langs: 30 апреля [ru] / april 30 [en] / 30. april [de] / 30 avril [fr] / 30 aprile [it] / 30 de abril [es]
days: april 27 / april 28 / april 29 / april 30 / may 1 / may 2 / may 3
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov ( Russian : Владимир Александрович Шаталов ; December 8, 1927 – June 15, 2021) [2] was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut who flew three space missions of the Soyuz programme : Soyuz 4 , Soyuz 8 , and Soyuz 10 . [1] Soviet cosmonaut (1927–2021) Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sh
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
Vance DeVoe Brand (born May 9, 1931) is an American naval officer , aviator , aeronautical engineer , test pilot , and NASA astronaut . He served as command module pilot during the first U.S.-Soviet joint spaceflight in 1975, and as commander of three Space Shuttle missions . American former naval o
Michael John Smith (April 30, 1945 – January 28, 1986), ( Capt USN ) was an American engineer and astronaut . He served as the pilot of the Space Shuttle Challenger when it was destroyed during the STS-51-L mission, when it broke up 73 seconds into the flight, and at an altitude of 48,000 feet (14
John Watts Young (September 24, 1930 – January 5, 2018) was an American astronaut , naval officer and aviator , test pilot , and aeronautical engineer . He became the ninth person to walk on the Moon as commander of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972. He is the only astronaut to fly on four different c
John Mace Grunsfeld (born October 10, 1958) is an American physicist and a former NASA astronaut . He is a veteran of five Space Shuttle flights and has served as NASA Chief Scientist . His academic background includes research in high energy astrophysics , cosmic ray physics and the emerging field
Michael T. Strahan ( / ˈ s t r eɪ h æ n / STRAY -han ; born November 21, 1971) [1] is an American television personality, journalist, and former professional American football player. He played his entire 15-year professional career as a defensive end for the New York Giants of the National Football
Victor Jerome Glover (born April 30, 1976) is a NASA astronaut of the class of 2013 [1] [2] and Pilot on the first operational flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon to the International Space Station . Glover is a captain in the U.S. Navy where he pilots an F/A-18 , and is a graduate of the U.S. Air Forc
Duane Gene "Digger" Carey (born April 30, 1957) is a retired lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force and a former NASA astronaut . [1] He piloted the space shuttle Columbia on March 1, 2002 during a Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission. [2] [3] Duane G. Carey Born Duane Gene Carey ( 19
Aleksei Stanislavovich Yeliseyev ( Russian : Алексей Станиславович Елисеев ; born 13 July 1934) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut who flew on three missions in the Soyuz programme as a flight engineer: Soyuz 5 , Soyuz 8 , and Soyuz 10 . He made the world's eighth spacewalk during Soyuz 5 in 1969. Soviet
#11 Chris Hadfield
Chris Austin Hadfield OC OOnt MSC CD (born August 29, 1959) is a Canadian retired astronaut , engineer, fighter pilot , and musician. The first Canadian to perform extravehicular activity in outer space , he has flown two Space Shuttle missions and also served as commander of the International Space
#12 Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin [lower-alpha 1] (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space . Travelling in the Vostok 1 capsule, Gagarin completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. By achieving this major milestone in the Space
Joe Frank Edwards Jr. (born February 3, 1958), ( Cmdr , USN , Ret.), is an American aerospace engineer , and former naval officer and aviator , test pilot and NASA astronaut . This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification . ( April 2021 ) Joe F. Edwards Jr. Born Joe F
#14 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
#15 André Kuipers
André Kuipers ( Dutch: [ˈɑndreː ˈkœy̯pərs] ( listen ) ; born 5 October 1958) is a Dutch physician and ESA astronaut . He became the second Dutch citizen, third Dutch-born and fifth Dutch -speaking astronaut upon launch of Soyuz TMA-4 on 19 April 2004. Kuipers returned to Earth aboard Soyuz TMA-3 1
#16 Valery Bykovsky
Valery Fyodorovich Bykovsky ( Russian : Вале́рий Фёдорович Быко́вский ; 2 August 1934 – 27 March 2019) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on three space flights: Vostok 5 , Soyuz 22 , and Soyuz 31 . He was also backup for Vostok 3 and Soyuz 37 . Soviet cosmonaut (1934–2019) Valery Bykovsky Born Valery
USS Midway (CVB/CVA/CV-41) is an aircraft carrier , formerly of the United States Navy , the lead ship of her class . Commissioned 8 days after the end of World War II, Midway was the largest ship in the world until 1955, as well as the first U.S. aircraft carrier too big to transit the Panama Canal
Space Center Houston is a science museum that serves as the official visitor center of NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston. It has earned a place as a Smithsonian Affiliate museum in 2014. The organization is owned by NASA, and operated under a contract by the nonprofit Manned Spaceflight Education
Floyd Bennett Field is an airfield in the Marine Park neighborhood of southeast Brooklyn in New York City , along the shore of Jamaica Bay . The airport originally hosted commercial and general aviation traffic before being used as a naval air station . Bennett Field is currently part of the Gateway
#4 Historical Technical Museum, Peenemünde
The Peenemünde Historical Technical Museum ( German : Historisch-Technisches Museum Peenemünde or HTM), former "Peenemünde Information Centre for History and Technology" ( German : Historisch-Technisches Informationszentrum Peenemünde or HTI) is a museum, founded in 1991, in the observation bunker a
#1 KA-SAT
KA-SAT is a high-throughput telecommunications satellite owned by Viasat . The satellite provides broadband Internet access services across Europe and also a small area of the Middle East , [2] and additionally the Saorsat TV service to Ireland. It is positioned at 9°E , [3] joining the Eurobird 9A
#2 Orbiting Carbon Observatory 3
The Orbiting Carbon Observatory-3 ( OCO-3 ) is a NASA - JPL instrument designed to measure carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere . The instrument is mounted on the Japanese Experiment Module-Exposed Facility on board the International Space Station (ISS). [4] OCO-3 was scheduled to be transported to
#3 GOES 11
GOES-11 , known as GOES-L before becoming operational, is an American weather satellite , which is part of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite system. It was launched in 2000, and operated at the GOES-WEST position, providing cov
#4 Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope ( FGST , [3] also FGRST ), formerly called the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope ( GLAST ), is a space observatory being used to perform gamma-ray astronomy observations from low Earth orbit . Its main instrument is the Large Area Telescope (LAT), with which as
#5 USA-54
USA-54 , also known as GPS II-7 and GPS SVN-20 , was an American navigation satellite which formed part of the Global Positioning System . It was the seventh of nine Block II GPS satellites to be launched, which were the first operational GPS satellites to fly. USA-54 Names Navstar 2-07 GPS II-7 GPS
The Long March 4C , also known as the Chang Zheng 4C , CZ-4C and LM-4C , previously designated Long March 4B-II , is a Chinese orbital launch vehicle . It is launched from the Jiuquan , Taiyuan , and Xichang Satellite Launch Centers , and consists of 3 stages. Long March 4C vehicles have been used t
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
#8 Pioneer 5
Pioneer 5 (also known as Pioneer P-2 , and Able 4 , and nicknamed the "Paddle-Wheel Satellite" [3] ) was a spin-stabilized space probe in the NASA Pioneer program used to investigate interplanetary space between the orbits of Earth and Venus . It was launched on 11 March 1960 from Cape Canaveral Air
Saturn-Apollo 5 ( SA-5 ) was the first launch of the Block II Saturn I rocket and was part of the Apollo program . In 1963, President Kennedy identified this launch as the one which would place US lift capability ahead of the Soviets, after being behind for more than six years since Sputnik. [2] Sat
#10 Soyuz TM-32
Soyuz TM-32 was a crewed Soyuz spaceflight which was launched on April 28, 2001, and docked with the International Space Station two days later. It launched the crew of the visiting mission ISS EP-1 , which included the first paying space tourist Dennis Tito , as well as two Russian cosmonauts. The
#11 Kosmos 606
Kosmos 606 ( Russian : Космос 606 or Cosmos 606 ) was a Soviet US-K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1973 as part of the Soviet military's Oko programme. The satellite was designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors . [2] Kosmos 606 Missio
#12 JCSAT-5A
JCSAT-5A or N-STAR d , known as JCSAT-9 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. [1] [2] JCSAT-5A Names JCSAT-5A N-STAR d JCSAT-9 Mission type Communications Oper
SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2 ( COTS 2 ), also known as Dragon C2+ , was the second test-flight for SpaceX 's uncrewed Cargo Dragon spacecraft. It launched in May 2012 on the third flight of the company's two-stage Falcon 9 launch vehicle. The flight was performed under a funded agreement from NASA as t
#14 Progress MS-03
Progress MS-03 ( Russian : Прогресс МC-03 ), identified by NASA as Progress 64P , was a Progress spaceflight operated by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS). [2] It was the first Progress MS to have an external compartment for releasing satellites. [3] 2016 Russian resupply s
#15 TacSat-3
TacSat-3 is the second in a series of U.S. military experimental technology and communication satellites . It was assembled in an Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate facility at Kirtland Air Force Base , New Mexico . [2] The TacSat satellites are all designed to demonstra
#16 Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer
The Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer ( RXTE ) was a NASA satellite that observed the time variation of astronomical X-ray sources, named after physicist Bruno Rossi . The RXTE had three instruments — an All Sky Monitor, the High-Energy X-ray Timing Experiment (HEXTE) and the Proportional Counter Array. T
#17 Orion 3
Orion 3 was an American spacecraft which was intended for use by Orion Network Systems , as a geostationary communications satellite. It was to have been positioned in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 139° East, from where it was to have provided communications services to Asia and Oceania . [2
#18 Kosmos 1805
Kosmos 1805 ( Russian : Космос 1805 meaning Cosmos 1805 ) was a Soviet electronic intelligence satellite which was launched in 1986. [1] The first of four Tselina-R satellites to fly, it was constructed by Yuzhnoye with its ELINT payload manufactured by TsNII-108 GKRE . [2] Since it ceased operation
#19 KickSat
KickSat was a satellite dispenser for small- satellite ( femtosatellite ) project inaugurated in early October 2011, to launch many very small satellites from a 3U CubeSat . The satellites have been characterized as being the size of a large postage stamp. [1] [2] and also as "cracker size". [3] The
#20 Kosmos 16
Kosmos 16 ( Russian : Космос 16 meaning Cosmos 16 ) or Zenit-2 No.10 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1963. A Zenit-2 satellite, Kosmos 16 was the tenth of eighty-one such spacecraft to be launched. [3] [4] Kosmos 16 Mission type Optical imaging reconna