langs: 20 апреля [ru] / april 20 [en] / 20. april [de] / 20 avril [fr] / 20 aprile [it] / 20 de abril [es]
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Michael Richard Clifford (October 13, 1952 – December 28, 2021) was a United States Army officer and NASA astronaut . Clifford was a Master Army Aviator and logged over 3,400 hours flying in a wide variety of fixed and rotary winged aircraft. He retired from the U.S. Army at the rank of lieutenant c
Albert Scott Crossfield (October 2, 1921 – April 19, 2006) was an American naval officer and test pilot . In 1953, he became the first pilot to fly at twice the speed of sound . Crossfield was the first of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15 , an experimental spaceplane jointly operated b
Gregory Hammond Olsen (born April 20, 1945) is an American entrepreneur, engineer and scientist who, in October 2005, became the third private citizen to make a self-funded trip to the International Space Station with the company Space Adventures . For other people with the same name, see Greg Olsen
Salizhan Shakirovich Sharipov ( Russian : Салижан Шакирович Шарипов ) (born 24 August 1964) is a Kyrgyzstani cosmonaut of Tajik and Uzbek descent. [1] Sharipov is a co-author and investigator for the Advanced Diagnostic Ultrasound in Microgravity project. He has been to space twice (launched from th
Linda Maxine Godwin Ph.D. (born July 2, 1952) is an American scientist and retired NASA astronaut . [1] Godwin joined NASA in 1980 and became an astronaut in July 1986. She retired in 2010. During her career, Godwin completed four space flights and logged over 38 days in space. Godwin also served as
Albert Hanlin "Al" Crews Jr. (born March 23, 1929), ( Col , USAF , Ret.), is a former American chemical and aeronautical engineer , and U.S. Air Force astronaut , who was briefly included in the X-20 Dyna-Soar program. American astronaut and test pilot This biography of a living person needs additio
Donald Roy Pettit (born April 20, 1955) is an American astronaut and chemical engineer . He is a veteran of two long-duration stays aboard the International Space Station , one Space Shuttle mission and a six-week expedition to find meteorites in Antarctica . As of 2021, at age 66, he is NASA's olde
Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer , and the first person to walk on the Moon . He was also a naval aviator , test pilot , and university professor. American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2012) For other uses, see Neil A
Fyodor Nikolayevich Yurchikhin ( Russian : Фёдор Николаевич Юрчихин, Greek : Θεόδωρος Γιουρτσίχιν του Νικόλαου; born 3 January 1959 ) is a Russian cosmonaut of Greek descent, engineer and RSC Energia test-pilot who has flown on five spaceflights . His first spaceflight was a 10-day Space Shuttle mis
#10 Pyotr Kolodin
Pyotr Ivanovich Kolodin ( Russian : Пётр Иванович Колодин ; 23 September 1930 – 4 February 2021 [1] [2] ) was a Soviet cosmonaut . Although he retired in 1983 without flying in space, Kolodin served non-flying assignments on several spaceflights. [3] [4] Soviet cosmonaut (1930–2021) Pyotr Ivanovich
#11 Vladimir Georgiyevich Titov
Vladimir Georgiyevich Titov ( Russian : Владимир Георгиевич Титов ; born 1 January 1947 in Sretensk , Zabaykalsky Krai , Russia) is a retired Russian Air Force Colonel and former cosmonaut . He has participated in four spaceflight missions. The catastrophic explosion of a Soyuz rocket in 1983 led to
#12 Naoko Yamazaki
Naoko Yamazaki ( 山崎 直子 , Yamazaki Naoko , born December 27, 1970) is a Japanese engineer and former astronaut at JAXA . She was the second Japanese woman to fly in space. [2] [3] [4] The first was Chiaki Mukai . [3] Not to be confused with Naoki Yamazaki . Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki Born ( 19
#13 Charles Simonyi
Charles Simonyi ( / s ɪ ˈ m oʊ n i / ; Hungarian : Simonyi Károly , pronounced [ˈʃimoɲi ˈkaːroj] ; born September 10, 1948) is a Hungarian-American software architect . He started and led Microsoft 's applications group, where he built the first versions of Microsoft Office . [1] Hungarian-America
Sidney McNeill Gutierrez (Colonel, USAF , Ret.) (born June 27, 1951), is an American pilot and former NASA astronaut. Since retiring from NASA, Gutierrez has worked in several leadership positions at Sandia National Laboratories and Rocket Crafters Inc. American astronaut This article includes a lis
#15 Jack D. Fischer
Jack David Fischer (born January 23, 1974) is an American engineer , test pilot and a former NASA astronaut . [2] Fischer was selected in June 2009 as a member of the NASA Astronaut Group 20 and qualified as an astronaut in 2011. He made his first spaceflight in April 2017, as a flight engineer for
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
#2 Norwegian Armed Forces Aircraft Collection
Norwegian Armed Forces Aircraft Collection ( Forsvarets flysamling Gardermoen ) is a military aviation museum located at Gardermoen , north of Oslo in Viken county , Norway . The founding of the Norwegian Aviation Historical Society in 1967, gave the first boost to the idea of preserving aircraft in
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
#1 JCSAT-3
JCSAT-3 was a geostationary communications satellite designed and manufactured by Hughes (now Boeing ) on the HS-601 satellite bus . It was originally ordered by JSAT Corporation , which later merged into the SKY Perfect JSAT Group . It has a mixed Ku-band and C-band payload and operated on the 128°
#2 Soyuz MS-04
Soyuz MS-04 was a Soyuz spaceflight that launched on 20 April 2017 to the ISS. [1] It transported two members of the Expedition 52 crew to the International Space Station . Soyuz MS-04 was the 133rd flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew consisted of a Russian commander and an American flight engine
#3 Astra 1KR
Astra 1KR is one of the Astra geostationary satellites owned and operated by SES , was purchased in June 2003. It was launched on 20 April 2006, 20:27:00 UTC as a replacement for Astra 1K , which failed to reach orbit on launch in November 2002. [2] The launch of Astra 1KR was the first attempted by
#4 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
Progress M-15M ( Russian : Прогресс М-15М ), identified by NASA as Progress 47P , is a Progress spacecraft used by Roskosmos to resupply the International Space Station during 2012. The fifteenth Progress-M 11F615A60 spacecraft, it has the serial number 415 and was built by RKK Energia . It arrived
#6 Progress 25
Progress 25 ( Russian : Прогресс 25 ) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in March 1986 to resupply the Mir space station. Progress 25 A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft Mission type Mir resupply COSPAR ID 1986-023A SATCAT no. 16645 [1] Spacecraft properties Spacecraft Progr
#7 ANUSAT
The Anna University Satellite , or ANUSAT was an Indian student research microsatellite designed, developed and integrated at Aerospace Engineering, Madras Institute of Technology (MIT), Chromepet , Anna University . Students and faculty members of Madras Institute of Technology and College of Engin
#8 USA-260
USA-260 , also known as GPS IIF-9 , GPS SVN-71 and NAVSTAR 73 , is an American Satellite navigation which forms part of the Global Positioning System . It was the ninth of twelve Block IIF satellites to be launched. [2] USA-260 A Block IIF GPS satellite Mission type Navigation Operator US Air Force
#9 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
The Leonardo Permanent Multipurpose Module ( PMM ) is a module of the International Space Station . It was flown into space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-133 on 24 February 2011 and installed on 1 March. Leonardo is primarily used for storage of spares, supplies and waste on the ISS, whi
#12 TRACE
Transition Region and Coronal Explorer ( TRACE , or Explorer 73 , SMEX-4 ) was a NASA heliophysics and solar observatory designed to investigate the connections between fine-scale magnetic fields and the associated plasma structures on the Sun by providing high resolution images and observation of t
#13 ESSA-5
ESSA-5 (or TOS-C ) was a spin-stabilized operational meteorological satellite. Its name was derived from that of its oversight agency, the Environmental Science Services Administration (ESSA).
#14 Bell (satellite)
Bell , also known as PhoneSat 1.0b or PhoneSat v1b was a technology demonstration satellite operated by NASA 's Ames Research Center , which was launched in April 2013. Part of the PhoneSat programme, it was one of the first three PhoneSat spacecraft to be launched. Bell Mission type Technology Oper
#15 AQT-D
AQT-D ( Aqua Thruster-Demonstrator ) was a nanosatellite project of the University of Tokyo (UT) Space Propulsion Laboratory with the purpose of testing water-fueled propulsion. The satellite was a CubeSat of 3U size; 1U was occupied by the propulsion system, while the remaining 2U was for the space
#16 Soyuz T-8
Soyuz T-8 was a crewed mission to the Salyut 7 space station in 1983. Shortly into the mission, the spacecraft failed to dock with the space station [1] due to an incident involving an antenna being torn off the craft by the protective launch shroud. After a fuel-consuming attempt made in darkness f
#17 Ranger 4
Ranger 4 was a spacecraft of the Ranger program , launched in 1962. It was designed to transmit pictures of the lunar surface to Earth stations during a period of 10 minutes of flight prior to crashing upon the Moon , to rough-land a seismometer capsule on the Moon, to collect gamma-ray data in flig
Lucy is a NASA space probe on a twelve-year journey to eight different asteroids, visiting a main belt asteroid as well as seven Jupiter trojans , [3] [4] asteroids which share Jupiter 's orbit around the Sun , orbiting either ahead of or behind the planet. All target encounters will be flyby encoun
#19 TechEdSat
Technology Education Satellite ( TechEdSat ) is a successful nano-sat flight series conducted from the NASA Ames Research Center in collaboration with numerous universities (San Jose State University, University of Idaho, University of California, University of Minnesota, Smith College). While one o
Alexander , also known as PhoneSat 2.0 Beta or PhoneSat v2a is a technology demonstration satellite operated by NASA 's Ames Research Center , which was launched in April 2013. Part of the PhoneSat programme, it was one of the first three PhoneSat spacecraft, and the first Phonesat-2.0 satellite, to