September 8 in Space History
16 events
Surveyor 5 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Surveyor 5
Surveyor 5 is the fifth lunar lander of the American uncrewed Surveyor program sent to explore the surface of the Moon.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records. (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikipedia — Surveyor 5 (opens in a new tab) — Adapted from Wikipedia contributors; selected sentences retained and edited for length, reference markers and pronunciation glosses. CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Article and edit history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveyor_5 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Timeline of Space Exploration Missions 1957 to 2031 (opens in a new tab)
- NASA — Surveyor 5 (opens in a new tab)
- NASA NSSDCA — Surveyor 5 (opens in a new tab)
Kosmos-361 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-361
Voskhod 11A57 launched on the Kosmos-361 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records. (CC BY 4.0)
Kosmos-585 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-585
Kosmos 11K65M launched on the Kosmos-585 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC132/2. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records. (CC BY 4.0)
Kosmos-1406 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-1406
Soyuz-U launched on the Kosmos-1406 flight from 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, pad LC41/1. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records. (CC BY 4.0)
Satcom 2R — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Satcom 2R
Delta 3924 launched on the Satcom 2R flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC17B. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records. (CC BY 4.0)
Gstar 3/SBS 5 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Gstar 3/SBS 5
Ariane 3 launched on the Gstar 3/SBS 5 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA2. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records. (CC BY 4.0)
Iridium MS-10 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Iridium MS-10
Delta 7920-10C launched on the Iridium MS-10 flight from Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC2W. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records. (CC BY 4.0)
ISS 2A.2b — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: ISS 2A.2b
Space Shuttle launched on the ISS 2A.2b flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39B. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records. (CC BY 4.0)
SJ-6A/SJ-6B — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: SJ-6A/SJ-6B
Chang Zheng 4B launched on the SJ-6A/SJ-6B flight from Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin, pad LC7. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records. (CC BY 4.0)
Progress M-54 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Progress M-54
Soyuz-U-PVB launched on the Progress M-54 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC1. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records. (CC BY 4.0)
Anik F1R — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Anik F1R
Proton-M/Briz-M (I) launched on the Anik F1R flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC200/39. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records. (CC BY 4.0)
PAN — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: PAN
Atlas V 401 launched on the PAN flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC41. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records. (CC BY 4.0)
Gonets-M/Kosmos — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Gonets-M/Kosmos
Rokot launched on the Gonets-M/Kosmos flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC133/3. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records. (CC BY 4.0)
Yaogan 21 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Yaogan 21
Chang Zheng 4B launched on the Yaogan 21 flight from Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin, pad LC9. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records. (CC BY 4.0)
Insat-3DR — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Insat-3DR
GSLV Mk II launched on the Insat-3DR flight from Satish Dhawan Space Ctr, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India, pad SLP. Launch vehicle success.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records. (CC BY 4.0)
OSIRIS-REx — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: OSIRIS-REx
OSIRIS-REx was a NASA asteroid-study and sample-return mission that visited and collected samples from 101955 Bennu, a carbonaceous near-Earth asteroid.
- Jonathan McDowell — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (opens in a new tab) — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0. Adapted into anniversary records. (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikipedia — OSIRIS-REx (opens in a new tab) — Adapted from Wikipedia contributors; selected sentences retained and edited for length, reference markers and pronunciation glosses. CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Article and edit history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSIRIS-REx (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Timeline of Space Exploration Missions 1957 to 2031 (opens in a new tab)
- NASA — OSIRIS-REx (opens in a new tab)
- NASA NSSDCA — OSIRIS-REx (opens in a new tab)