1995 in spaceflight explained

Year:1995
First:11 January
Last:24 December
Total:80
Success:72
Failed:5
Partial:3
Catalogued:74
Firstsat: (post Czechoslovakian)
(post Soviet)
Maidens:Athena I
Conestoga
Delta II 7920
Long March 1D
Volna
Shavit 1
Retired:Atlas E/F
Conestoga
Long March 2E
Mu-3SII
Soyuz-U2
Orbital:9
Totalcrew:48

This article outlines notable events occurring in 1995 in spaceflight, including major launches and EVAs.

First Shuttle-Mir mission

Orbital launches

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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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Suborbital launches

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April-June

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July-September

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October-December

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Deep Space Rendezvous

Date (GMT)SpacecraftEventRemarks
7 December First impact of spacecraft to Jupiter - subprobe descent through the Jovian atmosphere
8 December Galileo First orbiter of Jupiter - jovian orbit insertion
no date Pass over solar north pole

EVAs

Start Date/TimeDurationEnd TimeSpacecraftCrewRemarks
9 February
11:56
4 hours
16:35STS-63
/Michael Foale
Conducted a test of moving large mass objects and tested the effectiveness of the new spacesuit temperature control underwear by being lofted outside the payload bay by the RMS.[1]
12 May
04:20
6 hours
15 minutes
10:35Mir EO-18
Kvant-2
Vladimir Dezhurov
Gennadi Strekalov
Made preparations for the arrival of the Spektr module. Installed some electrical cable attachments, adjusted solar array actuators, and practiced folding the Kristall solar arrays for the future move to Kvant-1.[2]
17 May
02:38
6 hours
42 minutes
09:20Mir EO-18
Kvant-2
Vladimir Dezhurov
Gennadi Strekalov
Moved the solar arrays from Kristall to Kvant-1. Their suits ran low on oxygen before they were able to re-install the arrays on Kvant-1.
22 May
00:10
5 hours
15 minutes
05:25Mir EO-18
Kvant-2
Vladimir Dezhurov
Gennadi Strekalov
Completed installation of the relocated solar array on Kvant-1. Also retracted some solar panels to prepare for moving Kristall.
28 May
22:22
21 minutes22:43Mir EO-18
base block
Vladimir Dezhurov
Gennadi Strekalov
Conducting a spacewalk inside the transfer compartment of the Mir base block Dezhurov and Strekalov relocated a docking cone from the -X port to the -Z port.
1 June
22:05
23 minutes22:28Mir EO-18
base block
Vladimir Dezhurov
Gennadi Strekalov
Again working from the depressurized base block transfer compartment, Dezhurov and Strekalov prepared to move the recently arrived Spektr module by relocating a docking cone from the -Z port to the -Y port.
14 July
03:56
5 hours
34 minutes
09:30Mir EO-19
Kvant-2
Anatoly Solovyev
Nikolai Budarin
Used the Strela boom to move to the Spektr module and freed the stuck solar array. Also inspected the -Z docking port and found it to be undamaged.
19 July
00:39
3 hours
8 minutes
03:47Mir EO-19
Kvant-2
Anatoly Solovyev
Nikolai Budarin
Solovyev had problems with his Orlan-DMA spacesuit cooling system, and had to stay tethered to an umbilical at Kvant-2. Budarin was able work his way to the far end of Spektr and do some preparations for the installation of the Mir infrared spectrometer (MIRAS). He also collected the American TREK cosmic ray panel that had been installed on Kvant-2 since 1991.
21 July
00:28
5 hours
50 minutes
06:18Mir EO-19
Kvant-2
Anatoly Solovyev
Nikolai Budarin
Used the Strela boom to reach the Spektr module, where they completed the installation of MIRAS.

08:20
6 hours
46 minutes
15:06STS-69
James S. Voss
Michael L. Gernhardt
Installed thermal instruments on the apparatus in the payload bay. Also tested redesigned spacesuit helmet lights and spacesuit heaters.[3]
20 October
11:50
5 hours
16 minutes
17:06Mir EO-20
Kvant-2
Sergei Avdeyev
Thomas Reiter
Used the Strela boom to move to the Spektr module and installed several experiments on the European Space Exposure Facility. Reiter became the first ESA cosmonaut and German to complete an EVA.
8 December
19:23
29 minutes19:52Mir EO-20
base block
Sergei Avdeyev
Yuri Gidzenko
From inside the depressurized base block transfer compartment, Avdeyev and Gidzenko moved the Konus docking cone from the -Z port to the +Z port.

References

Footnotes


Notes and References

  1. Web site: sts-63-patch STS-63 (67). Dumouline. Jim. 2001. NASA Space Shuttle Launch Archive . NASA . 2009-03-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20090320085830/http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-63/mission-sts-63.html. 20 March 2009 . live.
  2. Web site: Mir Mission Chronicle . McDonald. Sue . December 1998 . NASA . 12. 2009-03-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20090318000952/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/references/documents/mirfinal.pdf. 18 March 2009 . dead.
  3. Web site: STS-69 Day 9 Highlights. Dudoulin. Jim. 2001. NASA Space Shuttle Launch Archive. NASA. 2009-03-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20090321053954/http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-69/sts-69-day-09-highlights.html. 21 March 2009 . live.