2006 in spaceflight

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This article outlines notable events occurring in 2006 in spaceflight, including major launches and EVAs. 2006 saw Brazil, Iran, and Sweden all get a national into space for the first time.

Launches

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January

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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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January

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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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Deep Space Rendezvous in 2006

Date (GMT) Spacecraft Event Remarks
15 January Stardust First sample return mission from comet space capsule landing on Earth with cometary samples
15 January Cassini 10th flyby of Titan Closest approach: Template:Convert
27 February Cassini 11th flyby of Titan Closest approach: Template:Convert
10 March Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Areocentric orbit injection
18 March Cassini 12th flyby of Titan Closest approach: Template:Convert
11 April Venus Express Cytherean orbit injection
30 April Cassini 13th flyby of Titan Closest approach: Template:Convert
20 May Cassini 14th flyby of Titan Closest approach: Template:Convert
2 July Cassini 15th flyby of Titan Closest approach: Template:Convert
22 July Cassini 16th flyby of Titan Closest approach: Template:Convert
4 September SMART-1 Lunar impact
7 September Cassini 17th flyby of Titan Closest approach: Template:Convert
23 September Cassini 18th flyby of Titan Closest approach: Template:Convert
9 October Cassini 19th flyby of Titan Closest approach: Template:Convert
23 October MESSENGER 1st flyby of Venus Gravity assist
25 October Cassini 20th flyby of Titan Closest approach: Template:Convert
12 December Cassini 21st flyby of Titan Closest approach: Template:Convert
28 December Cassini 22nd flyby of Titan Closest approach: Template:Convert

EVAs

Start Date/Time Duration End Time Spacecraft Crew Function Remarks
3 February
09:55
5 hours
43 minutes
16:27 Expedition 12
ISS Pirs
Template:FlagiconWilliam S. McArthur
Template:FlagiconValery Tokarev
Released SuitSat-1, retrieved the Biorisk experiment, photographed a sensor for a micrometeoroid experiment, and tied off the surviving umbilical of the Mobile Transporter.[1]
1 June
23:48
6 hours
31 minutes
2 June
06:19
Expedition 13
ISS Pirs
Template:FlagiconPavel Vinogradov
Template:FlagiconJeffrey Williams
Repaired a vent for the Elektron unit, retrieved a Biorisk experiment, retrieved a contamination-monitoring device from Zvezda, and replaced a malfunctioning camera on the Mobile Base System.[2]
8 July
13:17
7 hours
31 minutes
20:48 STS-121
ISS Quest
Template:Flagicon/Template:FlagiconPiers Sellers
Template:FlagiconMichael E. Fossum
Installed a blade blocker in the zenith Interface Umbilical Assembly (IUA) to protect the undamaged power, data and video cable, rerouted the cable to prepare for the second EVA. Tested the combination of the Shuttle's Canadarm(SRMS) and the Orbiter Boom Sensor System as a platform for astronauts to make repairs to a damaged orbiter.[3]
10 July
12:14
6 hours
47 minutes
19:01 STS-121
ISS Quest
Template:Flagicon/Template:FlagiconPiers Sellers
Template:FlagiconMichael E. Fossum
Restored the Mobile Transporter to full operation, and delivered a spare pump module for the station's cooling system.[4]
12 July
07:11
6 hours
20 minutes
13:31 STS-121
ISS Quest
Template:Flagicon/Template:FlagiconPiers Sellers
Template:FlagiconMichael E. Fossum
Used an infrared camera to shoot 20 seconds of video of selected reinforced carbon-carbon (RCC) panels on the shuttle wing's leading edge, and then moved to the payload bay to test a shuttle tile repair material known as NOAX on pre-damaged shuttle tiles that were flown in a test container.[5]
3 August
14:04
5 hours
54 minutes
19:58 Expedition 13
ISS Quest
Template:FlagiconJeffrey Williams
Template:FlagiconThomas Reiter
Installed the Floating Potential Measurement Unit, two MISSE containers, a controller for a thermal radiator rotary joint on the S1 truss, a starboard jumper and spool positioning device on S1, a light on the truss railway handcart, and installed and replaced a malfunctioning GPS antenna. Tested an infrared camera designed to detect damage in a shuttle's thermal protection tiles. Inspection and photography of a scratch on the Quest airlock hatch.[6]
12 September
10:17
5 hours
26 minutes
15:43 STS-115
ISS Quest
Template:FlagiconJoseph R. Tanner
Template:FlagiconHeidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper
Initial installation of the P3/P4 truss. Connected power cables on the truss, released the launch restraints on the solar array blanket box, the Beta Gimbal Assembly, and the solar array wings. Configured the Solar Alpha Rotary Joint, and removed two circuit interrupt devices to prepare for STS-116.[7] Piper became the 7th American and the 8th female spacewalker.
13 September
09:05
7 hours
11 minutes
16:16 STS-115
ISS Quest
Template:FlagiconDaniel C. Burbank
Template:FlagiconSteven MacLean
Continued installation of the P3/4 truss onto the station, and activated the SARJ.[8]
15 September
10:00
6 hours
42 minutes
16:42 STS-115
ISS Quest
Template:FlagiconJoseph R. Tanner
Template:FlagiconHeidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper
Installed a radiator onto the P3/4 truss, powered up a cooling radiator for the new solar arrays, replaced an S-Band radio antenna, and installed insulation for another antenna. Tanner took photos of the shuttleTemplate:'s wings using an infrared camera.[9]
22 November
23:17
5 hours
38 minutes
23 November
04:55
Expedition 14
ISS Pirs
Template:FlagiconMikhail Tyurin
Template:FlagiconMichael Lopez-Alegria
"Orbiting golf shot" event sponsored by a Canadian golf company. Lopez-Alegria put the tee on the ladder outside Pirs, while Tyurin set up a camera, and then performed the golf shot. Inspected and photographed a Kurs antenna, relocated an ATV WAL antenna, installed a BTN neutron experiment, and jettisoned two thermal covers from the BTN.[10]
12 December
20:31
6 hours
36 minutes
13 December
03:07
STS-116
ISS Quest
Template:FlagiconRobert Curbeam
Template:FlagiconChrister Fuglesang
Installed the P5 Truss, and replaced a video camera on the S1 truss.[11]
14 December
19:41
5 hours 15 December
00:41
STS-116
ISS Quest
Template:FlagiconRobert Curbeam
Template:FlagiconChrister Fuglesang
Reconfigured channels 2–3 on the P3/P4 truss to take advantage of the new solar arrays, relocated two handcarts that run along the station's main truss, put a thermal cover on the station's robotic arm, and installed bags of tools for future spacewalkers.[12]
16 December
19:25
7 hours
31 minutes
17 December
02:57
STS-116
ISS Quest
Template:FlagiconRobert Curbeam
Template:FlagiconSunita Williams
Reconfigured channels 1 and 4 on the P3/P4 truss to take advantage of the new solar arrays, installed a robotic arm grapple fixture, and positioned three bundles ofdebris shield panels outside Zvezda. Additional time was spent trying to help retract the P6 solar array panel by shaking the panel's blanket box from its base.[13] Williams became the 8th American and the 9th female spacewalker.
18 December
19:00
6 hours
38 minutes
19 December
01:38
STS-116
ISS Quest
Template:FlagiconRobert Curbeam
Template:FlagiconChrister Fuglesang
Assisted ground controllers with retracting the P6 solar array panels.[14]

Orbital launch statistics

By country

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Country Launches Successes Failures Partial
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Script error: No such module "flag". 8 7 1 0
Script error: No such module "flag". 18 17 1 0
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By rocket

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By configuration

By launch site

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Site Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks
Baikonur Script error: No such module "flag". 17 15 2 0
Barents Script error: No such module "flag". 1 1 0 0 Launched from Ekaterinburg submarine
Cape Canaveral Script error: No such module "flag". 7 7 0 0
Dombarovsky Script error: No such module "flag". 1 1 0 0 First launch
Jiuquan Script error: No such module "flag". 1 1 0 0
Kennedy Script error: No such module "flag". 3 3 0 0
Kwajalein Script error: No such module "flag". 1 0 1 0
Kourou Script error: No such module "flag". 5 5 0 0
MARS Script error: No such module "flag". 1 1 0 0 First launch
Ocean Odyssey Template:Flagicon International 5 5 0 0
Plesetsk Script error: No such module "flag". 5 5 0 0
Satish Dhawan Script error: No such module "flag". 1 0 1 0
Svobodny Script error: No such module "flag". 1 1 0 0 Final launch
Taiyuan Script error: No such module "flag". 2 2 0 0
Tanegashima Script error: No such module "flag". 4 4 0 0
Tonghae Script error: No such module "flag". 1 0 1 0
Uchinoura Script error: No such module "flag". 2 2 0 0
Vandenberg Script error: No such module "flag". 6 6 0 0 One launch used Stargazer aircraft
Xichang Script error: No such module "flag". 3 3 0 0
Total 67 62 5 0

By orbit

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Orbital regime Launches <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />SuccessesScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Failures Accidentally
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Remarks
Transatmospheric 0 0 0 0
Low Earth 35 32 3 0 8 to ISS
Medium Earth / Molniya 6 6 0 1
Geosynchronous / GTO 24 22 2 0
High Earth / Lunar transfer 0 0 0 0
Heliocentric / Planetary transfer 1 1 0 0
Solar escape 1 1 0 0
Total 67 62 5 1

Notes

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Footnotes

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