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Valentina Tereshkova. Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova [a] [b] (born 6 March 1937) is a Russian engineer, member of the State Duma, and former Soviet cosmonaut. She was the first woman in space, having flown a solo mission on Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963. She orbited the Earth 48 times, spent almost three days in space, is the only woman to have ...
2017 (Wednesday) 2016 (Tuesday) 2015 (Sunday) 2014 (Saturday) August 2 is the 214th day of the year (215th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar ; 151 days remain until the end of the year.
The Chinese probe Chang'e 4made humanity's first soft landing on the far side of the Moonon 3 January and released its Yutu 2rover to explore the lunar surface on the far side for the first time in human history. The first panorama from the far side of the Moon, captured by Chang'e 4lander. Israel's SpaceIL, one of the participants in the ...
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 ...
Unix time. 1546300800 – 1577836799. 2019 ( MMXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2019th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 19th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 10th and last year of the 2010s decade.
On 13 June 2019, ISRO Chief K. Sivan announced the plan, saying that India's space station will be deployed 5–7 years after the completion of the Gaganyaan programme. He also said that India will not join the International Space Station program. The space station would be capable of harbouring a crew for 15–20 days at a time.
Octon series with 21 events between May 21, 1993 and August 2, 2065 May 20–21 March 8–9 December 25–26 October 13–14 August 1–2 98 100 102 104 106 May 21, 1955 March 9, 1959 December 26, 1962 October 14, 1966 August 2, 1970 108 110 112 114 116 May 21, 1974 March 9, 1978 December 26, 1981 October 14, 1985 August 1, 1989 118 120 122 124
List of spacewalks since 2015. This list contains all spacewalks performed since the beginning of 2015 where an astronaut has fully, or partially left the spacecraft. As of 19 August 2016, 215 astronauts have made spacewalks (out of 549 people who have gone into Earth orbit). [1] [2] [3] [4]