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Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 Charles L. Veach
Charles Lacy Veach (September 18, 1944 – October 3, 1995) was a USAF fighter pilot and NASA astronaut . This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . ( Learn how and when to remove these template messages ) This article needs additional citations
- Charles Lacy Veach ( september 18, 1944 – October 3, 1995) was a USAF fighter pilot and NASA astronaut . This article has multiple iss ...
- ... sufficient corresponding inline citations . ( November 2020 ) Charles L. Veach Born ( 1944-09-18 ) september 18, 1944 Chicago, Illinois , U.S. Died October 3, 1995 (1995-10-03) (aged 51) Houston, Texas , U.S. Nat ...
- ... Selection 1984 NASA Group 10 Missions STS-39 , STS-52 Mission insignia PERSONAL DATA Veach was born september 18, 1944, in Chicago, Illinois , but considered Honolulu, Hawaii , to be his hometown. He was married t ...
#2 Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez
Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez (born January 29, 1942) is a Cuban military officer , legislator , and former cosmonaut and the first person of African heritage in space. [1] [2] In 1980, as a member of the crew of Soyuz 38 , he became the first Cuban citizen, the first Latin American , the first person of Af
- ... viet cosmonaut Yuri Romanenko , was launched into space aboard Soyuz 38 from Baikonur Cosmodrome on september 18, 1980, at 19:11 UTC . After docking with Salyut 6 , Tamayo and Romanenko conducted experiments in an ...
#3 Daisuke Enomoto
Daisuke Enomoto ( 榎本 大輔 , Enomoto Daisuke , born April 22, 1971, nicknamed Dice-K ) is a Japanese businessman and former livedoor executive who hoped to become the fourth space tourist . He had trained at Star City, Moscow in Russia to fly with two members of Expedition 14 on board Soyuz TMA-9 , whi
- ... cow in Russia to fly with two members of Expedition 14 on board Soyuz TMA-9 , which was launched on september 18, 2006. Japanese businessman Daisuke Enomoto Born April 22, 1971 ( 1971-04-22 ) (age 51) Matsudo , Ja ...
#4 Michael López-Alegría
Michael López-Alegría (born Miguel Eladio López Alegría on May 30, 1958) is an astronaut , test pilot and commercial astronaut with dual nationality, American and Spanish; [2] a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions and one International Space Station mission. He is known for having performed ten
- ... st spaceflight of any American at the length of 215 days; this time was spent on board the ISS from september 18, 2006 to April 21, 2007. López-Alegría commanded Axiom-1 , the first ever all-private team of commer ...
- ... docked with the ISS as Commander of Expedition 14 , having taken off from Baikonur , Kazakhstan on september 18, onboard Soyuz TMA-9 . On Expedition 14 , he performed five spacewalks. On April 21, 2007, he undock ...
#5 Valentina Ponomaryova
Valentina Leonidovna Ponomaryova ( Russian : Валентина Леонидовна Пономарёва , born 18 September 1933) is a former Soviet cosmonaut , pilot and scientist. This article is about the former cosmonaut. For the Russian singer, see Valentina Ponomaryova (singer) . Valentina Leonidovna Ponomaryova Born (
- Valentina Leonidovna Ponomaryova ( Russian : Валентина Леонидовна Пономарёва , born 18 september 1933) is a former Soviet cosmonaut , pilot and scientist. This article is about the former cosmonau ...
- ... n singer, see Valentina Ponomaryova (singer) . Valentina Leonidovna Ponomaryova Born ( 1933-09-18 ) 18 september 1933 (age 88) Moscow Space career Rank Polkovnik Missions Vostok Ponomaryova left the school for gi ...
#6 Yuri Romanenko
Yuri Viktorovich Romanenko ( Russian : Ю́рий Ви́кторович Романе́нко ; born 1 August 1944) is a former Soviet cosmonaut , twice Hero of the Soviet Union (March 16, 1978 and September 26, 1980). Over his career, Yuri Romanenko spent a total of 430 days 20 hours 21 minutes 30 seconds in space and 18 ho
- ... e mission, Romanenko performed a one and a half hour long space walk . [1] In his second mission on september 18, 1980, together with the first Cuban cosmonaut Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez , Romanenko flew Soyuz 38 to Sa ...
#7 Hayley Arceneaux
Hayley Arceneaux (born December 4, 1991) is a St. Jude Children's Research Hospital physician assistant and commercial astronaut . She joined billionaire Jared Isaacman on SpaceX's first private spaceflight Inspiration4 , which launched on September 16, 2021, 00:02:56 UTC, and successfully water-lan
- ... launched on September 16, 2021, 00:02:56 UTC, and successfully water-landed local-time on Saturday, september 18. [4] Arceneaux became the first human in space with a prosthetic leg bone after surviving bone cance ...
#8 Shannon Lucid
Shannon Wells Lucid (born January 14, 1943) is an American biochemist and retired NASA astronaut . At one time, she held the record for the longest duration stay in space by an American and by a woman. She has flown in space five times including a prolonged mission aboard the Russian Mir space stati
- ... [67] Lucid's return journey to KSC was made aboard Atlantis . The STS-79 mission docked with Mir on september 18, bringing Blaha as her relief, and landed back at KSC on September 26, 1996. [68] Her helmet became ...
#9 Inspiration4
Inspiration4 (stylized as Inspirati④n ) was a 2021 human spaceflight operated by SpaceX on behalf of Shift4 Payments CEO Jared Isaacman . [3] The mission launched the Crew Dragon Resilience on 16 September 2021 at 00:02:56 UTC [lower-alpha 1] from Kennedy Space Center 's Launch Complex 39A atop a Fa
- ... 9 launch vehicle . It placed the Dragon capsule into low Earth orbit , [4] and the mission ended on 18 september 2021 at 23:06:49 UTC, [4] when Resilience splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean. 2021 private crewed ...
- ... ennedy Space Center , LC-39A Contractor SpaceX End of mission Recovered by GO Searcher Landing date 18 september 2021, 23:06:49 UTC [1] Landing site Atlantic Ocean Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric o ...
- ... , an alarm had sounded, and was found to be associated with an apparent toilet malfunction. [23] On 18 september 2021, at 23:06:49 UTC, Resilience splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cape Canaveral and w ...
#10 Nikolai Rukavishnikov
Nikolai Nikolayevich Rukavishnikov ( Russian : Никола́й Никола́евич Рукави́шников ; 18 September 1932 – 19 October 2002 [1] ) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew three space missions of the Soyuz programme : Soyuz 10 , Soyuz 16 , and Soyuz 33 . Two of these missions, Soyuz 10 and Soyuz 33 were intended
- ... ut space stations , but failed to do so. Soviet cosmonaut Nikolai Rukavishnikov Born ( 1932-09-18 ) september 18, 1932 Tomsk , USSR Died 19 October 2002 (2002-10-19) (aged 70) Moscow , Russia Nationality Soviet Oc ...
- Nikolai Nikolayevich Rukavishnikov ( Russian : Никола́й Никола́евич Рукави́шников ; 18 september 1932 – 19 October 2002 [1] ) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew three space missions of the Soyuz prog ...
#11 Kenneth Cockrell
Kenneth Dale " Taco " Cockrell (born April 9, 1950) is a retired American astronaut , engineer and a veteran of five Space Shuttle missions. He served as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1997 to 1998. [1] For the similarly named interim mayor of Detroit, see Kenneth Cockrel, Jr. This article has m
- ... g the ultra-high vacuum created behind the spacecraft. STS-69 launched September 7, 1995 and landed september 18, 1995. Mission duration was 10 days, 20 hours, 28 minutes. [3] STS-80 Main article: STS-80 STS-80 wa ...
#12 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
- ... m movie camera, during the 119 hours, 39 minutes, 40 second mission. STS-48 , from September 12, to september 18, 1991, was a five-day mission during which the crew of the Discovery deployed the Upper Atmosphere R ...
#13 Anousheh Ansari
Anousheh Ansari ( Persian : انوشه انصاری ; née Raissyan ; [2] born September 12, 1966) is an Iranian American engineer and co-founder and chairwoman of Prodea Systems. Her previous business accomplishments include serving as co-founder and CEO of Telecom Technologies, Inc. (TTI). The Ansari family i
- ... om Technologies, Inc. (TTI). The Ansari family is also the title sponsor of the Ansari X Prize . On september 18, 2006, a few days after her 40th birthday, she became the first Iranian in space. [3] Ansari was the ...
- ... khail Tyurin ( RSA ) and flight engineer Michael Lopez-Alegria ( NASA ) at 04:59 ( UTC ) on Monday, september 18, 2006, from Baikonur , Kazakhstan . Ansari became the fourth (and first female) space tourist . Her ...
#14 Rick Husband
Richard Douglas Husband (July 12, 1957 – February 1, 2003) was an American astronaut and fighter pilot . He traveled into space twice: as Pilot of STS-96 and Commander of STS-107 . He and the rest of the crew of STS-107 were killed when Columbia disintegrated during reentry into the Earth's atmosp
- ... band's Camaro on display at Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport Husband's wife Evelyn (born september 18, 1958) details her Christian life with Rick and his struggles to fulfill his lifelong dream to becom ...
#15 Jared Isaacman
Jared Isaacman (born February 11, 1983) is an American entrepreneur, pilot , philanthropist, and commercial astronaut . [3] [4] He is the founder, CEO of Draken International , a private air force provider and Shift4 Payments , a payment processor . [5] As of September 2022, his estimated net worth
- ... launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on September 16, 2021. The crew returned to Earth on september 18, 2021, after orbiting at 585 km (364 mi) in altitude. The mission was part of a fundraiser for St. J ...
#16 Valentina Tereshkova
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova ( Russian : Валентина Владимировна Терешкова , IPA: [vɐlʲɪnʲˈtʲinə vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvnə tʲɪrʲɪʂˈkovə] ( listen ) ; born 6 March 1937) is an engineer , member of the Russian State Duma , and former Soviet cosmonaut . She is known for being the first and youngest woman i
- ... f Russia , to add that "Orthodoxy is the basis of Russia's national and cultural identity". [66] On 18 september 2016, Tereshkova was re-elected to the 7th State Duma . [67] She serves as deputy chairperson of th ...
#17 Mark Shuttleworth
Mark Richard Shuttleworth (born 18 September 1973) is a South African-British entrepreneur who is the founder and CEO of Canonical , the company behind the development of the Linux-based Ubuntu operating system. [1] In 2002, Shuttleworth became the first South African to travel to space as a space t
- Mark Richard Shuttleworth (born 18 september 1973) is a South African-British entrepreneur who is the founder and CEO of Canonical , the company ...
- ... the Ubuntu Party in Paris , France, in November 2009 Born Mark Richard Shuttleworth ( 1973-09-18 ) 18 september 1973 (age 49) Welkom , Orange Free State , South Africa Nationality South African-British Occupatio ...
#18 Sally Ride
Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012) was an American astronaut and physicist . Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983 became the first American woman and the third woman to fly in space , after cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova in 1963 and Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982.
- ... ity. She was admitted on a full scholarship. [2] : 28–29 She commenced classes at Swarthmore on september 18, 1968. She played golf, and made Swarthmore's field hockey varsity team . She won all six of her int ...
#19 Charles D. Gemar
Charles Donald "Sam" Gemar (born August 4, 1955) is an American former astronaut with NASA and a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army . Gemar has flown on three Space Shuttle missions ( STS-38 , STS-48 and STS-62 ). Gemar has completed 385 orbits of the Earth and over 581 hours in space . He
- ... essness. This five-day mission concluded with a landing at Edwards Air Force Base , California , on september 18, 1991. Mission duration was 128 hours. [3] Gemar's most recent mission was STS-62 aboard the Space S ...
#20 Marc Garneau
Joseph Jean-Pierre Marc Garneau PC CC CD MP (born February 23, 1949) is a Canadian politician, retired Royal Canadian Navy officer and former astronaut who served as a Cabinet minister from 2015 to 2021. A member of the Liberal Party , Garneau was the minister of foreign affairs from January to Octo
- ... u announced his withdrawal from the race, and threw his support to front-runner Justin Trudeau . On september 18, 2013, Garneau was named co-chair of the Liberal International Affairs Council of Advisors, providin ...
Museum / Museum
#1 Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleissheim
Flugwerft Schleissheim is an aviation museum located in the German town of Oberschleißheim near Munich , it forms part of the Deutsches Museum collection and complements the aviation exhibits on display at the main site. The museum was opened on 18 September 1992. [1] Many aerospace exhibits are on
- ... lection and complements the aviation exhibits on display at the main site. The museum was opened on 18 september 1992. [1] Many aerospace exhibits are on display including fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters and air ...
#2 Polish Aviation Museum
The Polish Aviation Museum ( Polish : Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego w Krakowie ) is a large museum of historic aircraft and aircraft engines in Kraków , Poland . It is located at the site of the no-longer functional Kraków-Rakowice-Czyżyny Airport . This airfield, established by Austria-Hungary in 1912
- ... ficient heating in winter. The situation improved when a new main building for the museum opened on 18 september 2010. [2] COLLECTION The collection consists of over 200 aircraft as of 2005. Several of the aircra ...
#3 Ankara Aviation Museum
Ankara Aviation Museum ( Turkish : Ankara Hava Müzesi ) is a military-based museum for aviation, owned and operated by the Turkish Air Force . The museum is located in Etimesgut district of Ankara , Turkey. The area of the museum is 64,321 m 2 (692,350 sq ft) . Aviation museum in Ankara, Turke
- ... m in Ankara, Turkey Ankara Aviation Museum Location of Ankara Aviation Museum in Turkey Established september 18, 1998 Location 11. Hava Ulaşım Üs K.lığı Etimesgut , Ankara Coordinates 39.9430°N 32.7015°E / 39.9 ...
- ... ablished by the Turkish Air Force (TUAF) as the second of its kind in the country. It was opened on 18 september 1998 in presence of Sabiha Gökçen , Atatürk 's adopted daughter and the first Turkish female combat ...
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
- ... Manufacturer RCA Astro / GSFC Launch mass 127.5 kilograms (281 lb) [1] Start of mission Launch date september 18, 1962, 08:52 ( 1962-09-18UTC08:52Z ) UTC [2] Rocket Thor-Delta Launch site Cape Canaveral LC-17A End ...
- ... ] Apogee altitude 712 kilometers (442 mi) [1] Inclination 58.32° [1] Period 98.70 minutes [1] Epoch september 18, 1962 [1] Instruments Television Camera System TIROS ← TIROS-5 TIROS-7 → LAUNCH TIROS 6 was launched ...
- ... 2 [1] Instruments Television Camera System TIROS ← TIROS-5 TIROS-7 → LAUNCH TIROS 6 was launched on september 18, 1962, by a Thor-Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station , Florida , United States . The ...
#2 Vanguard TV-5
Vanguard TV-5 , also called Vanguard Test Vehicle-Five , was a failed flight of the American Vanguard rocket following the successful launch of Vanguard 1 on Vanguard TV-4. Vanguard TV-5 launched on 29 April 1958 at 02:53:00 GMT , from Launch Complex 18A at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station . The
- ... xperiment package was successfully put into orbit on Vanguard 3 , flown on Vanguard rocket SLV-7 on 18 september 1959. [5] However, the ionization chambers were completely saturated by the Van Allen Belts and ret ...
#3 Progress 17
Progress 17 ( Russian : Прогресс 17 ) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in August 1983 to resupply the Salyut 7 space station. Soviet unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft Progress 17 A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft Mission type Salyut 7 resupply COSPAR ID 1983-085A SATCAT
- ... altitude 189 km [3] Apogee altitude 242 km [3] Inclination 51.6° [3] Period 88.8 minutes [3] Epoch 18 september 1983 Docking with Salyut 7 Docking port Aft [3] Docking date 19 August 1983, 13:47 UTC Undocking da ...
#4 STS-106
STS-106 was a 2000 Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis . 2000 American crewed spaceflight to the ISS STS-106 Malenchenko outside Zarya during an EVA Names Space Transportation System -99 Mission type ISS assembly Operator NASA COSPAR ID 2000
- ... g with ISS Docking port PMA-2 ( Unity ) Docking date 10 September 2000, 05:51:25 UTC Undocking date 18 september 2000, 03:46:00 UTC Time docked 7 days, 21 hours, 54 minutes, 35 seconds Left to right: Front row – ...
#5 STS-115
STS-115 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis . It was the first assembly mission to the ISS after the Columbia disaster , following the two successful Return to Flight missions, STS-114 and STS-121 . STS-115 launched from LC-39B at the
- ... ict with the planned Russian Soyuz mission Soyuz TMA-9 , which was scheduled to, and did, launch on 18 september 2006. This caused some news agencies to report that Friday as the last chance for a launch until Oc ...
- ... t the dock to begin its 360-degree flyaround of the expanded ISS to document the new configuration. 18 september (FLIGHT DAY 10) The crew of STS-115 spent the morning of Flight Day 10 carrying out final inspectio ...
#6 STS-126
STS-126 was the one hundred and twenty-fourth NASA Space Shuttle mission, and twenty-second orbital flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour (OV-105) to the International Space Station (ISS). [5] The purpose of the mission, referred to as ULF2 by the ISS program, was to deliver equipment and supplies t
- ... cle Assembly Building (VAB) on 11 September 2008. Rollout to launch pad 39B took place overnight on 18 september 2008 and was completed at 12:00 UTC on 19 September 2008. Endeavour was originally moved to launch ...
#7 Soyuz TMA-9
Soyuz TMA-9 was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle. It was a human spaceflight mission transporting personnel to and from the ISS. It launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on 18 September 2006 at 08:09 MSD (04:09 UTC ), docked with the ISS
- ... ght mission transporting personnel to and from the ISS. It launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on 18 september 2006 at 08:09 MSD (04:09 UTC ), docked with the ISS at 09:21 MSD (05:21 UTC) on 20 September, and r ...
- ... gría Launching Anousheh Ansari Landing Charles Simonyi Callsign Vostok Start of mission Launch date 18 september 2006, 04:08 ( 2006-09-18UTC04:08Z ) UTC Rocket Soyuz-FG Launch site Baikonur 1/5 End of mission Lan ...
- ... hed from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a Soyuz-FG rocket at 09:08 MDS (04:08 UTC ) on Monday 18 september 2006. [3] It successfully docked with the ISS on Wednesday 20 September to begin a six-month stay o ...
#8 Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer ( AMS-02 ) is a particle physics experiment module that is mounted on the International Space Station (ISS). [4] The experiment is a recognized CERN experiment (RE1). [5] [6] The module is a detector that measures antimatter in cosmic rays ; this information is needed
- ... ther these positrons are a signal for dark matter, or whether they have some other origin." [60] On september 18, 2014, new results with almost twice as much data were presented in a talk at CERN and published in ...
#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
- ... spaceflight Mission Specialist 4 Stephen Bowen Third spaceflight NASA announced the STS-133 crew on 18 september 2009, and training began in October 2009. The original crew consisted of commander Steven Lindsey , ...
#10 Luna 16
Luna 16 was an uncrewed space mission , part of the Soviet Luna program . It was the first robotic probe to land on the Moon and return a sample of lunar soil to Earth. [3] [4] The 101 grams (3.56 ounces) sample was returned from Mare Fecunditatis . It represented the first successful lunar sample r
- ... altitude 111 km (69 mi) Aposelene altitude 111 km (69 mi) Inclination 70° Period 119 minutes Epoch 18 september 1970 Lunar orbiter Orbital insertion 17 September 1970 Orbits ~36 Lunar lander Landing date 20 Sept ...
#11 Deep Space Atomic Clock
The Deep Space Atomic Clock ( DSAC ) was a miniaturized, ultra-precise mercury-ion atomic clock for precise radio navigation in deep space. DSAC was designed to be orders of magnitude more stable than existing navigation clocks, with a drift of no more than 1 nanosecond in 10 days. [3] It is expecte
- ... 9A Contractor SpaceX Entered service 23 August 2019 End of mission Disposal Deactivated Deactivated 18 september 2021 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit Regime Low Earth orbit Epoch 25 June 2019 ...
- ... ated on 23 August 2019. [5] Following a mission extension in June 2020, [6] DSAC was deactivated on 18 september 2021 after two years in operation. [7] OVERVIEW Current ground-based atomic clocks are fundamental ...
#12 Progress 15
Progress 15 ( Russian : Прогресс 15 ) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in September 1982 to resupply the Salyut 7 space station. Soviet unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft Progress 15 A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft Mission type Salyut 7 resupply COSPAR ID 1982-094A SAT
- ... s (No.112) Spacecraft type Progress 7K-TG [2] Manufacturer NPO Energia Start of mission Launch date 18 september 1982, 04:58:54 UTC [1] Rocket Soyuz-U [2] Launch site Baikonur , Site 1/5 End of mission Disposal D ...
- ... altitude 188 km [3] Apogee altitude 241 km [3] Inclination 51.7° [3] Period 88.8 minutes [3] Epoch 18 september 1982 Docking with Salyut 7 Docking port Aft [3] Docking date 20 September 1982, 06:12 UTC Undocking ...
- ... to three days, remaining docked to the station for up to thirty. [6] LAUNCH Progress 15 launched on 18 september 1982 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR . It used a Soyuz-U rocket. [2] [7] DOCKING Pro ...
#13 Zond 5
Zond 5 ( Russian : Зонд 5 , lit. ' Probe 5 ' ) was a spacecraft of the Soviet Zond program . In September 1968 it became the first spaceship to travel to and circle the Moon , the first Moon mission to include animals, and the first to return safely to Earth. Zond 5 carried the first terrestrial o
- ... mi) Inclination 51.83° Period 89.29 minutes Epoch 13 September 1968 Flyby of Moon Closest approach 18 september 1968 Distance 1,950 km (1,210 mi) Zond ← Zond 1968B Zond 6 → The Zond spacecraft was a version of t ...
- ... 325,000 kilometres (202,000 mi) from Earth using the Sun and the Earth as reference points. [9] On 18 september , the spacecraft flew around the Moon, although it did not orbit it. [12] The closest distance was 1 ...
#14 WorldView-1
WorldView-1 ( WV 1 ) is a commercial earth observation satellite owned by DigitalGlobe . WorldView-1 was launched on 18 September 2007, followed later by the WorldView-2 in 2009. [4] First imagery from WorldView-1 was available in October 2007, prior to the six-year anniversary of the launch of Quic
- ... 1 ) is a commercial earth observation satellite owned by DigitalGlobe . WorldView-1 was launched on 18 september 2007, followed later by the WorldView-2 in 2009. [4] First imagery from WorldView-1 was available i ...
- ... ams (5,500 lb) Dimensions 3.6 × 2.5 m (11.8 × 8.2 ft) Power 3200 watts Start of mission Launch date 18 september 2007, 18:35:00 ( 2007-09-18UTC18:35 ) UTC [2] Rocket Delta II 7920-10C, D-326 [2] Launch site Vande ...
- ... to 750,000 square kilometers (290,000 sq mi) per day of half-meter imagery. [5] LAUNCH Launch Date: 18 september 2007 [6] Launch Time: 18:35 UTC (2:35 p.m. EDT) Launch Vehicle: Delta II 7920-10C, s/n D-326 Launch ...
#15 STS-114
STS-114 was the first "Return to Flight" Space Shuttle mission following the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster . Discovery launched at 10:39 EDT (14:39 UTC ), 26 July 2005. The launch, 907 days (approx. 29 months) after the loss of Columbia , was approved despite unresolved fuel sensor anomalies in th
- ... ir Force Base was STS-111 on 19 June 2002. The last previous night landing at Edwards was STS-48 on 18 september 1991. 06:43 EDT: T+13:20:04 Capcom ( Ken Ham ), tells Discovery that "it's time to come home". 07:0 ...
#16 Soyuz 38
Soyuz 38 was a human spaceflight mission conducted by the Soviet Union during September, 1980. [1] The Soyuz spacecraft brought two visiting crew members to the Salyut 6 space station, one of whom was an Intercosmos cosmonaut from Cuba . 1980 Soviet human spaceflight mission to the Salyut 6 space st
- ... ew size 2 Members Yuri Romanenko Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez Callsign Taimyr Start of mission Launch date september 18, 1980, 19:11:03 ( 1980-09-18UTC19:11:03Z ) UTC Rocket Soyuz-U Launch site Baikonur 1/5 End of missio ...
#17 Mercury-Atlas 8
Mercury-Atlas 8 ( MA-8 ) was the fifth United States crewed space mission , part of NASA 's Mercury program . Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. , orbited the Earth six times in the Sigma 7 spacecraft on October 3, 1962, in a nine-hour flight focused mainly on technical evaluation rather than on scient
- ... c firing test was carried out on September 8 [27] and the booster reported as ready for assembly on september 18. [28] Concerns had been raised that the radiation belt produced in orbit by the recent Operation Dom ...
#18 SpaceX Crew-2
SpaceX Crew-2 was the second operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft, and the third overall crewed orbital flight of the Commercial Crew Program . The mission was launched on 23 April 2021 at 09:49:02 UTC , and docked to the International Space Station on 24 April at 09:08 UTC. [2] 2021 Ameri
- ... and Inspiration4 ( Resilience ), three Dragon spacecraft were in space at the same time, from 16 to 18 september 2021 (UTC). TIMELINE MET Time Date (UTC) Event [15] EDT UTC −6:40:00 11:09:00 PM 03:09:00 23 April ...
#19 Salyut 6
Salyut 6 ( Russian : Салют-6 ; lit. Salute 6 ), DOS-5 , was a Soviet orbital space station , the eighth station of the Salyut programme . It was launched on 29 September 1977 by a Proton rocket . Salyut 6 was the first space station to receive large numbers of crewed and uncrewed spacecraft for huma
- ... 7 31 July 1980 15:15:02 Soyuz 36 7.86 Salyut 6 - EP-8 Yuri Romanenko , Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez – Cuba 18 september 1980 19:11:03 Soyuz 38 26 September 1980 15:54:27 Soyuz 38 7.86 Salyut 6 - EO-5 Leonid Kizim , Oleg ...
#20 Discoverer 15
Discoverer 15 , also known as Corona 9010 , [1] : 236 was a spy satellite used in the Corona program managed by Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the Department of Defense and the United States Air Force . Launched on 13 September 1960, the satellite took reconnaissance photos of the S
- ... ecovery ship could reach it. [5] : 24 Discoverer 15's main body reentered Earth's atmosphere on 18 september 1960. [2] RESULTS AND LEGACY The Corona program went on to comprise 145 flights in eight satellite ...