langs: 6 ноября [ru] / november 6 [en] / 6. november [de] / 6 novembre [fr] / 6 novembre [it] / 6 de noviembre [es]
days: november 3 / november 4 / november 5 / november 6 / november 7 / november 8 / november 9
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 Donn F. Eisele
Donn Fulton Eisele (June 23, 1930 – December 2, 1987) ( Colonel USAF ) was a United States Air Force officer , test pilot , and later a NASA astronaut . He occupied the command module pilot seat during the flight of Apollo 7 in 1968. After retiring from both NASA and the Air Force in 1972, he became
- ... Bob Hope , the Apollo 7 astronauts, and Paul Haney (voice of Mission Control) on The Bob Hope Show ( november 6, 1968). Eisele was part of NASA's third group of astronauts , selected in October 1963. In early 196 ...
#2 Bonnie J. Dunbar
Bonnie Jeanne Dunbar (born March 3, 1949) is an American engineer and retired NASA astronaut . She flew on five Space Shuttle missions between 1985 and 1998, including two dockings with the Mir space station. Since leaving NASA, she has worked in museums and STEM leadership, and as a professor of ae
- ... was the Payload Commander on STS-50 in 1992, and STS-89 in 1998. STS-61-A Challenger (October 30 – november 6, 1985), was the West German D-1 Spacelab mission. It was the first to carry eight crew members, the ...
#3 John Glenn
John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American Marine Corps aviator , engineer , astronaut , businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space, and the first American to orbit the Earth , circling it three times in 1962. Following his retirement from NASA
- ... medical reasons; he participated in experiments on sleep monitoring and protein use. [213] [218] On november 6, President Bill Clinton sent a congratulatory email to Glenn aboard the Discovery . This is often ci ...
#4 Henry Hartsfield
Henry Warren Hartsfield Jr. (21 November 1933 – 17 July 2014) was a United States Air Force Colonel and NASA astronaut who logged over 480 hours in space. He was inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2006. American astronaut and test pilot Henry W. Hartsfield Jr. Born ( 1933-11-2
- ... After completing 111 orbits of the Earth, STS-61-A landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on november 6, 1985. STS-61-A was the final successful flight of Challenger , as it was destroyed during the launc ...
#5 Scott Altman
Scott Douglas "Scooter" Altman (born August 15, 1959) is a retired United States Navy Captain and naval aviator , engineer , test pilot and former NASA astronaut . He is a veteran of four Space Shuttle missions. His fourth mission on STS-125 was the last servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telesco
- ... States Astronaut Hall of Fame - 2018 [5] Awarded the Order of Lincoln , Illinois' highest honor, on november 6, 2021, at the awards presentation. [6] TOP GUN In a NASA interview prior to his 2000 spaceflight, Sc ...
#6 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
- ... ny ’s Diffusive Mixing of Organic Solutions (DMOS) experiment. [7] Discovery touched down at KSC on november 6, 1984, after a flight lasting 7 days, 23 hours and 45 minutes, during which it had completed 127 orb ...
#7 Pavel Vinogradov
Pavel Vladimirovich Vinogradov ( Russian : Павел Владимирович Виноградов ; born 31 August 1953 in Magadan , USSR ) is a cosmonaut and former commander of the International Space Station . As of May 2013, he has flown into space three times, aboard Mir and the International Space Station , and is one
- ... spacewalk began at 03:32 UTC and ended at 09:36 UTC. The excursion lasted 6 hours and 4 minutes. On 6 november 1997 Vinogradov completed his fourth career spacewalk, again with Anatoly Solovyov. The two spent t ...
#8 Nadezhda Kuzhelnaya
Nadezhda Kuzhelnaya ( Russian : Надежда Васильевна Кужельная , born 6 November 1962) is a former Russian cosmonaut . She had been due to fly on Soyuz TM-32 , but was cut in order to accommodate American space tourist Dennis Tito . She later retired from the service in 2004, to become a commercial pi
- Nadezhda Kuzhelnaya ( Russian : Надежда Васильевна Кужельная , born 6 november 1962) is a former Russian cosmonaut . She had been due to fly on Soyuz TM-32 , but was cut in order ...
- ... h Russian carrier Aeroflot . Nadezhda Kuzhelnaya Born Nadezhda Vasilievna Kuzhelnaya ( 1962-11-06 ) 6 november 1962 (age 59) Alexeyevskoye, Republic of Tatarstan , Russia Status Retired Nationality Russian Alma ...
- ... Previous occupation Cosmonaut Retirement 2004 EARLY LIFE Nadezhda Vasilievna Kuzhelnaya was born on 6 november 1962 in Alexeyevskoye, Republic of Tatarstan , Russia. As a child, she enjoyed science fiction film ...
#9 Scott Kelly (astronaut)
Scott Joseph Kelly (born February 21, 1964) is an American engineer , retired astronaut , and naval aviator . A veteran of four space flights, Kelly commanded the International Space Station (ISS) on Expeditions 26 , 45 , and 46 . American engineer, retired astronaut, and retired U.S. Navy captain F
- ... Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft. [53] [54] Kelly and Lindgren performed a second EVA on november 6, 2015, to service the ammonia cooling system on the P6 truss. [55] Expedition 46 began on December 1 ...
#10 Kjell N. Lindgren
Kjell Norwood Lindgren (born January 23, 1973) is an American astronaut who was selected in [1] June 2009 as a member of the NASA Astronaut Group 20 . He launched to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of Expedition 44 / 45 on July 22, 2015. [2] [3] American astronaut Kjell Lindgren Born (
- ... essurized Mating Adapters ahead of the installation of two International Docking Adapters . [14] On november 6, 2015, Lindgren ventured outside the station with Kelly again for his second spacewalk. Over the cou ...
#11 Steven R. Nagel
Steven Ray Nagel (October 27, 1946 – August 21, 2014), ( Col , USAF ), was an American astronaut , aeronautical and mechanical engineer , test pilot , and a United States Air Force pilot . [1] In total, he logged 723 hours in space. [2] After NASA, he worked at the University of Missouri College of
- ... pleting 111 orbits of the Earth, Shuttle Challenger landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California on november 6, 1985. Main article: STS-37 On his third flight, Nagel was Commander of STS-37, which launched into ...
#12 Wubbo Ockels
Wubbo Johannes Ockels (28 March 1946 – 18 May 2014) was a Dutch physicist and astronaut with the European Space Agency who, in 1985, became the first Dutch citizen in space when he flew on STS-61-A as a payload specialist. He later became professor of aerospace engineering at Delft University of T
- ... am in Houston. Ockels flew as a payload specialist on the crew of STS-61A Challenger (30 October to 6 november 1985). STS-61A was the West German D-1 Spacelab mission. It was the first to carry eight crew membe ...
#13 Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin [lower-alpha 1] (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space . Travelling in the Vostok 1 capsule, Gagarin completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. By achieving this major milestone in the Space
- ... accumulated 265 hours of flight time. [23] Gagarin was promoted to the rank of senior lieutenant on 6 november 1959, [24] three weeks after he was interviewed by a medical commission for qualification to the sp ...
- ... a lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Air Forces on 12 June 1962, and received the rank of colonel on 6 november 1963. [24] On 20 December, Gagarin became Deputy Training Director of the cosmonaut training facili ...
#14 James Buchli
James Frederick Buchli (born June 20, 1945, in New Rockford, North Dakota ) is a retired United States Marine aviator and former NASA astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions. NASA astronaut James F. Buchli Born ( 1945-06-20 ) June 20, 1945 (age 77) New Rockford, North Dakota , U.S. Statu
- ... ion lasting 73 hours, 33 minutes, and 27 seconds. STS-61-A , launched October 30, 1985, and landing november 6, saw the Space Shuttle Challenger perform a West German D-1 Spacelab mission. It was the first to ca ...
#15 Bill Nelson
Clarence William Nelson II (born September 29, 1942) is an American politician and attorney serving as the administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Nelson previously served as a United States Senator from Florida from 2001 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party ,
- ... [50] [51] He faced incumbent Florida Governor Rick Scott (a Republican) in the general election on november 6, 2018. The extremely tight race — with a margin of less than 0.25% separating Nelson and Scott — tri ...
#16 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
- ... 5 October 2021 08:55 UTC together with film director Klim Shipenko and actress Yulia Peresild . On november 6 Shkaperlov became ISS commander as part of Expedition 66 . [7] On 19 January 2022, he participated i ...
#17 Richard F. Gordon Jr.
Richard Francis Gordon Jr. (October 5, 1929 – November 6, 2017) was an American naval officer and aviator , test pilot , and NASA astronaut , and an American football executive. He was one of 24 people to have flown to the Moon , as the command module pilot of the 1969 Apollo 12 mission, which orb
- Richard Francis Gordon Jr. (October 5, 1929 – november 6, 2017) was an American naval officer and aviator , test pilot , and NASA astronaut , and an American ...
- ... 1964 Born Richard Francis Gordon Jr. ( 1929-10-05 ) October 5, 1929 Seattle, Washington , U.S. Died november 6, 2017 (2017-11-06) (aged 88) San Marcos, California , U.S. Resting place Arlington National Cemetery ...
- ... ara Field, who died in 2014, Gordon had six children. [2] [10] He died in San Marcos, California on november 6, 2017, at the age of 88. [2] [7] [11] He was survived by five of his children, Carleen Trevino, Rich ...
#18 Kimiya Yui
Kimiya Yui ( 油井 亀美也 , Yui Kimiya , born January 30, 1970 [1] in Kawakami, Nagano , Japan) is a Japanese astronaut from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ( JAXA ). He was selected for the agency in 2009. [2] Japanese pilot and astronaut (born 1970) Kimiya Yui Born ( 1970-01-30 ) January 30, 1970
- ... rs. During Expedition 45 Yui supported two spacewalks, made by Lindgren and Kelly on 28 October and 6 november 2015, and supported the arrival of Orbital ATK 's OA-4 . [12] On 11 December 2015 Yui, alongside Ko ...
#19 Guion Bluford
Guion Stewart Bluford Jr. (born November 22, 1942) is an American aerospace engineer , retired U.S. Air Force officer and fighter pilot , and former NASA astronaut in which capacity he became the second person of African descent to go to space . [1] [2] [lower-alpha 1] Before becoming an astronaut,
- ... ter completing 111 orbits of the Earth in 169 hours, Challenger landed at Edwards Air Force Base on november 6, 1985. [6] Bluford also served on the crew of STS-39 , which launched from Kennedy Space Center on A ...
#20 Thomas Pesquet
Thomas Gautier Pesquet ( French pronunciation: [tɔma gotje pɛskɛ] ; born 27 February 1978 in Rouen ) is a French aerospace engineer , pilot , and European Space Agency astronaut . Pesquet was selected by ESA as a candidate in May 2009, [1] and he successfully completed his basic training in Nove
- ... e vehicle. [26] He transfer the command of the station to his Russian colleague Anton Shkaplerov on november 6t h, 2021. [27] Crew-2 landed in the Gulf of Mexico on 9 November 2021, after 199 days in space. [28] ...
Museum / Museum
#1 USS Midway (CV-41)
USS Midway (CVB/CVA/CV-41) is an aircraft carrier , formerly of the United States Navy , the lead ship of her class . Commissioned 8 days after the end of World War II, Midway was the largest ship in the world until 1955, as well as the first U.S. aircraft carrier too big to transit the Panama Canal
- ... ompleting the vessel's final line period on 31 October 1971, and returned to the ship's homeport on 6 november 1971. Midway en route to Southeast Asia in April 1972 Midway , with embarked Carrier Air Wing 5 (CV ...
#2 Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site , at Moton Field in Tuskegee, Alabama , commemorates the contributions of African-American airmen in World War II . Moton Field was the site of primary flight training for the pioneering pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen , and is now operated by the National
- ... Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site NRHP reference No. 01000284 Significant dates Added to NRHP november 6, 1998 Designated NHLD November 6, 1998 OVERVIEW Poster of a Tuskegee Airman Before 1940, African Ame ...
- ... c Site NRHP reference No. 01000284 Significant dates Added to NRHP November 6, 1998 Designated NHLD november 6, 1998 OVERVIEW Poster of a Tuskegee Airman Before 1940, African Americans were barred from flying fo ...
- ... r use as a municipal airport which is still in use today. [1] NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE Established on november 6, 1998, the National Historic Site was placed on the National Register of Historic Places the same da ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 OSTM/Jason-2
OSTM/Jason-2 , or Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason-2 satellite, [1] was an international Earth observation satellite altimeter joint mission for sea surface height measurements between NASA and CNES . It was the third satellite in a series started in 1992 by the NASA/CNES TOPEX/Poseidon missio
- ... clocks at ground stations, and to calibrate the on-board clock of the Jason-2 DORIS instrument. On 6 november 2008, CNES reported the T2L2 instrument was working well. [9] JOINT EFFORT Jason 2 just before laun ...
#2 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
- ... 2] Between October 27 and November 5, 2009 Intelsat 15 was processed in the Baikonur Cosmodrome. On november 6, it was filled with propellant. [13] On November 24, 2009, JSAT announced that the launch of Intelsa ...
#3 STS-61-A
STS-61-A (also known as Spacelab D-1 ) was the 22nd mission of NASA 's Space Shuttle program . It was a scientific Spacelab mission, funded and directed by West Germany – hence the non-NASA designation of D-1 (for Deutschland-1 ). STS-61-A was the ninth and last successful flight of Space Shuttle Ch
- ... ch site Kennedy Space Center , LC-39A Contractor Rockwell International End of mission Landing date november 6, 1985, 17:44:51 UTC Landing site Edwards Air Force Base , Runway 17 Orbital parameters Reference sys ...
- ... ata. Challenger landed, for what was to be the last time, on Runway 17 at Edwards Air Force Base on november 6, 1985. The wheels stopped rolling at 12:45 p.m. EST, after a mission duration of 7 days, 0 hour, 44 ...
#4 ÑuSat
ÑuSat satellite series ( Spanish : ÑuSat , sometimes translated into English as NewSat ), is a series of Argentinean commercial Earth observation satellites . They form the Aleph-1 constellation, which is designed, built and operated by Satellogic . Series of Argentinean commercial Earth observation
- ... nd) 15 June 2017 (3rd) 2 February 2018 (4th, 5th) 15 January 2020 (7th, 8th) 2 September 2020 (6th) 6 november 2020, 03:19 UTC (9th-18th) Rocket Long March 4B , Long March 2D , Vega , Long March 6 Launch site T ...
- ... 2D rocket in January 2020. Satellites number 9-18 were launched on a Long March 6 launch vehicle on 6 november 2020. GROUND COMMUNICATIONS An U/V transponder with 2 watts of output power for 8 GHz downlink and ...
- ... 15 January 2020 Long March 2D Success [11] ÑuSat 9 (Aleph-1 9) Alice [12] 2020-079A Alice Ball [13] 6 november 2020, 03:19 UTC Long March 6 Success ÑuSat 10 (Aleph-1 10) Caroline [12] 2020-079B Caroline Hersche ...
- ... 03:19 UTC Long March 6 Success ÑuSat 10 (Aleph-1 10) Caroline [12] 2020-079B Caroline Herschel [13] 6 november 2020, 03:19 UTC Long March 6 Success ÑuSat 11 (Aleph-1 11) Cora [12] 2020-079C Cora Ratto [13] 6 No ...
- ... mber 2020, 03:19 UTC Long March 6 Success ÑuSat 11 (Aleph-1 11) Cora [12] 2020-079C Cora Ratto [13] 6 november 2020, 03:19 UTC Long March 6 Success ÑuSat 12 (Aleph-1 12) Dorothy [12] 2020-079D Dorothy Vaughan [ ...
- ... 0, 03:19 UTC Long March 6 Success ÑuSat 12 (Aleph-1 12) Dorothy [12] 2020-079D Dorothy Vaughan [13] 6 november 2020, 03:19 UTC Long March 6 Success ÑuSat 13 (Aleph-1 13) Emmy [12] 2020-079E Emmy Noether [13] 6 ...
- ... er 2020, 03:19 UTC Long March 6 Success ÑuSat 13 (Aleph-1 13) Emmy [12] 2020-079E Emmy Noether [13] 6 november 2020, 03:19 UTC Long March 6 Success ÑuSat 14 (Aleph-1 14) Hedy [12] 2020-079F Hedy Lamarr [13] 6 N ...
- ... ber 2020, 03:19 UTC Long March 6 Success ÑuSat 14 (Aleph-1 14) Hedy [12] 2020-079F Hedy Lamarr [13] 6 november 2020, 03:19 UTC Long March 6 Success ÑuSat 15 (Aleph-1 15) Katherine [12] 2020-079G Katherine Johns ...
- ... 3:19 UTC Long March 6 Success ÑuSat 15 (Aleph-1 15) Katherine [12] 2020-079G Katherine Johnson [13] 6 november 2020, 03:19 UTC Long March 6 Success ÑuSat 16 (Aleph-1 16) Lise [12] 2020-079H Lise Meitner [13] 6 ...
- ... er 2020, 03:19 UTC Long March 6 Success ÑuSat 16 (Aleph-1 16) Lise [12] 2020-079H Lise Meitner [13] 6 november 2020, 03:19 UTC Long March 6 Success ÑuSat 17 (Aleph-1 17) Mary [12] 2020-079J Mary Jackson [13] 6 ...
- ... er 2020, 03:19 UTC Long March 6 Success ÑuSat 17 (Aleph-1 17) Mary [12] 2020-079J Mary Jackson [13] 6 november 2020, 03:19 UTC Long March 6 Success ÑuSat 18 (Aleph-1 18) Vera [12] 2020-079K Vera Rubin [13] 6 No ...
- ... mber 2020, 03:19 UTC Long March 6 Success ÑuSat 18 (Aleph-1 18) Vera [12] 2020-079K Vera Rubin [13] 6 november 2020, 03:19 UTC Long March 6 Success ÑuSat 19 (Aleph-1 19) Rosalind [14] 2021-059AC Rosalind Frankl ...
#5 BILSAT-1
BILSAT-1 (formerly just BILSAT ) was an earth observation satellite designed and developed by TÜBİTAK Space Technologies Research Institute (TÜBİTAK UZAY) and produced in Turkey as part of the Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC) project in the context of a show-how program led by DMC Internation
- ... uth Africa taken on October 18, Gulf of İskenderun , Turkey taken on October 30 and Kuwait City take november 6, er 6, 2003. [10] BILSAT-1 ended its mission in August 2006 due to battery cells failure. [6] [11] PA ...
#6 STS-88
STS-88 was the first Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). It was flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour , and took the first American module, the Unity node , to the station. [2] First Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station STS-88 Endeavour ' s Canadarm positio
- ... dance maneuver to move Endeavour out of the way of a casing from a Delta II rocket that launched on 6 november from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. [5] 6 DECEMBER (FLIGHT DAY 4, DOCKING WITH ZARYA) On ...
#7 STS-120
STS-120 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) that launched on 23 October 2007 from the Kennedy Space Center , Florida. [5] The mission is also referred to as ISS-10A by the ISS program. STS-120 delivered the Harmony module and reconfigured a portion of the station in
- ... he final analysis that allows the ground team to clear the orbiter for re-entry on Wednesday. [100] 6 november (FLIGHT DAY 15) The crew of Discovery spent the day preparing Wednesday's landing. [101] In additio ...
#8 Kosmos 2217
Kosmos 2217 ( Russian : Космос 2217 meaning Cosmos 2217 ) is a Russian US-K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1992 as part of the Russian Space Forces ' Oko programme. The satellite is designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors . [2] Kosmo
- ... ) UTC Rocket Molniya-M / 2BL [2] Launch site Plesetsk Cosmodrome [2] [3] End of mission Decay date 6 november 2010 ( 2010-11-07 ) [4] Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Molniya [2] Perigee a ...
- ... Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 22189. [3] It re-entered the Earth's atmosphere on 6 november 2010. [4] SEE ALSO Spaceflight portal List of Kosmos satellites (2001–2250) List of R-7 launches (1 ...
#9 Pioneer 10
Pioneer 10 (originally designated Pioneer F ) is an American space probe , launched in 1972 and weighing 260 kilograms (570 pounds ) , that completed the first mission to the planet Jupiter . [3] Thereafter, Pioneer 10 became the first of five artificial objects to achieve the escape velocity needed
- ... , 1973, it became the first spacecraft to traverse the asteroid belt . Photography of Jupiter began november 6, 1973, at a range of 25,000,000 kilometers (16,000,000 mi) , and about 500 images were transmitted. ...
- ... Jupiter showing the Great Red Spot near the right limb The moon Ganymede as imaged by Pioneer 10 On november 6, 1973, the Pioneer 10 spacecraft was at a distance of 25 million km (16 million mi) from Jupiter. Te ...
#10 Meridian 6
Meridian 6 ( Russian : Меридиан-6 ), also known as Meridian No.16L , is a Russian military communications satellite , one of the Meridian series. It is designed to carry military communications traffic and is a replacement for the Molniya satellites. In common with the earlier satellites these craft
- ... ed Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu in his first visit to the troops since being appointed on 6 november 2012. [5] [7]
#11 Explorer 23
Explorer 23 (also called S-55C ) was the last of three S-55 NASA micrometeoroid satellites launched as part of the Explorer program . Its purpose was to obtain data on the near-earth meteoroid environment, thus providing an accurate estimate of the probability of penetration in spacecraft structures
- ... m (24 × 76 in) cylinder Power Solar cells and nickel-cadmium batteries Start of mission Launch date 6 november 1964, 12:02:01 GMT [1] Rocket Scout X-1 (S-133R) Launch site Wallops Flight Facility , LA-3 Contrac ...
- ... ket Scout X-1 (S-133R) Launch site Wallops Flight Facility , LA-3 Contractor Vought Entered service 6 november 1964 End of mission Last contact 7 November 1965 Decay date 29 June 1983 Orbital parameters Referen ...
- ... wo discharges were recorded for one of the detectors during the 365-day lifetime of the experiment ( 6 november 1964 to 5 November 1965). No discharges were recorded for the second capacitor. More refined labora ...
- ... d 2 counts for the high-, medium-, and low-sensitivity systems, respectively, over a 1-year period ( 6 november 1964 to 5 November 1965). [6] PRESSURIZED CELLS The frequency at which two different thicknesses of ...
- ... s satellite experiments. [7] RESULTS The spacecraft operated satisfactorily during its 1-year life ( 6 november 1964 to 7 November 1965), and all mission objectives were accomplished, except for the cadmium sulf ...
#12 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
- ... INTEREST AND MEDIA COVERAGE VIPs swarmed to KSC in the days before the launch. Von Braun arrived on november 6, scheduled for an exclusive executive dinner and conference that evening. NASA executives, figures f ...
- ... ou can see it. Part of our roof has come in here. — Walter Cronkite , November 9, 1967 [31] [47] On november 6, 1967, at 10:30 pm EST (03:30 November 7 UTC ), [48] the 56 + 1 ⁄ 2 -hour countdown sequence began w ...
#13 Starlink
Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by SpaceX , [3] providing satellite Internet access coverage to 40 countries. It also aims for global mobile phone service after 2023. [4] SpaceX started launching Starlink satellites in 2019. As of September 2022, Starlink consists of over 3,0
- ... 0 [64] February 2022 250,000 May 2022 400,000 June 2022 500,000 [62] September 2022 700,000 [65] On 6 november 2020, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada announced regulatory approval for the Sta ...
#14 Lunar Orbiter 2
The 1966 Lunar Orbiter 2 robotic spacecraft mission, part of the Lunar Orbiter Program , was designed primarily to photograph smooth areas of the lunar surface for selection and verification of safe landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo missions. It was also equipped to collect selenodetic , rad
- ... ufacturer Langley Research Center Launch mass 385.6 kilograms (850 lb) Start of mission Launch date november 6, 1966, 23:21:00 ( 1966-11-06UTC23:21Z ) UTC Rocket Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D Launch site Cape Canaveral LC ...
#15 USA-180
USA-180 , also known as GPS IIR-13 and GPS SVN-61 , is an American navigation satellite which forms part of the Global Positioning System . It was the thirteenth of twenty one Block IIR GPS satellites to be launched, and the last in the original configuration. It was built by Lockheed Martin , using
- ... acturer Lockheed Martin [2] Launch mass 2,032 kilograms (4,480 lb) [2] Start of mission Launch date 6 november 2004, 05:39:00 ( 2004-11-06UTC05:39Z ) UTC Rocket Delta II 7925-9.5, D308 [3] Launch site Cape Cana ...
- ... [4] Inclination 54.8 degrees [4] Period 717.94 minutes [4] USA-180 was launched at 05:39:00 UTC on 6 november 2004, atop a Delta II carrier rocket, flight number D308, flying in the 7925-9.5 configuration. [3] ...
#16 Tianhe core module
Tianhe ( Chinese : 天和 ; pinyin : Tiānhé ; lit. 'Harmony of the Heavens' ), [8] [9] officially the Tianhe core module ( Chinese : 天和核心舱 ), is the first module to launch of the Tiangong space station . It was launched into orbit on 29 April 2021, [1] as the first launch of the final phase of Tiangong
- ... alpha 4] October 2022 [50] TBD — Planned Mengtian Long March 5B Wenchang LC-1 CASC Tianhe starboard 6 november 2022 [53] [54] TBD TBD Tianzhou 5 Long March 7 Wenchang LC-2 CASC Tianhe aft December 2022 [55] TBD ...
#17 NOAA-3
NOAA-3 , also known as ITOS-F was a weather satellite operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). It was part of a series of satellites called ITOS, or improved TIROS . [2] It was deactivated by NOAA in August 1976. NOAA-3 Illustration of an ITOS series satellite Mission
- ... rties Manufacturer RCA Astrospace Launch mass 746 kilograms (1,645 lb) Start of mission Launch date november 6, 1973, 17:02 ( 1973-11-06UTC17:02Z ) UTC Rocket Delta-300 Launch site Vandenberg SLC-2W End of missi ...
- ... s (930 mi) Apogee altitude 1,509 kilometers (938 mi) Inclination 102.1° Period 116.11 minutes Epoch november 6, 1973 ITOS ← ITOS-E NOAA-4 →
#18 TSUBAME (satellite)
TSUBAME was a microsatellite developed by the Tokyo Institute of Technology and Tokyo University of Science from a student design concept in 2004. [1] The satellite was designed to demonstrate new technologies for rapid attitude control, observing gamma ray bursts , and earth observation. [2] The na
- ... atellite TSUBAME was launched with four other satellites from Yasny Cosmodrome on a Dnepr rocket on november 6, 2014. [5] It was placed in a 500 km altitude sun synchronous orbit . A week after the launch, probl ...
- ... aunch piggyback with ASNARO 1 . The mission was launched from Yasny Cosmodrome on a Dnepr rocket on november 6, 2014. [5] It was deployed into a 500 km sun synchronous orbit . [1] Initially, TSUBAME's mission wa ...
#19 Voyager 1
Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977, as part of the Voyager program to study the outer Solar System and interstellar space beyond the Sun's heliosphere . Launched 16 days after its twin Voyager 2 , Voyager 1 has been operating for 45 years and 1 month as of October 5
- ... slows to subsonic speeds. Some other scientists expressed doubt, discussed in the journal Nature of november 6, 2003. [51] The issue would not be resolved until other data became available, since Voyager 1 ' s s ...
#20 Yamal-402
Yamal-402 ( Russian : Ямал-402 ) is a Russian geostationary communications satellite . It was launched on 8 December 2012, 13:13:43 UTC from Site 200/39 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan . [1] It was built by Thales Alenia Space , and is based on the Spacebus-4000C3 satellite bus . It is equi
- ... to ISS Reshetnev , but Thales was allowed to keep the payload supply. [3] [4] [5] LAUNCH PROBLEM On 6 november 2012, the satellite arrives at the launch site of Baikonur . [6] On 8 December 2012, at 13:13:43 UT ...