langs: 18 августа [ru] / august 18 [en] / 18. august [de] / 18 août [fr] / 18 agosto [it] / 18 de agosto [es]
days: august 15 / august 16 / august 17 / august 18 / august 19 / august 20 / august 21
#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
Andriyan Grigoryevich Nikolayev ( Chuvash and Russian : Андриян Григорьевич Николаев ; 5 September 1929 – 3 July 2004) was a Soviet cosmonaut . In 1962, aboard Vostok 3 , he became the third Soviet cosmonaut to fly into space. Nikolayev was an ethnic Chuvash and is considered as the first Turkic per
John Lynch Phillips (born April 15, 1951) is a NASA astronaut . Phillips is also a Naval Aviator and retired captain , United States Navy Reserve . Phillips has received numerous awards and special honors. He is a National Merit Scholar , graduated 2nd in his class of 906 people at the U.S. Naval Ac
#4 Curt Michel
Frank Curtis "Curt" Michel (June 5, 1934 – February 26, 2015) was an American astrophysicist ; a professor of astrophysics at Rice University in Houston, Texas; a United States Air Force pilot ; and a NASA astronaut . American astronaut (1934–2015) Curt Michel Michel ( c. mid to late 1960s ) Born
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
Sergey Yevgenyevich Treshchov ( Russian : Сергей Евгеньевич Трещёв ; born 18 August 1958) is a former cosmonaut of the RSC Energia . He spent 184 days in space as a flight engineer of the International Space Station long duration Expedition 5 crew. During the mission he also conducted a spacewalk. S
Duane Edgar "Doc" Graveline (March 2, 1931 – September 5, 2016) was an American physician and NASA astronaut . He was one of the six scientists selected in 1965, in NASA's fourth group of astronauts , for the Apollo program . He was best known for being immersed in water for seven days as part of hi
Major Edward Galen Givens Jr. , USAF (January 5, 1930 – June 6, 1967) was a United States Air Force officer, test pilot , and NASA astronaut . Selected by NASA in 1966 as a member of the fifth astronaut group , he died in an automobile accident before being assigned to a prime or backup spaceflight
Umberto Guidoni (born 18 August 1954 in Rome ) is an Italian astrophysicist, science writer and a former ESA astronaut , being the first European to visit the International Space Station . He is a veteran of two NASA Space Shuttle missions. He was also a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from
#10 Jack Swigert
John Leonard Swigert Jr. (August 30, 1931 – December 27, 1982) was an American NASA astronaut , test pilot , mechanical engineer , aerospace engineer , United States Air Force pilot , and politician . In April 1970, as command module pilot of Apollo 13 , he became one of twenty-four astronauts who f
#11 Yuri Usachov
Yury Vladimirovich Usachov ( Russian : Юрий Владимирович Усачёв ; born October 9, 1957) is a former cosmonaut who resides in Star City, Moscow . Usachov is a veteran of four spaceflights, including two long duration missions on board the Mir Space Station and another on board the International Space
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
#2 RAAF Townsville Aviation Heritage Centre
The RAAF Townsville Aviation Heritage Centre, TAHC, (formally RAAF Townsville Museum) was first opened in 1983 in a small facility housed within the confines of the Townsville RAAF base. Its original purpose was to provide to the general public a medium for displaying the military aviation heritage
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
Progress M-14 ( Russian : Прогресс M-14 ), was a Russian uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1992 to resupply the Mir space station. The spacecraft was modified to transport the first VDU propulsion unit to Mir. [3] Progress M-14 also carried the sixth VBK-Raduga capsule, [5] wh
#2 STS-115
STS-115 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis . It was the first assembly mission to the ISS after the Columbia disaster , following the two successful Return to Flight missions, STS-114 and STS-121 . STS-115 launched from LC-39B at the
#3 Discoverer 9
Discoverer 9 , also known as Corona 9006 , [1] : 236 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite launched on 4 Feb 1960 at 18:51:45 GMT, the sixth of ten operational flights of the Corona KH-1 spy satellite series, and the first of them to be equipped with a new, vacuum-proof, polyester-bas
#4 USA-50
USA-50 , also known as GPS II-6 and GPS SVN-18 , was an American navigation satellite which formed part of the Global Positioning System . It was the sixth of nine Block II GPS satellites to be launched, which were the first operational GPS satellites to fly. USA-50 Names Navstar 2-06 GPS II-6 GPS S
Discoverer 14 , also known as Corona 9009 , [1] : 236 was a spy satellite used in the Corona program managed by Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the Department of Defense and the United States Air Force . On 19 August 1960, usable photographic film images of the Soviet Union taken by
Discoverer 13 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite launched on 10 Aug 1960 at 20:37:54 GMT. The last of five test flights of the Corona KH-1 spy satellite series, it was the first fully successful flight in the Discoverer series. On 11 Aug, after 17 orbits, the satellite's reentry capsul
#7 STS-68
STS-68 was a human spaceflight mission using Space Shuttle Endeavour that launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida on 30 September 1994. 1994 American crewed spaceflight STS-68 SIR-C in Endeavour ' s payload bay Names Space Transportation System -65 Mission type Radar imaging Operator NASA COSPA
#8 STS-105
STS-105 was a mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station , launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida, 10 August 2001. This mission was Discovery ' s final mission until STS-114 , because Discovery was grounded for a refit, and then all Shuttles were grounded in the
#9 Discoverer 6
Discoverer 6 , also known as Corona 9003 , [1] : 236 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite launched on 19 August 1959 at 19:24:44 GMT, the third of ten operational flights of the Corona KH-1 spy satellite series. Though the spacecraft was orbited successfully, the onboard camera cease
#10 Discoverer 7
Discoverer 7 , also known as Corona 9004 , [1] : 236 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite launched on 7 November 1959 at 20:28:41 GMT, the fourth of ten operational flights of the Corona KH-1 spy satellite series. Though the satellite was orbited successfully, its film capsule failed
#11 Kosmos 672
Kosmos 672 ( Russian : Космос 672 meaning Cosmos 672 ) was the second uncrewed test of the ASTP Soyuz spacecraft . Also had APAS-75 androgynous docking system . USSR second uncrewed test of the ASTP Soyuz spacecraft A crewed Soyuz 7K-TM as seen from Apollo module during the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
#12 Discoverer 12
Discoverer 12 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite launched on 29 Jun 1960 at 22:00:44 GMT. The fourth of five test flights of the Corona KH-1 spy satellite series, it was lost when the second stage failed during launch. Reconnaissance satellite Discoverer 12 Mission type Optical reconna
#13 Discoverer 8
Discoverer 8 , also known as Corona 9005 , [1] : 236 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite launched on 20 November 1959 at 19:25:24 GMT, the fifth of ten operational flights of the Corona KH-1 spy satellite series. Overburn by the carrier rocket placed the satellite in a higher apogee
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
#15 Lunar Orbiter 1
The 1966 Lunar Orbiter 1 robotic spacecraft mission, part of NASA 's Lunar Orbiter program , was the first American spacecraft to orbit the Moon. It was designed primarily to photograph smooth areas of the lunar surface for selection and verification of safe landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo
#16 Progress M-32
Progress M-32 ( Russian : Прогресс M-32 ) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in July 1996 to resupply the Mir space station. Russian cargo spacecraft Progress M-32 A Progress-M spacecraft Mission type Mir resupply COSPAR ID 1996-043A SATCAT no. 24071 [1] Spacecraft
Suisei ( すいせい , lit. "Comet") , originally known as Planet-A , was an unmanned space probe developed by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (now part of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency , or JAXA). Japanese deep space probe to Halley's comet This article includes a list of refe
#18 Progress M-35
Progress M-35 ( Russian : Прогресс M-35 ) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in July 1997 to resupply the Mir space station. Russian cargo spacecraft Progress M-35 A Progress-M spacecraft Mission type Mir resupply COSPAR ID 1997-033A SATCAT no. 24851 [1] Spacecraft
#19 USA-42
USA-42 , also known as GPS II-3 and GPS SVN-16 , was an American navigation satellite which formed part of the Global Positioning System . It was the third of nine Block II GPS satellites to be launched, which were the first operational GPS satellites to be placed into orbit. USA-42 Names Navstar 2-
#20 Discoverer 15
Discoverer 15 , also known as Corona 9010 , [1] : 236 was a spy satellite used in the Corona program managed by Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the Department of Defense and the United States Air Force . Launched on 13 September 1960, the satellite took reconnaissance photos of the S