Portal:Spaceflight/Did you know
- ... that astrophysicist Suzanna Randall continued her research at the European Southern Observatory while training for the spaceflight programme Die Astronautin?
- ... that Iran's first three-stage satellite carrier, Qaem 100, successfully passed its suborbital test?
…that the South Korean launch system Naro-1, which made its first flight on 25 August 2009, is based on the Russian Angara (pictured)?
- …that Luna 1 became the first man-made object to enter a heliocentric orbit after a guidance failure led to it missing its planned lunar impact?
- …that Space Shuttle Endeavour was built from spare parts left over from the construction of other Space Shuttle orbiters?
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…that the South Korean launch system Naro-1, which made its first flight on 25 August 2009, is based on the Russian Angara (pictured)?
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…that the original videos of the Apollo 11 astronauts walking on the Moon (pictured) were lost after the mission, and were reported to have been found in June 2009?
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…that the Vehicle Assembly Building is so large that rain clouds are reported to form inside it on humid days?
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...that the Saturn V rocket (pictured) was 365 feet (111 metres) tall?
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...that engineers claim the Ares I rocket (pictured) would be more aerodynamically stable if flying backwards than in the normal direction?
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…that a CubeSat (pictured) is a cube, 10 centimetres in all dimensions, weighing less than one kilogram?
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…that to date, Britain has launched only one satellite, Prospero X-3? It was launched in 1971, using a Black Arrow rocket (pictured).
Portal:Spaceflight/Did you know/10 …that the Voskhod spacecraft was so cramped that the crew of Voskhod 1 were unable to wear spacesuits?
Portal:Spaceflight/Did you know/11 …that the Vostok 4 mission was shortened because cosmonaut Pavel Romanovich Popovich accidentally told flight controllers that he was "observing thunderstorms". This was a coded signal requesting an abort because the cosmonaut was feeling ill, however Popovich was actually trying to inform ground controllers that he could see thunderstorms from space.
Portal:Spaceflight/Did you know/12 …that when investigating the Challenger accident, Richard Feynman threatened to remove his name from the report unless it included his personal observations on the reliability of the shuttle?
Portal:Spaceflight/Did you know/13 …that Project Juno resulted in the launch of the first British astronaut, Helen Sharman, aboard Soyuz TM-12?
Portal:Spaceflight/Did you know/14 ...that in 1971 the USSR launched Salyut 1, the first space station?
Portal:Spaceflight/Did you know/15 ...that STS-80, a mission flown by the Space Shuttle Columbia, lasted 17 days, 15 hours, 53 minutes and 18 seconds, making it the longest Shuttle mission to date?
Portal:Spaceflight/Did you know/16 …that Luna 1 became the first man-made object to enter a heliocentric orbit after a guidance failure led to it missing its planned lunar impact?
Portal:Spaceflight/Did you know/20 …that the first words from the surface of the Moon were "Contact light, okay, engine stop", spoken by Buzz Aldrin?
Portal:Spaceflight/Did you know/21 …that the backup crew of Apollo 11 consisted of Jim Lovell, Bill Anders and Fred Haise, although after Anders announced his intention to retire, Ken Mattingly was also assigned in case the mission was delayed until after Anders had left? The backup crew, with Mattingly replacing Anders, was later assigned to Apollo 13.
Portal:Spaceflight/Did you know/22 ...that the USSR had its own Space Shuttle, Buran?
Portal:Spaceflight/Did you know/23 …the record for the longest crewed spaceflight stands at 437.7 days, which was set by Valeriy Polyakov aboard Mir?
Portal:Spaceflight/Did you know/24 …that Space Shuttle Endeavour was built from spare parts left over from the construction of other Space Shuttle orbiters?
Portal:Spaceflight/Did you know/25 ...that the last flight of the Space Shuttle program was on June 2011?
Portal:Spaceflight/Did you know/26 …that astronauts can't burp in space? A burp would need gravity to separate the liquid from the gas in their stomach.
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