langs: 8 октября [ru] / october 8 [en] / 8. oktober [de] / 8 octobre [fr] / 8 ottobre [it] / 8 de octubre [es]
days: october 5 / october 6 / october 7 / october 8 / october 9 / october 10 / october 11
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 Carlos I. Noriega
Carlos Ismael Noriega (born 8 October 1959) is a Peruvian -American NASA employee, a former NASA astronaut and a retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant colonel. For the Uruguayan swimmer, see Carlos Noriega (swimmer) . For the Bolivian judoka, see Carlos Noriega (judoka) . Carlos Ismael Noriega Born (
- ... . For the Bolivian judoka, see Carlos Noriega (judoka) . Carlos Ismael Noriega Born ( 1959-10-08 ) october 8, 1959 (age 63) Lima, Peru Status Retired Nationality United States Peru Alma mater University of Sou ...
- Carlos Ismael Noriega (born 8 october 1959) is a Peruvian -American NASA employee, a former NASA astronaut and a retired U.S. Marine Corp ...
#2 Chris Hadfield
Chris Austin Hadfield OC OOnt MSC CD (born August 29, 1959) is a Canadian retired astronaut , engineer, fighter pilot , and musician. The first Canadian to perform extravehicular activity in outer space , he has flown two Space Shuttle missions and also served as commander of the International Space
- ... field with Rusty Schweickart , Alexei Leonov and Garrett Reisman at the Starmus Festival in 2016 On october 8, 2013, the University of Waterloo announced that Hadfield will join the university as a professor fo ...
#3 Janice E. Voss
Janice Elaine Voss (October 8, 1956 – February 6, 2012) was an American engineer and a NASA astronaut . Voss received her B.S. in engineering science from Purdue University , her M.S. in electrical engineering from MIT , and her PhD in aeronautics and astronautics from MIT . [1] She flew in space fi
- Janice Elaine Voss ( october 8, 1956 – February 6, 2012) was an American engineer and a NASA astronaut . Voss received her B.S. in ...
- ... . [3] [4] [5] American engineer and a NASA astronaut (1956–2012) Janice E. Voss Born ( 1956-10-08 ) october 8, 1956 South Bend, Indiana , U.S. Died February 6, 2012 (2012-02-06) (aged 55) Scottsdale, Arizona , ...
#4 Pyotr Dubrov
Pyotr Valerievich Dubrov ( Russian : Пётр Валерьевич Дубров ; born 30 January 1978) is a Russian engineer and cosmonaut selected by Roscosmos in 2012. Russian engineer and cosmonaut This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification . ( March 2010 ) Pyotr Dubrov Born ( 197
- ... elopment International LLC. [1] COSMONAUT CAREER Dubrov was selected by Roscosmos as a cosmonaut on 8 october 2012, as one of eight cosmonauts selected as part of Roscosmos's 2012 selection group. Included in ...
#5 Aleksandr Kaleri
Aleksandr "Sasha" Yuriyevich Kaleri ( Russian : Александр Юрьевич Калери ; born in Jūrmala , Latvia on 13 May 1956) is a Russian cosmonaut and veteran of extended stays on the Mir Space Station and the International Space Station (ISS). Kaleri has most recently been in space aboard the ISS serving a
- ... oard the Mir as a backup crew flight engineer of the Mir-9 mission from January to April 1991. From 8 october 1991 to 25 February 1992, Kaleri was training as a primary crew flight engineer for the Mir-11 miss ...
#6 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,
- ... chool in Baltimore, Maryland , is named in his honor (along with Charles Drew and Mae Jemison ). On october 8, 2021, a building on the main campus of The Pennsylvania State University in its Innovation Park was ...
#7 Vladimir Dezhurov
Vladimir Nikolayevich Dezhurov ( Russian : Влади́мир Никола́евич Дежу́ров ; born July 30, 1962) is a Russian former cosmonaut who resides in Star City, Moscow . He is a veteran of two spaceflights, to the Mir and International Space Stations. During his career, Dezhurov also conducted nine spacewalk
- ... vely. Dezhurov conducted another four spacewalks during the Expedition 3 mission to the ISS. [5] On october 8, 2001, Dezhurov and Tyurin ventured outside the ISS to mark the 100th spacewalk to be carried out by ...
#8 Mikhail Tyurin
Mikhail Vladislavovich Tyurin ( Russian : Михаил Владиславович Тюрин ; born March 2, 1960) is a former Russian cosmonaut who flew several missions to the International Space Station and completed four spacewalks during his career. He was awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation for his work
- ... urin conducted his first three career spacewalks during the Expedition 3 mission to the ISS. [8] On october 8, 2001, Tyurin and Dezhurov ventured outside ISS to mark the 100th spacewalk to be carried out by Rus ...
Museum / Museum
#1 Hong Kong Space Museum
The Hong Kong Space Museum is an astronomy and space science museum located in Tsim Sha Tsui , Hong Kong . Opened on 8 October 1980, it is managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong Government . [1] The building is notable for its hemispherical shape, which contains a p
- ... ce Museum is an astronomy and space science museum located in Tsim Sha Tsui , Hong Kong . Opened on 8 october 1980, it is managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong Government . [ ...
- ... e Museum Image of the museum, with the planetarium (left) and the main building (right) Established 8 october 1980 ; 41 years ago ( 1980-10-08 ) Location 10 Salisbury Road , Tsim Sha Tsui , Kowloon , Hong Kong ...
- ... er equipment with a price of HK$ 3,050,000. Construction commenced in 1977 and the museum opened on 8 october 1980. The museum contained the world's first computerized planetarium. In the 2008-2009 financial y ...
#2 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
- ... l carrier." During a typhoon while in the Sea of Japan during the Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea, on 8 october 1988, Midway , which was not supposed to be able to sustain more than 24 degrees of roll, survived ...
#3 National Air and Space Museum
The National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution , also called the Air and Space Museum , is a museum in Washington, D.C. , US. It was established in 1946 as the National Air Museum and opened its main building on the National Mall near L'Enfant Plaza in 1976. In 2018, the museum saw
- ... ASM, and when the exhibition closed in May 1998, it had drawn nearly four million visitors. [27] On october 8, 2011, the museum was temporarily closed after demonstrators associated with the Occupy D.C. demonst ...
#4 Delta Flight Museum
The Delta Flight Museum is an aviation and corporate museum located in Atlanta, Georgia , United States , near the airline's main hub, Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport . The museum is housed in two 1940s-era Delta Air Lines aircraft hangars at Delta's headquarters, designated a Histo
- ... formation of a non-profit museum, named the Delta Air Transport Heritage Museum, Inc. From 1995 to october 8, 1999, Ship 41 was painstakingly restored by active and retired Delta employees and volunteers to it ...
#5 Indian Air Force Museum, Palam
The Indian Air Force Museum, Palam , is the museum of the Indian Air Force , and is located at the Palam Air Force Station in Delhi , India . [1] The museum was the only one of its kind in India until the opening of the Naval Aviation Museum in Goa in 1998 and HAL Aerospace Museum in Bangalore in 20
- ... of the airbase due to lack of space. These aircraft are displayed only on the annual Air Force Day, october 8. The museum has a small souvenir shop. [2] [3] Delhi aerial photo including Indian Air Force Museum ...
#6 Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum
The Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum , the largest aviation museum in Illinois , [ citation needed ] occupied part of the grounds of the decommissioned Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul, Illinois . It and the base were named for Octave Chanute , railroad engineer and aviation pioneer. The museum was
- ... , Illinois Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum LGM-30A Minuteman I Location within Illinois Established 8 october 1994 Dissolved 1 November 2015 Location Rantoul, Illinois Type Aviation museum President William S. ...
- ... se would cause the dispersal of the aircraft on display there. [1] A few months before it opened on 8 october 1994, the museum was involved in a dispute over the display of a B-25 . The United States Air Force ...
#7 Florence Air & Missile Museum
The Florence Air & Missile Museum was an aviation museum previously located at the entrance to the Florence Regional Airport , in Florence, South Carolina . The museum closed at the end of 1997. Aviation museum in South Carolina, United States Florence Air & Missile Museum former location Establishe
- ... h, South Carolina , but once Interstate 95 was built, attendance declined. [3] The museum closed on 8 october 1997 and much of the collection transferred to the newly established Carolinas Aviation Museum in C ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 SpaceX CRS-1
SpaceX CRS-1 , also known as SpX-1 , [8] was SpaceX's first operational cargo mission to the International Space Station , under their Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-1) contract with NASA . It was the third flight for the uncrewed Dragon cargo spacecraft , and the fourth overall flight for the co
- ... fourth overall flight for the company's two-stage Falcon 9 launch vehicle . The launch occurred on 8 october 2012 at 00:34:07 UTC . [1] [2] [9] [10] 2012 American resupply spaceflight to the ISS SpaceX CRS-1 ...
- ... kg (1,995 lb) Dimensions 8.1 m (27 ft) (height) 4 m (13 ft) (diameter) Start of mission Launch date 8 october 2012, 00:34:07 UTC [1] [2] Rocket Falcon 9 v1.0 Launch site Cape Canaveral , SLC-40 [3] [4] Contrac ...
- ... The mission passed its Launch Readiness Review (LRR) on 5 October 2012. [10] The launch occurred on 8 october 2012 at 00:34:07 UTC and successfully placed the Dragon spacecraft into the proper orbit for arrivi ...
- ... rajectory to insert Dragon into a near-flawless orbit . [15] MISSION TIMELINE FLIGHT DAY 1, LAUNCH ( 8 october 2012) The SpaceX CRS-1 Falcon 9 launches on 8 October 2012. The mission plan, as published by NASA ...
- ... . [15] MISSION TIMELINE FLIGHT DAY 1, LAUNCH (8 OCTOBER 2012) The SpaceX CRS-1 Falcon 9 launches on 8 october 2012. The mission plan, as published by NASA before the mission, called for the Falcon 9 to reach s ...
#2 CryoSat-2
CryoSat-2 is a European Space Agency (ESA) Earth Explorer Mission that launched on April 8th 2010. [3] CryoSat-2 is dedicated to measuring polar sea ice thickness and monitoring changes in ice sheets. [4] Its primary objective is to measure the thinning of Arctic sea ice, but has applications to oth
- ... n Russia during August 2005 and arrived on 1 September. [15] The launch occurred from Site 133/3 on 8 october ; however, due to a missing command in the rocket's flight control system, the second-stage engine d ...
#3 STS-68
STS-68 was a human spaceflight mission using Space Shuttle Endeavour that launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida on 30 September 1994. 1994 American crewed spaceflight STS-68 SIR-C in Endeavour ' s payload bay Names Space Transportation System -65 Mission type Radar imaging Operator NASA COSPA
- ... planned and observed by the crew in an effort to help calibrate the MAPS measurements. On Saturday, 8 october 1994 at 5 am CDT, STS-68 MCC Status Report # 15 reports: As Endeavour' s seventh mission in space r ...
#4 WorldView-2
WorldView-2 ( WV 2 ) is a commercial Earth observation satellite owned by DigitalGlobe . WorldView-2 provides commercially available panchromatic imagery of 0.46 m (18 in) resolution, and eight-band multispectral imagery with 1.84 m (72 in) resolution. [4] WorldView-2 Mission type Earth obse
- ... cturer Ball Aerospace Launch mass 2,800 kg (6,200 lb) Power 3200 watts Start of mission Launch date 8 october 2009, 18:51:01 ( 2009-10-08UTC18:51:01 ) UTC [2] Rocket Delta II 7920-10C, D-345 [2] Launch site Va ...
- ... Epoch 25 January 2015, 04:29:44 UTC [3] DigitalGlobe fleet ← GeoEye-1 WorldView-3 → It was launched 8 october 2009 to become DigitalGlobe's third satellite in orbit, joining WorldView-1 which was launched in 2 ...
- ... ptical telescope that can image objects 18 in (460 mm) in diameter. LAUNCH WorldView-2 was launched 8 october 2009 from Vandenberg Air Force Base on a Delta II flying in the 7920 configuration. The launch vehi ...
#5 Fox-1A
Fox-1A , AO-85 or AMSAT OSCAR 85 [3] is an American amateur radio satellite . It is a 1U Cubesat , was built by the AMSAT-NA and carries a single-channel transponder for FM radio . The satellite has one rod antenna each for the 70 centimetres (28 in) and 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) bands. To enable a
- ... 9 lb) Dimensions 10 by 10 by 10 centimetres (3.9 in × 3.9 in × 3.9 in) Start of mission Launch date 8 october 2015, 12:49 UTC Rocket Atlas V 401 AV-058 Launch site Vandenberg SLC-3E Orbital parameters Referenc ...
- ... unch, the satellite was assigned OSCAR number 85 . LAUNCH AND MISSION The satellite was launched on 8 october 2015 with an Atlas V rocket together with the main payload Intruder 11A (also known as NOSS-3 7A , ...
#6 Kosmos 775
Kosmos 775 ( Russian : Космос 775 meaning Cosmos 775 ) is a Soviet US-KS missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1975 as part of the Oko programme. The satellite is designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors . [1] Kosmos 775 Mission type Early w
- ... Manufacturer Lavochkin [1] Launch mass 2,400 kilograms (5,300 lb) [1] Start of mission Launch date 8 october 1975, 00:30:00 ( 1975-10-08UTC00:30Z ) UTC [2] Rocket Proton-K / DM Launch site Baikonur 81/23 Orbi ...
- ... rrier rocket with a DM upper stage was used to perform the launch, which took place at 00:30 UTC on 8 october 1975. [2] [3] The launch attempted to place the satellite into geostationary orbit . It subsequentl ...
#7 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
- ... nly one person was trained to berth the Dragon. [79] The launch date moved as 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 ...
#8 Pioneer Venus Orbiter
The Pioneer Venus Orbiter , also known as Pioneer Venus 1 or Pioneer 12 , was a mission to Venus conducted by the United States as part of the Pioneer Venus project . Launched in May 1978 atop an Atlas-Centaur rocket, the spacecraft was inserted into an elliptical orbit around Venus on December 4, 1
- ... UTC Rocket Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR Launch site Cape Canaveral LC-36A End of mission Last contact october 8, 1992, 19:22 ( 1992-10-08UTC19:23Z ) UTC Decay date October 22, 1992 [1] Orbital parameters Referenc ...
- ... s exhausted, after which the orbit decayed naturally. The spacecraft continued to return data until 8 october 1992, with the last signals being received at 19:22 UTC. [3] The Pioneer Venus Orbiter disintegrate ...
#9 Progress M-29
Progress M-29 ( Russian : Прогресс M-29 ) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in October 1995 to resupply the Mir space station. Russian cargo spacecraft Progress M-29 A Progress-M spacecraft Mission type Mir resupply COSPAR ID 1995-053A SATCAT no. 23678 [1] Spacecra
- ... gress (No.229) Spacecraft type Progress-M [2] Manufacturer RKK Energia Start of mission Launch date 8 october 1995, 18:50:40 UTC [1] Rocket Soyuz-U [2] Launch site Baikonur , Site 1/5 End of mission Disposal D ...
- ... altitude 197 km [4] Apogee altitude 242 km [4] Inclination 51.6° [4] Period 88.6 minutes [4] Epoch 8 october 1995 Docking with Mir Docking port Kvant-1 aft [4] Docking date 10 October 1995, 20:32:40 UTC Undoc ...
- ... 09:15:05 UTC Progress (spacecraft) ← Progress M-28 Progress M-30 → LAUNCH Progress M-29 launched on 8 october 1995 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan . It used a Soyuz-U rocket. [2] [5] DOCKING Progres ...
#10 Sputnik 40
Sputnik 40 ( Russian : Спутник 40 , French : Spoutnik 40 ), also known as Sputnik Jr , [5] PS-2 [3] and Radio Sputnik 17 ( RS-17 ), [1] was a Franco- Russian amateur radio satellite which was launched in 1997 to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the launch of Sputnik 1 , the world's first arti
- ... osmodrome in Kazakhstan : the same launch pad used by Sputnik 1. [2] Progress M-36 docked to Mir on 8 october , [8] and the satellites were transferred to the space station. At 04:05 UTC on 3 November, [3] duri ...
#11 STS-124
STS-124 was a Space Shuttle mission , flown by Space Shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station . Discovery launched on 31 May 2008 at 17:02 EDT , moved from an earlier scheduled launch date of 25 May 2008, [4] and landed safely at the Kennedy Space Center 's Shuttle Landing Facility , at
- ... Repairs to the trench were completed before the STS-125 mission's then scheduled launch attempt on 8 october 2008. [16] In fact STS-125 finally launched in May 2009, and in the meantime STS-126 (November 2008 ...
#12 Harmony (ISS module)
Harmony , also known as Node 2 , is the "utility hub" of the International Space Station . It connects the laboratory modules of the United States , Europe and Japan , as well as providing electrical power and electronic data. Sleeping cabins for four of the crew are housed here. [3] American module
- ... d a major element of the barter agreement, between ESA and NASA, that was signed in Turin, Italy on 8 october 1997. [22] Paolo Nespoli , an ESA astronaut born in Milan , Italy, accompanied the Harmony module a ...
#13 Luna 3
Luna 3 , or E-2A No.1 ( Russian : Луна 3 ) was a Soviet spacecraft launched in 1959 as part of the Luna programme . It was the first mission to photograph the far side of the Moon and the third Soviet space probe to be sent to the neighborhood of the Moon . [6] Though it returned rather poor picture
- ... Moon and returned towards the Earth. Attempts to transmit the pictures to the Soviet Union began on 8 october but the early attempts were unsuccessful due to the low signal strength. As Luna 3 drew closer to t ...
#14 OV2-1
Orbiting Vehicle 2-1 (COSPAR ID: 1965–82C, also known as OV2-1 ), the first satellite of the second series of the United States Air Force's Orbiting Vehicle program, was an American life science research satellite. Its purpose was to determine the extent of the threat posed to astronauts by the Van
- ... 190 km) . [4] OV2-1 ultimately was scheduled for launch on the second Titan IIIC test flight [5] on 8 october 1965. However, tests at the Martin/Denver plant determined that there might be issues with the Tran ...
#15 SAOCOM
SAOCOM ( S atélite A rgentino de O bservación CO n M icroondas, Spanish for Argentine Microwaves Observation Satellite) is an Earth observation satellite constellation of Argentina's space agency CONAE . Two satellites are already orbiting the Earth in a Sun-synchronous orbit . The second one was la
- ... Bus SAC-C [1] Manufacturer INVAP Launch mass 3050 kg Dry mass 1600 kg Start of mission Launch date 8 october 2018, 02:21:28 UTC (SAOCOM 1A) 30 August 2020, 23:19 UTC (SAOCOM 1B) Rocket Falcon 9 Block 5 Launch ...
- ... were further pushed back to October 2017 and October 2018. [7] SAOCOM 1A was eventually launched on 8 october 2018 [8] and SAOCOM 1B was launched on 30 August 2020. [9] SAOCOM 1A The satellite SAOCOM 1A at CEA ...
- ... ellite SAOCOM 1A at CEATSA , in Argentina, in July 2018. SAOCOM 1A was launched on a polar orbit on 8 october 2018 at 02:21:28 UTC. [8] The SAOCOM (Satélite Argentino de Observación Con Microondas) constellati ...
- ... out an hour after liftoff, according to SpaceX. [9] LAUNCH AND OPERATIONS SAOCOM 1A was launched on 8 october 2018, at 02:22 UTC . The satellite was deployed into a polar orbit . [14] The Falcon 9 rocket boost ...
#16 RASAT
RASAT is an earth observation satellite designed and developed by TÜBİTAK Space Technologies Research Institute (TÜBİTAK UZAY) and produced in Turkey to provide high resolution imagery. It is so the first one of its art completely realized in Turkey, and the second indigenously developed remote sens
- ... 00 MB/s data transfer rate and 7 Watt power. [1] [2] [7] IMAGES The first images were received in An october 8, tober 8, 2011. [7] With images captured by the satellite between 2012 and 2014, a "mosaic map" of Tu ...
#17 Soyuz TM-22
Soyuz TM-22 was a Soyuz spaceflight to the Soviet space station Mir . [1] It launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch Pad 1 on September 3, 1995. [1] After two days of free flight, the crew docked with Mir to become Mir Principal Expedition 20 and Euromir 95. [2] Mir 20 was a harbinger of the multin
- ... RIVES Mir October 10 - November 15, 1995 Progress-M 29 was launched from the Baiknour Cosmodrome on october 8, 1995, at 18:51 UTC on a Soyuz-U rocket. [2] The resupply ship docked with Mir on October 10, 1995, ...
#18 CryoSat-1
CryoSat-1 , also known as just CryoSat , was a European Space Agency satellite which was lost in a launch failure in 2005. The satellite was launched as part of the European Space Agency's CryoSat mission, which aims to monitor ice in the high latitudes. [1] The second mission satellite, CryoSat-2,
- ... perties Manufacturer EADS Astrium Launch mass 750 kilograms (1,650 lb) Start of mission Launch date 8 october 2005, 15:02:00 ( 2005-10-08UTC15:02Z ) UTC Rocket Rokot / Briz-KM Launch site Plesetsk 133/3 Contra ...
#19 Progress M-36
Progress M-36 ( Russian : Прогресс M-36 ) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in October 1997 to resupply the Mir space station. Russian cargo spacecraft Progress M-36 A Progress-M spacecraft Mission type Mir resupply COSPAR ID 1997-058A SATCAT no. 25002 [1] Spacecra
- ... od 88.6 minutes [3] Epoch 5 October 1997 Docking with Mir Docking port Kvant-1 aft [3] Docking date 8 october 1997, 17:07:09 UTC Undocking date 17 December 1997, 06:01:53 UTC Progress (spacecraft) ← Progress M ...
- ... uz-U rocket. [2] [4] DOCKING Progress M-36 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 8 october 1997 at 17:07:09 UTC, and was undocked on 17 December 1997 at 06:01:53 UTC. [3] [5] DECAY It remain ...
#20 Kosmos 369
Kosmos 369 ( Russian : Космос 369 meaning Cosmos 369 ), known before launch as DS-P1-Yu No.42 , was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1970 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 325-kilogram (717 lb) spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau , and was used
- ... type DS-P1-Yu Manufacturer Yuzhnoye Launch mass 325 kilograms (717 lb) Start of mission Launch date 8 october 1970, 15:10:03 ( 1970-10-08UTC15:10:03Z ) UTC Rocket Kosmos-2I 63SM Launch site Plesetsk 133/1 End ...
- ... Cosmodrome , [2] and used a Kosmos-2I 63SM carrier rocket . The launch occurred at 15:10:03 UTC on 8 october 1970, and successfully deployed Kosmos 369 into low Earth orbit . [3] Upon reaching orbit, it was a ...