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Roger Bruce Chaffee ( / ˈ tʃ æ f iː / ; February 15, 1935 – January 27, 1967) was an American naval officer , aviator and aeronautical engineer who was a NASA astronaut in the Apollo program . American astronaut, naval aviator and aeronautical engineer Roger B. Chaffee Chaffee in 1964 Born Roger Bru
#2 Susan Helms
Susan Jane Helms (born February 26, 1958) is a retired United States Air Force lieutenant general and NASA astronaut . She was the commander, 14th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic); and commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Space at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California . [1] Lieutenant
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) [2] is a British billionaire, entrepreneur, and business magnate . [3] [4] [5] In the 1970s he founded the Virgin Group , which today controls more than 400 companies in various fields. [6] British entrepreneur and business magnate Not to be c
Pavel Vladimirovich Vinogradov ( Russian : Павел Владимирович Виноградов ; born 31 August 1953 in Magadan , USSR ) is a cosmonaut and former commander of the International Space Station . As of May 2013, he has flown into space three times, aboard Mir and the International Space Station , and is one
#5 Fred Haise
Fred Wallace Haise Jr. ( / h eɪ z / HAYZ ; [1] born November 14, 1933) is an American former NASA astronaut , engineer , fighter pilot with the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force , and a test pilot . He is one of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon , having flown as Lunar Module Pilot on Apol
Colonel Gerald Paul Carr (August 22, 1932 – August 26, 2020) was an American mechanical and aeronautical engineer , United States Marine Corps officer , naval aviator , and NASA astronaut . He was Commander of Skylab 4 , the third and final crewed visit to the Skylab Orbital Workshop , from Novemb
#7 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
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
Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyev ( Russian : Анатолий Яковлевич Соловьёв ; alternate spelling "Solovyov") is a retired Russian and Soviet cosmonaut and pilot. Solovyev was born on January 16, 1948, in Riga, Latvia (at that time - republic of the Soviet Union). [1] Solovyev holds the world record on the
#10 Joseph A. Walker
Joseph Albert Walker (February 20, 1921 – June 8, 1966) ( Capt , USAF ) was an American World War II pilot , experimental physicist , NASA test pilot , and astronaut who was the first person to fly an airplane to space. He was one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15 , an experimental s
#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
Wallops Flight Facility ( WFF ) ( IATA : WAL , ICAO : KWAL , FAA LID : WAL ) is a rocket launch site on Wallops Island on the Eastern Shore of Virginia , United States , just east of the Delmarva Peninsula and approximately 100 miles (160 km) north-northeast of Norfolk . The facility is operated b
#2 Museum of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Madrid)
Museum of Aeronautics and Astronautics ( Spanish : Museo de Aeronáutica y Astronáutica ), also known as Air Museum ( Museo del Aire ), is an aviation museum located near of Madrid , is situated at Cuatro Vientos Air Base , Spain . The objective of the museum is to acquire, conserve and display the a
Tillamook Air Museum is an aviation museum south of Tillamook, Oregon in the United States. The museum is located at a former US Navy Air Station and housed in a former blimp hangar , known as "Hangar B", which is the largest clear-span wooden structure in the world. [1] Aviation museum in Tillamook
#1 TerreStar-1
TerreStar-1 is an American communications satellite which was operated by TerreStar Corporation . It was constructed by Space Systems/Loral , based on the LS-1300S bus , and carries E / F band (IEEE S band ) transponders which will be used to provide mobile communications to North America . The sign
#2 ADM-Aeolus
Aeolus , or, in full, Atmospheric Dynamics Mission-Aeolus ( ADM-Aeolus ), is an Earth observation satellite operated by the European Space Agency (ESA). It was built by Airbus Defence and Space and launched on 22 August 2018. [1] ADM-Aeolus is the first satellite with equipment capable of performing
#3 Voyager 2
Voyager 2 is a space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977, to study the outer planets and interstellar space beyond the Sun's heliosphere . As a part of the Voyager program , it was launched 16 days before its twin, Voyager 1 , on a trajectory that took longer to reach gas giants Jupiter and Sa
#4 Kosmos 78
Kosmos 78 ( Russian: Космос 78 , romanized: Cosmos 78 ) or Zenit-2 No.30 was a Soviet , first generation, low resolution, optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1965. A Zenit-2 spacecraft, Kosmos 78 was the thirtieth of eighty-one such satellites to be launched [4] [5] and had a
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
#6 Galaxy 1
Galaxy 1 was the first in a line of Galaxy communications satellites launched by Hughes Communications in 1983. This article needs additional citations for verification . ( June 2015 ) Galaxy 1 Mission type Communication Operator Hughes COSPAR ID 1983-065A SATCAT no. 14158 Mission duration 9 years (
#7 Mars 3
Mars 3 was a robotic space probe of the Soviet Mars program , launched May 28, 1971, nine days after its twin spacecraft Mars 2 . The probes were identical robotic spacecraft launched by Proton-K rockets with a Blok D upper stage, each consisting of an orbiter and an attached lander . After the Mars
#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 Skylab 4
Skylab 4 (also SL-4 and SLM-3 [2] ) was the third crewed Skylab mission and placed the third and final crew aboard the first American space station . Third crewed mission to Skylab Skylab 4 The final view of Skylab, from the departing mission 4 crew, with Earth in the background Operator NASA COSPAR
#10 STS-86
STS-86 was a Space Shuttle Atlantis mission to the Mir space station. This was the last Atlantis mission before it was taken out of service temporarily for maintenance and upgrades, including the glass cockpit . 1997 American crewed spaceflight to Mir This article includes a list of references , rel
#11 Kosmos 17
Kosmos 17 ( Russian : Космос 17 meaning Cosmos 17 ), also known as DS-A1 No.2 was a technology demonstration satellite which was launched by the Soviet Union in 1963. It was launched as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. Its primary mission was to demonstrate technologies for future Sovie
#12 USA-293
USA-293 , also known as GPS-III SV02 or Magellan , is a United States navigation satellite which forms part of the Global Positioning System . It was the second GPS Block III satellite to be launched. GPS III satellite USA-293 Artist's rendering of GPS-III SV02 in orbit. Names Navstar 78 GPS-III SV0
#13 Kounotori 5
Kounotori 5 , also known as HTV-5 , was the fifth flight of the H-II Transfer Vehicle , an uncrewed cargo spacecraft launched to resupply the International Space Station . It was launched on 19 August 2015. 2015 Japanese resupply spaceflight to the ISS Kounotori 5 A view of the docked Kounotori 5 sp
#14 GOES-16
GOES-16 , formerly known as GOES-R before reaching geostationary orbit , is the first of the GOES-R series of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) operated by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). GOES-16 serves as the operational geostationary
#15 Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
The Earth Radiation Budget Satellite ( ERBS ) was a NASA scientific research satellite within NASA's ERBE (Earth Radiation Budget Experiment) Research Program - a three-satellite mission, designed to investigate the Earth ' s radiation budget . It also carried an instrument that studied stratospheri
#16 Kosmos 936
Kosmos 936 or Bion 4 ( Бион 4 , Космос 936 ) was a Bion satellite . [4] The mission involved nine countries in a series of biomedical research experiments. The experiments were primarily follow-ups to the Bion 3 (Kosmos 782) flight. Scientists from the Bulgaria , Czechoslovakia , East Germany , Fran
AEROS [5] : 12 satellites were to study the aeronomy i. e. the science of the upper atmosphere and ionosphere , in particular the F region under the strong influence of solar extreme ultraviolet radiation . To this end the spectrum of this radiation was recorded aboard by one instrument (of type
#18 Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby
The Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby ( CRAF ) was a cancelled plan for a NASA -led exploratory mission designed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory during the mid-to-late 1980s and early 1990s, that planned to send a spacecraft to encounter an asteroid, and then to rendezvous with a comet and fly alongs
#19 Mercury-Atlas 4
Mercury-Atlas 4 was an unmanned spaceflight of the Mercury program . It was launched on September 13, 1961 at 14:09 UTC from Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral , Florida . A Crewman Simulator instrument package was aboard. The craft orbited the Earth once. Simulator in spacecraft Mercury-Atlas 4 Th
#20 GeoEye-1
GeoEye-1 is a high-resolution Earth observation satellite owned by DigitalGlobe , launched in September 2008. The satellite was acquired in the 2013 purchase of GeoEye . GeoEye-1 Launch of Delta II rocket carrying GeoEye-1 Names OrbView-5 Mission type Earth observation Operator DigitalGlobe (formerl