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| SpaceShipOne Flight 12G |
March 11, 2004 Mojave Spaceport, California |
SpaceShipOne Pilot: Peter Siebold (2nd Test Flight) (Scaled Composites Test Pilot) |
USA | M | 8th Glide Flight | |
| White Knight Flight 49L | White Knight Pilot: Brian Binnie | USA | M | Free Flight Time 18 minutes |
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| White Knight Copilot: Matt Stinemetz | USA | M | ||||
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| SpaceShipOne Flight 13P |
April 8, 2004 Mojave Spaceport, California |
SpaceShipOne Pilot: Peter Siebold (3rd Test Flight) (Scaled Composites Test Pilot) |
USA | M | 2nd Powered Flight Altitude: 32 km |
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| White Knight Flight 53L | White Knight Pilot: Brian Binnie | USA | M | Free Flight Time 16 minutes |
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| White Knight Copilot: Matt Stinemetz | USA | M | ||||
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| Soyuz TMA-4 (7K-STMA #214) |
April 19, 2004 (03:19 GMT) |
October 24, 2004 (00:36 GMT) |
Commander: Gennadi Padalka (2nd Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 10) |
Russia | M | Perigee: 200 km Apogee: 252 km Inclination: 51.6° 2,956 orbits 4 spacewalks |
| Science Officer (Flight Engineer): Michael Fincke (1st Flight) (NASA Group 16) |
USA | M | ||||
| Site-1 (Launch Pad 5) Baikonur Cosmodrome |
70 km NE of Arkalyk (50° 59' N, 67° 18' E) |
Soyuz Flight Engineer: André Kuipers (1st Flight) (EAC Group - DELTA Mission) (Down - Soyuz TMA-3) (10 days 20 hours 39 minutes) |
Netherlands | M | ||
| Launch Vehicle Soyuz-FG |
Docked with ISS April 21, 2004 (05:01 GMT) |
Undocked from ISS October 23, 2004 (21:08 GMT) |
Backup Crew: Salizhan Sharipov | Russia | M | Time 187 days 21 hours 17 minutes |
| Backup Crew: Leroy Chiao | USA | M | ||||
| Backup Crew: Gerhard Thiele | Germany | M | ||||
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| SpaceShipOne Flight 14P |
May 13, 2004 Mojave Spaceport, California |
SpaceShipOne Pilot: Michael "Mike" Melvill (8th Test Flight) (Scaled Composites Test Pilot) |
USA | M | 3rd Powered Flight Altitude: 64.6 km |
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| White Knight Flight 56L | White Knight Pilot: Brian Binnie | USA | M | Free Flight Time 20 minutes |
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| White Knight Copilot: Matt Stinemetz | USA | M | ||||
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| SpaceShipOne Flight 15P |
June 21, 2004 Dropped from White Knight (14:50 GMT) |
June 21, 2004 Mojave Spaceport, California (Runway 30) (15:14 GMT) |
SpaceShipOne Pilot: Michael "Mike" Melvill (1st Suborbital Flight) (Scaled Composites Test Pilot) |
USA | M | 4th Powered Flight Altitude: 100.12 km |
| White Knight Flight 60L | White Knight Pilot: Brian Binnie | USA | M | Free Flight Time 24 minutes |
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| White Knight Copilot: Matt Stinemetz | USA | M | ||||
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| SpaceShipOne Flight 16P (Flight X1) |
September 29, 2004 Dropped from White Knight (15:10 GMT) |
September 29, 2004 Mojave Spaceport, California (Runway 30) (15:34 GMT) |
SpaceShipOne Pilot: Michael "Mike" Melvill (2nd Suborbital Flight) (Scaled Composites Test Pilot) |
USA | M | 5th Powered Flight Altitude: 102.9 km |
| White Knight Flight 65L | White Knight Pilot: Brian Binnie | USA | M | Free Flight Time 24 minutes |
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| White Knight Copilot: Matt Stinemetz | USA | M | ||||
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| SpaceShipOne Flight 17P (Flight X2) |
October 4, 2004 Dropped from White Knight (14:49 GMT) |
October 4, 2004 Mojave Spaceport, California (Runway 30) (15:13 GMT) |
SpaceShipOne Pilot: Brian Binnie (1st Suborbital Flight) (Scaled Composites Test Pilot) |
USA | M | 6th Powered Flight Altitude: 112.2 km |
| White Knight Flight 66L | White Knight Pilot: Michael "Mike" Melvill | USA | M | Free Flight Time 24 minutes |
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| White Knight Copilot: Matt Stinemetz | USA | M | ||||
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| Soyuz TMA-5 (7K-STMA #215) |
October 14, 2004 (03:06 GMT) |
April 24, 2005 (22:08 GMT) |
ISS Commander (Science Officer): Leroy Chiao (4th Flight) (NASA Group 13) |
USA | M | Perigee: 200 km Apogee: 240 km Inclination: 51.6° 3,034 orbits 2 spacewalks |
| Site-1 (Launch Pad 5) Baikonur Cosmodrome |
85 km NE of Arkalyk (51° 3' N, 67° 18' E) |
Flight Engineer (Soyuz Commander): Salizhan Sharipov (2nd Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 11) |
Russia | M | ||
| Docked with ISS October 16, 2004 (04:16 GMT) |
Undocked from ISS April 24, 2005 (18:44 GMT) |
Test Cosmonaut: Yuri Shargin (1st Flight) (MKS - Russian Space Forces) (Down - Soyuz TMA-4) (9 days 21 hours 30 minutes) |
Russia | M | ||
| Launch Vehicle Soyuz-FG #0112 |
Port Relocation November 29, 2004 (09:31 GMT - 09:52 GMT) |
Backup Crew: William McArthur | USA | M | Time 192 days 19 hours 2 minutes |
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| Backup Crew: Valeri Tokarev | Russia | M | ||||
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