langs: 25 мая [ru] / may 25 [en] / 25. mai [de] / 25 mai [fr] / 25 maggio [it] / 25 de mayo [es]
days: may 22 / may 23 / may 24 / may 25 / may 26 / may 27 / may 28
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 John D. Olivas
John Daniel "Danny" Olivas (born May 25, 1966 in North Hollywood, California ) is an American engineer and a former NASA astronaut . Olivas has flown on two space shuttle missions, STS-117 and STS-128 . He performed EVAs on both missions, totaling 34hrs 28min. American engineer and a former NASA ast
- John Daniel "Danny" Olivas (born may 25, 1966 in North Hollywood, California ) is an American engineer and a former NASA astronaut . Olivas ...
- ... otaling 34hrs 28min. American engineer and a former NASA astronaut Danny Olivas Born ( 1966-05-25 ) may 25, 1966 (age 56) [1] North Hollywood, California Status Retired Nationality American Occupation Engine ...
#2 Paul J. Weitz
Paul Joseph Weitz (July 25, 1932 – October 22, 2017) was an American naval officer and aviator , aeronautical engineer , test pilot , and NASA astronaut , who flew into space twice. He was a member of the three-man crew who flew on Skylab 2 , the first crewed Skylab mission. He was also Commander
- ... SA for Astronaut Group 5 . [5] He served as Pilot on the crew of Skylab 2 (SL-2), which launched on may 25 and splashed down on June 22, 1973. SL-2 was the first crewed Skylab mission. The mission lasted for ...
#3 Pavel Belyayev
Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev ( Russian : Павел Иванович Беляев ; 26 June 1925 – 10 January 1970) was a Soviet fighter pilot with extensive experience in piloting different types of aircraft. He was the first commander of the cosmonaut corps and the cosmonaut who commanded the historic Voskhod 2 mission
- ... ry over Japan" (30 September 1945) Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" ( 25 may 1965) Medal "For Development of the Virgin Lands" (19 March 1965) Hero of Socialist Labour (Bulgari ...
#4 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
- ... onaut Alexei Leonov became the first man to perform an EVA, on the Voskhod 2 mission, but not until may 25 was EVA approved for Gemini 4 by NASA administrator James E. Webb . [16] Patricia McDivitt (right) v ...
#5 Sergey Moshchenko
Sergei Ivanovich Moshchenko (Russian Cyrillic : Сергей Иванович Мощенко; born January 12, 1954 in Naro-Fominsky District , Moscow Oblast , RSFSR ) is a retired cosmonaut . Moshchenko retired before being assigned to a spaceflight to the International Space Station . Sergei Ivanovich Moshchenko Serge
- ... subsequent resident crew on the International Space Station and retired from the cosmonaut corps on may 25, 2009.
#6 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
- ... trations on the space station has been on water as thin film and the Marangoni convection . [10] On may 25, 2012, Pettit and Kuipers operated the Canadarm2 to grapple the SpaceX Dragon and berth it to the Ha ...
#7 Dmitri Kondratyev
Dmitri Yuryevich Kondratyev ( Russian : Дмитрий Юрьевич Кондратьев , born on 25 May 1969 in Irkutsk, Russia) is a retired Russian cosmonaut. He served as a crew member on the International Space Station long duration mission Expedition 27 as Commander, having also served as a Flight Engineer on Expe
- Dmitri Yuryevich Kondratyev ( Russian : Дмитрий Юрьевич Кондратьев , born on 25 may 1969 in Irkutsk, Russia) is a retired Russian cosmonaut. He served as a crew member on the Internat ...
- ... 2010. Russian cosmonaut Dmitri Yuryevich Kondratyev Дмитрий Юрьевич Кондратьев Born ( 1969-05-25 ) 25 may 1969 (age 53) Irkutsk , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union Status Retired Nationality Russian Occupation C ...
#8 Georgy Grechko
Georgy Mikhaylovich Grechko ( Russian : Георгий Михайлович Гречко ; 25 May 1931 – 8 April 2017) was a Soviet cosmonaut . He flew to space on three missions, each bound for rendezvous with a different Salyut space station. [1] Soyuz 17 was the first crewed vehicle to visit Salyut 4 , Soyuz 26 was the
- ... , engineer, physicist and cosmonaut Georgy Mikhaylovich Grechko Grechko in 2011 Born ( 1931-05-25 ) may 25, 1931 Leningrad , Soviet Union [1] Died April 8, 2017 (2017-04-08) (aged 85) Moscow , Russia [1] Nat ...
- Georgy Mikhaylovich Grechko ( Russian : Георгий Михайлович Гречко ; 25 may 1931 – 8 April 2017) was a Soviet cosmonaut . He flew to space on three missions, each bound for re ...
#9 Ed White (astronaut)
Edward Higgins White II (November 14, 1930 – January 27, 1967) was an American aeronautical engineer , United States Air Force officer , test pilot , and NASA astronaut . He was a member of the crews of Gemini 4 and Apollo 1 . American astronaut (1930-1967) "Edward Higgins White" redirects here. For
- ... onaut Alexei Leonov became the first man to perform an EVA, on the Voskhod 2 mission, but not until may 25 was EVA approved for Gemini 4 by NASA administrator James E. Webb . [32] White was a devout Methodis ...
#10 Joseph P. Kerwin
Joseph Peter Kerwin (born February 19, 1932) is an American physician and former NASA astronaut , who served as Science Pilot for the Skylab 2 mission from May 25 – June 22, 1973. He was the first physician to be selected for astronaut training. Joe Kerwin was the one who uttered the words during Ap
- ... can physician and former NASA astronaut , who served as Science Pilot for the Skylab 2 mission from may 25 – June 22, 1973. He was the first physician to be selected for astronaut training. Joe Kerwin was th ...
- ... ollo 13 (in 1970). [7] He served as Science Pilot for the Skylab 2 (SL-2) mission which launched on may 25 and splashed down on June 22, 1973. With him for the initial activation and 28-day flight qualificat ...
#11 John Shoffner
John Shoffner (born 25 July 1955 in Fairbanks, Alaska ) is an American racing driver , investor , and pilot . In May 2021, he was selected by Axiom Space to pilot the SpaceX Dragon 2 on Axiom Mission 2 . [1] [2] American racing driver, investor, and pilot A major contributor to this article appears
- ... as pilot of the SpaceX Dragon 2 on Axiom Mission 2 with Peggy Whitson as commander, as announced on 25 may 2021. [1] [11] [2] The mission will occur in fall 2022. He was also the back-up pilot of Axiom Miss ...
#12 Sarah Brightman
Sarah Brightman (born 14 August 1960) [1] is an English classical crossover soprano singer, actress and dancer. British soprano (born 1960) Sarah Brightman Brightman at the World Athletics Championships in Osaka in 2007 Born ( 1960-08-14 ) 14 August 1960 (age 62) Berkhamsted , Hertfordshire , Engl
- ... ightman performed " Pie Jesu " and " There You'll Be " at the United States Memorial Day concert on 25 may 2008 held on the west lawn of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. The show was broadcast ...
Museum / Museum
#1 Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is the visitor center at NASA 's Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida . It features exhibits and displays, historic spacecraft and memorabilia, shows, two IMAX theaters, and a range of bus tours of the spaceport. The "Space Shuttle Atlantis " exhib
- ... tle Launch Experience, [17] designed by Bob Rogers and the design team BRC Imagination Arts, opened may 25, 2007. The attraction puts guests through a simulated Shuttle launch. Delaware North Companies inves ...
#2 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
- ... Guard station as seen c. 1944 ACQUISITION Changes to the Navy's expansion plan were announced on may 25, 1941. As part of the plan, all private airlines were ordered to leave, and all remaining residents ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 Granat
The International Astrophysical Observatory "GRANAT" (usually known as Granat ; Russian : Гранат , lit. pomegranate ), was a Soviet (later Russian) space observatory developed in collaboration with France, Denmark and Bulgaria . It was launched on 1 December 1989 aboard a Proton rocket and placed in
- ... -K Blok D-1 [3] Launch site Baikonur Cosmodrome 200/40 End of mission Disposal deorbited Decay date may 25, 1999 ( 1999-05-25 ) [2] Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric [1] Regime Highly elliptical ...
- ... ns. [8] After over nine years in orbit, the observatory finally reentered the Earth's atmosphere on may 25, 1999. [2] Granat observatory orbit change (1994 predictions) [4] Date Perigee (km) Apogee (km) Arg. ...
#2 DSN-2
DSN-2 , also known as Kirameki-2 , is a geostationary communications satellite to be operated by DSN Corporation , a subsidiary of SKY Perfect JSAT Group . Its payload is a pure X-band and will be used for military communications by the Japanese military . It was launched and successfully deployed o
- ... dedicated spacecraft to be built by Mitsubishi Electric . [1] In July 2016, it was published that a 25 may 2016 mishap during air transport of DSN-1 had delayed the satellite launch by an estimated two year ...
#3 Discoverer 9
Discoverer 9 , also known as Corona 9006 , [1] : 236 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite launched on 4 Feb 1960 at 18:51:45 GMT, the sixth of ten operational flights of the Corona KH-1 spy satellite series, and the first of them to be equipped with a new, vacuum-proof, polyester-bas
- ... e program ultimately comprised 145 flights in eight satellite series, the last mission launching on 25 may 1972. [1] : 245 CORONA was declassified in 1995, [1] : 14 and a formal acknowledgement of t ...
#4 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
- ... 2. It stayed at the ISS for 4 days before undocking and landing in the White Sands Missile Range on 25 may 2022. [2] Uncrewed flight test of the Boeing Starliner spacecraft Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 Star ...
- ... ) Launch site Cape Canaveral , SLC-41 Contractor United Launch Alliance End of mission Landing date 25 may 2022, 22:49 UTC Landing site White Sands Missile Range Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentr ...
- ... 6° Docking with ISS Docking port Harmony forward Docking date 21 May 2022, 00:28 UTC Undocking date 25 may 2022, 18:36 UTC Time docked 4 days, 18 hours and 8 minutes Commercial Crew Development ← Crew Drago ...
- ... ed 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 undocked from the ISS and successfully landed in White Sands, New Mexico at ...
#5 Progress 13
Progress 13 ( Russian : Прогресс 13 ) was a Soviet unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in May 1982 to resupply the Salyut 7 space station. Soviet unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft Progress 13 A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft Mission type Salyut 7 resupply COSPAR ID 1982-047A SATCAT no
- ... [3] Period 89 minutes [3] Epoch 23 May 1982 Docking with Salyut 7 Docking port Aft [3] Docking date 25 may 1982, 07:56:36 UTC Undocking date 4 June 1982, 06:31 UTC Progress (spacecraft) ← Progress 12 Progre ...
- ... SSR . It used a Soyuz-U rocket. [2] [7] DOCKING Progress 13 docked with the aft port of Salyut 7 on 25 may 1982 at 07:56:36 UTC, and was undocked on 4 June 1982 at 06:31 UTC. [3] [8] DECAY It remained in or ...
#6 AS-104
AS-104 was the fourth orbital test of a boilerplate Apollo spacecraft , and the second flight of the Pegasus micrometeroid detection satellite . It was launched by SA-8, the ninth Saturn I carrier rocket. Fourth orbital test of a boilerplate Apollo spacecraft, May 27, 1965 AS-104 Launch of Saturn AS
- ... ecraft Apollo BP-26 Pegasus 2 Launch mass 1,451.5 kilograms (3,200 lb) Start of mission Launch date may 25, 1965, 07:35:01 ( 1965-05-25UTC07:35:01Z ) UTC Rocket Saturn I SA-8 Launch site Cape Kennedy LC-37B ...
- ... dow. AS-104 was launched from Cape Kennedy Launch Complex 37B at 2:35:01 a.m. EST (07:35:01 GMT) on may 25. 1965, The launch was normal and the payload was inserted into orbit approximately 10.6 minutes afte ...
#7 Discoverer 14
Discoverer 14 , also known as Corona 9009 , [1] : 236 was a spy satellite used in the Corona program managed by Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the Department of Defense and the United States Air Force . On 19 August 1960, usable photographic film images of the Soviet Union taken by
- ... na program went on to comprise 145 flights in eight satellite series, the last mission launching on 25 may 1972. [1] : 245 CORONA was declassified in 1995, [1] : 14 and a formal acknowledgement of t ...
#8 Discoverer 13
Discoverer 13 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite launched on 10 Aug 1960 at 20:37:54 GMT. The last of five test flights of the Corona KH-1 spy satellite series, it was the first fully successful flight in the Discoverer series. On 11 Aug, after 17 orbits, the satellite's reentry capsul
- ... NA program went on to comprise 145 flights in eight satellite series, the last mission launching on 25 may 1972. [4] : 245 CORONA was declassified in 1995, [4] : 14 and a formal acknowledgement of t ...
#9 Superbird-B3
Superbird-B3 , known as Superbird-8 before launch, and DSN-1 ( Kirameki-1 ) for its military payload, is a geostationary communications satellite operated by SKY Perfect JSAT Group and designed and manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric on the DS2000 satellite bus . Superbird-B3 Names Superbird-8 DSN-1
- ... deformation after Superbird-8 arrived to its launch site. [7] In July 2016, it was published that a 25 may 2016 mishap during air transport had delayed the satellite launch by an estimated two years. A disl ...
#10 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 ,
- ... Skylab in the Apollo command and service modules . The first crewed mission, Skylab 2, launched on may 25, 1973, atop a Saturn IB and involved extensive repairs to the station. The crew deployed a parasol-l ...
- ... rescue mission on standby that had a crew of two, but could take five back down. Skylab 2: launched may 25, 1973 [54] Skylab 3: launched July 28, 1973 Skylab 4: launched November 16, 1973 Skylab 5: cancelled ...
#11 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
- ... ATV, HTV, Progress and Soyuz) docked at the ISS, the only time this has happened to date. [290] On 25 may 2012, SpaceX delivered the first commercial cargo with a Dragon spacecraft. [291] LAUNCH AND DOCKIN ...
#12 Discoverer 6
Discoverer 6 , also known as Corona 9003 , [1] : 236 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite launched on 19 August 1959 at 19:24:44 GMT, the third of ten operational flights of the Corona KH-1 spy satellite series. Though the spacecraft was orbited successfully, the onboard camera cease
- ... e program ultimately comprised 145 flights in eight satellite series, the last mission launching on 25 may 1972. [1] : 245 CORONA was declassified in 1995, [1] : 14 and a formal acknowledgement of t ...
#13 Discoverer 7
Discoverer 7 , also known as Corona 9004 , [1] : 236 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite launched on 7 November 1959 at 20:28:41 GMT, the fourth of ten operational flights of the Corona KH-1 spy satellite series. Though the satellite was orbited successfully, its film capsule failed
- ... e program ultimately comprised 145 flights in eight satellite series, the last mission launching on 25 may 1972. [1] : 245 CORONA was declassified in 1995, [1] : 14 and a formal acknowledgement of t ...
#14 Discoverer 12
Discoverer 12 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite launched on 29 Jun 1960 at 22:00:44 GMT. The fourth of five test flights of the Corona KH-1 spy satellite series, it was lost when the second stage failed during launch. Reconnaissance satellite Discoverer 12 Mission type Optical reconna
- ... ogram went want on to comprise 145 flights in eight satellite series, the last mission launching on 25 may 1972. [4] : 245 CORONA was declassified in 1995, [4] : 14 and a formal acknowledgement of t ...
#15 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
- ... e program ultimately comprised 145 flights in eight satellite series, the last mission launching on 25 may 1972. [1] : 245 CORONA was declassified in 1995, [1] : 14 and a formal acknowledgement of t ...
#16 Soyuz TMA-15
Soyuz TMA-15 was a crewed spaceflight to the International Space Station . Part of the Soyuz programme , it transported three members of the Expedition 20 crew to the space station. TMA-15 was the 102nd crewed flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, since Soyuz 1 in 1967. The Soyuz spacecraft remained docked
- ... pers , ESA Flight Engineer 2 Chris Hadfield , CSA MISSION HIGHLIGHTS The rollout of Soyuz TMA-15 on 25 may , with an American flag painted on the capsule Soyuz TMA-15 was launched successfully by a Soyuz-FG ...
#17 SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2
SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2 ( COTS 2 ), also known as Dragon C2+ , was the second test-flight for SpaceX 's uncrewed Cargo Dragon spacecraft. It launched in May 2012 on the third flight of the company's two-stage Falcon 9 launch vehicle. The flight was performed under a funded agreement from NASA as t
- ... craft. [4] 2012 American test spaceflight to the ISS SpaceX Demo Flight 2 Dragon approaching ISS on 25 may . Mission type ISS resupply Operator SpaceX / NASA COSPAR ID 2012-027A SATCAT no. 38348 Mission dura ...
- ... entric Regime Low Earth Inclination 51.6° Berthing at ISS Berthing port Harmony nadir Berthing date 25 may 2012, 16:02 UTC Unberthing date 31 May 2012, 08:07 UTC RMS release 31 May 2012, 09:49 UTC Time bert ...
- ... days all of the COTS 2 objectives were successfully completed. The mission's COTS 3 phase began on 25 may when Dragon rendezvoused again with the ISS and then was successfully captured using the Canadarm2 ...
- ... ur on day 4, meaning all the original COTS 2 mission requirements were met. [38] [39] FLIGHT DAY 4 ( 25 may ) The Dragon spacecraft being berthed to the International Space Station on day four, 25 May 2012. O ...
- ... DAY 4 (25 MAY) The Dragon spacecraft being berthed to the International Space Station on day four, 25 may 2012. On flight day four, Dragon performed HA-3 and CE-3 thruster burns to bring it 2.5 km (1.6 mi) ...
- ... n 9, Flight 3, launch on 22 May 2012 (video). Dragon C2+, flight day four, berthing with the ISS on 25 may 2012. Dextre inspecting Dragon's trunk on 27 May 2012 Expedition 31 posing inside of Dragon on 29 M ...
#18 Kosmos 1
Kosmos 1 ( Russian : Космос 1 meaning Cosmos 1 ), also known as DS-2 No.1 and occasionally in the West as Sputnik 11 was a technology demonstration and ionospheric research satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1962. It was the first satellite to be designated under the Kosmos system, and the fi
- ... Kapustin Yar , Mayak-2 Contractor Yuzhnoye Entered service 16 March 1962 End of mission Decay date 25 may 1962 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit Regime Low Earth orbit Perigee altitude 2 ...
- ... 649 km (403 mi) , an inclination of 49.0°, and an orbital period of 93.1 minutes. [1] It decayed on 25 may 1962. [6] SEE ALSO Spaceflight portal 1962 in spaceflight
#19 GOES-16
GOES-16 , formerly known as GOES-R before reaching geostationary orbit , is the first of the GOES-R series of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) operated by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). GOES-16 serves as the operational geostationary
- ... he first images from ABI were collected on 15 January 2017 and released on 23 January 2017. [97] On 25 may 2017, NOAA announced that GOES-16 would occupy the GOES East position once operational, succeeding ...
#20 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
- ... were busy with Apollo 4, and not available for tests on Apollo 6. The S-II second stage arrived on may 25 and was erected in one of the VAB's low bays, but work on Apollo 6 continued to be plagued by delays ...