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| Retirements | Space Shuttle Challenger |
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| Orbital | 2 |
| Total travellers | 9 |
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[edit] Launches
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[edit] January |
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| 12 January 11:55 |
 Space Shuttle Columbia |
Kennedy LC-39A |
United Space Alliance |
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| STS-61-C |
NASA | Low Earth | Satellite deployment | 18 January 13:58 |
Successful | ||
| Satcom K1 |
RCA Americom | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Successful | ||
| MSL-2 |
NASA | Low Earth (Columbia) | Microgravity experiments | 18 January 13:58 |
Successful | ||
| Getaway Special Bridge |
NASA | Low Earth (Columbia) | Getaway Special carrier | 18 January 13:58 |
Successful | ||
| Manned orbital flight with seven astronauts; Maiden flight of the Getaway Special Bridge | |||||||
| 28 January 16:38 |
Space Shuttle Challenger |
Kennedy LC-39B |
United Space Alliance |
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| STS-51-L |
NASA | Intended: Low Earth | Satellite deployment | + 73 seconds | Launch failure | ||
| TDRS-B |
NASA | Intended: Geosynchronous | Communications | ||||
| SPARTAN 203 |
NASA | Intended: Low Earth | Examine Halley's Comet | ||||
| Space Shuttle Challenger disaster; Vehicle exploded at + 73 seconds from an O-ring failure in the right SRB. All seven astronauts were killed, including Christa McAuliffe, the intended first Teacher in Space. First Shuttle launch from LC-39B. |
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[edit] February |
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| 19 February 21:28 |
 Proton-K |
Baikonur Site 200/39 |
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| DOS-7 (Mir Core) |
Low Earth (Mir) | Space station | 23 March 2001 05:07 |
Successful | |||
| Core module of the Mir space station | |||||||
[edit] March |
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| 13 March 12:33 |
Soyuz-U2 |
Baikonur Site 1/5 |
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| Soyuz T-15 |
Low Earth (Salyut 7 and Mir) |
Salyut 7 EO-5 Mir EO-1 |
16 July 12:34 |
Successful | |||
| Manned orbital flight with two cosmonauts; Final manned spaceflight to Salyut 7 and the first to Mir. Final flight of the Soyuz-T spacecraft. Only spacecraft to dock with two space stations during one flight. |
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| 19 March 10:08 |
Soyuz-U2 |
Baikonur Site 1/5 |
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| Progress 25 |
Low Earth (Mir) | Logistics | 21 April 00:48 |
Successful | |||
[edit] April |
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| 23 April 19:40 |
Soyuz-U2 |
Baikonur Site 1/5 |
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| Progress 26 |
Low Earth (Mir) | Logistics | 23 June 18:41 |
Successful | |||
[edit] May |
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| 21 May 08:21 |
Soyuz-U2 |
Baikonur Site 1/5 |
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| Soyuz TM-1 |
Low Earth (Mir) | Test flight | 30 May 04:26 |
Successful | |||
| Maiden flight of Soyuz-TM spacecraft; Unmanned test flight | |||||||
[edit] November |
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| 14 November 00:23 |
Scout G-1 |
Vandenberg SLC-5 |
US Air Force |
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| Polar BEAR P87-1 |
US Air Force/STP | Low Earth (Polar) | In orbit | Successful | |||
| ← Jan · Feb · Mar · Apr · May · Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep · Oct · Nov · Dec → |
[edit] Deep Space Rendezvous
| Date (GMT) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
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| 24 January | Voyager 2 | Flyby of Uranus | Closest approach: 71,000 kilometres (44,000 mi) |
| 6 March | Vega 1 | Flyby of Halley's Comet | Closest approach: 8,890 kilometres (5,520 mi) |
| 8 March | Suisei | Flyby of Halley's Comet | Closest approach: 151,000 kilometres (94,000 mi) |
| 9 March | Vega 2 | Flyby of Halley's Comet | Closest approach: 8,030 kilometres (4,990 mi) |
| 11 March | Sakigake | Distant flyby of Halley's Comet | Closest approach: 6,990,000 kilometres (4,340,000 mi) |
| 14 March | Giotto | Flyby of Halley's Comet | Closest approach: 595 kilometres (370 mi) |
[edit] EVAs
| Start Date/Time | Duration | End Time | Spacecraft | Crew | Remarks |
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| 28 May 05:43 |
3 hours 50 minutes |
09:33 | Salyut 7 EO-5 | Leonid KizimVladimir Solovyov |
Retrieved test panels from the outside of Salyut 7 and assembled a test "girder-constructor" apparatus in preparation for work on Mir. |
| 31 May 04:57 |
5 hours | 09:57 | Salyut 7 EO-5 | Leonid KizimVladimir Solovyov |
Conducted additional tests on the experimental construction equipment, including the welding of several girders joints. |
[edit] References
Generic references:
- Wade, Mark. "Encyclopedia Astronautica". http://www.astronautix.com.
- Krebs, Gunter. "Chronology of Space Launches". Gunter's Space Page. http://space.skyrocket.de/index_frame.htm?http://space.skyrocket.de/chrono.htm.
- "Space Information Center". JAXA. http://spaceinfo.jaxa.jp.
- McDowell, Jonathan. "Jonathan's Space Report". Jonathan's Space Page. http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
- "Mission Set Database". NASA GSFC. http://msdb.gsfc.nasa.gov/launches.php.
- "NASASpaceFlight.com". http://www.nasaspaceflight.com.
- "Launch Logs". Orbital Report News Agency. http://www.orbireport.com/Log.html.
- "Space Calendar". NASA JPL. http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/.
- "Southwest Space Archive". http://www.spacearchive.info/index.htm.
- "Launch Forecast". SPACE.com. http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/launches/launch_schedule.html.
- "Spaceflight Now". http://www.spaceflightnow.com.
- Pietrobon, Steven. "Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive". http://www.sworld.com.au/steven/space/.
- "U.S. Space Objects Registry". http://www.usspaceobjectsregistry.state.gov/.
- "Хроника освоения космоса" (in Russian). http://www.cosmoworld.ru/spaceencyclopedia/chrono/index.shtml.
[edit] Footnotes
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