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USA | May 1 | 1925 | Born Malcolm Scott Carpenter - astronaut of the US. Made one space mission in 1962. |
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USSR | May 1 | 1932 | Sergey P. Korolyov was appointed as Head of GIRD (Group of Rocket Movement Research). |
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USSR | May 1 | 1960 | "R11D"/B-750/SA-2A/Guideline missile of anti-aircraft complex S-75 for the first time shot down American spy-aircraft "U-2" with the pilot F. Powers near Sverdlovsk city (now re-named as Samara city). Spy flights of "U-2" aircrafts over the USSR territory were conducted since 1956. |
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USSR | May 1 | 1965 | First live TV transmission was made by "Molniya-1" communication satellite for inhabitants of USSR Far East region. Parade and demonstration from the Red Square devoted to the International Workers Day was shown. |
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USA | May 1 | 1978 | The AMS weather satellite was launched from the USA. |
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Russia | May 2 | 1853 | Born Konstantin Ivanovich Konstantinov - Army general, scientist and designer. He constructed for the first time in the world a firing test stand for solid motors with electro ballistic pendulum as measuring device. |
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USA | May 2 | 1957 | Born Dominic Lee Pudwill Gorie - astronaut of the US. Made two space missions in 1998 and 2000. |
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USA | May 2 | 1958 | US Air Force has approved plan of first launch of man into space. |
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USA | May 2 | 1963 | Conducted the regular flight of X-15 rocket plane manned by Joseph Walker. |
| USA | May 2 | 1969 | The KH-4A 1051 spy satellite was launched. | |
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China | May 2 | 1998 | The Iridium satellites were launched on booster. |
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USSR | May 3 | 1919 | Nikolai I. Tikhomirov wrote a letter to Business Manager of Russian Revolutionary Government V.D. Bonch-Bruevich with request to give possibility to develop solid motors. |
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USA | May 3 | 1949 | First launch of high-altitude rocket "Viking-1" ended up with accident. |
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USA | May 3 | 1949 | Born Albert Sacco Jr. - astronaut of the US. Made one space mission in 1995. |
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USA | May 3 | 1966 | 32nd launch of ÊÍ-4À (Keyhole) series "Corona" spy satellite ended with accident with "TAT-Agena D" booster. |
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USSR | May 3 | 1976 | Start of operation of modified "Soyuz-U"/SL-4 space booster. |
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USA | May 3 | 1986 | Launch of "GOES-G" satellite of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ended up with accident of the "Delta" space booster. |
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USA | May 3 | 1994 | The USA-103 spy satellite was launched. |
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USA | May 3 | 2000 | The GOES-11 weather satellite was launched. |
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Russia | May 3 | 2000 | The Cosmos-2370 optical spy satellite was launched. |
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USSR | May 4 | 1902 | Born Mitrofan Ivanovich Nedelin - Rocket Strategic Forces Commander-in-Chief in period 1959-1960. Died during accident at launch pad with new ICBM "R-16"/SS-7 Mod1/Saddler during preparation to launch. |
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USA | May 4 | 1956 | Born Michael Landan Gernhardt - astronaut of the US. Made one space mission in 1995 and two in 1997. |
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USA | May 4 | 1959 | Conducted fifth successful test launch of ICBM "Titan-1". |
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Italy | May 4 | 1959 | Born Maurizio Cheli - second astronaut of Italy and seventh astronaut of ESA. Made one space mission in 1996. |
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USA | May 4 | 1967 | Conducted launch of fourth probe "Lunar Orbiter" for detailed survey of Moon surface. |
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USA | May 4 | 1976 | Conducted launch of "Lageos-1" satellite - first geodetic satellite fully designed for research. |
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USA | May 4 | 1989 | Conducted 4th launch of STS Space Shuttle "Atlantis", mission STS-30. During this mission "Magellan" spacecraft was launched into interplanetary orbit. |
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International | May 4 | 1995 | Signed an agreement for creation of joint company "Sea Launch" on Baykonur cosmodrome. |
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France | May 4 | 2002 | The Spot-5 satellite of remote probing of Earth was launched from Kuru cosmodrome on Ariane-4.42P launch vehicle. |
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Russia- Australia | May 4 | 2002 | The Kolibri-2000 Russian - Australian school satellite left the orbit. |
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USA | May 4 | 2002 | A research satellite of Aqua American aerospace department was launched from Wandenberg Cosmodrome on Delta-2. |
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USSR | May 5 | 1934 | Conducted launch of the first in USSR unguided cruise missile "06/1" on liquid fuel. Missile designed by Sergey P. Korolyov. |
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USA | May 5 | 1954 | Third test launch of "Redstone" missile ended up with accident. |
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USSR | May 5 | 1955 | Started ground breaking for Leninsk city - capital of Baykonur. |
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USA | May 5 | 1961 | Conducted first manned sub-orbital flight with "Mercury ¹7" spacecraft named Freedom. Piloted by Shepard, Alan Bartlett, Jr. Duration of the mission 15 minutes 23 seconds. |
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USA | May 5 | 1989 | Launched "Magellan" probe for Venus radar survey from the board of STS Space Shuttle "Atlantis", mission STS-30. |
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USSR | May 5 | 1990 | Launched "Progress-42" cargo vehicle for Mir space station supply. |
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Russia | May 5 | 1996 | Launched "Progress M-31" cargo vehicle for Mir space station supply. |
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USA | May 5 | 1997 | Conducted launch of first five "Iridium" satellites for the first in the world Personal Global Mobile Satellite Communication System by Iridium LLC company. |
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USA | May 5 | 1999 | Second launch of "Orion-3" satellite by Loral Skynet company ended with accident of the "Delta-3" space booster. |
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USA | May 5 | 2000 | Conducted the first test of high-power laser for annihilation of rocket. |
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May 5 | 2000 | Parade of planets. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Earth and Sun lined up. | |
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International | May 5 | 2002 | Soyuz TM-33 undocked from ISS and conducted short autonomy. The landing module with Yury Gidzenko, Roberto Vittori and Mark Shuttleworth made soft landing in Kazakhstan. |
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USA | May 6 | 1949 | Born Leestma, David Cornell - astronaut of the US. Made three space missions in 1984, 1989 and 1992 years. |
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Japan | May 6 | 1952 | Born Mukai, Chiaki - astronaut of Japan. Made two space missions in 1994 and 1998 years. |
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USA | May 6 | 1955 | Born Thomas, Donald Alan - astronaut of the US. Made four space missions in 1994, 1995 and two in 1997. |
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USSR | May 6 | 1975 | First missile regiment of ICBM "MR-UR-100"/SS-17 Mod 1 was put on duty near Bologoe town. |
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USSR | May 6 | 1983 | The Cosmos-1460 spy optical satellite was launched. |
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USSR | May 6 | 1988 | The Ekran-18 communication satellite was launched. |
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USSR | May 6 | 1990 | The Progress-42 cargo vehicle was launched. |
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USSR | May 7 | 1949 | Conducted first launch of "R-1A"/SS-1A/Scunner with detachable head part under program of Academy of Science of USSR. |
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USSR | May 7 | 1955 | Issued a Decision of USSR Council of Ministers to put on duty of anti-aircraft missile B-300/Guild of "S-25"/"Bercut" complex. |
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USA | May 7 | 1959 | Born Jernigan, Tamara Elizabeth - astronaut of the US. Made five space missions in 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996 and 1999. |
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Russia | May 7 | 1992 | President of Russia Boris Yeltsin signed a decree #446 about creation of Military Space Forces (in Russian, Voenno-Kosmicheskie Sily, VKS). |
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USA | May 7 | 1992 | Conducted first launch of new STS Space Shuttle "Endeavour", mission STS-49. Main part of mission program included delivery of upper stage "IUS" for "Intelsat-603" satellite for launch from orbit. |
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Russia-USA | May 7 | 1998 | The Echostar-4 American communication satellite was launched on Proton-K launch vehicle. |
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Russia | May 7 | 2002 | The DirecTV-5 (Tempo-1) telecommunicational satellite was launched on Proton-K launch vehicle. |
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Russia | May 7 | 2002 | The postflight press conference for Yury Gidzenko, Roberto Vittori and Mark Shuttleworth took place in Star City. |
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USSR | May 8 | 1957 | Issued a Decision of USSR Central Committee of Communist Party and Council of Ministers for design of low altitude anti-aircraft missile complex "Neva"/S-125/SA-3A Mod 0/Goa. |
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USA | May 8 | 1962 | First test launch of "Atlas-Centaur" space booster ended with accident. |
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USSR | May 8 | 1984 | Launched "Progress-21" cargo vehicle for "Salyut-7" space station supply. |
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France-USA | May 8 | 1985 | The Telecom-1B French communication satellite and the Gstar-1 American communication satellite were launched from Kuru cosmodrome. |
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USA | May 8 | 1997 | The Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missile was launched. |
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USA | May 8 | 2000 | The USA-149 spy satellite was launched. |
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May 8 | 2001 | The XM Roll digital broadcasting satellite was launched from Odyssey sea start platform. | |
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USA | May 9 | 1931 | Born Brand, Vance DeVoe - astronaut of the US. Made four space missions in 1975, 1982, 1984 and 1990 years. |
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USSR | May 9 | 1936 | Conducted test of the first sample of liquid fuel cruise missile 216, which was developed in RNII (Rocket Scientific Research Institute) by Sergey P. Korolyov. |
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USSR | May 9 | 1949 | Born Oleg Yur'evich At'kov - pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR. Made one space mission in 1984. |
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USA | May 9 | 1960 | Conducted successful test of Emergency Escape System of "Mercury" #1 |
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USSR | May 9 | 1965 | Conducted launch of "Luna-5" probe - 8th lunar station "E-6" #10 type for the soft landing to the Moon. Because of malfunction during light a probe get broken from Lunar surface. |
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USA | May 9 | 1971 | Launch of "Mariner-8" probe to Mars ended with accident of the "Atlas-Centaur" booster. |
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USA | May 9 | 1994 | The MSTI-2 military satellite was launched. |
| USA | May 9 | 1998 | The USA-139 spy satellite was launched. | |
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Germany | May 10 | 1931 | Conducted first test launch of experimental liquid fuel rocket "Repulsor-A". |
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USA | May 10 | 1946 | Conducted second successful launch of "À-4"/SS-1/Scunner rocket. From this date systematic studies of upper atmosphere have begun. |
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USSR | May 10 | 1949 | Conducted second launch of "R-1À"/SS-1a/Scunner booster with detachable head part in framework of program USSR Academy of Science. |
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USA | May 10 | 1958 | Born Ochoa, Ellen Lauri - astronaut of the US. Made three space missions in 1993, 1994 and 1999 years. |
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USSR | May 10 | 1959 | Put on duty first regiment of "R-5M"SS-3/Shyster middle range ballistic missiles near Simferopol city. |
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USA | May 10 | 1962 | Launch of first in the world geodetic satellite "ANNA-1A" ended with accident of the "Thor-Ablestar" booster. |
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USSR | May 10 | 1971 | Launch of "M-71/ZMS" #170 probe for Mars exploration ended with accident of the upper stage "D" of the "Proton-K"/SL-12 space booster. Upper stage and probe stayed on near Earth orbit. |
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China | May 10 | 1999 | Conducted first launch of new version of Long March "CZ-4B" space booster. Booster brought to the orbit "Feng Yun-1C" meteorological satellite. |
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