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USSR | February 1 | 1935 | Born Vladimir Viktorovich Aksenov - pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR. Made 2 space missions in 1976 and 1980 years. |
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USA | February 1 | 1958 | Launched first American satellite - "Explorer-1". |
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USA | February 1 | 1961 | Conducted first test launch of ICBM "Minuteman-1A ". |
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USSR | February 1 | 1969 | Launched satellite "Meteor-1" for meteorological researches. There were accident with the "Vostok-2M"/SL-3 booster. |
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USSR | February 1 | 1990 | First test flight of Soviet Autonomous Maneuvering Unit (SPK). Cosmonaut Serebrov conducted test flight during his mission on "Mir" Space Station. |
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Russia | February 1 | 2000 | Launched "Progress M-11" cargo vehicle for "Mir" supply. |
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USSR | February 2 | 1955 | Approved a Decision of Soviet of Ministers of the USSR about place and plane to build NIIP-5 (Science Research Test Range) of Ministry of Defense (Known as Cosmodrome Baykonur.) |
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USSR | February 2 | 1956 | Conducted first flight of "R-5M" /SS-3/Shyster missile with 60-80 kT nuclear warhead. |
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USSR | February 2 | 1961 | First test launch of ICBM "R-16"/SS-7 Mod1/Saddler ended with accident of the missile. |
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USSR | February 2 | 1964 | Conducted last 54th test launch of ICBM "R-9A"/SS-8/Sasin. |
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USSR | February 2 | 1967 | Conducted first test firing of third stage of "N-1" /SL-15 space booster. |
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USSR | February 2 | 1971 | Conducted first test launch of ICBM "UR-100K"/SS-11 Mod3/Sego - new modification of ICBM "UR-100"/SS-11 Mod1/Sego. |
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Japan | February 2 | 1983 | Conducted launch of "N-2" space booster with "Sakura-2A" satellite - the first satellite of that type. |
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USSR | February 2 | 1987 | Launched radar spy satellite "Plasma-A" with "Topaz-1" nuclear power supply on board. |
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USA | February 3 | 1958 | Born Joe Frank Edwards, Jr. - astronaut of the U.S. Made 1 space mission in 1998. |
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USSR | February 3 | 1963 | Conducted second (unsuccessful) launch of probe type "E-6" for soft landing on the Moon. Accident with the "Molnya" /SL-6 booster. |
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USA | February 3 | 1965 | Launched scientific laboratory "OSO-2". It is third satellite for solar researches. |
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USA | February 3 | 1966 | Launched first meteorological satellite type "ESSA". |
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USSR | February 3 | 1966 | Probe type "E-6", "Luna-9" made first in the World soft landing on the Moon. |
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USSR | February 3 | 1977 | Space station "DOS-4"/ "Salute- 4" taken down from the orbit. |
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USSR | February 3 | 1977 | Approved a Decision of Central Committee of Communist Party and Soviet of Ministers of the USSR #103-33 about development a space geodesic complex "Musson". |
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USA | February 3 | 1984 | Conducted 4th launch of STS Space Shuttle "Challenger ", mission STS-41B. |
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USA | February 3 | 1994 | Conducted 18th launch of STS Space Shuttle "Discovery" - mission STS-60. It was a first flight of Russian cosmonaut S. Krikalev onboard Space Shuttle. |
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USA | February 3 | 1995 | Conducted 20th launch of STS Space Shuttle "Discovery" - mission STS-63 with Russian cosmonaut V.G. Titov. |
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Russia | February 3 | 2000 | Conducted the docking of Progress M1 cargo supply spacecraft and Mir orbital complex. |
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Russia | February 3 | 2000 | Government of Russia made a resolve about stopping of work under the creation of Zenit space rocket complex at the First State testing area of Department of Defense of the Russian Federation (Plesetsk). |
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USA | February 3 | 2000 | Conducted the launch of Hispasat-1C the Spanish communication satellite, cosmodrome in the Cape Canaveral. |
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Russia | February 4 | 1875 | Born Viktor Fedorovich Bolhovitnicov - aircraft Designer, designer of rocket plane "BI-1". |
| USA | February 4 | 1906 | Born Clyde Tombaugh -American astronomer, who discovered planet Pluto in February 18th, 1930. | |
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USA | February 4 | 1960 | 6th launch of spy satellite KH-1 ("Keyhole") type "Corona". There was accident with the booster. |
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USSR | February 4 | 1961 | Conducted unsuccessful launch of probe for Venus. There was accident with the "Molnya"/SL-6 booster and probe stayed on Earth orbit. |
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USSR | February 4 | 1967 | Approved the Decision of Central Committee of Communist Party and Soviet of Ministers of USSR "About fulfillment of a Decision of 08.03.1964 on Space flight around the Moon and Moon expedition". |
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USA | February 4 | 1970 | Launched first satellite "SERT-2" with two ion electrical rocket jets. |
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Japan | February 4 | 1976 | Launch of satellite "Corsa" for X-ray radiation researches. There was accident with the "M-3C" booster. |
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Japan | February 4 | 1994 | Conducted first test launch of new Japanese booster "H-2" with experimental satellite "OREX" for test term shield of new spacecraft "HOPE". |
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Kazakhstan | February 4 | 2000 | Kazakhstan removed a ban of starts of Ptoton-K launch vehicles from Cosmodrome Baykonur. |
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February 4 | 2000 | SOHO solar observatory opened the hundredth comet. | |
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USA | February 5 | 1947 | Born Mary Louise Cleave - astronaut of the USA. Made two space missions in 1985 and 1989 years. |
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USSR | February 5 | 1955 | Second high-altitude launch of "R-1E"/SS-1/Scunner booster under science program of Academy of Science of the USSR with two dogs Lisa and Bulba. There was accident with the booster. Dogs perished during the launch. |
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USA | February 5 | 1958 | Second attempt to launch "Vanguard" satellite ended with accident of "Vanguard" booster. |
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USA | February 5 | 1959 | NASA created a workgroup for Moon researches. |
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USA | February 5 | 1960 | 10th test launch of ICBM "Titan-1" ended with accident. |
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USSR | February 5 | 1963 | First military unite of ICBM "R-16U"/SS-7 Mod3/Saddler was put on duty near Nizhniy Tagil City. |
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USSR | February 5 | 1966 | Second attempt to launch an orbital missile "R-36-Orb"/SS-9 Mod 3/Scarp under new "Global missile" project was counseled due to the technical malfunctions. |
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USA | February 5 | 1967 | Conducted launch of "Lunar Orbiter" probe for the Moon surface photo filming. |
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USA | February 5 | 1971 | Conducted a soft landing on the Moon of "Apollo-14" landing module. It was third Moon landing of "Apollo" type spacecraft. |
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USA | February 5 | 1974 | American probe "Mariner-10" started remote sensing of Mercury. |
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USSR | February 5 | 1982 | Ekran-8 communication satellite was launched. |
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Russia | February 5 | 1992 | The start of Zenit-2 launch vehicle with satellite of radio intelligence ended with accident, cosmodrome Baikonur. |
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Russia | February 5 | 1994 | Launched Raduga-1-3 communication satellite. |
| USA | February 6 | 1911 | Born Ronald Wilson Reagan - 40th president of the USA. During his Presidential term were initiated programs Strategic Defense Initiative and International Space Station. | |
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USA | February 6 | 1948 | Conducted 31st launch of "A-4"/V-2/SS-1/Scunner missile under science program. |
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USA | February 6 | 1959 | Conducted second test launch of ICBM "Titan-1". |
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USA | February 6 | 1959 | NASA signed a contract with McDonnell Aircraft Corp. to build a "Mercury" spacecraft. |
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USSR | February 6 | 1961 | Born Onufrienko Yuri Ivanovich - pilot-cosmonaut of Russian Federation. Made one space mission in 1996. |
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USSR | February 6 | 1970 | Fifth attempt to bring Moon soil to the Earth with "E8-5" type probe ended with accident of the "Proton-K/SL-12 booster. |
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USSR | February 6 | 1981 | Conducted launch of international satellite "Intercosmos-21" with International instrumentation. |
| USSR | February 6 | 1985 | Organized a "Glavkosmos "of USSR - Senior management of creation and use of space technology for national economy and International cooperation. | |
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USSR | February 6 | 1987 | Conducted launch of "Soyuz TM-2" spacecraft to "Mir" space station under Main Mission #2 with the crew of Y.B. Romanenko and A.I. Laveikin. |
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February 6 | 1995 | Conducted first flight of STS Space Shuttle "Discovery" around the "Mir" Space station - mission STS-63. | |
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February 6 | 1995 | Khrunichev State Research Center signed a contract with Lockheed-Martin Corp. to build a first module of ISS - "Zarya" (FGB). | |
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Russia | February 7 | 1897 | Born Alexander Leonidovich Chizevskiy - scientist, one of the pioneers of space biology, founder of geliobiology. He has placed dependence between cycles of activity of the Sun and phenomena in the Biosphere. |
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Russia | February 7 | 1909 | Born Grigory Yakovlevich Bakhchivangi test pilot of the rocket plane "BI-1". Perished during fifth test flight. Capitan, Hero of Soviet Union. |
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USSR | February 7 | 1926 | Born Constantine Petrovich Feoktistov - pilot-cosmonaut of USSR. Made one space mission in 1964. |
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USA | February 7 | 1932 | Born Alfred Merrill Worden - astronaut of the USA. Made one space mission in 1971. |
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USA | February 7 | 1958 | According to an order of Secretary of Defense created Advanced Research Project Agency (ARPA) to monopolized Space researches. |
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USA | February 7 | 1958 | Fifth test launch of ICBM "Atlas-A" ended with accident of the booster. |
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USSR | February 7 | 1967 | Conducted second test flight of "Soyuz" spacecraft. Landing capsule crashed. |
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USSR | February 7 | 1968 | Launch of probe for Moon researches ended with accident of the "Molniya-M" /SL-6 booster. |
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USSR | February 7 | 1977 | Conducted launch of "Soyuz-23" spacecraft under second expedition to "Salute - 5" space station with the crew of V.V. Gorbatko and Y.N. Glazkov. |
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USA | February 7 | 1984 | During the Space Shuttle "Challenger" mission STS-41B, astronaut McCandless conducted test of a Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU). |
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USSR | February 7 | 1986 | Conducted launch of spy satellite "Yantar-4KC1" which has named "Neman". |
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Russia | February 7 | 1991 | Orbital space station "Salyut-7" and docked to the station "Cosmos- 1686" were de-orbited to the Pacific Ocean. Some debris landed in Argentine. |
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USA | February 7 | 1999 | Conducted launch of "Stardust" probe for research of Wild-2 comet. |
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USA | February 7 | 2001 | Conducted the launch of Minuteman-3 intercontinental ballistic missile, Wandenberg, USA |
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France | February 7 | 2001 | Launched the Sircal-1 the Italian military communication satellite and Skynet-4F the English military communication satellite, cosmodrome Kuru. |
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USA | February 7 | 2001 | STS Space Shuttle " Atlantis" (mission STS-98) manned by Kenneth Cockrell, Mark Polansky, Robert Curbeam, Thomas Jones and Marsha Ivins was launched. |
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France | February 8 | 1828 | Born Jules Verne - French writer, one of the founders of science fiction genre. Wrote a novel "From the Earth to the Moon". |
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France | February 8 | 1967 | Conducted launch of "Diamante A" booster with fourth French satellite. |
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USSR | February 8 | 1983 | Conducted second test launch of ICBM "RT-2PM"/SS-25A/Sickle mobile complex "Topol". |
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USSR | February 8 | 1984 | Conducted launch of "Soyuz T-10" spacecraft under program of third Main Mission to "Saluyt-7" with the crew of L.D. Kizim, B.A. Soloviev and O.Y. At'kov. |
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ESA | February 8 | 1985 | European booster "Ariane-3" conducted launch of first "Brasilsat-S1" satellite, which belong to Brazilian corporation "Embratel", and "Arabsat-1A" satellite, which belong to Arabian League. Both satellites build on the same base model HS-376. |
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Russia | February 8 | 1999 | Conducted a first launch of "Soyuz-U Ikar"/SL-4 booster with new upper stage "Ikar". Delivered to the orbit four satellites "Globalstar" which belong to Globalstar L.P corporation. |
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Russia | February 8 | 2000 | Conducted first test launch of "Soyuz-U Fregat" booster with new upper stage "Fregat". |
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USA | February 8 | 2000 | The four communication satellites of Globalstar type were launched. |
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Germany | February 9 | 1895 | Born Max Valier - German designer and pioneer of rocket technology. Perished during test of the engine. |
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USA | February 9 | 1950 | Conducted test launch of high-altitude rocket "Viking-1". There was accident with rocket. |
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Germany | February 9 | 1954 | Born Walter Ulrich - fifth astronaut of Germany. Made one space mission in 1993 year. |
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USA | February 9 | 1955 | Sixth test launch of "Redstone" missile ended with accident of the missile. |
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USSR | February 9 | 1970 | Approved the Decision of Central Committee of Communist Party and Soviet of Ministers of the USSR about design a Long-term Orbital Station (DOS-5) - "Salute -6 and -7". |
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USA | February 9 | 1978 | Conducted launch of a new type of military satellite "FltSatCom-1" for communications. |
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February 9 | 1993 | Conducted launch of "Pegasus" booster with satellite "SCD-1" - first Brazilian National satellite made in Brazil. | |
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Russia | February 9 | 1999 | Launched the four American communication satellites of Globalstar type. |
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Russia | February 10 | 1911 | Born Mstislav Vsevolodovich Keldish - academician, President of Soviet Academy of Sciences and Science Chief of Soviet Space Program. |
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USSR | February 10 | 1965 | Approved the plan of Soviet Moon program "L-3" with flight-designers tests of "N1-L3" complex, including test of "N-1"/SL-15 booster in 1966 year. |
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USSR | February 10 | 1983 | Approved the Decision of Soviet of Ministers to put on duty a railway rocket complex with ICBM "RT-23". |
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USSR | February 10 | 1989 | Launched cargo vehicle "Progress-40" for supply "Mir" space station. |
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Brazil | February 10 | 1994 | Created Brazilian Space Agency. |
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Russia | February 10 | 1997 | Conducted launch of "Soyuz TM-25" spacecraft under program of Main Mission #23 to "Mir" space station, with the crew of V.V. Tsibliev, A.I. Lazutkin and R.Ewald (Germany). |
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Japan | February 10 | 2000 | Launch of join Japanese-American satellite "Astro-E" for X-ray astronomy ended with accident of the "M-5" booster. |
| USA | February 10 | 2001 | Robert Curbeam and Thomas Jones American astronauts put to outer space. |
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