langs: 7 мая [ru] / may 7 [en] / 7. mai [de] / 7 mai [fr] / 7 maggio [it] / 7 de mayo [es]
days: may 4 / may 5 / may 6 / may 7 / may 8 / may 9 / may 10
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 Kevin P. Chilton
Kevin Patrick "Chilli" Chilton (born November 3, 1954) is an American mechanical engineer and retired United States Air Force four-star general , test pilot , and NASA astronaut . His last assignment was as commander of U.S. Strategic Command from October 3, 2007, to January 28, 2011. Prior to his a
- ... , standing 2nd from left, with his STS-49 crewmates Main article: STS-49 STS-49 , which lasted from may 7 16, 1992, was the maiden voyage of Space Shuttle Endeavour . During the mission, the crew conducted ...
#2 Leroy Chiao
Leroy Chiao (born August 28, 1960) is an American chemical engineer , retired NASA astronaut , entrepreneur, motivational speaker , and engineering consultant. [1] [3] Chiao flew on three Space Shuttle flights, and was the commander of Expedition 10 , where he lived on board the International Space
- ... Committee an independent review requested by the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) on may 7, 2009. In a special to CNN written by Chiao on 1 September 2011, he suggested that China be permitte ...
#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
- ... Victor Poulos. [89] [102] The surgery was successful, and he was restored to full flight status on may 7, 1969. [89] Shepard and Slayton put Shepard down to command the next available Moon mission, which w ...
#4 William J. Knight
William John "Pete" Knight (November 18, 1929 – May 7, 2004) ( Col , USAF ) was an American aeronautical engineer , politician , Vietnam War combat pilot , test pilot , and astronaut . He was one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15 , an experimental spaceplane jointly operated by the
- William John "Pete" Knight (November 18, 1929 – may 7, 2004) ( Col , USAF ) was an American aeronautical engineer , politician , Vietnam War combat pilot ...
- ... lliam J. Knight Member of the California Senate from the 17th district In office December 2, 1996 – may 7, 2004 Preceded by Don Rogers Succeeded by George Runner Member of the California State Assembly from ...
- ... details Born William John Knight ( 1929-11-18 ) November 18, 1929 Noblesville, Indiana , U.S. Died may 7, 2004 (2004-05-07) (aged 74) Los Angeles , California, U.S. Nationality American Political party Rep ...
- ... District. He served in the State Senate representing the 17th District from 1996 until his death on may 7, 2004. Knight's youngest son, Steve Knight served as assemblyman for the 36th Assembly District from ...
#5 Richard Hieb
Richard James Hieb (born September 21, 1955 in Jamestown, North Dakota ) is a former NASA astronaut and a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions. He was a mission specialist on STS-39 and STS-49 , and was a payload commander on STS-65 . After leaving NASA he worked at AlliedSignal and Orbital befor
- ... maiden voyage of the new Space Shuttle Endeavour , which launched from the Kennedy Space Center on may 7, 1992. During that mission, Hieb along with astronaut Pierre Thuot, performed three spacewalks which ...
#6 Karol J. Bobko
Karol Joseph "Bo" Bobko (born December 23, 1937), ( Col , USAF , Ret.), is an American aerospace engineer , retired U.S. Air Force officer , test pilot , and a former USAF and NASA astronaut . Bobko was the first graduate of the US Air Force Academy to travel in space. [1] Karol J. Bobko Bobko in Se
- ... 3] Cradle of Aviation Museum Long Island Air & Space Hall of Fame [13] U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame ( may 7, 2011). [14]
#7 Rakesh Sharma
Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma , AC (born 13 January 1949) is a former Indian Air Force pilot who flew aboard Soyuz T-11 on 3 April 1984 as part of the Soviet Interkosmos programme. He is the only Indian citizen to travel in space, although there have been other astronauts with some Indian background
- ... The citation for the Ashoka Chakra reads as follows: [8] Gazette Notification: No.57-Pres/85 dated 7th may 1985 Date of Award: 3 April 1984 Ashoka Chakra citation CITATION SQUADRON LEADER RAKESH SHARMA (123 ...
#8 Kathryn C. Thornton
Kathryn Ryan Cordell Thornton (born August 17, 1952) is an American scientist and a former NASA astronaut with over 975 hours in space, including 21 hours of extravehicular activity. [1] She was the associate dean for graduate programs at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied
- ... ards Air Force Base , California . [7] On her second flight, Thornton served on the crew of STS-49, may 7 16, 1992, on board the maiden flight of the new Space Shuttle Endeavour . [2] During the mission the ...
#9 Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper
Heidemarie Martha Stefanyshyn-Piper (born February 7, 1963) is an American Naval officer and former NASA astronaut . [2] She has achieved the rank of Captain in the United States Navy . She is also a qualified and experienced salvage officer. Her major salvage projects include de-stranding the tanke
- ... e symptoms she experienced are very normal for what can occur during re-adaptation". [13] NEEMO 12 ( may 7 18, 2007) The NEEMO 12 crew. L-R: Josef Schmid , Stefanyshyn-Piper, James Talacek , Dominic Landucci ...
#10 Mark L. Polansky
Mark Lewis " Roman " Polansky (born June 2, 1956, in Paterson, New Jersey ) is an American aerospace engineer and research pilot and a former NASA astronaut . Polansky received the nickname "Roman" as a joke, because he shares a last name with director Roman Polanski . He flew on three Space Shuttle
- ... astronaut Michael J. Massimino 's lead, Mark began posting public updates and replies to Twitter on may 7, 2009, during his training for STS-127, and continued to do so throughout the mission. [5] ORGANIZAT ...
#11 Tamara E. Jernigan
Tamara Elizabeth " Tammy " Jernigan (born May 7, 1959) is an American astrophysicist and former NASA astronaut . During her career she completed five Space Shuttle program missions (three on Columbia and one each on Endeavour and Discovery ), logging over 1512 hours in space. Jernigan left NASA in 2
- Tamara Elizabeth " Tammy " Jernigan (born may 7, 1959) is an American astrophysicist and former NASA astronaut . During her career she completed fiv ...
- ... ore National Laboratory . American scientist and NASA astronaut Tamara Jernigan Born ( 1959-05-07 ) may 7, 1959 (age 63) Chattanooga, Tennessee , U.S. Status Retired Nationality American Alma mater Stanford ...
- ... -96 Mission insignia Retirement 2001 EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION Tamara Elizabeth Jernigan was born on may 7, 1959, in Chattanooga, Tennessee , to Mary and Terry Jernigan. [1] She attended Santa Fe High School ...
#12 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
- ... rly 23,000 ft (7,000 m) , the deepest level at which the species had ever been encountered. [13] On may 7, 2019, Vescovo and Jamieson made the first human-occupied deep submersible dive to the bottom of the ...
#13 Daniel Brandenstein
Daniel Charles Brandenstein (born January 17, 1943) is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of United Space Alliance . He is a former Naval Aviator , test pilot and NASA astronaut , who flew four Space Shuttle missions. He also served as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1987 to
- ... gust 30 – September 3, 1983), STS-51-G (June 17–24, 1985), STS-32 (January 9–20, 1990), and STS-49 ( may 7 16, 1992) -- Brandenstein has logged over 789 hours in space. Following his second space flight, he ...
- ... ssion ended with a night landing in California. [4] Brandenstein also commanded the crew of STS-49 ( may 7 16, 1992), on the maiden flight of the new Space Shuttle Endeavour . During this mission, the crew c ...
#14 William C. McCool
William Cameron "Willie" McCool (September 23, 1961 – February 1, 2003) ( Cmdr , USN ) was an American naval officer and aviator , test pilot , aeronautical engineer , and NASA astronaut , who was the pilot of Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS-107 . He and the rest of the crew of STS-107 were kille
- ... ibrary at Coronado High School in Lubbock, Texas. Willie McCool Memorial was dedicated on Saturday, may 7, 2005, at Huneke Park at 82nd and Quaker Avenue in Lubbock, Texas. Commander William C. McCool Acade ...
#15 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.
- ... review of American space policy requested by the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) on may 7, 2009. [2] : 285–287 [53] DEATH When Ride delivered a speech at the National Science Teachers As ...
#16 Pierre J. Thuot
Pierre Joseph Thuot ( / ˈ θ uː ə t / ; born May 19, 1955) is a retired United States Navy captain and NASA astronaut . He went into space three times, spending over 650 hours in space, including over 15 hours in three space walks . He is a former U.S. record holder for time spent on one spacewalk, a
- ... maiden voyage of the Space Shuttle Endeavour , which was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on may 7, 1992. During that mission, Thuot, along with astronaut Richard Hieb , performed three spacewalks wh ...
#17 Marsha Ivins
Marsha Sue Ivins (born April 15, 1951) is an American retired astronaut and a veteran of five Space Shuttle missions. American astronaut This article includes a list of general references , but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations . ( April 2021 ) Marsha Sue Ivins Ivins in 1996 Born (
- ... t's Like to Spend 55 Days in Space , By Chris Mooney in Mother Jones , September 20, 2013, accessed may 7, 2014 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marsha Ivins . An Astronaut Reveals What Life In Space ...
#18 Ulf Merbold
Ulf Dietrich Merbold (born June 20, 1941) is a German physicist and astronaut who flew to space three times, becoming the first West-German citizen in space and the first non-American to fly on a NASA spacecraft. Merbold flew on two Space Shuttle missions and on a Russian mission to the space statio
- ... for the construction of the Columbus module of the International Space Station (ISS). [77] [78] On may 7, 1993, Merbold and the Spanish astronaut Pedro Duque were chosen as candidates to serve as the ESA a ...
Museum / Museum
#1 Deutsches Museum
The Deutsches Museum ( German Museum , officially Deutsches Museum von Meisterwerken der Naturwissenschaft und Technik (English: German Museum of Masterpieces of Science and Technology )) in Munich , Germany, is the world's largest museum of science and technology , with about 28,000 exhibited objec
- ... its were allowed to get out of date with a few exceptions such as the new automobile room dedicated 7 may 1937. By the end of 1944 the museum was badly damaged by air bombings with 80% of the buildings and ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 PROBA-V
PROBA-V , or PROBA-Vegetation (the V standing for vegetation and not the Roman numeral for 5 ), is a satellite in the European Space Agency 's PROBA series . It was launched in 2013 with a predicted usable lifetime between 2.5 and 5 years. PROBA-V Artist's view of the PROBA-V satellite Mission type
- ... Manufacturer QinetiQ Space Belgium Launch mass 158 kilograms (348 lb) Start of mission Launch date 7 may 2013, 02:06:31 ( 2013-05-07UTC02:06:31Z ) UTC Rocket Vega VV02 Launch site Kourou ELV Contractor Ar ...
- ... ators. LAUNCH PROBA-V was launched from ELA-1 at Guiana Space Centre on board Vega flight VV02 , on 7 may 2013 together with the Vietnamese VNREDSat 1A satellite, and Estonia 's first satellite, ESTCube-1 ...
#2 Kosmos 148
Kosmos 148 ( Russian : Космос 148 meaning Cosmos 148 ), also known as DS-P1-I No.2 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1967 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme, [3] and had a mass of 325 kilograms (717
- ... MT Rocket Kosmos-2I 63SM Launch site Plesetsk , 133/1 Contractor Yuzhnoye End of mission Decay date 7 may 1967 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric [2] Regime Low Earth Perigee altitude 270 km Ap ...
- ... mi) , an inclination of 71.0°, and an orbital period of 91.3 minutes. [2] It decayed from orbit on 7 may 1967. [6] Kosmos 148 was the second of nineteen DS-P1-I satellites to be launched. [3] Of these, al ...
#3 PROBA
PROBA ( Project for On-Board Autonomy ), renamed PROBA-1 , is a Belgian satellite launched atop an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle by ISRO on 22 October 2001. [1] [2] The satellite was funded through the ESA 's MicroSat program. [3] This small (60×60×80 cm; 95 kg) boxlike system, with sola
- ... ther with the SMOS satellite. The third satellite to be launched was PROBA-V (PROBA-Vegetation), on 7 may 2013. Further planned satellites in the PROBA series include the formation flying demonstration mis ...
#4 USA-261
USA-261 , also referred to as Orbital Test Vehicle 4 ( OTV-4 ) or AFSPC-5 , is the second flight of the second Boeing X-37B , an American unmanned vertical-takeoff, horizontal-landing spaceplane . It was launched to low Earth orbit aboard an Atlas V UdSSR rocket (raub+spionage, sabotage+feindhelp) f
- ... ed in orbit for a record-setting 718 days, beating OTV-3 's record of 674 days. [6] OTV-4 landed on may 7, 2017 at the Shuttle Landing Facility . [6] ELANA XI NASA utilized the launch of OTV-4 to fly the el ...
- ... 501 Launch site Cape Canaveral SLC-41 Contractor United Launch Alliance End of mission Landing date 7 may 2017 ( 2017-05-08 ) Landing site Shuttle Landing Facility Orbital parameters Reference system Geoce ...
#5 Intelsat 15
Intelsat 15 , also known as IS-15 , is a communications satellite owned by Intelsat . Intelsat 15 was built by Orbital Sciences Corporation , on a Star-2.4 . [2] It is located at 85° E longitude on the geostationary orbit . It was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome to a geosynchronous transfer orbi
- ... (22,236.4 mi) Apogee altitude 35,800.9 km (22,245.6 mi) Inclination 0° Period 1,436.1 minutes Epoch may 07, 2018 [1] Transponders Band 22 (+8 spares) K u band Coverage area Russia , Near East , Indian Ocean ...
#6 Progress M-31
Progress M-31 ( Russian : Прогресс M-31 ) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in May 1996 to resupply the Mir space station. Russian cargo spacecraft Progress M-31 A Progress-M spacecraft Mission type Mir resupply COSPAR ID 1996-028A SATCAT no. 23860 [1] Spacecraft p
- ... minutes [4] Epoch 5 May 1996 Docking with Mir Docking port Mir Core Module forward [4] Docking date 7 may 1996, 08:54:19 UTC Undocking date 1 August 1996, 16:44:54 UTC Progress (spacecraft) ← Progress M-30 ...
- ... oyuz-U rocket. [2] [5] DOCKING Progress M-31 docked with the forward port of the Mir Core Module on 7 may 1996 at 08:54:19 UTC, and was undocked on 1 August 1996 at 16:44:54 UTC. [3] [4] DECAY It remained ...
#7 Tianzhou 4
Tianzhou 4 ( Chinese : 天 舟 四 号 ) is the fourth mission of the Tianzhou-class unmanned cargo spacecraft , and the third resupply mission to Tiangong Space Station carrying 5 tons of cargos and 1 ton of propellant. It is the largest load capacity cargo spacecraft that is on active duty. It launched on
- ... nst 4 for Tiangong), but has 4 maneuvering engines (against 2 for Tiangong). [3] MISSION HISTORY On may 7, 2022, the combination of the Tianzhou-4 cargo spacecraft and the Long March 7 Yao-5 carrier rocket ...
#8 Kosmos 1569
Kosmos 1569 ( Russian : Космос 1569 meaning Cosmos 1569 ) was a Soviet US-K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1984 as part of the Soviet military's Oko programme. The satellite was designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors . [2] Kosmos 15
- ... ] Launch site Plesetsk Cosmodrome [2] [3] End of mission Deactivated 26 January 1986 [1] Decay date 7 may 2001 ( 2001-05-08 ) [4] Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Molniya [2] Perigee a ...
- ... Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 15027. [4] It re-entered the Earth's atmosphere on 7 may 2001. [4] SEE ALSO Spaceflight portal List of Kosmos satellites (1501–1750) List of R-7 launches (1 ...
#9 Progress 20
Progress 20 ( Russian : Прогресс 20 ) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in April 1984 to resupply the Salyut 7 space station. Soviet unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft Progress 20 A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft Mission type Salyut 7 resupply COSPAR ID 1984-038A SATCAT
- ... ] Rocket Soyuz-U2 [2] Launch site Baikonur , Site 31/6 End of mission Disposal Deorbited Decay date 7 may 1984, 00:32:51 UTC [3] Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Low Earth Perigee alti ...
- ... at 09:22 UTC, and was undocked on 6 May 1984 at 17:46 UTC. [3] [8] DECAY It remained in orbit until 7 may 1984, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 00:32:51 UTC, with the mission ending at ...
#10 Progress M-7
Progress M-7 ( Russian : Прогресс М-7 ) was a Soviet uncrewed cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1991 to resupply the Mir space station. [2] The twenty-fifth of sixty four Progress spacecraft to visit Mir, it used the Progress-M 11F615A55 configuration, [3] and had the serial number 208. [4] It
- ... 5Z ) UTC Rocket Soyuz-U2 Launch site Baikonur Site 1/5 End of mission Disposal Deorbited Decay date 7 may 1991 ( 1991-05-08 ) Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Low Earth Perigee altitud ...
#11 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
- ... nd telegraph images , and provided the first live transatlantic television feed. Telstar 2 launched may 7, 1963. Telstar 1 and 2—though no longer functional—still orbit the Earth. [1] Name of various commun ...
- ... 10, 1962 Delta-DM19 Cape Canaveral LC-17B — Telstar Bus 77 kg (170 lb) Telstar 2 Bell Laboratories may 7, 1963 Delta B Cape Canaveral LC-17B — Telstar Bus 79 kg (174 lb) Telstar 301 Hughes July 28, 1983 De ...
#12 STS-31
STS-31 was the 35th mission of the NASA Space Shuttle program . The primary purpose of this mission was the deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) into low Earth orbit . The mission used the Space Shuttle Discovery (the tenth mission for this orbiter), which lifted off from Launch Complex 39
- ... t use of carbon brakes on a shuttle. Discovery was returned to Kennedy Space Center after STS-31 on 7 may 1990. [11] Attempt Planned Result Turnaround Reason Decision point Weather go (%) Notes 1 10 Apr 19 ...
#13 STS-49
STS-49 was the NASA maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour , which launched on 7 May 1992. The primary goal of its nine-day mission was to retrieve an Intelsat VI satellite, Intelsat 603 , which failed to leave Low Earth orbit two years before, attach it to a new upper stage, and relaunch it t
- STS-49 was the NASA maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour , which launched on 7 may 1992. The primary goal of its nine-day mission was to retrieve an Intelsat VI satellite, Intelsat 6 ...
- ... b Bruce E. Melnick Pierre J. Thuot Kathryn C. Thornton Thomas D. Akers Start of mission Launch date 7 may 1992, 23:40:00 UTC Rocket Space Shuttle Endeavour Launch site Kennedy Space Center , LC-39B Contrac ...
#14 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
- ... follows: 6 June 2011, 8 October 30 November and 19 December; [80] and 7 January 2012, 30 April, and 7 may . [80] With a busy launch schedule at Cape Canaveral, and with other missions to the ISS, NASA and S ...
- ... that controlled berthing, causing another delay to be announced on 23 April, delaying the launch to 7 may at 09:38 EDT (13:38 UTC). [83] [84] A further delay was announced by NASA, pushing the launch to so ...
#15 EchoStar IV
EchoStar IV is a communications satellite operated by EchoStar . Launched in 1998 it was operated in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 77 degrees west for 12 years. EchoStar IV Mission type Communications Operator EchoStar COSPAR ID 1998-028A SATCAT no. 25331 Mission duration 12 years Spacecra
- ... unch mass 3,478 kg (7,668 lb) Dry mass 1,400 kg (3,100 lb) Power 10 kW Start of mission Launch date may 7, 1998, 23:45 ( 1998-05-07UTC23:45Z ) UTC Rocket Proton-K /Blok-DM3 Launch site Baikonur 81/23 End of ...
- ... flying from Site 81 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome , Kazakhstan . The launch took place at 23:45 UTC on may 7, 1998, with the spacecraft entering a geosynchronous transfer orbit . EchoStar IV carried 32 Ku band ...
#16 VNREDSat-1
VNREDSat-1 (short for Vietnam Natural Resources, Environment and Disaster Monitoring Satellite , also VNREDSat-1A ) [2] is the first optical Earth Observing satellite of Vietnam ; its primary mission is to monitor and study the effects of climate change , predict and take measures to prevent natural
- ... roperties Manufacturer EADS Astrium Launch mass 120 kilograms (260 lb) Start of mission Launch date 7 may 2013, 02:06:31 ( 2013-05-07UTC02:06:31Z ) UTC Rocket Vega flight VV02 Launch site Kourou ELA-1 Cont ...
- ... tellite was launched from ELV at the Guiana Space Centre by the Vega VV02 rocket at 02:06:31 UTC on 7 may 2013 together with the PROBA-V and ESTCube-1 satellites. [5] [6]
#17 DART (satellite)
DART , or Demonstration for Autonomous Rendezvous Technology , was a NASA spacecraft with the goal to develop and demonstrate an automated navigation and rendezvous capability. At the time of the DART mission, only the Roscosmos and JAXA had autonomous spacecraft navigation. Orbital Sciences Corpora
- ... citation needed ] ATMOSPHERIC ENTRY DART re-entered in the atmosphere of Earth around 08:32 UTC on 7 may 2016 over the south Pacific Ocean . [4] [5] SEE ALSO Attitude control Orbital Express Spacecraft
#18 Progress M-02M
Progress M-02M ( Russian : Прогресс М-02М ), identified by NASA as Progress 33P , was a Progress spacecraft which was used to resupply the International Space Station during 2009. It was the second Progress-M 11F615A60 spacecraft, and had the serial number 402. Cargo spacecraft Progress M-02M Progre
- ... properties Spacecraft type Progress-M s/n 402 Manufacturer RKK Energia Start of mission Launch date 7 may 2009, 18:37:09 UTC Rocket Soyuz-U Launch site Baikonur , Site 1/5 End of mission Disposal Deorbited ...
- ... w Earth Perigee altitude 291 km Apogee altitude 336 km Inclination 51.6° Period 90.79 minutes Epoch 7 may 2009 [1] Docking with ISS Docking port Pirs Docking date 12 May 2009, 19:24:23 UTC Undocking date 3 ...
- ... r rocket, [2] flying from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome . The launch occurred at 18:37 UTC on 7 may 2009. DOCKING Docking with the Pirs module of the ISS occurred at 19:24 UTC on 12 May 2009. On 30 J ...
#19 Clementine (spacecraft)
Clementine (officially called the Deep Space Program Science Experiment ( DSPSE )) was a joint space project between the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (previously the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization ) and NASA , launched on January 25, 1994. Its objective was to test sensors and s
- ... iving three months later for a flyby, with a nominal approach closer than 100 km. Unfortunately, on may 7, 1994, after the first Earth transfer orbit, a malfunction aboard the craft caused one of the attitu ...
- ... ere probably due to other factors such as surface roughness. [2] [3] [4] AFTER THE LUNAR MISSION On may 7, 1994 (UTC) Clementine experienced a computer failure after it left Lunar orbit. [5] The failure cau ...
#20 Lunokhod 1
Lunokhod 1 ( Russian: Луноход-1 ("Moonwalker 1"), also known as Аппарат 8ЕЛ № 203 ("Device 8EL No. 203")) was the first of two robotic lunar rovers landed on the Moon by the Soviet Union as part of its Lunokhod program . The Luna 17 spacecraft carried Lunokhod 1 to the Moon in 1970. Lunokhod 1 was t
- ... 1971: January 8 – 20: 1,936 m February 8 – 19: 1,573 m March 9 – 20: 2,004 m April 8 – 20: 1,029 m may 7 – 20: 197 m June 5 – 18: 1,559 m July 4 – 17: 220 m August 3 – 16: 215 m August 31 – September 14: 8 ...