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1994 in spaceflight
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| year | 1994 |
| image | Titan 23G launches Clementine.jpg |
| caption | The launch of the Clementine lunar orbiter on a Titan 23G |
| first | 8 January |
| last | 30 December |
| total | 93 |
| success | 88 |
| failed | 4 |
| partial | 1 |
| catalogued | 89 |
| maidens | H-II |
| Pegasus-XL | |
| Taurus | |
| retired | ASLV |
| Scout G-1 | |
| orbital | 10 |
| totalcrew | 44 |
Pegasus-XL Taurus Scout G-1
This article outlines notable events occurring in 1994 in spaceflight, including major launches and EVAs.
''Clementine'' lunar orbiter
Orbital launches
January
|- |d-date=9 July |d-time=10:32:35 |o-span=2 |d-time=~90 seconds |d-span=2 |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |d-date=8 June |d-date=23 March |d-time=05:13:00
February
|- ODERACS deployed from Discovery on 9 February |o-span=4 |d-date=11 February |d-time=19:24 |d-span=4 |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |d-date=2 October |d-date=4 October |d-date=31 December |d-date=31 December |d-date=3 March 1995 |d-date=24 February 1995 |d-date=12 February 1995 |d-date=3 February
March
|- |d-date=4 March 2001 |o-span=4 |d-date=18 March |d-time=13:10 |d-span=4 |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |d-date=8 May |d-date=21 May |d-date=23 May
April
|- |o-span=2 |d-date=20 April |d-time=16:54 |d-span=2 |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit Operational: Geosynchronous |d-date=10 March 1995
May
|- |d-date=12 July 2001 |d-date=28 November 1998 |d-date=2 July |d-time=14:57 |d-date=2 July |d-time=15:09 |d-date=25 May
June
|- |d-date=29 July |d-date=2 July |d-date=27 June
July
|- |d-date=4 November |d-date=18 July Operational: Geosynchronous |o-span=3 |d-date=23 July |d-span=3 |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |d-date=29 September |d-date=11 September
August
|- Operational: Geosynchronous Operational: Geosynchronous |d-date=4 October |d-time=22:41:48 |d-date=4 April 1995 Actual: Geosynchronous transfer
September
|- Actual: Geosynchronous transfer |d-date=14 November 2004 |d-date=20 September |d-time=21:11 |d-span=2 |d-span=inherit |o-span=2 |d-date=11 October |d-time=17:03 |d-span=2 |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit
October
|- |d-date=2 March 1995
November
|- |d-date=13 May 1996 Final solo (non-space station) flight of Atlantis until STS-125 in May 2009 |o-span=3 |d-date=14 November |d-span=3 |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |d-date=16 February 1995 |d-time=16:45:00
December
|- |d-date=1 December |d-date=18 December 1995 |}
Suborbital launches
January-March
|- |d-date=20 January |d-date=20 January |d-date=20 January |d-date=20 January |d-date=30 January
|d-date=2 February |d-date=9 February |d-date=10 February |d-date=12 February |d-date=12 February |d-date=12 February |d-date=15 February |d-date=16 February |d-date=19 February
|d-date=1 March |d-date=6 March |d-date=7 March |d-date=8 March |d-date=11 March |d-date=28 March |d-date=28 March |d-date=28 March |d-date=28 March
April-June
|- |d-date=5 April |d-date=16 April |d-date=17 April |d-date=25 April
|d-date=3 May |d-date=5 May |d-date=17 May |d-date=26 May
|d-date=4 June |d-date=6 June |d-date=8 June |d-date=20 June |d-date=22 June |d-date=22 June |d-date=27 June
July-September
|- |d-date=6 July |d-date=8 July |d-date=16 July |d-date=20 July |d-date=22 July |d-date=28 July |d-date=31 July
|d-date=8 August |d-date=12 August |d-date=16 August |d-date=18 August |d-date=19 August |d-date=20 August |d-date=24 August |d-date=25 August
|d-date=7 September |d-date=9 September |d-date=12 September |d-date=15 September |d-date=15 September |d-date=16 September |d-date=21 September |d-date=23 September |d-date=23 September |d-date=23 September |d-date=24 September |d-date=24 September
October-December
|- |d-date=4 October |d-date=5 October |d-date=6 October |d-date=14 October |d-date=15 October |d-date=21 October
|d-date=3 November |d-date=3 November |d-date=10 November |d-date=22 November |d-date=24 November |d-date=30 November
|d-date=1 December |d-date=1 December |d-date=3 December |d-date=7 December |d-date=7 December |d-date=8 December |d-date=17 December |d-date=20 December |}
Deep Space Rendezvous
| Date (GMT) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 February | Clementine | Selenocentric orbit injection | 400 km |
| 4 May | Clementine | Leaves Selenocentric orbit | |
| 13 October | Magellan | Deliberately deorbited into the Venerian atmosphere |
EVAs
| Start date/time | Duration | End time | Spacecraft | Crew | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September | |||||
| 07:00 | 5 hours | ||||
| 4 minutes | 12:06 | Mir EO-16 | |||
| Kvant-2 | RUSYuri Malenchenko | ||||
| KAZTalgat Musabayev | Inspected a docking port on Kvant-1 for damage from a recent Progress and repaired a thermal blanket on Soyuz TM-19. | ||||
| 13 September | |||||
| 06:30 | 6 hours | ||||
| 1 minute | 12:32 | Mir EO-16 | |||
| Kvant-2 | RUSYuri Malenchenko | ||||
| KAZTalgat Musabayev | Continued construction work in preparation of moving solar arrays from the Kristall module to the Kvant-2 module. | ||||
| 16 September | |||||
| 14:42 | 6 hours | ||||
| 51 minutes | 21:33 | STS-64 | |||
| USAMark C. Lee | |||||
| USACarl J. Meade | Untethered tests of SAFER EVA rescue device. |
References
Footnotes
References
- [http://www.sat-nd.com/failures/index.html?http://www.sat-nd.com/failures/telstar402.html SAT-ND – Failures – Telstar 402]
- Dumoulin, Jim. "STS-64 (64)". NASA.
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