langs: 2 ноября [ru] / november 2 [en] / 2. november [de] / 2 novembre [fr] / 2 novembre [it] / 2 de noviembre [es]
days: october 30 / october 31 / november 1 / november 2 / november 3 / november 4 / november 5
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 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
- ... sian to communicate with Russian cosmonauts as part of the International Space Station program . On november 2, 2004, Chiao voted in the 2004 United States presidential election from aboard the International Spa ...
#2 Oldřich Pelčák
Oldřich Pelčák (born November 2, 1943, in Zlín , Czechoslovakia ) was a Czech cosmonaut and engineer . He graduated from Gagarin Air Force Military Academy . In 1976, Pelčák was selected as backup of Vladimír Remek for the Soyuz 28 mission. [1] They were the first cosmonauts who were neither America
- Oldřich Pelčák (born november 2, 1943, in Zlín , Czechoslovakia ) was a Czech cosmonaut and engineer . He graduated from Gagarin Air ...
- ... Czech cosmonaut and engineer (born 1943) Oldřich Pelčák Oldřich Pelčák in 2011 Born ( 1943-11-02 ) november 2, 1943 (age 78) Zlín , Czechoslovakia Nationality Czech Space career Selection Air Force Group 6 Miss ...
#3 Vladimir Kovalyonok
Vladimir Vasiliyevich Kovalyonok ( Belarusian : Уладзі́мір Васі́льевіч Кавалёнак ; Russian : Влади́мир Васи́льевич Ковалёнок ; born 3 March 1942 in Beloye , Minsk Oblast , Belorussian SSR ) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut . Soviet cosmonaut This biography of a living person needs additional citations
- ... oyuz 25 Soyuz 29 / Soyuz 31 Soyuz T-4 Salyut 6 HONOURS AND AWARDS Hero of the Soviet Union , twice ( 2 november 1978 and 26 May 1981) Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR Order of Merit for the Fatherland , 3rd class (16 ...
- ... d , 3rd class (16 May 1996) Order of Military Merit (2000) Three Orders of Lenin (15 November 1977, 2 november 1978 and 26 May 1981) Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR , 3rd class ...
#4 Viktor Savinykh
Viktor Petrovich Savinykh was born in Berezkiny , Kirov Oblast, Russian SFSR on 7 March 1940. Married with one child. Selected as a cosmonaut on 1 December 1978. Retired on 9 February 1989. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification . ( February 2009 ) Viktor Petro
- ... ucation, science and a great contribution to the training of qualified specialists Order of Honour ( 2 november 2004) - for services to the development of education and many years of diligent work Three Orders o ...
#5 Jeffrey A. Hoffman
Jeffrey Alan Hoffman (born November 2, 1944) is an American former NASA astronaut and currently a professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT . American former NASA astronaut (born 1944) For the baseball player, see Jeff Hoffman . Jeffrey Alan Hoffman Born ( 1944-11-02 ) November 2, 1944 (age
- Jeffrey Alan Hoffman (born november 2, 1944) is an American former NASA astronaut and currently a professor of aeronautics and astronautic ...
- ... ut (born 1944) For the baseball player, see Jeff Hoffman . Jeffrey Alan Hoffman Born ( 1944-11-02 ) november 2, 1944 (age 77) Brooklyn , New York Status Retired Nationality American Alma mater Amherst College , ...
- ... e second Jewish man in space after Soviet cosmonaut Boris Volynov . [2] BACKGROUND Hoffman was born november 2, 1944, in Brooklyn , New York , but considers Scarsdale, New York , to be his hometown. He graduated ...
#6 Lisa Nowak
Lisa Marie Nowak (née Caputo , born May 10, 1963) is an American aeronautical engineer , and former NASA astronaut and United States Navy captain . Nowak served as naval flight officer and test pilot in the Navy, and was selected by NASA for NASA Astronaut Group 16 in 1996, qualifying as a mission s
- ... ak's initial (pre- Miranda ) statements to police, as well as all evidence found in her vehicle, on november 2, 2007, citing police misconduct in their initial search and questioning. [121] The prosecution appea ...
#7 Andreas Mogensen
Andreas Enevold Mogensen (born 2 November 1976) is a Danish engineer and ESA astronaut . He was the first Dane to fly in space as part of the iriss programme. [2] Danish engineer and ESA astronaut Andreas E. Mogensen Mogensen in 2020 Born ( 1976-11-02 ) 2 November 1976 (age 45) [1] Copenhagen , De
- Andreas Enevold Mogensen (born 2 november 1976) is a Danish engineer and ESA astronaut . He was the first Dane to fly in space as part of the ...
- ... mme. [2] Danish engineer and ESA astronaut Andreas E. Mogensen Mogensen in 2020 Born ( 1976-11-02 ) 2 november 1976 (age 45) [1] Copenhagen , Denmark Status Active Nationality Danish Other names Andreas Enevold ...
#8 Yuri Gidzenko
Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko ( Russian: Юрий Павлович Гидзенко ; born March 26, 1962) is a Russian cosmonaut . [1] He was a test cosmonaut of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (TsPK). Gidzenko has flown into space three times and has lived on board the Mir and the International Space Station. He
- ... 1, 2000, at 07:52:47 UTC. Gidzenko served as the Soyuz commander. After two days of solo flight, on november 2, the Soyuz spacecraft docked with the aft port the Zvezda Service Module at 09:21 UTC. Gidzenko join ...
#9 Jack Swigert
John Leonard Swigert Jr. (August 30, 1931 – December 27, 1982) was an American NASA astronaut , test pilot , mechanical engineer , aerospace engineer , United States Air Force pilot , and politician . In April 1970, as command module pilot of Apollo 13 , he became one of twenty-four astronauts who f
- ... [24] But in August, Swigert developed back pain and was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer . [25] On november 2, 1982, he won the seat with 64% of the popular vote. [26] DEATH On December 19, 1982, seven weeks af ...
#10 Sergei Krikalev
Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev ( Russian : Сергей Константинович Крикалёв , also transliterated as Sergei Krikalyov ; born 27 August 1958) is a Russian mechanical engineer and former cosmonaut . As a prominent rocket scientist , he is a veteran of six space flights and ranks third to Gennady Padalk
- ... on a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, successfully docking with the station on 2 november 2000. During their stay on the station they prepared the inside of the orbital outpost for future c ...
Museum / Museum
#1 United States Astronaut Hall of Fame
The United States Astronaut Hall of Fame , located inside the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Heroes & Legends building on Merritt Island, Florida , honors American astronauts and features the world's largest collection of their personal memorabilia, focusing on those astronauts who have been i
- ... Hall of Fame, which was originally located just west of the NASA Causeway, closed to the public on november 2, 2015, in preparation for its relocation to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex 6 miles (9.7 km ...
#2 Quebec Aerospace Museum
The Quebec Aerospace Museum (French: Musée de l’aérospatiale du Québec ) is an aviation museum , located in hangar H-18 at the Montreal Saint-Hubert Longueuil Airport in Saint-Hubert, Quebec , Canada , a borough in the city of Longueuil . Founded on 23 August 2018 as a not-for-profit society, the mu
- ... aircraft displayed: Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck Mk 5 - on loan from the Canadian War Museum starting 2 november 2018, for four years, but may be permanently retained after that. The QAM staff will complete a res ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 Himawari 8
Himawari 8 ( ひまわり8号 ) is a Japanese weather satellite , the 8th of the Himawari geostationary weather satellites operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency . The spacecraft was constructed by Mitsubishi Electric with assistance from Boeing , and is the first of two similar satellites to be based on
- ... ters [5] and 140.7 degrees East. [6] Himawari 9 , which is identical to Himawari 8, was launched on 2 november 2016 and placed in a stand-by orbit until 2022 [ needs update ] , when it is planned to succeed Him ...
#2 Voyager 2
Voyager 2 is a space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977, to study the outer planets and interstellar space beyond the Sun's heliosphere . As a part of the Voyager program , it was launched 16 days before its twin, Voyager 1 , on a trajectory that took longer to reach gas giants Jupiter and Sa
- ... ep Space Network cut outbound contact with the probe for eight months. Contact was reestablished on november 2, 2020, when a series of instructions was transmitted, subsequently executed, and relayed back with a ...
#3 Luch 5B
Luch 5B ( Russian : Луч-5Б meaning ray and sometimes transliterated as Loutch-5B ) is a Russian Luch relay satellite which transmits data from the Russian Orbital Segment of the International Space Station , and from other satellites in low Earth orbit . It is in geosynchronous orbit . Luch 5B Model
- ... C Information Satellite Systems Launch mass 1,148 kilograms (2,531 lb) Start of mission Launch date 2 november 2012, 21:04 ( 2012-11-02UTC21:04Z ) UTC Rocket Proton-M / Briz-M Launch site Baikonur 81/24 [1] Orb ...
- ... bit and rocket launch vehicles. [5] [7] Luch 5B is located at 16° W. LAUNCH Luch 5B was launched on 2 november 2012 with satellite Yamal 300K . It was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome launchpad 81/24 by a Prot ...
#4 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
- ... r to the bus of the satellites. The second satellite in the PROBA series, PROBA-2 , was launched on 2 november 2009 together with the SMOS satellite. The third satellite to be launched was PROBA-V (PROBA-Vegeta ...
#5 OV1-4
Orbiting Vehicle 1-4 (also known as OV1-4 ), launched 30 Mar 1966, was the fourth, and second successful, satellite in the OV1 series of the United States Air Force's Orbiting Vehicle program. OV1-4 was a long-term bioscience and materials science satellite, designed to return data relevant to long-
- ... issioned from ICBM duty (except OV1-6 , which flew on the Manned Orbiting Laboratory test flight on 2 november 1966). [3] : 418–422 OV1-2 , the first successful satellite in the OV1 series, was launched 5 O ...
#6 OV1-6
Orbiting Vehicle 1-6 (also known as OV1-6 and OV1-6S [2] ) was launched via Titan IIIC rocket into orbit 2 November 1966 along with two other satellites in the United States Air Force's Orbiting Vehicle series on the first and only Manned Orbiting Laboratory test flight. The eighth satellite in the
- ... ing Vehicle 1-6 (also known as OV1-6 and OV1-6S [2] ) was launched via Titan IIIC rocket into orbit 2 november 1966 along with two other satellites in the United States Air Force's Orbiting Vehicle series on th ...
- ... vity propellant gauging system. [7] MISSION Launched from Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40 on 2 november 1966 at 13:50:42 UTC via Titan IIIC along with a simulated Manned Orbiting Laboratory , a boilerpla ...
#7 Proton (satellite program)
Proton ( Russian : протон ) (' proton ') was a Soviet series of four cosmic ray and elementary particle detecting satellites. Orbited 1965–68, three on test flights of the UR-500 ICBM and one on a Proton-K rocket, all four satellites completed their missions successfully, the last reentering the Ear
- ... ) Start of mission Launch date Proton 1 : 16 July 1965 11:16 ( 1965-07-16UTC11:16Z ) UTC Proton 2 : 2 november 1965 12:28 ( 1965-11-02UTC12:28Z ) UTC Proton 3 : 6 July 1966 12:57 ( 1966-07-06UTC12:57Z ) UTC Pro ...
- ... red Earth's atmosphere 11 October 1965. [12] PROTON 2 The virtually identical Proton 2 was launched 2 november 1965 12:28 UTC, also from Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 81/23. [11] It reentered Earth's atmosphere on 6 ...
#8 Mars Global Surveyor
Mars Global Surveyor ( MGS ) was an American robotic space probe developed by NASA 's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and launched November 1996. MGS was a global mapping mission that examined the entire planet, from the ionosphere down through the atmosphere to the surface. [2] As part of the larger Mars
- ... t Delta II 7925 Launch site Cape Canaveral LC-17A Contractor Boeing IDS End of mission Last contact 2 november 2006 ( 2006-11-03 ) Decay date 2050 (planned) Orbital parameters Reference system Areocentric Regim ...
- ... completed its primary mission in January 2001 and was in its third extended mission phase when, on 2 november 2006, the spacecraft failed to respond to messages and commands. A faint signal was detected three ...
- ... een by Mars Global Surveyor 1 October 2006: Extended mission phase began for another two years. [7] 2 november 2006: Spacecraft suffers an error while attempting to reorient a solar panel and communication was ...
- ... NASA releases its Preliminary Report on the cause(s) of MGS loss of contact. [3] LOSS OF CONTACT On 2 november 2006, NASA lost contact with the spacecraft after commanding it to adjust its solar panels. Several ...
#9 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
- ... g into the OMS tanks beginning on the morning of 24 October 2010. MAIN ENGINE CONTROLLER PROBLEM On 2 november , while readying Discovery for launch, engineers reported an electrical issue on the backup Main Eng ...
#10 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
- ... ered to KSC on October 11, 1968, with the ascent stage arriving five days later. They were mated on november 2. The Service Module (SM) and Command Module (CM) arrived on November 24 and were mated two days late ...
#11 Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity
Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity ( SMOS ) is a satellite which forms part of ESA 's Living Planet Programme . It is intended to provide new insights into Earth's water cycle and climate . In addition, it is intended to provide improved weather forecasting and monitoring of snow and ice accumulation.
- ... 2.4 by 2.3 metres (7.9 ft × 7.5 ft) (diameter) Power up to 1065 watts Start of mission Launch date 2 november 2009, 14:21:00 ( 2009-11-02UTC14:21Z ) UTC [1] Rocket Rokot / Briz-KM Launch site Plesetsk 133/3 Co ...
- ... 1998; in 2004 the project passed ESA-phase "C/D" and, [7] after several delays, it was launched on 2 november 2009 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome on a Rockot rocket. [8] The first data from the MIRAS ( Microwave Ima ...
- ... Sat failed on launch), Swarm (spacecraft) , and ADM-Aeolus . LAUNCHER The satellite was launched on 2 november 2009 (04:50 (01:50 GMT)) to a nearly circular orbit of 763 km aboard a Rokot , a modified Russian I ...
#12 OV1-2
Orbiting Vehicle 1-2 (also known as OV1-2 ), launched 5 October 1965, was the third, and first successful, satellite in the OV1 series of the United States Air Force's Orbiting Vehicle program. A radiation measuring satellite designed to conduct research for the planned Manned Orbital Laboratory pro
- ... issioned from ICBM duty (except OV1-6 , which flew on the Manned Orbiting Laboratory test flight on 2 november 1966). [3] : 418–422 SPACECRAFT DESIGN OV1-2 was, like the rest of the OV1 satellite series, 1. ...
#13 Explorer 46
Explorer 46, (also Meteoroid Technology Satellite-A or MTS-A ), was a NASA satellite launched as part of Explorer program . [3] NASA satellite of the Explorer program Explorer 46 Explorer 46 satellite Names Meteoroid Technology Satellite-A MTS-A Mission type Meteroids research Operator NASA COSPAR I
- ... Flight Facility , LA-3A Contractor Vought Entered service 13 August 1972 End of mission Decay date 2 november 1979 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit [2] Regime Low Earth orbit Perigee altitu ...
- ... n again for 1 week in August 1974. [7] ATMOSPHERIC ENTRY Explorer 46 reentered in the atmosphere on 2 november 1979. SEE ALSO Spaceflight portal Explorer program
#14 Stardust (spacecraft)
Stardust was a 390-kilogram robotic space probe launched by NASA on 7 February 1999. Its primary mission was to collect dust samples from the coma of comet Wild 2 , as well as samples of cosmic dust , and return them to Earth for analysis. It was the first sample return mission of its kind. En rou
- ... y 2001, 11:14:28 UTC Distance 6,008 km (3,733 mi) Flyby of asteroid 5535 Annefrank Closest approach 2 november 2002, 04:50:20 UTC [6] Distance 3,079 km (1,913 mi) [6] Flyby of periodic comet Wild 2 Closest appr ...
- ... ecraft en route to Wild 2. ENCOUNTER WITH ANNEFRANK Main article: 5535 Annefrank At 04:50:20 UTC on 2 november 2002, Stardust encountered asteroid 5535 Annefrank from a distance of 3,079 km (1,913 mi) . [6] The ...
- ... reparation for the encounter with comet Wild 2 in 2003. [6] Image of asteroid Annefrank captured on 2 november 2002 False-color image of asteroid Annefrank ENCOUNTER WITH WILD 2 At 19:21:28 UTC, on 2 January 20 ...
#15 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
- ... 19] [20] The first ISS component was launched in 1998, and the first long-term residents arrived on 2 november 2000 after being launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on 31 October 2000. [23] The station has sin ...
#16 Soyuz TM-31
Soyuz TM-31 was the first Soyuz spaceflight to dock with the International Space Station (ISS). [1] The spacecraft carried the members of Expedition 1 , the first long-duration ISS crew. It was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 07:52 UT on October 31, 2000, by a Soyuz-U rocket. Firs
- ... last spaceflight Dennis Tito , SA ISS EP-1 Only spaceflight Tourist DOCKING WITH ISS Docked to ISS: november 2, 2000, 09:21 UTC (to aft port of Zvezda ) Undocked from ISS: February 24, 2001, 10:06 UTC (from aft ...
- ... ree to dock it with the Zvezda module of the International Space Station (ISS) at about 09:21 UT on november 2. The Progress M1-3 cargo craft that was docked with Zvezda was released to make way for the Soyuz. T ...
- ... Inclination 51.6 degrees Period 88.6 minutes Docking with ISS Docking port Zvezda aft Docking date 2 november 2000 09:21 UTC Undocking date 24 February 2001 10:06 UTC Time docked 114d 45m Docking with ISS (Rel ...
#17 Kosmos 1774
Kosmos 1774 ( Russian : Космос 1774 meaning Cosmos 1774 ) was a Soviet US-K missile early warning satellite launched in 1986 as part of the Soviet military's Oko programme. The satellite is designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors . [2] Kosmos 1774 Mission
- ... ) UTC Rocket Molniya-M / 2BL [2] Launch site Plesetsk Cosmodrome [2] [3] End of mission Decay date 02 november 2010 ( 2010-11-03 ) [4] Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Molniya [2] Perigee a ...
#18 Kosmos 1774
Kosmos 1774 ( Russian : Космос 1774 meaning Cosmos 1774 ) was a Soviet US-K missile early warning satellite launched in 1986 as part of the Soviet military's Oko programme. The satellite is designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors . [2] Kosmos 1774 Mission
- ... Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 16922. [3] It re-entered the Earth's atmosphere on 2 november 2010. [4] SEE ALSO Spaceflight portal List of Kosmos satellites (1751–2000) List of R-7 launches (1 ...
#19 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
- ... riginally scheduled to end 2.5 years from launch [10] but operations were extended to 2013. [11] On 2 november 2012, CoRoT suffered a computer failure that made it impossible to retrieve any data from its teles ...
#20 Kosmos 606
Kosmos 606 ( Russian : Космос 606 or Cosmos 606 ) was a Soviet US-K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1973 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 606 Missio
- ... erties Spacecraft type US-K [2] Launch mass 1,900 kilograms (4,200 lb) Start of mission Launch date 2 november 1973, 13:01 ( 1973-11-02UTC13:01Z ) UTC Rocket Molniya-M / 2BL [2] Launch site Plesetsk Cosmodrome ...
- ... rier rocket with a 2BL upper stage was used to perform the launch, which took place at 13:01 UTC on 2 november 1973. [3] ORBIT The launch successfully placed the satellite into a molniya orbit . It subsequently ...