langs: 1 апреля [ru] / april 1 [en] / 1. april [de] / 1er avril [fr] / 1º aprile [it] / 1 de abril [es]
days: march 29 / march 30 / march 31 / april 1 / april 2 / april 3 / april 4
Kevin Patrick "Chilli" Chilton (born November 3, 1954) is an American mechanical engineer and retired United States Air Force four-star general , test pilot , and NASA astronaut . His last assignment was as commander of U.S. Strategic Command from October 3, 2007, to January 28, 2011. Prior to his a
Ronald Ellwin Evans Jr. (November 10, 1933 – April 7, 1990) was an American electrical engineer , aeronautical engineer , officer and aviator in the United States Navy , and NASA astronaut . As Command Module Pilot on Apollo 17 he was one of the 24 astronauts to have flown to the Moon, and one of
#3 John Glenn
John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American Marine Corps aviator , engineer , astronaut , businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space, and the first American to orbit the Earth , circling it three times in 1962. Following his retirement from NASA
#4 Alan Shepard
Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) was an American astronaut , naval aviator , test pilot , and businessman. In 1961, he became the second person and the first American to travel into space, and in 1971, he walked on the Moon . American astronaut (1923–1998), first Ameri
Gerhard Paul Julius Thiele (born September 2, 1953) is a German physicist and a former ESA astronaut . He is the father of Die Astronautin candidate Insa Thiele-Eich . Gerhard Thiele Born Gerhard Paul Julius Thiele ( 1953-09-02 ) September 2, 1953 (age 68) Heidenheim , Germany Nationality German O
Thomas Arthur Reiter (born 23 May 1958 in Frankfurt , West Germany ) is a retired European astronaut and is a Brigadier General [1] in the German Air Force currently working as ESA Interagency Coordinator and Advisor to the Director General at the European Space Agency (ESA). He was one of the top 2
Scott Joseph Kelly (born February 21, 1964) is an American engineer , retired astronaut , and naval aviator . A veteran of four space flights, Kelly commanded the International Space Station (ISS) on Expeditions 26 , 45 , and 46 . American engineer, retired astronaut, and retired U.S. Navy captain F
Joseph Peter Kerwin (born February 19, 1932) is an American physician and former NASA astronaut , who served as Science Pilot for the Skylab 2 mission from May 25 – June 22, 1973. He was the first physician to be selected for astronaut training. Joe Kerwin was the one who uttered the words during Ap
Sergey Aleksandrovich Volkov ( Russian : Сергей Александрович Волков ; born April 1, 1973, in Chuhuiv , Ukrainian SSR , Soviet Union ) is a retired Russian cosmonaut and engineer . He was a member of three missions to the International Space Station , spending more than a year in total in space. Dur
#10 Lisa Nowak
Lisa Marie Nowak (née Caputo , born May 10, 1963) is an American aeronautical engineer , and former NASA astronaut and United States Navy captain . Nowak served as naval flight officer and test pilot in the Navy, and was selected by NASA for NASA Astronaut Group 16 in 1996, qualifying as a mission s
#11 Aleksandr Kaleri
Aleksandr "Sasha" Yuriyevich Kaleri ( Russian : Александр Юрьевич Калери ; born in Jūrmala , Latvia on 13 May 1956) is a Russian cosmonaut and veteran of extended stays on the Mir Space Station and the International Space Station (ISS). Kaleri has most recently been in space aboard the ISS serving a
#12 Phạm Tuân
Phạm Tuân ( [faːm˧ˀ˨ʔ twɜn˨˩] born 14 February 1947) is a retired Vietnam Air Force aviator and cosmonaut . He became the first Vietnamese citizen and the first person from an Asian country to fly in space when he launched aboard the Soyuz 37 mission as an Interkosmos Research Cosmonaut. [1] [2] He
#13 Yuri Gidzenko
Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko ( Russian: Юрий Павлович Гидзенко ; born March 26, 1962) is a Russian cosmonaut . [1] He was a test cosmonaut of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (TsPK). Gidzenko has flown into space three times and has lived on board the Mir and the International Space Station. He
#14 Nikolai Budarin
Nikolai Mikhailovich Budarin ( Russian : Николай Михайлович Бударин ) (born April 29, 1953 in Kirya , Chuvashia ) is a retired Russian cosmonaut , a veteran of three extended space missions aboard the Mir Space Station and the International Space Station . He has also performed eight career spacewal
William Frederick Fisher (born April 1, 1946) is an American physician and a former NASA astronaut . Fisher went into space in 1985 on board the Space Shuttle. He retired from NASA in 1992 [1] and returned to the full-time practice of medicine. His time at NASA coincided with that of his former wife
#16 Sergey Avdeev
Sergei Vasilyevich Avdeyev (Сергей Васильевич Авдеев; born 1 January 1956) is a Russian engineer and cosmonaut . Russian engineer and cosmonaut This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification . ( March 2010 ) Sergei Avdeyev Born ( 1956-01-01 ) 1 January 1956 (age 66)
The Tri-State Warbird Museum is a private, not-for-profit [2] aviation museum located in Batavia, Ohio , in Clermont County next to the Clermont County Airport . [3] Military aviation museum in Ohio, United States Tri-State Warbird Museum Location in Ohio Established 2003 ( 2003 ) Location Batavia
#2 Aeropark
Aeropark is an open-air aviation museum next to Ferenc Liszt International Airport , Budapest , Hungary . It is dedicated to the history of Hungarian civil aviation, featuring several types used by the now-defunct national airline Malév . Aviation museum in Terminal , Hungary Aeropark Established 19
#3 Air Force Museum of New Zealand
The Air Force Museum of New Zealand , formerly called The Royal New Zealand Air Force Museum , is located at Wigram , the RNZAF's first operational base, in Christchurch , in the South Island of New Zealand. It opened on 1 April 1987 as part of the celebrations for the RNZAF's 50th anniversary, and
#4 National Air Force Museum of Canada
The National Air Force Museum of Canada is an aviation museum dedicated to preserving the history of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and is located on the west side of CFB Trenton in Trenton, Ontario . [1] Aviation museum in CFB Trenton in Trenton, Ontario National Air Force Museum of Canada Loc
Kjeller Airport ( Norwegian : Kjeller flyplass ; ICAO : ENKJ ) is a military and general aviation airport located in Kjeller in Skedsmo in Viken county , Norway. Situated in the outskirts of Lillestrøm , it is 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) east northeast of Oslo , making it the airport located
Shuguang One ( Chinese : 曙光一号 ), meaning "dawn" in Mandarin , also known as Project 714 ( Chinese : 七一四工程 ), was the first crewed spacecraft proposed by the People's Republic of China during the late 1960s and early 1970s that was never built. The design was for a two-person capsule similar to the G
#2 Shenzhou 3
Shenzhou 3 ( Chinese : 神舟三号 ) launched on March 25, 2002, was the third unmanned launch of China 's Shenzhou spacecraft . This was the first Shenzhou spacecraft launched that could have actually carried a human and as such the main objective of the mission was to test the systems required to support
#3 Cygnus OA-4
OA-4 , previously known as Orbital-4 , was the fourth successful flight of the Orbital ATK uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its third flight to the International Space Station (ISS) under the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-1) contract with NASA . [8] [9] With the Antares launch vehicle und
#4 CryoSat-2
CryoSat-2 is a European Space Agency (ESA) Earth Explorer Mission that launched on April 8th 2010. [3] CryoSat-2 is dedicated to measuring polar sea ice thickness and monitoring changes in ice sheets. [4] Its primary objective is to measure the thinning of Arctic sea ice, but has applications to oth
#5 Soyuz TMA-8
Soyuz TMA-8 was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle. 2006 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS Soyuz TMA-8 Operator Roscosmos COSPAR ID 2006-009A SATCAT no. 28996 Mission duration 182 days Spacecraft properties Spacecraft type Soyuz-TMA 11F
#6 Kosmos 1074
Kosmos 1074 ( Russian : Космос 1074 meaning Cosmos 1074 ) was a Soviet unmanned long-duration test flight of the Soyuz-T spacecraft launched on January 31, 1979 and de-orbited on April 1, 1979. [1] 1979 Soviet test spaceflight The Soyuz-T spacecraft
Mars Global Surveyor ( MGS ) was an American robotic space probe developed by NASA 's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and launched November 1996. MGS was a global mapping mission that examined the entire planet, from the ionosphere down through the atmosphere to the surface. [2] As part of the larger Mars
#8 EnMAP
EnMAP ( Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program ) is a German hyperspectral satellite mission to provide high accuracy hyperspectral image data of the Earth surface on a timely and frequent basis. German hyperspectral satellite launched in 2022
#9 STS-39
STS-39 was the twelfth mission of the NASA Space Shuttle Discovery , and the 40th orbital shuttle mission overall. The primary purpose of the mission was to conduct a variety of payload experiments for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). 1991 American crewed spaceflight for the Department of Defen
#10 OV3-1
Orbiting Vehicle 3-1 (also known as OV3-1 and OPS 1527 [3] ), launched 22 April 1966, was the first satellite in the OV3 series of the United States Air Force's Orbiting Vehicle program. The satellite measured radiation above the Earth, returning useful data for over a year. It is still in orbit as
#11 Skylab
Skylab was the first United States space station , launched by NASA , [3] occupied for about 24 weeks between May 1973 and February 1974. It was operated by three separate three-astronaut crews: Skylab 2 , Skylab 3 , and Skylab 4 . Major operations included an orbital workshop, a solar observatory ,
#12 NEAR Shoemaker
Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous – Shoemaker ( NEAR Shoemaker ), renamed after its 1996 launch in honor of planetary scientist Eugene Shoemaker , was a robotic space probe designed by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory for NASA to study the near-Earth asteroid Eros from close orbi
#13 Multi-Functional Transport Satellite
Multifunctional Transport Satellites ( MTSAT ) were a series of weather and aviation control satellites. They are replaced by Himawari 8 on 7 July 2015. They were geostationary satellites owned and operated by the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) and the Japan
#14 ÑuSat
ÑuSat satellite series ( Spanish : ÑuSat , sometimes translated into English as NewSat ), is a series of Argentinean commercial Earth observation satellites . They form the Aleph-1 constellation, which is designed, built and operated by Satellogic . Series of Argentinean commercial Earth observation
#15 Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer
Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer ( FUSE , Explorer 77 , and MIDEX-0 ) represented the next generation, high-orbit, ultraviolet space observatory covering the wavelength range of 90.5–119.5 nanometre (nm) of the NASA operated by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory . FUSE was
#16 Chollian
Chollian , ( Korean : 천리안, lit. Thousand Li View , clairvoyance) [2] also known as Communication, Ocean and Meteorological Satellite 1 [3] ( COMS-1 ), was a South Korean satellite which was launched on 26 June 2010 and began operations on 1 April 2011. It was operated by the Korea Aerospace Research
#17 Intelsat VA F-15
Intelsat VA F-15 or Intelsat 515 , then named Columbia 515 , was a communications satellite operated by Intelsat and which was later sold to Columbia Communications Corporation . Launched in 1989, it was the fifteenth of fifteen Intelsat V satellites to be launched. The Intelsat V series was constru
#18 ISIS (satellite)
ISIS 1 and 2 (" International Satellites for Ionospheric Studies ") were the third and fourth in a series of Canadian satellites launched to study the ionosphere over one complete solar cycle . After the success of Canada's Alouette 1 , Canada and the United States jointly sent up three more satelli
#19 ISIS (satellite)
ISIS 1 and 2 (" International Satellites for Ionospheric Studies ") were the third and fourth in a series of Canadian satellites launched to study the ionosphere over one complete solar cycle . After the success of Canada's Alouette 1 , Canada and the United States jointly sent up three more satelli
Hitomi ( Japanese : ひとみ ) , also known as ASTRO-H and New X-ray Telescope ( NeXT ), was an X-ray astronomy satellite commissioned by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ( JAXA ) for studying extremely energetic processes in the Universe . The space observatory was designed to extend the research