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Retrieved 7 December2019. ^McDowell, Jonathan [@planet4589](6 December 2019). "The Kosmos-2542 satellite, in a 368 x 857 km x 97 deg orbit, deployed a subsatellite today (likely codenamed Kosmos-2543). The Russian Defense Ministry says it's an inspector satellite; the mission appears to repeat Kosmos-2519/2521.
Mariner 9: 27 November 1971: First spacecraft to impact another planet (Mars). USSR Mars 2: 2 December 1971: First soft landing on Mars. First signals from Martian surface. First photograph from Martian surface. USSR Mars 3: 3 March 1972: First spacecraft on a trajectory out of the solar system. First spacecraft to use all-nuclear electrical ...
In November 2017, the Space Telescope Science Institute announced the selection of 13 Director's Discretionary Early Release Science (DD-ERS) programs, chosen through a competitive proposal process. [232] [233] The observations for these programs – Early Release Observations (ERO) [234] [235] – were to be obtained during the first five ...
Creola Katherine Johnson ( née Coleman; August 26, 1918 – February 24, 2020) was an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights. [1] [2] During her 33-year career at NASA and its predecessor, she earned a reputation for ...
2017 in spaceflight. Notable spaceflight activities in 2017 included the maiden orbital flight of India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III (also called LVM3) on 5 June and the first suborbital test of Rocket Lab 's Electron rocket, inaugurating the Mahia spaceport in New Zealand.
The Lucy spacecraft is the centerpiece of a US$981 million mission. [7] It was launched on 16 October 2021. On 4 January 2017, Lucy was chosen, along with the Psyche mission, as NASA's Discovery Program missions 13 and 14 respectively. [6] [8]
President Trump signs Space Policy Directive 1 on December 11, 2017, with astronauts Harrison Schmitt, Buzz Aldrin, Peggy Whitson, and Christina Koch looking on. Artemis program. On June 30, 2017, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to re-establish the National Space Council, chaired by Vice President Mike Pence.
Maxar Technologies Inc. is a space technology company headquartered in Westminster, Colorado, United States, specializing in manufacturing communication, Earth observation, radar, and on-orbit servicing satellites, satellite products, and related services. DigitalGlobe and MDA Holdings Company merged to become Maxar Technologies on October 5, 2017.