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In the chapter "Exhibitions” we added Astrophilatelic Palmares for the ANTVERPIA 2010 European Philatelic Exhibition.
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Russian rocket orbited an American satellite.
On April 24, 2010 the Russian "Proton-M” rocket carrying the American SES 1 satellite was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome at 11:18 UTC.
The 2.6-ton satellite belongs to SES World Skies company. The telecommunications satellite will provide digital television services for customers in the United States and the Caribbean regions.
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Date: 24.04.2010
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U.S. military's experimental spaceplane launch.
On April 22, 2010 an Atlas 5 / 501 (AV-012) rocket was launched from Cape Canaveral at 23:52 UTC to propel into orbit the U.S. military's experimental X-37B spaceplane (Orbital Test Vehicle), the prototype for an unmanned reusable space shuttle.
It was the 603rd launch of the Atlas family rocket-carries since 1957, the 21st launch of Atlas 5 and the 1st launch of Atlas 5 in the "501” configuration.
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Date: 23.04.2010
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Progress M-03M / ISS undocking.
On April 22, 2010 the "Progress M-03M” unmanned supply spacecraft undocked from the ISS at 16:29 UTC.
The space vehicle is to be deorbited on April 27, 2010.
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Date: 23.04.2010
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STS-131 landing.
On April 20, 2010 at 17:08 UTC the American Space Shuttle "Discovery” (STS-131 mission) landed at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The STS-131 crew members concluded their successful mission to the International Space Station, having spent in space 15 days, 06 hours, 47 minutes and 10 seconds.
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Date: 21.04.2010
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STS-131 / ISS undocking.
On April 17, 2010 at 12:52 UTC the American Space Shuttle "Discovery” (STS-131 mission) undocked from the ISS.
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Date: 20.04.2010
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Russian military satellite is in orbit.
On April 16, 2010 the Russian "Soyuz-U” rocket-carrier was launched from Russian Plesetsk Cosmodrome at 15:00 UTC.
The rocket delivered to orbit the Russian "Kosmos-2462” military satellite.
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Date: 20.04.2010
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STS-131 / ISS - the 3rd EVA.
On April 13, 2010 American astronauts STS-131 Mission Specialists Richard Mastracchio and Clayton Anderson completed a six-hour and 24-minute spacewalk.
Activities included finishing the complicated change out of the large ammonia tank assembly and retrieving micrometeoroid shields from outside the airlock.
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Date: 20.04.2010
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COSMONAUTICS DAY
Administrator of this website and the Chairman of the FIP Section for Astrophilately would like to congratulate all Astrophilately-collectors and space thematic collector with the Cosmonautics Day.
49 years ago on April 12, 1961 Yuri Gagarin performed the first world manned space flight.
Cosmonautics Day is a holiday celebrated (mainly in Russia) every April 12 to commemorate the first manned spaceflight.
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Date: 12.04.2010
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STS-131 / ISS - the 2nd EVA.
On April 11, 2010 American astronauts STS-131 Mission Specialists Richard Mastracchio and Clayton Anderson completed a seven-hour and 26-minute spacewalk.
In the NASA photo: astronaut Richard Mastracchio participates in the spacewalk.
Using a combination of robotics and spacewalking expertise, Discovery’s crew members installed a new Ammonia Tank Assembly (ATA) on the International Space Station’s Starboard 1 truss. Mission Control verified that electrical connections with the ATA are working. Because of a troublesome bolt, the spacewalkers fell behind the timeline and wer
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Date: 12.04.2010
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