulsion and communications systems for future missions. [5] Dutch nanosatellite Delfi-n3Xt Mission ty
- ... 72 mi) Apogee altitude 780 kilometres (480 mi) Inclination 97.76 degrees Period 98.41 minutes Epoch 24 may 2014, 14:04:39 UTC [2] Delfi-n3Xt was launched successfully by a Dnepr carrier rocket flying from S ...
#7 ALOS-2
Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2 ( ALOS-2 ), also called Daichi-2 , is a 2,120 kg (4,670 lb) Japanese satellite launched in 2014. Although the predecessor ALOS satellite had featured 2 optical cameras in addition to 1.2 GHz (L-band) radar, ALOS-2 had optical cameras removed to simplify cons
- ... nced Land Observing Satellite Bus ALOS Launch mass 2,120 kg (4,670 lb) Start of mission Launch date 24 may 2014, 03:05:14 UTC [1] Rocket H-IIA 202 Launch site Tanegashima , Yoshinobu 1 Contractor Mitsubishi ...
- ... Land Observation Satellite ← ALOS ALOS-3 → LAUNCH ALOS-2 was launched from Tanegashima , Japan, on 24 may 2014 by a H-IIA rocket . [3] MISSION The satellite contains a 1.2 GHz synthetic-aperture radar (SAR ...
#8 Soyuz MS-19
Soyuz MS-19 was a Soyuz spaceflight which launched on 5 October 2021, at 08:55:02 UTC . [2] It was the 147th flight of a crewed Soyuz spacecraft. The launching crew consisted of Russian commander Anton Shkaplerov , Russian film director Klim Shipenko and Russian actress Yulia Peresild . [3] Shipenko
- ... er actress Alena Mordovina, director Alexei Dudin [14] and the commander Oleg Artemyev . [15] Since 24 may 2021, the crew members had been training at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center . [16] On 23 ...
#9 Apollo 10
Apollo 10 (May 18–26, 1969) was a human spaceflight , the fourth crewed mission in the United States Apollo program , and the second (after Apollo 8 ) to orbit the Moon. NASA described it as a "dress rehearsal" for the first Moon landing , [2] and designated it an "F" mission , intended to test
- ... component Command and service module Orbital insertion May 21, 1969, 20:44:54 UTC Orbital departure may 24, 1969, 10:25:38 UTC Orbits 31 Lunar orbiter Spacecraft component Lunar module Orbits 4 (while solo) ...
#10 STS-84
STS-84 was a crewed spaceflight mission by Space Shuttle Atlantis to the Mir space station . 1997 American crewed spaceflight to Mir This article includes a list of references , related reading or external links , but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations . ( May 2008 ) STS-84
- ... , 09:07:48.62 ( 1997-05-15UTC09:07:48Z ) UTC Launch site Kennedy LC-39A End of mission Landing date 24 may 1997, 13:27:44 ( 1997-05-24UTC13:27:45Z ) UTC Landing site Kennedy SLF Runway 33 Orbital parameters ...
#11 Explorer S-45A (satellite)
Explorer S-45A was a NASA satellite, which was lost in a launch failure in 1961. The satellite was intended to operate in a highly elliptical orbit , from which it was to have provided data on the shape of the ionosphere , [1] and on the Earth's magnetic field . [2] It was part of the Explorer progr
- ... ght Center Launch mass 33.6 kg (74 lb) Power Solar cells and batteries Start of mission Launch date 24 may 1961, 19:48:05 GMT Rocket Juno II (AM-19G) Launch site Cape Canaveral , LC-26B Contractor Army Ball ...
- ... he launch took place from LC-26B at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) at 19:48:05 GMT on 24 may 1961. [3] The system which was intended to ignite the second stage malfunctioned, and as a result t ...
#12 Zond 1
Zond 1 was a spacecraft of the Soviet Zond program . It was the second Soviet research spacecraft to reach Venus , although communications had failed by that time. It carried a 90 cm spherical landing capsule, containing experiments for chemical analysis of the atmosphere , gamma-ray measurements
- ... -04-02T02 : 42 : 40Z ) Rocket Molniya 8K78M Launch site Baikonur LC-1/5 End of mission Last contact may 24, 1964 ( 1964-05-24 ) Orbital parameters Reference system Heliocentric Perihelion altitude 0.652 AU A ...
#13 Salyut 4
Salyut 4 (DOS 4) ( Russian : Салют-4 ; English translation: Salute 4 ) was a Salyut space station launched on December 26, 1974 into an orbit with an apogee of 355 km, a perigee of 343 km and an orbital inclination of 51.6 degrees. It was essentially a copy of the DOS 3 (or Kosmos 557) , and unl
- ... arev Georgi Grechko Soyuz 18a – April 5, 1975 – Launch abort Vasily Lazarev Oleg Makarov Soyuz 18 – may 24 – July 26, 1975 Pyotr Klimuk Vitaly Sevastyanov Soyuz 20 – November 17, 1975 – February 16, 1976 no ...
- ... n and 29 days stay time there; astronomical experiments. Soyuz 18 Pyotr Klimuk , Vitaly Sevastyanov may 24, 1975 14:58:10 UTC Soyuz 18 July 26, 1975 14:18:18 UTC Soyuz 18 62.97 Launch from Baikonur; landing ...
#14 Progress MS-17
Progress MS-17 ( Russian : Прогресс МC-17 ), Russian production No. 446, identified by NASA as Progress 78P , was a Progress spaceflight operated by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS). This was the 169th flight of a Progress spacecraft. 2021 Russian resupply spaceflight to t
- ... er actress Alyona Mordovina, director Alexei Dudin [12] and the commander Oleg Artemyev. [13] Since 24 may 2021, the crew members have been training at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center . [14] On 2 ...
#15 Progress M-18
Progress M-18 ( Russian : Прогресс М-18 ) was a Russian cargo uncrewed spacecraft which was launched in 1993 to resupply the Mir space station. [2] The thirty-sixth of sixty four Progress spacecraft to visit Mir, it used the Progress-M 11F615A55 configuration, [3] and had the serial number 218. [4]
- ... etres (240 mi) [1] Inclination 51.6 degrees Docking with Mir Docking port Core Forward Docking date 24 may 1993, 08:24:44 UTC Undocking date 3 July 1993, 15:58:16 UTC Time docked 40 days Progress M-18 was l ...
- ... ng two days of free flight, it docked with the Forward port of Mir's core module at 08:24:44 GMT on 24 may . [5] [6] During the 40 days for which Progress M-18 was docked, Mir was in an orbit of around 388 b ...
#16 Telstar
Telstar is the name of various communications satellites . The first two Telstar satellites were experimental and nearly identical. Telstar 1 launched on top of a Thor-Delta rocket on July 10, 1962. It successfully relayed through space the first television pictures, telephone calls, and telegraph i
- ... er 24, 1995 Ariane 42L Kourou ELA-2 89° W AS-7000 3,410 kg (7,520 lb) Telstar 5 Space Systems/Loral may 24, 1997 Proton-K / Block-DM4 Baikonur 81/23 97° W SSL 1300 3,600 kg (7,900 lb) Telstar 6 Space Systems ...
#17 Raijin-2
Raijin-2 ( Rising-2 ) is a Japanese micro- satellite launched in 2014. The satellite is built around a 10 cm diameter, 1m focal length Cassegrain telescope and features the following instruments: HPT - main telescope with 5m resolution at nadir, operating in visible and near-infrared bands BOL - b
- ... days (ongoing) Spacecraft properties Launch mass 42 kg (93 lb) Start of mission Launch date 03:05, may 24, 2014 (UTC) ( 2014-05-24T03 : 05Z ) Rocket H-IIA 202 Launch site Tanegashima Space Center Orbital pa ...
- ... alified for 0.1 degrees angular accuracy. LAUNCH RISING-2 was launched from Tanegashima , Japan, on 24 may 2014 by a H-IIA rocket . MISSION The satellite is intended for atmosphere research, especially for ...
#18 Soyuz TMA-20
Soyuz TMA-20 was a human spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS) and was part of the Soyuz programme . It lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on December 15, 2010, and docked with the ISS two days later. The three-person crew of Soyuz TMA-20 – Dmitri Kondratyev , Cathe
- ... 0-12-15UTC19:09Z ) UTC [1] [2] Rocket Soyuz-FG Launch site Baikonur 1/5 End of mission Landing date may 24, 2011, 02:27 ( 2011-05-24UTC02:28Z ) UTC [3] [4] Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regi ...
- ... Coleman, Kondratyev and Nespoli Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) ← Soyuz TMA-01M Soyuz TMA-21 → On may 24, 2011, after spending 159 days in space, the Soyuz TMA-20 descent module landed safely in Zhezkazgan ...
- ... . [13] Flying over the southern Atlantic Ocean, the Soyuz executed its deorbit burn at 01:36 UTC on may 24. The deorbit burn was a four-minute, 16-second firing. The descent, habitation and propulsion module ...
- ... e landing footage and commentary. The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft landed safely upright at 02:27 UTC on may 24, 2011, [17] after a mission lasting 159 days, seven hours and 17 minutes. Russian recovery forces mo ...
#19 Ariel 1
Ariel 1 (also known as UK-1 and S-55 ), was the first British satellite , and the first satellite in the Ariel programme . Its launch in 1962 made the United Kingdom the third country to operate a satellite, after the Soviet Union and the United States. It was constructed in the UK and the United St
- ... -26UTC18Z ) UTC Rocket Thor DM-19 Delta Launch site Cape Canaveral LC-17A End of mission Decay date 24 may 1976 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Low Earth Eccentricity 0.0561326957 Peri ...
- ... satellite after one year, effectively extending the satellite's life. [10] It decayed from orbit on 24 may 1976. [14] RESULTS The experiments provided X-ray energy data from over 20 solar flares. [15] Space ...
#20 Apollo 4
Apollo 4 (November 9, 1967), also known as SA-501 , was the uncrewed first test flight of the Saturn V launch vehicle, the rocket that eventually took astronauts to the Moon . The space vehicle was assembled in the Vehicle Assembly Building , and was the first to be launched from Kennedy Space Cente
- ... was undergoing repairs, the spacer was removed from the vehicle stack, and the S-II positioned. On may 24 it was announced that the S-II would be removed for inspection following the discovery of hairline c ...