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Klaus-Dietrich Flade (born 23 August 1952) is a German pilot and former German Aerospace Center astronaut who visited the Mir space station in 1992 aboard the Soyuz TM-14 mission, returning to Earth a week later aboard Soyuz TM-13 . Klaus-Dietrich Flade Born ( 1952-08-23 ) 23 August 1952 (age 70)
Anna Lee Fisher ( née Sims ; born August 24, 1949) is an American chemist , emergency physician and a former NASA astronaut . Formerly married to fellow astronaut Bill Fisher , and the mother of two children, in 1984 she became the first mother in space. During her career at NASA, she was involved w
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
David Alexander Wolf (born August 23, 1956) is an American astronaut, medical doctor and electrical engineer . [1] Wolf has been to space four times. Three of his spaceflights were short-duration Space Shuttle missions, the first of which was STS-58 in 1993, and his most recent spaceflight was STS-1
William Alison Anders (born October 17, 1933) is a retired United States Air Force (USAF) major general , former electrical engineer , nuclear engineer , NASA astronaut , and businessman. In December 1968, he was a member of the crew of Apollo 8 , the first three people to leave low Earth orbit and
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
Dominic Anthony "Tony" Antonelli (born August 23, 1967) is a retired NASA astronaut . Antonelli was born in Detroit , Michigan , but was raised in both Indiana and North Carolina . [2] He is married and has two children. [2] Dominic A. Antonelli Antonelli in November 2000 Born ( 1967-08-23 ) August
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
#9 Anne McClain
Anne Charlotte McClain (born June 7, 1979) is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army , engineer and a NASA astronaut. [2] Her call sign , "Annimal", dates back to her bruising rugby days; [3] she also uses the call sign in her Twitter handle, AstroAnnimal. She was a Flight Engineer for Expedition 58
William Frederick Fisher (born April 1, 1946) is an American physician and a former NASA astronaut . Fisher went into space in 1985 on board the Space Shuttle. He retired from NASA in 1992 [1] and returned to the full-time practice of medicine. His time at NASA coincided with that of his former wife
#11 Anatoly Solovyev
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
#12 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
#1 Museum of Aviation (Košice)
The Museum of Aviation ( Múzeum letectva Košice ) is a transport and military history museum in Košice , Slovakia. It is a branch of the Slovak Technical Museum in Košice and is located near the Košice International Airport , on the outskirts of the city. It opened on August 23, 2002. [1] After a ge
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
The Quebec Aerospace Museum (French: Musée de l’aérospatiale du Québec ) is an aviation museum , located in hangar H-18 at the Montreal Saint-Hubert Longueuil Airport in Saint-Hubert, Quebec , Canada , a borough in the city of Longueuil . Founded on 23 August 2018 as a not-for-profit society, the mu
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 Progress M-1
Progress M-1 ( Russian : Прогресс М-1 ), was a Soviet uncrewed cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1989 to resupply the Mir space station. [1] The eighteenth of sixty four Progress spacecraft to visit Mir, it was the first Progress-M spacecraft to be launched, and had the serial number 201. [2] I
#2 Advanced Composition Explorer
Advanced Composition Explorer ( ACE or Explorer 71 ) is a NASA Explorer program satellite and space exploration mission to study matter comprising energetic particles from the solar wind , the interplanetary medium , and other sources. NASA satellite of the Explorer program Advanced Composition Expl
#3 NOAA-6
NOAA-6 , known as NOAA-A before launch, was an American operational weather satellite for use in the National Operational Environmental Satellite System (NOESS) and for the support of the Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP) during 1978-1984. The satellite design provided an economical and sta
#4 Nahuel 1A
Nahuel 1A was a Spacebus 2000NG satellite manufactured Dornier Satellitensysteme as prime contractor with Aérospatiale of Cannes-Mandelieu supplying the bus. It was launched on January 30, 1997 by an Ariane 44L launcher along companion GE-2 . [6] The satellite was located in the 71.8 degrees West sl
Dong Fang Hong 1 ( simplified Chinese : 东方红一号 ; traditional Chinese : 東方紅一號 ; pinyin : Dōngfānghóng Yīhào ; lit. 'The East is Red 1' ), in the western world also known as China 1 or PRC 1 , [3] was the first space satellite of the People's Republic of China (PRC), launched successfully on 24 April 1
The Deep Space Atomic Clock ( DSAC ) was a miniaturized, ultra-precise mercury-ion atomic clock for precise radio navigation in deep space. DSAC was designed to be orders of magnitude more stable than existing navigation clocks, with a drift of no more than 1 nanosecond in 10 days. [3] It is expecte
#7 Apollo 8
Apollo 8 (December 21–27, 1968) was the first crewed spacecraft to leave low Earth orbit and the first human spaceflight to reach the Moon . The crew orbited the Moon ten times without landing, and then departed safely back to Earth . [1] [2] [3] These three astronauts — Frank Borman , James Lovell
#8 Gemini 5
Gemini 5 (officially Gemini V ) [3] was a 1965 crewed spaceflight in NASA 's Project Gemini . It was the third crewed Gemini flight, the eleventh crewed American spaceflight (including two X-15 flights above 100 kilometers (54 nmi) ), and the nineteenth human spaceflight of all time. It was also t
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
#10 Kosmos 1547
Kosmos 1547 ( Russian : Космос 1547 meaning Cosmos 1547 ) is a Soviet US-K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1984 as part of the Soviet military's Oko programme. The satellite is designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors . [2] Kosmos 1547
#11 Progress M-11M
Progress M-11M ( Russian : Прогресс М-11М ), identified by NASA as Progress 43P , is a Progress spacecraft which was launched on 21 June 2011 to resupply the International Space Station . [2] It was the eleventh Progress-M 11F615A60 spacecraft to be launched. The spacecraft is manufactured by RKK En
#12 OICETS
The Optical Inter-orbit Communications Engineering Test Satellite ( OICETS ), also called Kirari , was an experimental satellite launched by JAXA to demonstrate interorbital communication between satellites through optical (laser) means. OICETS was originally slated for a launch on the second J-I la
#13 Soyuz 29
Soyuz 29 ( Russian : Союз 29 , Union 29 ) was a 1978 crewed Soviet space mission to the Salyut 6 space station. [2] It was the fifth mission, the fourth successful docking, and the second long-duration crew for the orbiting station. Commander Vladimir Kovalyonok and flight engineer Aleksandr Ivanche
#14 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
#15 IRAS
The Infrared Astronomical Satellite ( Dutch : Infrarood Astronomische Satelliet ) ( IRAS ) was the first space telescope to perform a survey of the entire night sky at infrared wavelengths . [6] Launched on 25 January 1983, [2] its mission lasted ten months. [7] The telescope was a joint project of
#16 Salyut 7
Salyut 7 ( Russian : Салют-7 ; English: Salute 7 ) (a.k.a. DOS-6 , short for Durable Orbital Station [1] ) was a space station in low Earth orbit from April 1982 to February 1991. [1] It was first crewed in May 1982 with two crew via Soyuz T-5 , and last visited in June 1986, by Soyuz T-15 . [1] Var
#17 Soyuz T-9
Soyuz T-9 ( Russian : Союз Т-9 , Union T-9) was the 4th expedition to Salyut 7 following the failed docking of Soyuz T-8 . It returned lab experiments to Earth . The next mission, Soyuz 7K-ST No.16L (Soyuz 10a), had exploded and thus failed to launch. 1983 Soviet crewed spaceflight to Salyut 7 Soyuz
#18 Kosmos 434
Kosmos 434 ( Russian : Космос 434 ; meaning Cosmos 434 ) was the final uncrewed test flight of the Soviet LK Lander . It performed the longest burn of the four uncrewed LK Lander tests, validating the backup rocket engine of the LK's Blok E propulsion system. It finished in a 186 km by 11,804 km
#19 Progress M-9
Progress M-9 ( Russian : Прогресс М-9 ) was a Soviet uncrewed cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1991 to resupply the Mir space station. [2] The twenty-seventh of sixty four Progress spacecraft to visit Mir, it used the Progress-M 11F615A55 configuration, [3] and had the serial number 210. [4] I
#20 USA-178
USA-178 , also known as GPS IIR-12 and GPS SVN-60 , is an American navigation satellite which forms part of the Global Positioning System . It was the twelfth Block IIR GPS satellite to be launched, out of thirteen in the original configuration, and twenty one overall . It was built by Lockheed Mart