langs: 21 октября [ru] / october 21 [en] / 21. oktober [de] / 21 octobre [fr] / 21 ottobre [it] / 21 de octubre [es]
days: october 18 / october 19 / october 20 / october 21 / october 22 / october 23 / october 24
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 Albert Scott Crossfield
Albert Scott Crossfield (October 2, 1921 – April 19, 2006) was an American naval officer and test pilot . In 1953, he became the first pilot to fly at twice the speed of sound . Crossfield was the first of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15 , an experimental spaceplane jointly operated b
- ... [1] a son of Albert Scott Crossfield (Sr.) (13 May 1887 Browns Valley, Traverse County, Minnesota – 21 october 1954) and his first wife nee Maria Lucia Dwyer. Crossfield graduated from Boistfort High School sou ...
#2 Vladimir Shatalov
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov ( Russian : Владимир Александрович Шаталов ; December 8, 1927 – June 15, 2021) [2] was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut who flew three space missions of the Soyuz programme : Soyuz 4 , Soyuz 8 , and Soyuz 10 . [1] Soviet cosmonaut (1927–2021) Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sh
- ... (1981) Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR (January 22, 1969) Honored Master of Sports of the USSR [ ru ] ( october 21, 1969) Honorary radio operator [ ru ] (1971) Honorary Metallurgist (July 14, 1972) Honorary Surveyor ...
#3 Oleg Kotov
Oleg Valeriyevich Kotov ( Russian : Олег Валериевич Котов ) was born on 27 October 1965 in Simferopol , Crimean oblast in the Ukrainian SSR . After a career as a physician assigned to the Soviet space program, he joined the Russian cosmonaut corps. He has flown three long duration spaceflights on th
- ... ard Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft, together with Fyodor Yurchikhin and space tourist Charles Simonyi . On october 21, Kotov returned to Earth inside the Soyuz TMA-10 capsule after spending 196 days and 17 hours in spa ...
- ... pending 196 days and 17 hours in space. The TMA-10 spacecraft undocked from the ISS at 07:14 UTC on october 21, and deorbit occurred at 09:47. During atmospheric re-entry , the spacecraft transitioned to a balli ...
#4 Doug Hurley
Douglas Gerald Hurley (born October 21, 1966) is an American engineer , former Marine Corps pilot and former NASA astronaut . He piloted Space Shuttle missions STS-127 (July 2009) [3] and STS-135 (July 2011), the final flight of the Space Shuttle program . He launched into space for the third time a
- Douglas Gerald Hurley (born october 21, 1966) is an American engineer , former Marine Corps pilot and former NASA astronaut . He piloted Sp ...
- ... rmer NASA astronaut Douglas G. Hurley Hurley in July 2018 Born Douglas Gerald Hurley ( 1966-10-21 ) october 21, 1966 (age 55) Endicott , New York , U.S. Status Retired Nationality American Alma mater Tulane Univ ...
- ... LuJean Nyberg Website https://doughurleyastronaut.com EARLY YEARS AND EDUCATION Hurley was born on october 21, 1966, in Endicott, New York and spent his childhood in Apalachin, New York . He graduated from the ...
#5 Ronald McNair
Ronald Erwin McNair (October 21, 1950 – January 28, 1986) was an American NASA astronaut and physicist . He died during the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L , in which he was serving as one of three mission specialists in a crew of seven. American astronaut and physicist (1
- Ronald Erwin McNair ( october 21, 1950 – January 28, 1986) was an American NASA astronaut and physicist . He died during the launch o ...
- ... American astronaut and physicist (1950–1986) Ronald McNair Born Ronald Erwin McNair ( 1950-10-21 ) october 21, 1950 Lake City, South Carolina , U.S. Died January 28, 1986 (1986-01-28) (aged 35) North Atlantic O ...
- ... ow) Ellison Onizuka , Christa McAuliffe , Gregory Jarvis , Judith Resnik BACKGROUND McNair was born october 21, 1950, in Lake City, South Carolina , to Pearl M. and Carl C. McNair. He had two brothers, Carl and ...
#6 David Saint-Jacques
David Saint-Jacques OQ FRCGS ( in Quebec : [davɪd sẽɪ̯̃nʒã(ŋ)k̚] , French pronunciation: [david sɛ̃ʒak] ; born January 6, 1970) [2] is a Canadian astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). He is also an astrophysicist , engineer , and a physician . Canadian engineer, astrophysicist, physici
- ... by stormy weather and high seas, the mission began on October 20, 2011. [6] [7] On the afternoon of october 21, Saint-Jacques and his crewmates officially became aquanauts, having spent over 24 hours underwater. ...
#7 Neil Armstrong
Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer , and the first person to walk on the Moon . He was also a naval aviator , test pilot , and university professor. American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2012) For other uses, see Neil A
- ... Los Alamitos . [29] He remained in the reserve for eight years, before resigning his commission on october 21, 1960. [28] COLLEGE YEARS After his service with the Navy, Armstrong returned to Purdue. His previou ...
#8 Christopher Cassidy
Christopher John "Chris" Cassidy (born January 4, 1970) is a retired NASA astronaut and United States Navy SEAL . Chris Cassidy achieved the rank of captain in the U.S. Navy . His first spaceflight was on a Space Shuttle mission in 2009. He was the Chief of the Astronaut Office at NASA from July 201
- ... on May 31, 2020, with the docking of Crew Dragon Demo-2 . Cassidy and his crew returned to Earth on october 21, 2020. They landed in Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan at 10:54 pm. Cassidy's last two years as an astronaut ...
#9 Jon McBride
Jon Andrew McBride (born August 14, 1943), is a retired NASA astronaut and American naval officer. This article is about the astronaut. For the film director, see Jon McBride (filmmaker) . Jon A. McBride Born ( 1943-08-14 ) August 14, 1943 (age 78) Charleston, West Virginia , U.S. Status Retired N
- ... M. (born March 3, 1962 - January 14, 1992) [2] ), Melissa L. (December 12, 1966), and Jon A. (born october 21, 1970). He has 8 grandchildren: Megan, Collin, Richard, Austin, Cadi, Bailey, Ryan, and Kendall. [3] ...
#10 Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor Al Masrie bin Sheikh Mustapha (born 27 July 1972) is the first Malaysian astronaut . [1] He launched to the International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA-11 with the Expedition 16 crew on 10 October 2007. [2] [3] Sheikh Muszaphar flew under an agreement with Russia through the
- ... aphar flew under an agreement with Russia through the Angkasawan program , and returned to Earth on 21 october 2007, aboard Soyuz TMA-10 with the Expedition 15 crew members, Fyodor Yurchikhin and Oleg Kotov . [ ...
- ... Sheikh Muszaphar boarded Soyuz TMA-10 for his return. TMA-10 undocked from the ISS at 07:14 UTC on 21 october , and deorbit occurred at 09:47. During atmospheric re-entry , the spacecraft transitioned to a ball ...
#11 Shannon Walker
Shannon Walker (born June 4, 1965) is an American physicist and a NASA astronaut selected in 2004. She launched on her first mission into space on June 25, 2010, onboard Soyuz TMA-19 and spent over 163 days in space. [1] American scientist and NASA astronaut For the rugby union and rugby league play
- ... by stormy weather and high seas, the mission began on October 20, 2011. [4] [5] On the afternoon of october 21, Walker and her crew officially became aquanauts , having spent over 24 hours underwater. NEEMO 15 e ...
#12 Nicole Stott
Nicole Marie Passonno Stott (born November 19, 1962) is an American engineer and a retired NASA astronaut . She served as a Flight Engineer on ISS Expedition 20 and Expedition 21 and was a Mission Specialist on STS-128 and STS-133 . [2] After 27 years of working at NASA, the space agency announced h
- ... rd to last (antepenultimate) flight of the space shuttle. [6] [7] FIRST LIVE TWEET-UP FROM SPACE On october 21, 2009, Stott and her Expedition 21 crewmate Jeff Williams participated in the first NASA Tweetup fro ...
#13 Anatoly Ivanishin
Anatoli Alekseyevich Ivanishin ( Russian: Анатолий Алексеевич Иванишин ; born 15 January 1969) is a former Russian cosmonaut. His first visit to space was to the International Space Station on board the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft as an Expedition 29 / Expedition 30 crew member, launching in November 20
- ... ikov and Andrei Borisenko as well as NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough to the station. They arrived on 21 october and joined Ivanishin and his crew. [13] Following a very short period of six crew operations with t ...
#14 Svetlana Savitskaya
Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya ( Russian : Светла́на Евге́ньевна Сави́цкая ; born 8 August 1948) is a Russian former aviator and Soviet cosmonaut who flew aboard Soyuz T-7 in 1982, becoming the second woman in space. On her 1984 Soyuz T-12 mission she became the first woman to fly to space twice, a
- ... /25 km MiG-25 2683.45 km/h August 31, 1977 turbojet Altitude in horizontal flight MiG-25 21,209.9 m october 21, 1977 turbojet Speed over circuit of 500 km MiG-25 2466.31 km/h April 12, 1978 turbojet Speed over c ...
#15 Jeffrey Williams (astronaut)
Jeffrey Nels Williams (born January 18, 1958) is a retired United States Army officer and a NASA astronaut . He is a veteran of four space flights and formerly held the American record for most days spent in space, which was surpassed in April 2017 by his colleague Peggy Whitson . [1] He still holds
- ... oard the Space Station. FIRST LIVE TWEETUP FROM SPACE Williams at work in the Destiny laboratory On october 21, 2009, Williams and his Expedition 21 crewmate, Nicole Stott , participated in the first NASA Tweetu ...
#16 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
- ... ing. [121] The prosecution appealed that ruling on November 8. A hearing on that appeal occurred on october 21, 2008. [122] [123] On December 5, 2008, the Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal held that her sta ...
#17 Takuya Onishi
Takuya Onishi ( 大西 卓哉 , Ōnishi Takuya , born 1975) is a Japanese astronaut selected for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ( JAXA ) in 2009. [1] He spent four months on board the International Space Station in 2016. Japanese engineer, commercial pilot and astronaut from JAXA Takuya Onishi Born (
- ... by stormy weather and high seas, the mission began on October 20, 2011. [5] [6] On the afternoon of october 21, Onishi and his crewmates officially became aquanauts, having spent over 24 hours underwater. NEEMO ...
#18 Fyodor Yurchikhin
Fyodor Nikolayevich Yurchikhin ( Russian : Фёдор Николаевич Юрчихин, Greek : Θεόδωρος Γιουρτσίχιν του Νικόλαου; born 3 January 1959 ) is a Russian cosmonaut of Greek descent, engineer and RSC Energia test-pilot who has flown on five spaceflights . His first spaceflight was a 10-day Space Shuttle mis
- ... ssion. ISS Commander Yurchikhin pictured with fruit in Zvezda after a Progress resupply arrival. On 21 october 2007, he returned to Earth inside the Soyuz TMA-10 capsule after spending 196 days and 17 hours in ...
- ... g 196 days and 17 hours in space. The Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft undocked from the ISS at 07:14 UTC on 21 october 2007, and deorbit occurred at 09:47 UTC. During atmospheric re-entry , the spacecraft transitioned ...
#19 Mark N. Brown
Mark Neil Brown (born November 18, 1951) is an American engineer , retired colonel in the United States Air Force and former NASA astronaut . Brown spent a total of ten days in space, over two five day missions. This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the
- ... ormer Lynne A. Anderson of River Grove, Illinois ; they have two daughters: Kristin Elizabeth (born october 21, 1981) and Karin Alison (born May 18, 1986). [1] EDUCATION 1969: Graduated from Valparaiso High Scho ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 TIROS-6
TIROS 6 (also called TIROS-F ) was a spin-stabilized meteorological satellite . It was the sixth in a series of Television Infrared Observation Satellites . TIROS-6 TIROS-6. Mission type Weather satellite Operator NASA Harvard designation 1962 αψ1 COSPAR ID 1962-047A SATCAT no. 397 Mission duration
- ... UTC08:52Z ) UTC [2] Rocket Thor-Delta Launch site Cape Canaveral LC-17A End of mission Last contact october 21, 1963 ( 1963-10-22 ) Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Low Earth Eccentricity 0. ...
- ... e Canaveral Air Force Station , Florida , United States . The spacecraft functioned nominally until october 21, 1962. The satellite orbited the Earth once every 1 hour and 38 minutes, at an inclination of 58.3°. ...
- ... , 1962, when the medium-angle camera vidicon failed. The wide-angle camera vidicon system failed on october 21, 1963, and the spacecraft was deactivated shortly thereafter. [3]
#2 UNITE (satellite)
UNITE ( Undergraduate Nano Ionospheric Temperature Explorer ) was a CubeSat nanosatellite developed by the University of Southern Indiana . The project was funded by NASA 's Undergraduate Student Instrument Project and primarily designed and built by students. It was launched into space on 5 Decembe
- ... T , CRS-16 Launch site Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Contractor SpaceX End of mission Decay date 21 october 2021 ( 2021-10-22 ) Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Low Earth UNITE reentered ...
- ... ) Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Low Earth UNITE reentered the atmosphere on 21 october 2021, after 994 days in orbit. [4] [5]
#3 Kosmos 959
Kosmos 959 ( Russian : Космос 959 meaning Cosmos 959 ) was a satellite which was used as a target for tests of anti-satellite weapons . It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1977 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme, [1] and used as a target for Kosmos 961 , as part of the Istrebitel Spu
- ... t type Lira Manufacturer Yuzhnoye Launch mass 650 kilograms (1,430 lb) Start of mission Launch date 21 october 1977, 10:05 ( 1977-10-21UTC10:05Z ) UTC Rocket Kosmos-3M Launch site Plesetsk 132/1 Orbital paramet ...
- ... arrier rocket, [3] from Site 132/1 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome . The launch occurred at 10:05 UTC on 21 october 1977. [4] Kosmos 959 was placed into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of 146 kilometres (91 mi) , a ...
#4 Progress M-14
Progress M-14 ( Russian : Прогресс M-14 ), was a Russian uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1992 to resupply the Mir space station. The spacecraft was modified to transport the first VDU propulsion unit to Mir. [3] Progress M-14 also carried the sixth VBK-Raduga capsule, [5] wh
- ... [1] Rocket Soyuz-U2 [2] Launch site Baikonur 31/6 [2] End of mission Disposal Deorbited Decay date 21 october 1992, 23:12:00 ( 1992-10-21UTC23:13Z ) GMT [3] Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regim ...
- ... king with Mir Docking port Kvant-1 Aft Docking date 18 August 1992, 00:20:48 UTC [4] Undocking date 21 october 1992, 16:46:01 UTC [4] Time docked 64.68 days [3] ← Progress M-13 Progress M-15 → LAUNCH Progress M ...
#5 Progress M-10
Progress M-10 ( Russian : Прогресс М-10 ) was a Soviet and subsequently Russian uncrewed cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1991 to resupply the Mir space station. [2] The twenty-eighth of sixty-four Progress spacecraft to visit Mir, it used the Progress-M 11F615A55 configuration, [3] and had th
- ... etres (234 mi) [1] Inclination 51.6 degrees Docking with Mir Docking port Core Forward Docking date 21 october 1991, 03:40:50 UTC Undocking date 20 January 1992, 07:13:44 UTC Time docked 91 days Progress M-10 w ...
- ... light, it docked with the Forward port of the core module on the second attempt, at 03:40:50 GMT on 21 october . [5] The first attempt had been aborted by the Progress' onboard computer when the spacecraft was 1 ...
#6 USA-47
USA-47 , also known as GPS II-4 and GPS SVN-19 , was an American navigation satellite which formed part of the Global Positioning System . It was the fourth of nine Block II GPS satellites to be launched, which were the first operational GPS satellites to fly. USA-47 Names Navstar 2-04 GPS II-4 GPS
- ... 840 kg (1,850 lb) [2] Dimensions 5.3 m (17 ft) of long Power 710 watts Start of mission Launch date 21 october 1989, 09:31:01 UTC Rocket Delta II 6925-9.5 (Delta D188) Launch site Cape Canaveral , LC-17A Contra ...
- ... S Block II join 7 operational Block 1 satellites. [2] LAUNCH USA-47 was launched at 09:31:01 UTC on 21 october 1989, atop a Delta II launch vehicle , flight number D188, flying in the 6925 configuration. [3] Th ...
#7 Soyuz TMA-06M
Soyuz TMA-06M was a spaceflight to the International Space Station launched on 23 October 2012, transporting three members of the Expedition 33 crew. TMA-06M was the 115th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft , the first flight launching in 1967. Soyuz TMA-06M launch was also the first crewed flight from th
- ... n , Roscosmos Flight Engineer 2 Christopher Cassidy , NASA ROLLOUT The Soyuz-FG rollout by train on 21 october 2012 On 21 October 2012, the Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft was rolled out b ...
- ... t Engineer 2 Christopher Cassidy , NASA ROLLOUT The Soyuz-FG rollout by train on 21 October 2012 On 21 october 2012, the Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft was rolled out by train and erected ...
#8 Poisk (ISS module)
Poisk ( Russian : Поиск , lit. ' Search ' ), also known as the Mini-Research Module 2 ( MRM 2 ), Малый исследовательский модуль 2 , or МИМ 2 , is a docking module of the International Space Station . Its original name was Docking Module 2 ( Stykovochniy Otsek 2 , SO-2 ), as it is almost identical
- ... h 2, 2016 01:05 UTC Soyuz TMA-20M March 19, 2016 03:09 UTC September 16, 2016 21:51 UTC Soyuz MS-02 october 21, 2016 09:52 UTC April 10, 2017 07:57 UTC Soyuz MS-04 April 20, 2017 13:18 UTC September 2, 2017 21:5 ...
- ... oyuz MS-13 August 26, 2019 03:59 UTC February 6, 2020 05:50 UTC Soyuz MS-16 April 9, 2020 14:13 UTC october 21, 2020 11:32 UTC Soyuz MS-17 March 19, 2021 17:12 UTC April 17, 2021 01:34 UTC Soyuz MS-20 December 8 ...
#9 Sojourner (rover)
Sojourner is a robotic Mars rover that landed in the Ares Vallis channel in the Chryse Planitia region of the Oxia Palus quadrangle on July 4, 1997. Sojourner was operational on Mars for 92 sols (95 Earth days). It was the first wheeled vehicle to rove on a planet other than Earth and formed part of
- ... ourner Truth , a prominent figure in Abolitionism and woman's rights activism. AWARDS AND HONORS On october 21, 1997, at the Geological Society of America 's annual meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah , Sojourner wa ...
#10 INSAT-4A
INSAT-4A was the first one in the INSAT -4 Satellites series, providing services in the K u and C band frequency bands. At the time of launch, it was the heaviest satellite India had produced. The K u transponders cover the Indian main land and C-Band transponders cover an extended area. It has a do
- ... Kourou ELA-3 Contractor Arianespace End of mission Disposal Moved to a graveyard orbit Deactivated 21 october 2019 ( 2019-10-22 ) [2] Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Geostationary Slot 83 ...
- ... C-band transponders END OF LIFE AND REPLACEMENT The satellite was placed in the graveyard orbit on 21 october 2019 after almost 14 years in service. [2] A replacement satellite GSAT-30 was launched on 21:05 UT ...
#11 Spektr-RG
Spektr-RG ( Russian : Спектр-РГ, Spectrum + Röntgen + Gamma ; also called Spectrum-X-Gamma , SRG , SXG ) is a Russian–German high-energy astrophysics space observatory which was launched on 13 July 2019. [4] It follows on from the Spektr-R satellite telescope launched in 2011. [5] Russian–German obs
- ... ed for observations of selected galaxy clusters and AGNs ( Active Galactic Nuclei ). [12] On Monday 21 october 2019, Spektr-RG completed a 100-day cruise to L2-point. On 17 October 2019, the main eROSITA instru ...
#12 Kosmos 129
Kosmos 129 ( Russian : Космос 129 meaning Cosmos 129 ) or Zenit-2 No.33 was a Soviet , first generation, low resolution, optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1966. A Zenit-2 spacecraft, Kosmos 129 was the forty-second of eighty-one such satellites to be launched [3] [4] and had a
- ... 05 Launch site Plesetsk , Site 41/1 Contractor OKB-1 End of mission Disposal Recovered Landing date 21 october 1966, 06:14 GMT Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric [2] Regime Low Earth Perigee altitud ...
- ... smos 129 was deorbited, with its return capsule descending under parachute, landing at 06:14 GMT on 21 october 1966, and recovered by Soviet force. [6]
#13 Progress MS-17
Progress MS-17 ( Russian : Прогресс МC-17 ), Russian production No. 446, identified by NASA as Progress 78P , was a Progress spaceflight operated by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS). This was the 169th flight of a Progress spacecraft. 2021 Russian resupply spaceflight to t
- ... sian Orbital Segment (ROS) of ISS on the Poisk zenith port, on 2 July 2021, where it remained until 21 october 2021 after which it was relocated to another Russian Orbital Segment port, the Nauka nadir. BACKGRO ...
#14 Soyuz TMA-10
Soyuz TMA-10 was a human spaceflight mission using a Soyuz-TMA spacecraft to transport personnel to and from the International Space Station (ISS). The mission began at 17:31:09 UTC on April 7, 2007 when the spacecraft was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle. Soyuz TMA
- ... ( 2007-04-07UTC17:31:09Z ) UTC Rocket Soyuz-FG Launch site Baikonur 1/5 End of mission Landing date october 21, 2007, 10:36 ( 2007-10-21UTC10:37Z ) UTC Landing site west of Arkalyk Orbital parameters Reference s ...
- ... 21, following eleven days of ISS handover operations. TMA-10 undocked from the ISS at 07:14 UTC on october 21, and deorbit occurred at 09:47. During atmospheric re-entry , the spacecraft transitioned to a balli ...
- ... th ISS (Relocation) Docking port Zvezda aft Docking date 27 September 2007 20:47 UTC Undocking date 21 october 2007 07:14 UTC Time docked 23d 10h 27m From left to right: Charles Simonyi, Oleg Kotov, Fyodor Yurc ...
- ... of Zarya ) Docking to ISS: 27 September 2007 20:47 UTC (to aft port of Zvezda ) Undocking from ISS: 21 october 2007 07:14 UTC (from aft port of Zvezda ) MISSION HIGHLIGHTS Soyuz TMA-10 docked to the ISS on Apri ...
#15 Ekspress-AM6
Ekspress-AM6 ( Russian : Экспресс-АМ6 meaning Express-AM6 ) is a Russian communications satellite which was launched in 2014. The satellite has replaced the older Ekspress-AM22 , at 53° East. Part of the Ekspress series of geostationary communications satellites, it is owned and operated by the Russ
- ... MDA Corporation (payload) Launch mass 3,358 kg (7,403 lb) Power 14 kW Start of mission Launch date 21 october 2014, 15:09:32 UTC [1] Rocket Proton-M / Briz-M Launch site Baikonur , Site 81/24 Contractor Khruni ...
#16 Kosmos 10
Kosmos 10 ( Russian : Космос 10 meaning Cosmos 10 ), also known as Zenit-2 No.5 , was a Soviet reconnaissance satellite launched in 1962. It was the tenth satellite to be designated under the Kosmos system, and the fourth successful launch of a Soviet reconnaissance satellite, following Kosmos 4 , K
- ... k-2 Launch site Baikonur , Site 1/5 Contractor OKB-1 End of mission Disposal Recovered Landing date 21 october 1962 Landing site Steppe in Kazakhstan Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric [2] Regime Lo ...
- ... 4] The launch was conducted from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome , and occurred at 09:21 GMT on 21 october 1962. [5] Kosmos 10 was placed into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of 197 kilometres (122 mi) , a ...
- ... .2 minutes. [2] It conducted a four-day mission, before being deorbited and landing by parachute on 21 october 1962, and recovered by the Soviet forces in the steppe in Kazakhstan. [6] It was the last four-day ...
#17 ITOS-B
NOAA-1 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 . [3] ITOS-B was released on October 21, 1971, from the Vandenberg Air Force Base , California , with a Delta rocket . It failed
- ... . It was part of a series of satellites called ITOS, or improved TIROS . [3] ITOS-B was released on october 21, 1971, from the Vandenberg Air Force Base , California , with a Delta rocket . It failed to achieve ...
- ... properties Manufacturer RCA Astro Launch mass 687 kilograms (1,515 lb) Start of mission Launch date october 21, 1971, 00:00 ( 1971-10-21Z ) UTC [2] Rocket Delta-N6 Launch site Vandenberg SLC-2E Orbital parameter ...
#18 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
- ... deavour was moved from Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1 to the Vehicle Assembly Building . [16] On 21 october 1998, Endeavour was transported atop the Crawler Transporter to Kennedy Space Center 's Launch Pad ...
#19 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
- ... es Spacecraft type US-K [2] Launch mass 1,900 kilograms (4,200 lb) [3] Start of mission Launch date 21 october 1992, 10:21 ( 1992-10-21UTC10:21Z ) 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 10:21 UTC on 21 october 1992. [3] The launch successfully placed the satellite into a molniya orbit . It subsequently recei ...
#20 Space Capsule Recovery Experiment
The Space Capsule Recovery Experiment ( SCRE or more commonly SRE or SRE-1 ) is an Indian experimental spacecraft which was launched at 03:53 UTC on January 10, 2007, from Sriharikota by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The launch was conducted using the C7 launch of the PSLV rocket, a
- ... t by Aérospatiale of France for the European Space Agency and flown on the third Ariane 5 flight on october 21, 1998)