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retired
Earth ObservationLEOCOSPAR 1996-050ALaunched 8/29/1996
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Mission & Launch
Launch Mission
Interbol-2
Launch Vehicle
Molniya 8K78M 2BL
Launch Date
8/29/1996
Last Contact
1/1/1999
Orbit & Mass
Orbit Class
LEO
Altitude
694 km
Inclination
62.79 deg
Dry Mass
33 kg
Total Mass
33 kg
Payload Classification
Mission Type
Earth Observation
Payload Category
IMG
Payload Class
C
Organizations
Operator
Direction de la defence (D7)
Manufacturer
Thales Alenia Space
Registry
COSPAR ID
1996-050A
UN Registration
ST/SG/SER.E/317
Track
Mentions
116
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Current NASA astronaut Victor Glover recollects the support received from Black astronauts during his Crew-1 mission.

GeneralGovernanceValue 1.0Feb 19, 2024Review: The Space Race

Victor Vigliotti remarked that this agreement enhances U.S. Space Command's ability to share time-sensitive threat information with commercial providers.

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CapabilityValue 2.8Aug 31, 2023NGA, NRO, USSPACECOM plan for threats to commercial satellites

The pilot of the Artemis II mission is Victor Glover.

GovernanceValue 3.0Jul 10, 2023Orion Spacecraft's Heat Shield Installed for NASA’s Artemis II Mission

Victor Glover was in a management role in the astronaut office at the time NASA selected him for Artemis 2.

GovernanceValue 3.5May 2, 2023“A profound moment” | Q&A with Victor Glover on being a part of Artemis 2

Victor Glover flew to the International Space Station on the Crew-1 mission in late 2020 and spent nearly six months there.

GeneralValue 3.6May 2, 2023“A profound moment” | Q&A with Victor Glover on being a part of Artemis 2

The Crypto Space Agency offered up to 5,555 NFTs for sale and had sold less than 300 NFTs when it selected Victor Correa Hespanha to fly on NS-21.

PlanGeneralValue 2.8Jun 4, 2022New Shepard completes fifth crewed suborbital flight

Victor Vescovo served 20 years in the U.S. Navy Reserve as an intelligence officer and retired as a Commander (O-5).

GovernanceValue 2.0May 18, 2022NS-21 to Fly Six Customer Astronauts, Including First Mexican-Born Woman to Visit Space

Victor Vescovo served 20 years in the U.S. Navy Reserve as an intelligence officer and retired as a Commander (O-5).

GovernanceValue 1.0May 18, 2022UPDATE #2: Blue Origin Pushing Out The NS-21 Mission Launch

The Crew-1 spacecraft remained at the International Space Station and was scheduled to return with NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi on 2021-04-28.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Apr 23, 2021SpaceX launches NASA Crew-2 mission

The Crew-1 spacecraft is scheduled to depart the International Space Station on 2021-04-28, returning NASA’s Shannon Walker, Victor Glover, and Michael Hopkins and JAXA’s Soichi Noguchi to Earth.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Apr 20, 2021NASA completes launch readiness review for Crew-2 mission

Expedition 65 will be led by station commander Shannon Walker and include NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Michael Hopkins, and Mark Vande Hei.

GovernanceGeneralValue 3.0Apr 14, 2021NASA to provide live coverage of Space Station crew landing

NASA astronauts Kate Rubins and Victor Glover will perform the 2021-02-28 spacewalk to prepare for installation later in the year of new solar arrays.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Feb 20, 2021Northrop Grumman launches Cygnus cargo spacecraft to space station

Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi will return to Earth in the Crew-1 spacecraft in late April or 2021-05-05 if Crew-2 launches on its current schedule.

PlanValue 4.0Jan 30, 2021Next SpaceX commercial crew mission to launch in April

Michael Hopkins and Victor Glover performed a spacewalk on 2021-01-27 on the exterior of the Columbus module to support the Bartolomeo external payload platform and to install a new communications antenna.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.5Jan 30, 2021Next SpaceX commercial crew mission to launch in April

A SpaceX Crew Dragon is scheduled to launch 2020-10-31 with NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi.

PlanGovernanceValue 4.0Sep 28, 2020NASA still searching for source of ISS air leak

Victor Glover is a rookie astronaut selected in 2013.

GovernanceValue 2.0Aug 3, 2018NASA assigns astronauts to first commercial crew missions