On April 27 in Space History
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1912 April 27
- Birth of Herbert Walter Fuhrmann - . Nation: Germany, USA. Related Persons: Fuhrmann. German engineer in WW2, member of the Rocket Team in the United States thereafter..
1913 April 27
- Birth of Viktor Ivanovich Kuznetsov - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Kuznetsov, Viktor. Russian engineer. Chief Designer 1946-1989 of Nll-10 and NII-44. Specialised in missile and spaceship gyroscopes..
1942 April 27
- Birth of Dr Valeri Vladimirovich Polyakov - .
Nation: Russia.
Related Persons: Polyakov.
Russian physician cosmonaut 1972-1995. Longest single space flight (437 days). 678 cumulative days in space. Civilian Physician, Institute of Medical Biological Problems. 2 spaceflights, 678.7 days in space. Flew to orbit on Soyuz TM-6 (1988), Soyuz TM-18.
1948 April 27
- Birth of Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov - . Nation: Ukraine. Related Persons: Volkov, Aleksandr. Ukrainian pilot cosmonaut 1976-1998. Father of cosmonaut Sergei Volkov. 391 cumulative days in space. 3 spaceflights, 391.5 days in space. Flew to orbit on Soyuz T-14 (1985), Soyuz TM-7, Soyuz TM-13..
1951 April 27
- XS-1 Flight 145 - . Crew: Crossfield. Payload: XS-1 # 2 flight 64. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Crossfield. Class: Manned. Type: Manned rocketplane. Spacecraft: XS-1. NACA flight 44. Plane and instrument check..
1953 April 27
- Birth of Ellen Louise Shulman Baker - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Baker. American physician mission specialist astronaut 1984-2012. Physician. 3 spaceflights, 28.6 days in space. Flew to orbit on STS-34 (1989), STS-50, STS-71..
1958 April 27
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Sputnik 8A91. FAILURE: Launch vehicle disintegrated 88 seconds after liftoff.. Failed Stage: 0.- Sputnik failure - . Payload: D-1 s/n 1. Mass: 1,327 kg (2,925 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MVS. Class: Earth. Type: Magnetosphere satellite. Spacecraft: Sputnik 3. Decay Date: 1958-04-01 .
1959 April 27
- Project Mercury was accorded the DX priority procurement rating. - . Nation: USA. Spacecraft: Mercury.
1959 April 27
- Project Mercury astronauts reported for duty - .
Nation: USA.
Spacecraft: Mercury.
The seven Project Mercury astronauts reported for duty. A tentative schedule of Mercury astronaut activities for the first months of training was issued. Actual training began the next day. Within 3 months the astronauts were acquainted with the various facets of the Mercury program. The first training week was as follows: Monday, April 27, check in; April 28, general briefing; April 29, spacecraft configuration and escape methods; April 30, support and restraint; May 1, operational concepts and procedures. These lectures were presented by specialists in the particular field of study. Besides the above, unscheduled activities involved 3 hours flying time and 4 hours of athletics.
1959 April 27
- Mercury search and rescue procedures developed. - . Nation: USA. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Spacecraft: Mercury. Meeting of DOD working group on Project Mercury search and recovery operations was held at Patrick Air Force Base, with major emphasis placed on the first two ballistic Atlas shots, and command relationships..
1959 April 27
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC10. LV Family: Sergeant. Launch Vehicle: Draco. FAILURE: Failure.1960 April 27
- Explorer XI - .
Nation: USA.
Various gamma ray detectors were carried aboard Explorer XI on its orbital flight. These detectors found a directional flux of gamma radiation in space and thereby provided serious evidence against one formulation of the 'steady state' cosmological theory.
1960 April 27
LV Family: Thor.- Last Thor IRBM squadron transferred to the RAF. - . The last of four 15-missile Thor IRBM squadrons were transferred to the Royal Air Force..
1960 April 27
- Dynasoar passes first design review. - . Nation: USA. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft: Dynasoar. Completion of technical review of Dyna-Soar program announced by the Air Force..
1960 April 27
04:18 GMT - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. LV Family: Aerobee. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee 150.- Ultraviolet star photometer Ultraviolet astronomy mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).
1961 April 27
Launch Vehicle: R-16.- R-16U silo-based ICBM operational plan issued. - . Nation: Russia. State Committee for Defence Technology (GKOT) Decree 'On the Organisation of Military Duty of the R-16U (Unified Variant)--putting the R-16U missile into operation' was issued..
1961 April 27
14:16 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC26B. LV Family: Jupiter. Launch Vehicle: Juno II.- Explorer 11 - . Payload: S-15. Mass: 37 kg (81 lb). Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Program: Explorer. Class: Astronomy. Type: Solar satellite. Spacecraft: S-15. USAF Sat Cat: 107 . COSPAR: 1961-Nu-1. Apogee: 1,458 km (905 mi). Perigee: 480 km (290 mi). Inclination: 28.80 deg. Period: 104.50 min. Gamma ray data. Spacecraft engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere or outer space (US Cat B). .
1961 April 27
20:02 GMT - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. LV Family: Honest John. Launch Vehicle: Javelin.1962 April 27
Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: White Sands LC38. LV Family: Spartan ABM. Launch Vehicle: Nike Zeus.1962 April 27
23:24 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg 576B2. LV Family: Atlas. Launch Vehicle: Atlas D.- Demonstration and shakedown operations launch - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi).
1963 April 27
Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg 395-C. LV Family: Titan. Launch Vehicle: Titan II.- Dinner Party - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: USAF AFSC.
Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
Titan II (N-8) was the second research and development missile and the first successful flight test vehicle to be launched from a silo at Vandenberg AFB. This was the first successful Titan II launch and flight after three consecutive failures, one (N-7) at Vandenberg and two (N-18 and N-21) at the Atlantic range. Research and development launch. Mk 6 re-entry vehicle.
1963 April 27
02:03 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC11. LV Family: Atlas. Launch Vehicle: Atlas F.- ABRES REX-II re-entry vehicle test flight - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF AFSC. Spacecraft: ABRES. Apogee: 1,400 km (800 mi).
1964 April 27
Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg LF05. LV Family: Minuteman. Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1A.1964 April 27
23:23 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg SLC1W. LV Family: Thor. Launch Vehicle: Thor SLV-2A Agena D.- KH-4A 1005 - . Payload: KH-4A s/n 1005 / Agena D 1604 / OPS 2921. Mass: 1,500 kg (3,300 lb). Nation: USA. Agency: CIA, NRO. Class: Surveillance. Type: Military surveillance satellite. Spacecraft Bus: WS-117. Spacecraft: KH-4A. Decay Date: 1964-05-26 . USAF Sat Cat: 796 . COSPAR: 1964-022A. Apogee: 445 km (276 mi). Perigee: 175 km (108 mi). Inclination: 79.90 deg. Period: 90.80 min. KH-4A. Mission failed. Recovery vehicle impacted in Venezuela..
1965 April 27
05:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC140/18. LV Family: R-36. Launch Vehicle: R-36 8K67.1965 April 27
06:30 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: White Sands LC35. LV Family: Aerobee. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee 150.1966 April 27
Launch Vehicle: Proton.- Soyuz L1 full scale development, LK-1 cancellation approved. - . Nation: Russia. Spacecraft: LK-1, Soyuz 7K-L1. Decree 10 'On approving the work plan to build the p8loted spacecraft 7K-L1 -- approving the plan for for the UR-500K-L1 and terminating the UR-500K-LK-1' was issued..
1966 April 27
- L1 Mock-up Inspection - .
Nation: Russia.
Related Persons: Bushuyev,
Gagarin,
Komarov.
Program: Voskhod,
Lunar L1.
Flight: Soyuz 7K-L1 mission 1.
Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-L1,
Voskhod.
The L1 inspection has not gone well. The cosmonauts find that the spacecraft has the same safety problems as Voskhod: no spacesuits, no reserve parachute for the spacecraft, no signal sent when the parachute deploys (the UHF beacon only begins emitting 10 seconds after landing). Supposedly this unsafe and poorly designed spacecraft is supposed to take cosmonauts around the moon by November 1967. Kamanin finds this incredible.
1966 April 27
- VPK Resolution No. 101 (Mishin Diaries 1-266) mandated an aggressive L1 flight test program. - .
Related Persons: Mishin.
Spacecraft: Block D,
Soyuz,
Soyuz 7K-L1,
Soyuz 7K-OK.
No 1 - August - Proton-2 (this may refer to the Proton / Block D full-mass mockup that was tested in October 1966 but then abandoned for safety reasons).
2-4: Flyby of the moon with the unpiloted version:
No 2 - October
No 3 - November
No 4 - December
No 5 - No 9: 7K-L1 flyby of the moon at intervals of one month with crew delivery by 7K-OK
No 10 - No 14: Direct flyby of the moon at one month intervals.This indicates that podsadka was the baseline approach for early missions, for both safety and launch mass considerations. Only the last five missions would be direct flights. It was probably anticipated that by then the Proton booster would be reliable enough and that improvements to the Block D and the weight reduction on the L1 would make the single-launch approach feasible. (Mishin Diaries 1-266)
1967 April 27
- State Commission on Soyuz 1 crash. - .
Nation: Russia.
Related Persons: Afanasyev, Sergei,
Gagarin,
Serbin,
Smirnov,
Ustinov.
Program: Soyuz.
Flight: Soyuz 1.
Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz.
Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-OK.
Ustinov convened the commission at noon. The work was to be completed by 15 May, and the final report issued by 25 May. The members of the commission would be Ustinov, Smirnov, Serbin, Afanasyev, the Chief Designers, and Gagarin. 22 members would work in seven subcommittees that would:
- Investigate design and test of the spacecraft structures
- Investigate design and test of the landing and parachute systems
- Investigate design and test of the orientation and guidance systems
- Study the performance of the tracking, communications, and flight ground control systems
- Investigate design and test of the launch system
- Analyse the contents of the Mir-3 flight data recorder, telemetry, and space-to-earth communications
- Review the design and as-built documentation for the spacecraft, subsystems, training program, flight plan, and the on-board flight log
1967 April 27
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral ETR. Launch Platform: SSBN 600. LV Family: Polaris. Launch Vehicle: Polaris A3.1967 April 27
Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg LF07. LV Family: Minuteman. Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1B.1967 April 27
Launch Site: White Sands. LV Family: Deacon. Launch Vehicle: Cajun.1967 April 27
04:10 GMT - . Launch Site: Fort Churchill. LV Family: Black Brant. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant VB.1967 April 27
04:31 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. Launch Complex: Woomera LA2. Launch Pad: LA2 SL. LV Family: Skylark. Launch Vehicle: Skylark 3 AC.- Test mission - . Nation: Australia. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment, WRE. Apogee: 203 km (126 mi).
1967 April 27
12:50 GMT - . Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Complex: Plesetsk LC41/1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Vostok 8A92M.- Cosmos 156 - . Payload: Meteor no. 7. Mass: 4,730 kg (10,420 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MOM. Class: Earth. Type: Weather satellite. Spacecraft: Meteor. Decay Date: 1989-10-23 . USAF Sat Cat: 2762 . COSPAR: 1967-039A. Apogee: 375 km (233 mi). Perigee: 368 km (228 mi). Inclination: 81.10 deg. Period: 92.00 min. Worked with Cosmos 144. Investigation of the upper atmosphere and outer space. .
1968 April 27
Launch Vehicle: Saturn V.- Preparation of third Saturn V for an Apollo manned mission - . Nation: USA. Program: Apollo. NASA Administrator James E. Webb approved plans to proceed with preparation of the third Saturn V space vehicle for a manned mission in the fourth quarter of 1968. . Additional Details: here....
1968 April 27
- Delays in Apollo CSM and LM delivery dates - .
Nation: USA.
Related Persons: Low, George.
Program: Apollo.
Flight: Apollo 9.
Spacecraft: Apollo CSM,
CSM Block II.
ASPO Manager George M. Low explained to the Apollo Program Director the underlying causes of slips in CSM and LM delivery dates since establishment of contract dates during the fall of 1967. The general excuse, Low said, was that slips were the result of NASA-directed hardware changes. "This excuse is not valid." He recounted how NASA-imposed changes had been under strict control and only essential changes had been approved by the MSC Level II Configuration Control Board (CCB). Additional Details: here....
1968 April 27
- Kamanin proposes organising the cosmonauts into two detachments. - .
Nation: Russia.
Related Persons: Belyayev,
Leonov,
Matinchenko,
Popovich,
Titov.
Nikolayev is to be commander of the first group, with Leonov as his deputy. Titov would command the second group, with Popovich as his deputy. But Kamanin doesn't consider any of them to be command officer material yet. The automobile accidents of Popovich, the mess that led to Matinchenko's dismissal, the bad performance of Belyayev in his duties as chief of staff of the VVS group at Baikonur - none of these men have any discipline!
1968 April 27
Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg 576A3. LV Family: Atlas. Launch Vehicle: Atlas E/Trident.1968 April 27
05:19 GMT - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Complex: Wallops Island LA3A. LV Family: Scout. Launch Vehicle: Scout X-5C.1968 April 27
15:05 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: White Sands LC35. LV Family: Aerobee. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee 150.1969 April 27
LV Family: Titan. Launch Vehicle: Titan 3M.- First static test firing of Titan 3M SRB. - . Nation: USA. Spacecraft: MOL. First test firing of seven segment solid rocket booster motor for Titan 3M for MOL. The test at Coyote Canyon, California, generated 0.7 million kgf for two minutes..
1969 April 27
03:22 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: White Sands LC35. LV Family: Aerobee. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee 150.1970 April 27
- Soyuz 9 book. - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Titov. Program: Soyuz. Flight: Soyuz 9. Kamanin works at his dacha on his proposed book on Soyuz 9 (to be ghost-written by Mikahil Debrov). Debrov will be in Japan in May, while Kamanin must go to Tyuratam for the Soyuz 9 mission. Titov is trying to get his flight ban lifted..
1970 April 27
- Soviet Air Force Cosmonaut Training Group 5 selected. - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Berezovoi, Dedkov, Dzhanibekov, Fefelov, Illarionov, Isaulov, Kozlov, Vladimir, Popov, Romanenko.
1970 April 27
Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: R-5. Launch Vehicle: R-5V.1970 April 27
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC142/34. LV Family: R-36. Launch Vehicle: R-36 8K67P.1971 April 27
LV Family: Shuttle. Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle.- James C Fletcher sworn in as NASA Administrator - .
Nation: USA.
Related Persons: Fletcher,
Low, George,
Nixon,
Paine.
Program: Apollo.
James C. Fletcher was sworn in as NASA Administrator at a White House ceremony. Fletcher decided to push for Congressional approval of the stalled space shuttle program, but found that would only be forthcoming if the US Air Force agreed to participate. In order for that to happen, NASA would have to incorporate the USAF requirements for the shuttle that it had so far ignored (greater payload, higher cross-range). In another attempt to share the cost of the shuttle with other nations, previous NASA Administrator Thomas Paine had already tried to obtain international partners. But the only remnants of that effort were the Canadian robotic arm for the shuttle, and the European Space Agency Spacelab module. Neither represented a significant amount of the total program cost.
President Nixon had nominated Fletcher for the position on March 1, and the Senate had confirmed the nomination on March 11. George M. Low, NASA Deputy Administrator, had been Acting Administrator since the resignation of Paine on September 15, 1970.
1971 April 27
Launch Site: Plesetsk. LV Family: RT-2. Launch Vehicle: RT-2P.1972 April 27
- Landing of Apollo 16 - .
Return Crew: Duke,
Mattingly,
Young.
Nation: USA.
Related Persons: Duke,
Mattingly,
Young.
Program: Apollo.
Flight: Apollo 16.
Entry and landing were normal, completing a 265-hour 51-minute mission. The command module was viewed on television while dropping on the drogue parachutes, and continuous coverage was provided through crew recovery. Splashdown was at 2:45 p.m. EST (19:45 GMT) in mid-Pacific, 5 kilometers from the recovery ship U.S.S. Ticonderoga. All primary mission objectives had been achieved.
1972 April 27
- Splashdown of Apollo 16 - .
Nation: USA.
Flight: Apollo 16.
Entry and landing were normal, completing a 265-hour 51-minute mission. The command module was viewed on television while dropping on the drogue parachutes, and continuous coverage was provided through crew recovery. Splashdown was at 19:44 GMT in mid-Pacific, 5 kilometers from the recovery ship U.S.S. Ticonderoga. Additional Details: here....
1973 April 27
Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg LF25. LV Family: Minuteman. Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3.1973 April 27
04:50 GMT - . Launch Site: Green River. LV Family: Athena RTV. Launch Vehicle: Athena H.1973 April 27
04:53 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: White Sands LC35. LV Family: Aerobee. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee 150.1974 April 27
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC105. LV Family: R-36M. Launch Vehicle: R-36M 15A14. FAILURE: Failure.1974 April 27
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC177. Launch Vehicle: MR-UR-100.1974 April 27
08:10 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg LF03. LV Family: Minuteman. Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1B.- SSTTP M2-35 Target mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). Safeguard System Test Target..
1977 April 27
LV Family: Shuttle. Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle.- Shuttle SSME Tests resumed - . Nation: USA. 25 tests will be run on two engines over the next year..
1977 April 27
03:30 GMT - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar LC107/1. LV Family: R-14. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 11K65M.- Cosmos 906 - . Mass: 550 kg (1,210 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MO. Class: Surveillance. Type: Radar calibration target. Spacecraft Bus: AUOS. Spacecraft: Taifun-2. Decay Date: 1980-03-23 . USAF Sat Cat: 9938 . COSPAR: 1977-031A. Apogee: 515 km (320 mi). Perigee: 464 km (288 mi). Inclination: 50.60 deg. Period: 94.40 min. Released 1 Romb radar calibration subsatellite. Possible partially failed spacecraft bus..
1978 April 27
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC170. LV Family: MR-UR-100. Launch Vehicle: MR-UR-100U 15A16. FAILURE: Failure.1979 April 27
17:15 GMT - . Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Complex: Plesetsk LC43/3. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U.- Cosmos 1097 - . Payload: Yantar-4K1 s/n 1. Mass: 6,600 kg (14,500 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MOM. Class: Surveillance. Type: Military surveillance satellite. Spacecraft Bus: Yantar. Spacecraft: Yantar-4K1. Duration: 30.00 days. Decay Date: 1979-05-27 . USAF Sat Cat: 11348 . COSPAR: 1979-037A. Apogee: 331 km (205 mi). Perigee: 173 km (107 mi). Inclination: 62.80 deg. Period: 89.50 min. First flight test of Yantar-4K1 satellite. Returned as planned after 30 days. High resolution photo reconnaissance; returned film in two small SpK capsules during the mission and with the main capsule at completion of the mission..
1980 April 27
06:24 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U.- Progress 9 - .
Payload: Progress s/n 109. Mass: 7,014 kg (15,463 lb). Nation: Russia.
Agency: MOM.
Program: Salyut 6.
Class: Manned.
Type: Manned logistics spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz 35.
Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz.
Spacecraft: Progress.
Duration: 24.76 days. Completed Operations Date: 1980-05-22 00:44:00 . Decay Date: 1980-05-22 00:44:00 . USAF Sat Cat: 11784 . COSPAR: 1980-033A. Apogee: 255 km (158 mi). Perigee: 185 km (114 mi). Inclination: 51.70 deg. Period: 88.80 min.
Unmanned supply vessel for Salyut 6. Delivery of various cargoes to the Salyut-6 orbital station. Docked with Salyut 6 on 29 Apr 1980 08:09:19 GMT. Undocked on 20 May 1980 18:51:00 GMT. Destroyed in reentry on 22 May 1980 00:44:00 GMT. Total free-flight time 3.32 days. Total docked time 21.45 days.
1981 April 27
23:15 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: White Sands LC36. LV Family: Minuteman. Launch Vehicle: Aries.1984 April 27
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: R-36M. Launch Vehicle: R-36MU 15A18.- ICBM operational test launch from missile base silo - . Nation: Kazakhstan. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).
1984 April 27
19:02 GMT - . Launch Site: Point Mugu. LV Family: Deacon. Launch Vehicle: Rocketsonde.1985 April 27
04:15 GMT - . Launch Site: Kiruna. Launch Complex: Kiruna S. LV Family: Skylark. Launch Vehicle: Skylark 7.1987 April 27
00:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Complex: Plesetsk LC32. Launch Pad: LC32/2. LV Family: R-36. Launch Vehicle: Tsiklon-3.- Cosmos 1842 - . Payload: Tselina-D no. 61. Mass: 1,600 kg (3,500 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MO. Program: Tselina. Class: Surveillance. Type: SIGINT. Spacecraft: Tselina-D. USAF Sat Cat: 17911 . COSPAR: 1987-038A. Apogee: 628 km (390 mi). Perigee: 602 km (374 mi). Inclination: 82.50 deg. Period: 97.00 min.
1988 April 27
Launch Site: Balasore. LV Family: RH. Launch Vehicle: RH-200.1988 April 27
09:10 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. Launch Pad: LC1 or LC31. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U-PVB.- Cosmos 1941 - . Mass: 6,300 kg (13,800 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MOM. Class: Earth. Type: Earth resources satellite. Spacecraft Bus: Vostok. Spacecraft: Zenit-8. Duration: 14.00 days. Decay Date: 1988-05-11 . USAF Sat Cat: 19079 . COSPAR: 1988-035A. Apogee: 266 km (165 mi). Perigee: 205 km (127 mi). Inclination: 70.30 deg. Period: 89.20 min. Military cartographic satellite; returned film capsule..
1989 April 27
- Landing of Soyuz TM-7 - . Return Crew: Krikalyov, Polyakov, Volkov, Aleksandr. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Krikalyov, Polyakov, Volkov, Aleksandr. Program: Mir. Flight: Soyuz TM-6 Mir LD-2, Soyuz TM-7. Soyuz TM-7 landed at 02:59 GMT with the crew of Krikalyov, Polyakov and Volkov Aleksandr aboard..
1990 April 27
- STS-31 - Wakeup Song: Kokomo - . Flight: STS-31. "Kokomo" by Beach Boys CAPCOM: Kathryn Thornton.
1990 April 27
Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: White Sands LC36. LV Family: Minuteman. Launch Vehicle: Aries.1993 April 27
10:35 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC31. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U-PVB.- Cosmos 2243 - . Payload: Yantar-1KFT no. 16. Mass: 6,600 kg (14,500 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MOM. Class: Surveillance. Type: Cartographic satellite. Spacecraft Bus: Yantar. Spacecraft: Yantar-1KFT. Duration: 9.00 days. Decay Date: 1993-05-06 . USAF Sat Cat: 22641 . COSPAR: 1993-028A. Apogee: 233 km (144 mi). Perigee: 189 km (117 mi). Inclination: 70.40 deg. Period: 88.70 min. Topographic mapping for the Army General Staff. Mission normally would have run 44 days..
1994 April 27
02:10 GMT - . Launch Site: Ryori. LV Family: MT-135. Launch Vehicle: MT-135P.1998 April 27
- STS-90 - Wakeup Song: Turn, Turn, Turn - . Flight: STS-90. "Turn, Turn, Turn" by The Byrds CAPCOM: Bill McArthur.
1999 April 27
18:22 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg SLC6. LV Family: Athena. Launch Vehicle: Athena-2. FAILURE: Payload shroud failed to separate four minutes after launch.. Failed Stage: S.- Ikonos 1 - .
Mass: 726 kg (1,600 lb). Nation: USA.
Agency: Martin.
Class: Surveillance.
Type: Civilian surveillance satellite. Spacecraft Bus: LM-900.
Spacecraft: Ikonos.
Tracking stations downrange did not pick up the spacecraft. It was later determined that the rocket nose fairing failed to separate four minutes after launch. The extra mass caused the vehicle to reenter over the South Pacific on the first partial orbit. Space Imaging's Ikonos 1 was to have been the first commercial imaging satellite with a high a resolution camera.
2000 April 27
- ISS Status Report: ISS 00-17 - .
Nation: USA.
Program: ISS.
International Space Station (ISS) flight controllers have resumed routine operations watching over systems and cycling onboard batteries, while awaiting word on the next available launch opportunity for Space Shuttle Atlantis. That decision is expected late today or early tomorrow. Additional Details: here....
2001 April 27
- STS-100 Mission Status Report #18 - .
Nation: USA.
Related Persons: Guidoni,
Hadfield,
Helms,
Parazynski,
Voss.
Program: ISS.
Flight: STS-100,
STS-102 ISS EO-2.
The Italian Space Agency-provided Raffaello logistics module, loaded with 1,600 pounds of material to be returned to Earth, was tucked securely in Endeavour's payload bay at 3:58 p.m. Central time today as the International Space Station and shuttle flew high over the Pacific Ocean, north of Indonesia. Additional Details: here....
2001 April 27
- STS-100 - Wakeup Song: Buckaroo - . Flight: STS-100. "Buckaroo" sung by Don Cain of Dubuque, Iowa, father of.
2002 April 27
- ISS Status Report: ISS 02-21 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Bursch, Gidzenko, Onufrienko, Shuttleworth, Vittori, Walz. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TM-34 ISS EP-3, STS-108 ISS EO-4. A multinational "taxi" crew arrived at the International Space Station today, delivering a new Soyuz return vehicle at the start of eight days of joint activities with the residents on board the complex.. Additional Details: here....
2007 April 27
- International Space Station Status Report #07-23 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Kotov, Lopez-Alegria, Simonyi, Tyurin, Williams, Yurchikhin. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-10, Soyuz TMA-10 ISS EP-12, Soyuz TMA-9, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-117 ISS EO-15. The Expedition 15 crew aboard the International Space Station completed its first week of station orientation as the crew worked with experiments and hardware maintenance.. Additional Details: here....
2008 April 27
- ISS On-Orbit Status 04/27/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Kononenko, Volkov, Sergey. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-12. Sunday - crew off duty.. Additional Details: here....
2010 April 27
01:05 GMT - . Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Complex: Plesetsk LC132/1. LV Family: R-14. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 11K65M.- Cosmos 2463 - . Mass: 820 kg (1,800 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: KVR. Class: Navigation. Type: Navigation satellite. Spacecraft Bus: KAUR-1. Spacecraft: Parus. USAF Sat Cat: 36519 . COSPAR: 2010-017A. Apogee: 1,023 km (635 mi). Perigee: 967 km (600 mi). Inclination: 83.00 deg. Period: 105.00 min.
2010 April 27
18:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Alcantara. Launch Vehicle: FTB.2011 April 27
Launch Site: Mojave. Launch Complex: Mojave RW12/30. Launch Platform: WK2. LV Family: Spaceship. Launch Vehicle: Spaceship Two.2011 April 27
08:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Poker Flat. LV Family: Black Brant. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant IX.- NASA 36.278GT - . Nation: USA. Apogee: 339 km (210 mi). Operational test.
2011 April 27
13:05 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U-PVB.- Progress M-10M - . Payload: Progress M s/n 410 / ISS-42P. Mass: 7,250 kg (15,980 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: RKA. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned logistics spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TMA-20, Soyuz TMA-21. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Progress M. Duration: 185.00 days. Decay Date: 2011-10-29 . USAF Sat Cat: 37396 . COSPAR: 2011-017A. Apogee: 347 km (215 mi). Perigee: 343 km (213 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 91.40 min. Docked with the ISS Pirs module at 14:28 GMT on 29 April. Undocked at 09:04 GMT on 29 October. Following retrofire at 12:10 GMT it was destroyed on reentry over the Pacific at 12:48 GMT..
2011 April 27
18:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Natal. Launch Vehicle: FTB.2014 April 27
03:37 GMT - . Launch Site: Balasore. Launch Complex: Balasore IC3. Launch Pad: INS. Launch Platform: INS-P51. LV Family: Prithvi. Launch Vehicle: Dhanush.- SLTGT-02 - . Nation: India. Type: ABM Target. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). ABM Target.
2014 April 27
03:40 GMT - . Launch Site: Balasore. LV Family: Prithvi. Launch Vehicle: Prithvi 2.- PDV - . Nation: India. Apogee: 120 km (70 mi). Anti-ballistic missile.
2015 April 27
04:55 GMT - . Launch Site: Kiruna. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VSB-30.- TEXUS 52 - . Nation: Sweden. Apogee: 255 km (158 mi). Microgravity payload..
2015 April 27
23:03 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC40. Launch Pad: Cape Canaveral SLC40. LV Family: Falcon. Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9 v1.1.- TurkmenAlem52E/Monacosat - .
Payload: Spacebus 4000C2. Mass: 4,700 kg (10,300 lb). Nation: Turkmenistan.
Class: Communications.
Type: Communications satellite. Spacecraft: Spacebus 4000.
USAF Sat Cat: 40617 . COSPAR: 2015-023A. Apogee: 35,798 km (22,243 mi). Perigee: 35,776 km (22,230 mi). Inclination: 0.0200 deg. Period: 1,436.10 min.
Communications satellite owned by the Turkmenistan National Space Agency and the Turkmen Ministry of Communications, which operated 26 Ku-band transponders. The GEO orbital slot was assigned to Monaco and its GEO telecom operator Space Systems International; Monaco had a further 12 Ku-band transponders on the satellite for the MonacoSat portion of the payload, operated by the SES company on its behalf. Stationed in geosynchronous orbit at 52.0 deg east.
2016 April 27
11:45 GMT - . Launch Platform: ISS.- Diwata-1 - . Mass: 50 kg (110 lb). Nation: USA. Class: Surveillance. Type: Surveillance satellite. USAF Sat Cat: 41463 . COSPAR: 1998-067HT. Apogee: 404 km (251 mi). Perigee: 401 km (249 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. The 50 kg Diwata-1 satellite, launched on Cygnus OA-6, was removed from the Kibo airlock by the JRMS arm and released into orbit. Diwata-1 was an Earth observation satellite developed by the Phillipines..
2018 April 27
12:03 GMT - . Launch Site: Taiyuan.- RV - . Nation: China. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Test mission. Impacted Korla?..