On April 10 in Space History
Chronology
65 events
1900 April 10
- Birth of Arnold O Beckman - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Beckman. American engineer, inventor and manufacturer of various analytical instruments..
1919 April 10
- Birth of John C Houbolt - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Houbolt. American engineer, at NASA 1945-1985. Claimed to have discovered bur certainly promoted the lunar orbit rendezvous strategy used for Apollo..
1945 April 10
- Birth of Eric Edward Sundberg - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Sundberg. American engineer military spaceflight engineer astronaut, 1979-1985. Later stationed at Pentagon. Retired from USAF in August 1997. Later with NRO..
1947 April 10
- XS-1 Flight 27 - . Crew: Goodlin. Payload: XS-1 # 1 flight 11. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Goodlin. Class: Manned. Type: Manned rocketplane. Spacecraft: XS-1. Bell flight 11. Glide flight and stall check. At Muroc Dry Lake, California..
1953 April 10
- X-1A Flight 5 - . Crew: Ziegler. Payload: X-1A flight 5. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Ziegler. Class: Manned. Type: Manned rocketplane. Spacecraft Bus: XS-1. Spacecraft: X-1A. Bell flight 5. Pilot noted low-frequency elevator buzz at mach 0.93, did not proceed above this speed, pending buzz investigation..
1954 April 10
LV Family: R-5. Launch Vehicle: R-5M.- OKB-586 founded and nuclear-tipped R-5M IRBM development authorised. - .
Nation: Russia.
Related Persons: Kozlov.
Council of Soviet Ministers (SM) Decree 'On approval of work on the R-5M missile and on establishment of OKB-586 at Dnepropetrovsk Plant No. 586' was issued. Sadoviy and Kozlov were named to lead the project. Based substantially on the R-5, it used the 8U25 launch portable launch stand.
1958 April 10
LV Family: Titan, Atlas, Thor, Jupiter.- Equal priority for all ICBM and IRBM programs - . Related Persons: , Eisenhower. President Dwight D. Eisenhower reaffirmed the highest and equal national priority for Atlas, Titan, Thor, and Jupiter..
1959 April 10
- Mercury escape-motor canting-angle tests completed at Wallops Island. - . Nation: USA. Spacecraft: Mercury, Mercury Escape Tower. Escape-motor canting-angle tests were completed at Wallops Island. Tests were conducted in 5 degree increments between 10 degrees to 30 degrees, and visually it appeared stability was better at the larger angle..
1961 April 10
- Joint meeting of the Apollo Technical Liaison Groups was held at STG - .
Nation: USA.
Program: Apollo.
A joint meeting of the Apollo Technical Liaison Groups was held at STG. NASA Headquarters and STG representatives briefed members of the Groups on the status of the Apollo program. The individual Liaison Groups were asked to reexamine the Apollo guidelines in the light of NASA and contractor studies conducted during the past year and to help gather detailed technical information for use as background material in the preparation of the Apollo spacecraft specification.
1962 April 10
Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. Launch Vehicle: R-12.1963 April 10
- Link to build Apollo lunar mission simulators - .
Nation: USA.
Program: Apollo.
Spacecraft: Apollo CSM,
CSM Simulator.
North American awarded a $9.5 million letter contract to the Link Division of General Precision, Inc., for the development and installation of two spacecraft simulators, one at MSC and the other at the Launch Operations Center. Except for weightlessness, the trainers would simulate the entire lunar mission, including sound and lighting effects.
1963 April 10
20:33 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral ETR. Launch Platform: EAG-154. LV Family: Polaris. Launch Vehicle: Polaris A3. FAILURE: Failure.1964 April 10
Launch Site: Wallops Island. LV Family: X-17. Launch Vehicle: RAM B.1964 April 10
06:30 GMT - . Launch Site: Fort Churchill. LV Family: Deacon. Launch Vehicle: Nike Apache.1965 April 10
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Molniya 8K78. FAILURE: Stage 3's engine 8D715K failed due to depressurization of the nitrogen pipeline of the LOX tank pressurization system of Block I.. Failed Stage: U.- Luna failure - stage 3 engine failure. - . Payload: E-6 s/n 8. Mass: 1,422 kg (3,134 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Program: Luna. Class: Moon. Type: Lunar probe. Spacecraft: Luna E-6. Decay Date: 1965-04-10 . The upper stages fell apart on re-entry into the atmosphere...
1965 April 10
08:10 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg LF09. Launch Pad: LF09?. LV Family: Minuteman. Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1B.1966 April 10
LV Family: Proton. Launch Vehicle: Proton-K.- Cosmonaut training for lunar flights announced - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Leonov. Program: Lunar L1. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-L1. Leonov announces that cosmonauts are in training for lunar missions..
1967 April 10
10:51 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. Launch Pad: LA2 SL. Launch Vehicle: Skylark.- X-ray survey / airglow X-ray astronomy mission - . Nation: Australia. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment, WRE. Apogee: 167 km (103 mi).
1967 April 10
20:14 GMT - . Launch Site: Kiruna. LV Family: Deacon. Launch Vehicle: Nike Apache.1967 April 10
21:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Point Barrow. LV Family: Deacon. Launch Vehicle: Nike Cajun.1968 April 10
- Cosmonauts occupied with Gagarin crash investigation - .
Nation: Russia.
Related Persons: Gagarin.
Program: Soyuz.
No cosmonauts will be sent to witness the next series of unmanned Soyuz flights beginning on 14 April. All cosmonaut staff efforts are concentrated on the Gagarin crash investigation. Kamanin notes the flight of Apollo 6. According to his information the first manned Apollo flight will take place in May-October 1968, and the first American moon landing by the end of 1969.
1968 April 10
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral ETR. Launch Platform: SSBN 630. LV Family: Polaris. Launch Vehicle: Polaris A3.1968 April 10
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral ETR. Launch Platform: SSBN 630. LV Family: Polaris. Launch Vehicle: Polaris A3.1968 April 10
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral ETR. Launch Platform: SSBN 630. LV Family: Polaris. Launch Vehicle: Polaris A3.1968 April 10
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral ETR. Launch Platform: SSBN 630. LV Family: Polaris. Launch Vehicle: Polaris A3.1968 April 10
Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg LF03. LV Family: Minuteman. Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1B.- ST Olympic T. B-2 operational test launch - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
1970 April 10
- Documentary film on the Soyuz 6-7-8 missions - . Nation: Russia. Program: Soyuz. Flight: Soyuz 6, Soyuz 7, Soyuz 8. Kamanin previews the documentary film 'Launch after Launch' on the Soyuz 6-7-8 missions..
1970 April 10
16:30 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral ETR. Launch Platform: SSBN 625. LV Family: Polaris. Launch Vehicle: Polaris A3. FAILURE: Failure.1971 April 10
- Old Comrades toast Gagarin's memory. - . Nation: Russia. -6 deg C at Baiknur, 5 m/s wind. A party of the 'old comrades' is held in Leninsk to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Gagarin's launch..
1972 April 10
15:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Thule AFB. LV Family: Deacon. Launch Vehicle: Rocketsonde.1973 April 10
06:59 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sands. LV Family: Aerobee. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee 170.1974 April 10
Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg SLC4E. LV Family: Titan. Launch Vehicle: Titan IIID.- KH-9 no. 08 Capsule - . Mass: 60 kg (132 lb). Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Class: Surveillance. Type: Military surveillance satellite. Spacecraft: KH-9. COSPAR: 1974-020xx. Apogee: 830 km (510 mi). Perigee: 786 km (488 mi). Inclination: 94.60 deg. Period: 101.10 min. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A). .
- KH-9 no. 08 - . Payload: OPS 6245. Mass: 13,300 kg (29,300 lb). Nation: USA. Agency: CIA, NRO. Class: Surveillance. Type: Military surveillance satellite. Spacecraft: KH-9. Decay Date: 1974-07-28 . USAF Sat Cat: 7242 . COSPAR: 1974-020A. Apogee: 285 km (177 mi). Perigee: 153 km (95 mi). Inclination: 94.50 deg. Period: 88.90 min. KH-9 type satellite. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A). .
- S73-7 Cal Balloon - . Payload: OPS 6935 / P 73-7. Mass: 60 kg (132 lb). Nation: USA. Agency: USAF AFSC. Spacecraft Bus: Space Test Program Payloads. Spacecraft: S73-7 Cal Balloon. Decay Date: 1974-07-28 . USAF Sat Cat: 7244 . COSPAR: 1974-020B. Apogee: 247 km (153 mi). Perigee: 148 km (91 mi). Inclination: 94.40 deg. Period: 88.50 min. Space Test Program flight S73-7 was launched. The launch was successful but the mission failed when the payload -an infrared calibration balloon - failed to deploy..
- OPS 4547 - . Payload: OPS 4547 / SSF-B No. 25. Mass: 60 kg (132 lb). Nation: USA. Agency: NRO, USAF. Class: Surveillance. Type: SIGINT. Spacecraft Bus: P 11. Spacecraft: SSF. Decay Date: 1980-02-22 . USAF Sat Cat: 7247 . COSPAR: 1974-020C. Apogee: 531 km (329 mi). Perigee: 503 km (312 mi). Inclination: 94.00 deg. Period: 95.00 min. Radar monitoring..
1975 April 10
04:40 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sands. LV Family: Aerobee. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee 170A.1975 April 10
09:54 GMT - . Launch Site: Fort Churchill. LV Family: Tomahawk. Launch Vehicle: Paiute Tomahawk.1975 April 10
09:54 GMT - . Launch Site: Fort Churchill. LV Family: Tomahawk. Launch Vehicle: Paiute Tomahawk.1975 April 10
10:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Fort Churchill. LV Family: Tomahawk. Launch Vehicle: Paiute Tomahawk.- AEOLUS Mass Spectrometer Aeronomy mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF CRL. Apogee: 211 km (131 mi).
1978 April 10
21:40 GMT - . Launch Site: Eareckson. LV Family: Deacon. Launch Vehicle: Rocketsonde.1979 April 10
LV Family: Shuttle. Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle.- Shuttle Enterprise delivered to Kennedy Space Centre - .
Nation: USA.
The decision was taken not to convert the Enterprise to a flight orbiter due to the numerous structural design changes made since its construction. Static test article OV-099 would be used for that instead. So Enterprise became a pathfinder vehicle at Cape Canaveral to verify fit and handling of ground facilities in the Vertical Assembly Building and LC39.
1979 April 10
- Ferry flight, MSFC to KSC - . Nation: USA. Program: STS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft Bus: Shuttle. Spacecraft: Enterprise. Ferry flight, shuttle carrier aircraft/Enterprise (OV-101) from MSFC to KSC (1 hour, 52 minutes).
1979 April 10
17:34 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC31. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U.- Soyuz 33 - . Call Sign: Saturn (Saturn ). Crew: Ivanov, Georgi, Rukavishnikov. Backup Crew: Aleksandrov, Aleksandr, Romanenko. Payload: Soyuz 7K-T s/n 49. Mass: 6,860 kg (15,120 lb). Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Aleksandrov, Aleksandr, Ivanov, Georgi, Romanenko, Rukavishnikov. Agency: MOM. Program: Salyut 6. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz 32, Soyuz 33. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-T. Duration: 1.96 days. Decay Date: 1979-04-12 . USAF Sat Cat: 11324 . COSPAR: 1979-029A. Apogee: 261 km (162 mi). Perigee: 194 km (120 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 89.00 min. Manned two crew. Flight under the Intercosmos programme of an international team consisting of N N Rukavishnikov (USSR) and G I Ivanov (Bulgaria). Unsuccessful mission. Failed to rendezvous with Salyut 6..
1980 April 10
Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg LF03. LV Family: Minuteman. Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1B.- ABRES STREP-4 re-entry vehicle test flight - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF AFSC. Spacecraft: ABRES. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
1981 April 10
05:06 GMT - . Launch Site: Point Mugu. LV Family: Deacon. Launch Vehicle: Rocketsonde.1982 April 10
06:47 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC17A. LV Family: Thor. Launch Vehicle: Delta 3910/PAM.- Insat 1A - .
Mass: 1,152 kg (2,539 lb). Nation: India.
Agency: ISRO.
Program: Insat.
Class: Communications.
Type: Civilian communications satellite. Spacecraft: Insat 1.
Completed Operations Date: 1982-09-04 . USAF Sat Cat: 13129 . COSPAR: 1982-031A. Apogee: 35,829 km (22,263 mi). Perigee: 35,734 km (22,204 mi). Inclination: 13.30 deg. Period: 1,435.80 min.
Also carried transponders for domestic communications. Operational multipurpose satellite for telecommunications, meteorological, imaging and data relay, radio and television programme distribution and direct television broadcasting for community reception. Geosynchronous orbit longitude 74 E. A/AC.105/INF.391 was reissued as ST/SG/SER.E/79. Also registered by the United States as 1982-31A in ST/SG/SER.E/67, with category C and orbital parameters 1416.7 min, 35032 x 35783 km x 0.5 deg. Positioned in geosynchronous orbit at 73 deg E in 1982 As of 29 August 2001 located at 82.99 deg E drifting at 0.337 deg W per day. As of 2007 Mar 10 located at 39.55E drifting at 0.205W degrees per day.
1983 April 10
07:43 GMT - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. LV Family: Black Brant. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant X.1984 April 10
- STS-41-C - Wakeup Song: Rocky - . Flight: STS-41-C. "Rocky" theme.
1984 April 10
14:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Plesetsk. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U.- Cosmos 1548 - . Mass: 6,600 kg (14,500 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MOM. Class: Surveillance. Type: Military surveillance satellite. Spacecraft Bus: Yantar. Spacecraft: Yantar-4K1. Duration: 45.00 days. Decay Date: 1984-05-25 . USAF Sat Cat: 14902 . COSPAR: 1984-036A. Apogee: 331 km (205 mi). Perigee: 165 km (102 mi). Inclination: 67.20 deg. Period: 89.50 min. High resolution photo reconnaissance; returned film in two small SpK capsules during the mission and with the main capsule at completion of the mission..
1985 April 10
13:30 GMT - . Launch Site: Ascension. LV Family: Deacon. Launch Vehicle: Rocketsonde.1986 April 10
02:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Ryori. LV Family: MT-135. Launch Vehicle: MT-135P.1987 April 10
08:30 GMT - . Launch Site: Sea Launch Area. Launch Pad: UNKO. Launch Platform: BUGAEV. Launch Vehicle: MMR-06.1988 April 10
10:06 GMT - . Launch Site: Sea Launch Area. Launch Pad: UNKO. Launch Platform: PRILIV. Launch Vehicle: MMR-06.1989 April 10
08:21 GMT - . Launch Site: Kiruna. Launch Complex: Kiruna MRL. LV Family: Black Brant. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant IX.1991 April 10
- STS-37 - Wakeup Song: La Bamba - . Flight: STS-37. "La Bamba" by the Brass Rhythm and Reeds for Linda Godwin who played saxophone in the band. Flight director Milt Heflin played Trombone in the same band..
1991 April 10
11:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Barking Sands. LV Family: Deacon. Launch Vehicle: Rocketsonde.1992 April 10
03:20 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC17B. LV Family: Thor. Launch Vehicle: Delta 7925.- USA 80 - . Payload: GPS 2A-13 / GPS SVN 28. Mass: 1,816 kg (4,003 lb). Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Manufacturer: Seal Beach. Program: Navstar. Class: Navigation. Type: Navigation satellite. Spacecraft Bus: Navstar. Spacecraft: GPS Block 2 and 2A. USAF Sat Cat: 21930 . COSPAR: 1992-019A. Apogee: 20,277 km (12,599 mi). Perigee: 20,082 km (12,478 mi). Inclination: 54.50 deg. Period: 717.90 min. Global Positioning System. Retired 15 August 1997..
1992 April 10
06:30 GMT - . Launch Site: Zingst. Launch Vehicle: MMR-06.- MMR06-M Zingst launch 62 - . Nation: Russia. Agency: GMS. Apogee: 67 km (41 mi). Successful. Earth impacted at 4054 seconds. Reached 66.7 km. .
1997 April 10
13:40 GMT - . Launch Site: Ascension. LV Family: Deacon. Launch Vehicle: Rocketsonde.2002 April 10
- Yuji Hyakutake Dies At 51 - . Nation: Japan.
2002 April 10
- STS-110 - Wakeup Song: Rapunzel Got a Mohawk - . Flight: STS-110. "Rapunzel Got a Mohawk" performed by Joe Scruggs. The song was played for Ochoa, at the request of her family..
2003 April 10
- Starchaser 5 capsule shipped to America. - . Nation: UK. Program: X-Prize. Spacecraft Bus: X-Prize. Spacecraft: Starchaser 5. Starchaser Industries (Hyde, England, UK) publicly unveils the Nova mark II capsule in Florida. The parachutes will be fitted in Florida before shipping the capsule over to Arizona for drop tests..
2008 April 10
- ISS On-Orbit Status 04/10/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Love, Malenchenko, Reisman, Volkov, Sergey, Whitson, Yi Soyeon. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, Soyuz TMA-12, Soyuz TMA-12 ISS EP-14, STS-122, STS-123 ISS EO-16, STS-124. The ISS crew's work/sleep cycle shifted this morning, from wakeup at 2:00am to 5:00am EDT (sleeptime tonight at 9:30pm, from 5:30pm).. Additional Details: here....
2009 April 10
08:10 GMT - . Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Topol'.2010 April 10
- STS-131 - Wakeup Song: Stairway to the Stars - . Flight: STS-131. "Stairway to the Stars" by Ella Fitzgerald, played for Mission Specialist Stephanie Wilson..
2013 April 10
Launch Site: Sonmiani. LV Family: DF-15. Launch Vehicle: Shaheen 1.- Haft-IV RV - . Nation: Pakistan. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). Operational test.
2014 April 10
17:45 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC41. Launch Pad: SLC41. LV Family: Atlas V. Launch Vehicle: Atlas V 541.- USA 250 - . Payload: NROL-67. Mass: 3,600 kg (7,900 lb). Nation: USA. Class: Surveillance. Type: SIGINT. Spacecraft: Mercury ELINT. USAF Sat Cat: 39652 . COSPAR: 2014-020A. Apogee: 35,790 km (22,230 mi). Perigee: 35,780 km (22,230 mi). Inclination: 0.00 deg. Period: 1,436.00 min. It appeared likely that the Centaur stage made three burns to deploy the USA 250 payload in geosynchronous orbit. The payload was suspected to be a large NRO signals intelligence satellite..
2018 April 10
04:24 GMT - . Launch Site: Jiuquan. Launch Complex: Jiuquan Pad 43/94. LV Family: CZ. Launch Vehicle: Chang Zheng 4C.- Yaogan 31 hao 01 zu 01 xing - . Payload: Jianbing-8 06-1; YAOGAN-31 A. Nation: China. USAF Sat Cat: 43275 . COSPAR: 2018-034A. Apogee: 1,116 km (693 mi). Perigee: 1,064 km (661 mi). Inclination: 63.41 deg. Period: 107.05 min. See Yaogan 31A (JB-8 6A). ..
- Yaogan 31 hao 01 zu 02 xing - . Payload: Jianbing-8 06-2; YAOGAN-31 B. Nation: China. USAF Sat Cat: 43276 . COSPAR: 2018-034B. Apogee: 1,116 km (693 mi). Perigee: 1,064 km (661 mi). Inclination: 63.41 deg. Period: 107.05 min. See Yaogan 31B (JB-8 6B). ..
- Yaogan 31 hao 01 zu 03 xing - . Payload: Jianbing-8 06-3; YAOGAN-31 C. Nation: China. USAF Sat Cat: 43277 . COSPAR: 2018-034C. Apogee: 1,116 km (693 mi). Perigee: 1,064 km (661 mi). Inclination: 63.41 deg. Period: 107.05 min. See Yaogan 31C (JB-8 6C). ..