langs: 17 апреля [ru] / april 17 [en] / 17. april [de] / 17 avril [fr] / 17 aprile [it] / 17 de abril [es]
days: april 14 / april 15 / april 16 / april 17 / april 18 / april 19 / april 20
#1 Viktor Afanasyev (cosmonaut)
Viktor Mikhailovich Afanasyev ( Russian : Виктор Михайлович Афанасьев ; born 31 December 1948) is a colonel in the Russian Air Force and a test cosmonaut of the Yu. A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center . He was born 31 December 1948, in Bryansk , Russian SFSR , and is married to Yelena Ya. Afanasyev
#2 Scott Altman
Scott Douglas "Scooter" Altman (born August 15, 1959) is a retired United States Navy Captain and naval aviator , engineer , test pilot and former NASA astronaut . He is a veteran of four Space Shuttle missions. His fourth mission on STS-125 was the last servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telesco
Jay Clark Buckey, Jr. (born June 6, 1956, in New York City ) is an American physician and astronaut who flew aboard one Space Shuttle mission ( STS-90 ) as a Payload Specialist . Buckey briefly ran for the Democratic nomination to challenge New Hampshire Senator John E. Sununu , a first term Republi
Sergei Yuriyevich Vozovikov (17 April 1958 – 11 July 1993) was a member of the Soviet Air Force Cosmonaut Training Group 11. His Cosmonaut training was to take place from October 1, 1991 to March 6, 1992. This was cut short when he drowned on July 11, 1993 during water recovery training in the Black
Eileen Marie Collins (born November 19, 1956) is a retired NASA astronaut and United States Air Force (USAF) colonel . A former flight instructor and test pilot , Collins was the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle and the first to command a Space Shuttle mission. American astronaut and pilot (bo
Tracy Caldwell Dyson (born Tracy Ellen Caldwell ; August 14, 1969) is an American chemist and NASA astronaut . Caldwell Dyson was a Mission Specialist on Space Shuttle Endeavour flight STS-118 in August 2007 and part of the Expedition 23 and Expedition 24 crew on the International Space Station from
Andrey Ivanovich Borisenko ( Russian : Андрей Иванович Борисенко ; born 17 April 1964) is a Russian cosmonaut . [1] He was selected as a cosmonaut in May 2003, and is a veteran of two long duration missions to the International Space Station . Russian cosmonaut Andrey Borisenko Born ( 1964-04-17 ) 1
Andrew Richard "Drew" Morgan (born February 5, 1976) is a NASA astronaut from the class of 2013 . [2] [3] American astronaut Andrew R. Morgan Born ( 1976-02-05 ) February 5, 1976 (age 46) Morgantown, West Virginia , U.S. Status Active Nationality American Alma mater U.S. Military Academy Uniform
#9 Jessica Meir
Jessica Ulrika Meir ( IPA : / m ɪər / ; meer ; born ( 1977-07-01 ) July 1, 1977 ) is an American-Swedish NASA astronaut, marine biologist, and physiologist. She was previously an assistant professor of anesthesia at Harvard Medical School , Massachusetts General Hospital , Boston , following postdoc
Richard Alan Searfoss (June 5, 1956 – September 29, 2018) was an American aviator who was United States Air Force colonel , NASA astronaut and test pilot . [2] Richard A. Searfoss Born ( 1956-06-05 ) June 5, 1956 Mount Clemens , Michigan , U.S. Died September 29, 2018 (2018-09-29) (aged 62) Tehach
#11 Christina Koch
Christina Hammock Koch ( / k oʊ k / KOHK ; born January 29, 1979) is an American engineer and NASA astronaut of the class of 2013. [1] [2] She received Bachelor of Science degrees in electrical engineering and physics and a Master of Science in electrical engineering at North Carolina State Universi
#12 Kathryn P. Hire
Kathryn Patricia " Kay " Hire (born August 26, 1959) is a former NASA astronaut and Captain in the U.S. Navy Reserve who has flown aboard two Space Shuttle missions. NASA astronaut and Captain in the U.S. Navy Reserve Kathryn Hire Born ( 1959-08-26 ) August 26, 1959 (age 63) Mobile, Alabama , U.S.
#13 Dafydd Williams
Dafydd Rhys Williams (alternately known as David Rhys Williams [2] ) OC OOnt CCFP FCFP FRCPC FRCP FRCGS (born May 16, 1954) [3] is a Canadian physician, public speaker , CEO , author and a retired CSA astronaut . [4] Williams was a mission specialist on two Space Shuttle missions. His first spacefli
#14 Kathleen Rubins
Kathleen Hallisey Rubins (born October 14, 1978) is an American microbiologist and NASA astronaut . [2] She became the 60th woman to fly in space when she launched on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) on July 7, 2016. [3] She returned to Earth in Kazakhstan on Octob
#15 Ivan Anikeyev
Ivan Nikolayevich Anikeyev ( Russian : Иван Николаевич Аникеев ; 12 February 1933 – 8 August 1992) was a Soviet cosmonaut who was dismissed from the Soviet space program for disciplinary reasons. Soviet cosmonaut candidate Ivan Nikolayevich Anikeyev Born ( 1933-02-12 ) 12 February 1933 Soviet Union
#16 Kenneth Cockrell
Kenneth Dale " Taco " Cockrell (born April 9, 1950) is a retired American astronaut , engineer and a veteran of five Space Shuttle missions. He served as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1997 to 1998. [1] For the similarly named interim mayor of Detroit, see Kenneth Cockrel, Jr. This article has m
#17 William Shatner
William Shatner [3] OC (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor. In a career spanning seven decades, he is best known for his portrayal of James T. Kirk in the Star Trek franchise, from his 1965 debut as the captain of the starship Enterprise in the second pilot of the first Star Trek television se
Richard Michael Linnehan (born September 19, 1957) is a United States Army veterinarian and a NASA astronaut . Richard M. Linnehan Born Richard Michael Linnehan ( 1957-09-19 ) September 19, 1957 (age 64) Lowell, Massachusetts , U.S. Status Management Astronaut Nationality American Alma mater Uni
Sergey Vladimirovich Kud-Sverchkov (Russian: Серге́й Влади́мирович Кудь-Сверчко́в; born on 23 August 1983) is a Russian cosmonaut, selected in 2010 by Roscosmos . He made his first spaceflight in 2020 aboard the International Space Station as a flight engineer for ISS Expedition 63 / 64 . Russian en
James Anthony "Jim" Pawelczyk (born September 20, 1960) is an American researcher of physiology and Kinesiology who flew aboard the NASA STS-90 Space Shuttle mission as a Payload Specialist . James Anthony "Jim" Pawelczyk Born ( 1960-09-20 ) September 20, 1960 (age 61) Buffalo , New York Nationali
The Museo del Aire was a national aviation museum located in the south-western suburbs of Havana , Cuba . [1] Until August 2010, the Museum address was: Museo del Aire, Avenida 212, entre la avenida 29 y 31, La Coronela, La Lisa. In about August 2010, the museum was closed, and the entire collection
#2 Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum
The Valiant Air Command, Inc. Warbird Museum (VAC) is located at the Space Coast Regional Airport in Brevard County , just south of Titusville , Florida . The VAC contains vintage aircraft and a 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m 2 ) hangar with a restoration area. [1] The VAC also has a Memorabilia Hall
The Museum of Life and Science — previously known as the North Carolina Museum of Life and Science and the NC Children's Museum — is an 84-acre (340,000 m 2 ) science museum located in Durham , North Carolina , United States. Science museum, children's museum, and zoo in Durham, North Carolina Mus
#4 Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre
The Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre is located to the North of Montrose , Angus, Scotland . Montrose has the distinction of having the first operational military airfield in Great Britain and the Heritage Centre is located on the former airfield. It aims to show the human side of its history wi
#1 BOR-5
The BOR-5 ( Russian : БОР-5, «Беспилотный Орбитальный Ракетоплан 5» , romanized : Bespilotnyi Orbital'nyi Raketoplan 5 , lit. ' Unpiloted Orbital Rocketplane 5 ' ) is a 1:8 sized test flight vehicle, used to study the main aerodynamic, thermal, acoustic and stability characteristics of the Buran
#2 Surveyor 3
Surveyor 3 was the third lander of the American uncrewed Surveyor program sent to explore the surface of the Moon in 1967. It was the first mission to carry a surface-soil sampling-scoop. American lunar lander Surveyor 3 Surveyor 3 on the Moon, photographed by Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean over two
#3 STS-59
STS-59 was a Space Shuttle program mission that took place in 1994. The launch was chronicled by the 1994 Discovery Channel special about the Space Shuttle program . 1994 American crewed spaceflight to conduct Earth observations STS-59 Space Shuttle Endeavour in orbit with SIR-C in its payload bay N
Poisk ( Russian : Поиск , lit. ' Search ' ), also known as the Mini-Research Module 2 ( MRM 2 ), Малый исследовательский модуль 2 , or МИМ 2 , is a docking module of the International Space Station . Its original name was Docking Module 2 ( Stykovochniy Otsek 2 , SO-2 ), as it is almost identical
#5 Progress 20
Progress 20 ( Russian : Прогресс 20 ) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in April 1984 to resupply the Salyut 7 space station. Soviet unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft Progress 20 A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft Mission type Salyut 7 resupply COSPAR ID 1984-038A SATCAT
#6 Telkom-3
Telkom-3 is an Indonesian communications satellite which failed to reach its target orbit due to a launch failure on 6 August 2012. It was built by ISS Reshetnev for Indonesian telecommunications provider PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia . It was based on the Ekspress-1000H bus and had 32 C band transpon
Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 ( Korean : 광명성 3호 ; Hanja : 光明星3號 ; lit. Bright Star-3 [2] or Lode Star-3 [3] ) was a North Korean Earth observation satellite which, according to the DPRK , was for weather forecast purposes, and whose launch was widely portrayed in the West to be a veiled ballistic missile t
#8 JCSAT-4B
JCSAT-4B , known as JCSAT-13 (formerly known as Lippostar-1 ) before launch, is a geostationary communications satellite operated by SKY Perfect JSAT Group (JSAT) which was designed and manufactured by Lockheed Martin on the A2100 platform. [4] [1] JCSAT-4B Names JCSAT-13 Mission type Communication
#9 Soyuz MS-15
Soyuz MS-15 was a Soyuz spaceflight launched on 25 September 2019, [1] transporting two members of the Expedition 61 crew and a short duration visiting crew member to the International Space Station . Soyuz MS-15 was the 143rd flight of a Soyuz spacecraft with a crew. It was the last flight of Soyuz
#10 Cygnus NG-11
NG-11 , previously known as OA-11 , is the twelfth flight of the Northrop Grumman robotic resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its eleventh flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-1) contract with NASA . [5] [6] The mission launched on 17 April 2019 at 20:46:0
#11 Intelsat 901
Intelsat 901 ( IS-901 ) was the first of nine new Intelsat satellites launched in June 2001 at 18° West, providing Ku-band spot beam coverage for Europe and C-band coverage for the Atlantic Ocean region. It is capable of selectable split uplink for Satellite news gathering (SNG), tailored for increa
#12 Eutelsat 16C
Eutelsat 16C (formerly SESAT 1 ) is a satellite operated by Eutelsat Communications , originally the first of a series of SESAT ( S iberia - E urope SAT ellite) satellites. It provides a wide range of telecommunications services over a very large geographical coverage area that extends from the Atla
Helios-A and Helios-B (after launch renamed Helios 1 and Helios 2 ) are a pair of probes that were launched into heliocentric orbit to study solar processes. As a joint venture between German Aerospace Center (DLR) and NASA , the probes were launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station , Florida ,
#14 Starlink
Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by SpaceX , [3] providing satellite Internet access coverage to 40 countries. It also aims for global mobile phone service after 2023. [4] SpaceX started launching Starlink satellites in 2019. As of September 2022, Starlink consists of over 3,0
#15 Soyuz MS-17
Soyuz MS-17 was a Soyuz spaceflight that was launched on 14 October 2020. [4] [11] It transported three crew members of the Expedition 63 / 64 crew to the International Space Station . Soyuz MS-17 was the 145th crewed flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew consisted of a Russian commander and a Russ
Einstein Observatory ( HEAO-2 ) was the first fully imaging X-ray telescope put into space and the second of NASA 's three High Energy Astrophysical Observatories. Named HEAO B before launch, the observatory's name was changed to honor Albert Einstein upon its successfully attaining orbit. [1] X-ray
#17 CP6 (satellite)
CP6 , also known as CP6 CubeSat , CalPoly CP-6 , PolySat-6 or PolySat CP6 is a single-unit CubeSat which was built and operated by the California Polytechnic State University (CalPoly). It was primarily intended to perform a technology demonstration mission. The main experiment consisted of sensors
#18 GSAT-4
GSAT-4 , also known as HealthSat , was an experimental communication and navigation satellite launched in April 2010 by the Indian Space Research Organisation on the maiden flight of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk.II rocket. [1] It failed to reach orbit after the rocket's third stage
#19 STS-56
STS-56 was a NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission to perform special experiments. The mission was launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida , on 8 April 1993. 1993 American crewed spaceflight STS-56 Components of the ATLAS-2 laboratory in the payload bay of Discovery Names Space Transportation Sy
#20 Multi-Application Survivable Tether
The Multi-Application Survivable Tether ( MAST ) experiment was an in-space investigation designed to use CubeSat spacecraft connected by tethers to better understand the survivability of tethers in space. [1] It was launched as a secondary payload on a Dnepr rocket on 17 April 2007 into a 98°, 647