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On 11 April, another test flight of the Russian Angara A5 launched, with the Orion upper stage being used for the first time. [53] [54] On 7 May, Long March 6C flew its successful maiden mission. SpaceX's Starship launched its fourth integrated flight test on June 6, 2024. The launch resulted in the successful controlled splashdown of both the ...
Second of three Cygnus spacecraft to be launched via Falcon 9. The ELaNa-52 mission, consisting of the CySat 1 and DORA cubesats, was launched on this flight. Emma, SaganSat 0, Sakura, Wisseed Sat, Binar-2, -3, -4 were deployed into orbit from the ISS on 29 August 2024. [42] CySat-1 and DORA were deployed into orbit from the ISS on 8 October ...
The ELaNa-51 mission, consisting of 4 cubesats, was launched on this flight. [114] This was the tenth flight for SpaceX under NASA's CRS Phase 2 and first Dragon 2 launch from SLC-40, as the pad was reconfigured and a new Crew Access Tower and Arm was added. CURTIS, KASHIWA, and MicroOrbiter-1 were deployed into orbit from ISS on 11 April 2024 ...
Crewed Flight Test to International Space Station. — Nicola Pecile Jameel Janjua Tuva Cihangir Atasever Giorgio Manenti Irving Pergament Andy Sadhwani 8 June 2024 Galactic 07. Reached an altitude of 87.5 km (54.4 mi), crossing the U.S. definition of space. 362 / Nicolina Elrick Karsen Kitchen Rob Ferl Eugene Grin / Eiman Jahangir / Ephraim ...
SpaceX is targeting Saturday afternoon for a Falcon 9 launch of Dragon's ninth operational human spaceflight mission (Crew-9).
[8] [19] In February 2009, the Government of India authorized the human space flight programme, [20] but fell short of fully funding it or creating the programme. The trials for crewed space missions began in 2007 with the 600 kg Space Capsule Recovery Experiment (SRE), launched using the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket, and safely ...
U.S. Space Shuttle missions were capable of carrying more humans and cargo than the Russian Soyuz spacecraft, resulting in more U.S. short-term human visits until the Space Shuttle program was discontinued in 2011. Between 2011 and 2020, Soyuz was the sole means of human transport to the ISS, delivering mostly long-term crew.
The Spacefacts list includes most flights listed here, but omits twelve: The three failed launches of STS-51-L, Soyuz T-10a and Soyuz MS-10, none of which achieved human spaceflight, the uncrewed launch of Soyuz 34 (which nevertheless returned a crew to Earth), and the eight sub-orbital human spaceflights: Mercury-Redstone 3 and 4, X-15 flights ...