SPACE CALENDAR – NOVEMBER

	France	November 21	1783	First flight of heat balloon with people, designed by brothers Montgolfier.
	Russia	November 21	1910	Born Ryzhikh Mikhail Ivanovich, Director of the Khrunichev Plant (now GKNTsP) from 1961 to 1975. Organizer of the plant’s conversion to the production of rocket equipment, participant in the development of UR-100, UR-200, UR-500 and Proton LVs, orbital stations, and other spacecraft. Hero of Socialist Labor.
	USA	November 21	1933	Born Henry Warren “Hank” Hartsfield, Jr. - astronaut of the US. Made 3 space missions in 1982, 1984 and 1985.
	USSR	November 21	1974	The first launch of Molnya-3, Plesetsk cosmodrome.
	USSR	November 21	1977	Approved a Decision of Central Committee of Communist Party and Soviet of Ministers of the USSR about basic stages of creation Buran orbital complex.
	USSR	November 21	1987	Progress-33 cargo spacecraft was launched.
	Russia	November 21	1999	Day of the Missile Forces and Artillery. Celebrated in third Sunday of November.
	Russia	November 22	1882	Born Perelman Yakov Isidorovich, scientist, popularizer of physical and mathematical sciences. One of the first propagators of K.Tsiolkovsky’s ideas, the author of Interplanetary Travel, a popular science book published in ten editions from 1915 to 1935.
	USA	November 22	1930	Born Owen Kay Garriott, Jr. - astronaut of the US. Made 2 space missions in 1973 and 1983.
	Poland	November 22	1937	Born Zenon Jankowski - back-up of M.Hermaszewski (mission in the USSR in 1978).
	USA	November 22	1942	Born Guion Stewart “Guy” “Bunny” Bluford - astronaut of the US. Made 4 space missions in 1983, 1985, 1991 and 1992.
	USA	November 22	1963	D.Kennedy the President was killed.
	USA- England	November 22	1969	Launched the satellite of Skynet-1 military communication system of England.
	USSR	November 22	1972	Conducted 4-th test launch of N-1 booster with 7K-L1 apparatus. Four seconds after the engines’ ignition, the LV safety systems were deactivated and the LV fell 300 meters from the launch site. The spacecraft landed safely due to the actuation of the emergency recovery system.
	USA	November 22	1989	Discovery-9 space shuttle was launched.
		November 22	1999	Launched 4 “Globalstar” satellites using “Soyuz” booster.
	USSR	November 23	1935	Born Volkov Vladislav Nikolaevich - flier-cosmonaut of the USSR, Twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Made two flights on Soyuz-7 (1969) and Soyuz-11 (1971) spacecraft. Died during re-entry from loss of pressurization on June 30, 1971.
	USSR	November 23	1957	Founded main directorate of Ministry of Defence of the USSR in nuclear-missile weapons (now - 12-th Directorate of Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation).
	USSR	November 23	1960	K.Bushuev was elected the Corresponding Member of Academy of Sciences of the USSR.
	USA	November 23	1960	Launched “Tiros-2” satellite.
	USSR	November 23	1965	Launched 3MV-4 #6 apparatus to Venus. The fault of third stage of booster. Title as “Kosmos-96”.
	USSR	November 23	1967	Launched Kosmos-192 the first Soviet navigation satellite.
	USSR	November 23	1972	The fourth N1 (7L) was launched with a lunar orbital module and a mockup of a lunar spacecraft. At the end of the acceleration phase, at the 107th second of flight, an explosion took place in the tail compartment.
	USSR	November 23	1976	Launched “Zenit-6” the first spy satellite (Kosmos-867).
	USA	November 23	1989	Launch of STS Space Shuttle " Discovery-9", mission - STS-33 under the military program.
	USSR	November 24	1966	UR-100 ICBM was put into service, designed by V.Chelomey.
	USSR	November 24	1970	Cosmos-379 satellite, the first unmanned lunar spacecraft, was launched to test the serviceability of onboard systems in the Earth’s orbit.
	USSR	November 24	1971	Launched Molniya-2 the first satellite for telecasting and telephone communication. The first launch of Molniya-2 from Plesetsk cosmodrome.
	USA	November 24	1991	Launch of STS Space Shuttle "Atlantis-10", mission - STS-44 under the military program (unclassified flight).
	USSR	November 25	1933	The first Soviet rocket with a liquidpropellant engine, GIRD-Kh, designed by F.Tsander. Nakhabino town, near Moscow.
	Germany	November 25	1940	Born Reinhard Alfred Furrer - astronaut of EKA. Made 1 space mission in 1985. Died in aviation crash on September 9, 1995.
	USSR	November 25	1943	Founded TKhM design office.
	USSR	November 25	1950	R-1 missile was put into service.
	USSR	November 25	1975	Cosmos-782 satellite was launched to study the possibility of creating artificial gravity using a centrifuge installed in the satellite.
	Russia	November 25	1993	NPO Energia, the U.S. Boeing Company and Norway’s Kvaerner signed an agreement on launches of Zenit LV from a floating platform within the framework of the Sea Launch project.
	USSR	November 26	1937	Born Yegorov Boris Borisovich, flier-cosmonaut of the US, Hero of the Soviet Union. Made a flight on Voskhod spacecraft together with V.Komarov and K.Feoktistov in 1964.
	USA	November 26	1959	Made an attempt of launch Pioner-5 satellite. The satellite took off from booster and fell down in an ocean.
	France	November 26	1965	France launched its first satellite Astupics A-1.
	USSR	November 26	1988	Soyuz TM-7 spacecraft manned by A.Volkov, S.Krikalyov and J.-L.Chretien (France) was launched. Time in flight - 151 days.
	USSR	November 26	1989	Kvant-2 module was launched to dock with the Mir orbital station.
	USSR	November 27	1951	R-2 missile was put into service.
	USA	November 27	1952	Born James Donald Wetherbee - astronaut of the US. Made 4 space missions in 1990, 1992, 1995 and 1997.
	USSR	November 27	1959	Launched R-7 ICBM successfully.
	USSR	November 27	1961	Inspection of rocket technics by Malinovsky Minister of Defence, Baikonur, from November 27 to November 29.
	USSR	November 27	1970	A ground-based experimental complex was put into operation at IMBP. The complex conducts short- and long-term tests of environment purification systems and new systems of oxygen regeneration for life-support systems, medical and psychological studies, and accident simulation.
		November 27	1971	“Mars-2” put to orbit of satellite of Mars with orbital period 18 hours.
	USSR	November 27	1980	Soyuz T-3 spacecraft manned by L.Kizim, O.Makarov and G.Strekalov was launched.
	USA	November 27	1985	Launch of STS Space Shuttle "Atlantis-2", mission - STS-61V. The first flight of Neri Vela astronaut of Mexico.
	Russia	November 27	1998	KBOM put into operation a launch complex for Proton LV (8P882K-4F).
	USA	November 28	1952	Born Barbara Radding Morgan, teacher and astronaut, back-up of McAuliffe for the flight of Chelenger in 1986.
	USSR	November 28	1952	Began serial production of rocket complexes for defense and space purpose in YuZM.
	Mexico	November 28	1955	Born Francisco Javier Mendieta Jimenez, astronaut, back-up of Neri Vela for the flight in 1985.
	USA	November 28	1959	Born Glynn R.Holt, astronaut of the US, team of 1994 of training for flight.
	USSR	November 28	1966	Cosmos-133 satellite (Soyuz unmanned spacecraft) with a dummy on board was launched to dock with Soyuz spacecraft. Due to malfunctions, the spacecraft’s automatic self-destruction system was activated.
	USA	November 28	1966	The first unsuccessful launch of Redstone booster from Woomera range, Australia.
	USSR	November 28	1969	The test launch of Proton booster with T1K lunar spacecraft. A fault of third stage of the booster.
	International	November 28	1970	The first geophysical rocket, Vertikal-1, was launched to study ultraviolet and X-ray radiation of the Sun, the ionosphere and meteor matter. The project involved Bulgaria, Hungary, East Germany, Poland, the USSR and Czechoslovakia.
	USA	November 28	1983	Launch of STS Space Shuttle "Columbia-6", mission - STS-41A. Mission of astronaut of Germany. The first foreigner on spacecraft of USA, first mission of the 6 astronauts.
	USSR	November 28	1989	The world’s only rail-based launch complex for RT-23 intercontinental ballistic missile, designed by V.Utkin, was put into operation.
	USA	November 29	1949	Born Kenneth Donald Cameron, astronaut, Made 3 space missions in 1991, 1993 and 1995.
	USA	November 29	1961	Launch of Mercury-9 with Enos chimpanzee on the board. Conducted successful landing on water in 2 circuits.
	USA- Australia	November 29	1967	Australia’s first satellite, Wresat, was launched by U.S. Redstone LV.
	USSR	November 29	1967	Founded Orbita space system of satellite communication with use of Molnia-1 space vehicle for communication of Moscow with Vladivostok city.
	USSR	November 29	1969	Conducted successful tests of A-350 antimissiles on the 10-th scientific testing range of PVO. Tests of Aldan system of anti-missile defence were finished.
	USSR	November 29	1971	Began third meeting with specialists of NASA in creation of joint means approach and docking of pilot spacecrafts (Project EPAS), Moscow.
	USSR	November 29	1976	Launch of Soyuz-T (Kosmos-869) test unmanned spacecraft.
	USSR	November 29	1986	Abortive launch of Almaz-T unmanned orbital station.
	USSR	November 30	1945	By order of the Minister of Armament, SKB was set up on the basis of Plant #88 to design rocket equipment.
	USSR	November 30	1951	Order of the Minister of Armament about creation of repetition work of R-2 missiles since 1952; S.Korolev was chief designer; mill #586; Dnepropetrovsk city.
	USSR	November 30	1964	Zond-2 spacecraft was launched to Mars to take photos of the planet from fly-by trajectory. The mission was not fulfilled due to radio communications failure.
	USSR	November 30	1977	Finished working of preliminary design of Buran orbital complex in NPO Energia.