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Theodore Freeman

American - (NASA)

Lost In Training

Date of Birth: Feb. 18, 1930
Date of Death: Oct. 31, 1964


Theodore Cordy "Ted" Freeman was an American aeronautical engineer, U.S. Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. Selected in the third group of NASA astronauts in 1963, he was killed a year later in the crash of a T-38 jet, marking the first fatality among the NASA Astronaut Corps. At the time of his death, he held the rank of captain.


Administrator: Jared Isaacman

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.


Long March 6C
Go
36 minutes ago
Unknown Payload
Launch Complex 9A - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Details TBD.


Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat
Success
1 day, 1 hour ago
Glonass-K1 No. 19
43/3 (43L) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Note: Payload identity not confirmed. Glonass-K are the third generation of satellite design for GLONASS satellite navigation system. GLONASS is a…


Falcon 9
Success
2 days, 20 hours ago
Starlink Group 15-20
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Falcon 9
Success
3 days, 12 hours ago
Starlink Group 10-39
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Electron
Success
4 days, 14 hours ago
The Lightning God Defends (iQPS Launch 8)
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B - Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Synthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS.