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Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-16
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 30, 2009, 7:14 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Soyuz TMA-16 begins Expedition 21 by carrying 3 astronauts and cosmonauts to the International Space Station. Russian Commander, cosmonaut Maksim Surayev alongside Flight Engineer, Jeffrey Williams (NASA) & spaceflight participant Guy Laliberté (Spaceflight Adventures, Canada) will launch aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and then rendezvous with the station. It landed on March 18, 2010, 11:24 UTC
Low Earth Orbit
Ares I | Ares I-X
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Sept. 28, 2009, 3:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The Ares I-X vehicle used in the test flight was similar in shape, mass, and size to the planned configuration of later Ares I vehicles, but had largely dissimilar internal hardware consisting of only one powered stage. Ares I vehicles were intended to launch Orion crew exploration vehicles. Along with the Ares V launch system and the Altair lunar lander, Ares I and Orion were part of NASA's Constellation Program, which was developing the spacecraft for U.S. human spaceflight after the Space Shuttle fleet was retired.
Suborbital
Delta II 7920-10C | STSS-DEMO/GMD
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sept. 25, 2009, 12:20 p.m.
PSLV | Oceansat-2
Indian Space Research Organization | IndiaSatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Sept. 23, 2009, 6:21 a.m.
Proton-M | Nimiq 5
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 17, 2009, 7:19 p.m.
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat | Meteor-M 1
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 17, 2009, 3:55 p.m.
H-IIB 304 | Kounotori 1 (HTV-1)
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | JapanTanegashima Space Center, Japan
Sept. 10, 2009, 5:01 p.m.
Atlas V 401 | PAN (USA-207)
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sept. 8, 2009, 9:35 p.m.
Long March 3B | Palapa-D
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Aug. 31, 2009, 9:28 a.m.
Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-128
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Aug. 29, 2009, 3:59 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
STS-128 (ISS assembly flight 17A) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) that launched on 28 August 2009. Space Shuttle Discovery carried the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo as its primary payload. Leonardo contained a collection of experiments for studying the physics and chemistry of microgravity. Three spacewalks were carried out during the mission, which removed and replaced a materials processing experiment outside ESA's Columbus module, and returned an empty ammonia tank assembly.
Low Earth Orbit
