Sep 26 1983 - Soyuz 7K-ST No.16L - Launch Pad Fire - Crew Escape - Salyut 7 Mission

Soyuz 7K-ST No.16L, sometimes known as Soyuz T-10a or Soyuz T-10-1, was an unsuccessful Soyuz mission intended to visit the Salyut 7 space station, which was occupied by the Soyuz T-9 crew. However, it never finished its launch countdown; the launch vehicle was destroyed on the launch pad by fire on 26 September 1983. The launch escape system of the Soyuz spacecraft fired six seconds before the launch vehicle exploded, saving the crew. This is the only time a launch escape system has been fired before launch with a crew aboard. 

The Soyuz T-10-1 explosion would also remain the only instance of a Russian crewed booster accident in 35 years, until the Soyuz MS-10 flight aborted shortly after launch on 11 October 2018 due to a failure of the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle boosters. 

Wikipedia: Soyuz 7K-ST No.16L  

Salyut 06 + 07 Mission Pack: Orbiter.

Sep 25 1992 - Mars Observer - Orbiter - Mission Failure - JPL / NASA

The Mars Observer spacecraft, also known as the Mars Geoscience/Climatology Orbiter, was a robotic space probe launched by NASA on September 25, 1992, to study the Martian surface, atmosphere, climate and magnetic field. On August 21, 1993, during the interplanetary cruise phase, communication with the spacecraft was lost, three days prior to the probe's orbital insertion. Attempts to re-establish communications with the spacecraft were unsuccessful. 

 

Mars Observer: Wikipedia. 

 

Mars Observer: Orbiter Addon. 

Сентябрь 11 2025 - Прогресс МС-32 (93П) - Союз 2.1а - Роскосмос - РКК Энергия

Progress MS-32, Soyuz 2.1a, Roscosmos, RKK Energia. 

 

Site 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. 

 

Launch Time: Sep 11, 2025. 

 

 

Progrss MS-32 launches to ISS from Baikonur: NSF. 

 

Docked ISS at 17:23:19 UTC. 

 

Roscosmos TV: Sep 13 2025. 

Expedition 73: NASA.

Sep 09 1975 - Viking 02 - Orbiter/Lander - Mars - JPL - NASA

 

The Viking 2 mission was part of the American Viking program to Mars, and consisted of an orbiter and a lander essentially identical to that of the Viking 1 mission. Viking 2 was operational on Mars for 1281 sols (1,316 days; 3 years, 221 days). The Viking 2 lander operated on the surface for 1,316 days, or 1281 sols, and was turned off on April 12, 1980, when its batteries eventually failed. The orbiter worked until July 25, 1978, returning almost 16,000 images in 706 orbits around Mars. 

 

Wikipedia: Viking 02.

 

Pacific Test Range Down Range Telemetry Solutions - PSC Ak

Alaska Aerospace Corporation (AAC) is developing a Pacific Test Range (PTR) to provide an unparalleled test range for hypersonic vehicles, orbital launch, and other advanced aerospace systems tests. PSCA’s launch site at Narrow Cape, Kodiak will serve as the anchor for an approximate 1,100-mile PTR stretching westward to Adak Island. Through this RFI, AAC is seeking to identify U.S. business concerns having an interest in and capability to deliver mobile and/or fixed telemetry systems to provide telemetry data and vehicle safety throughout extended flight profiles to support the outfit and potential operation of the range. 

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Sep 05 1977 - Voyager 1 - Space Probe - JPL - NASA

Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977, as part of the Voyager program to study the outer Solar System and the interstellar space beyond the Sun's heliosphere. It was launched 16 days after its twin, Voyager 2. It communicates through the NASA Deep Space Network (DSN) to receive routine commands and to transmit data to Earth. Real-time distance and velocity data are provided by NASA and JPL. At a distance of 166.40 AU (24.9 billion km; 15.5 billion mi) as of May 2025, it is the most distant human-made object from Earth. Voyager 1 is also projected to reach a distance of one light day from Earth in November of 2026.

 

February 14 1990 Voyager 01 Position.

 

In about 50,000 years Voyager 01 will be as distant as several nearby stars. 

Voyager 01: Wikipedia.