langs: 29 августа [ru] / august 29 [en] / 29. august [de] / 29 août [fr] / 29 agosto [it] / 29 de agosto [es]
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Leroy Gordon " Gordo " Cooper Jr. (March 6, 1927 – October 4, 2004) was an American aerospace engineer , test pilot , United States Air Force pilot , and the youngest of the seven original astronauts in Project Mercury , the first human space program of the United States. Cooper learned to fly as
#2 Michael Collins (astronaut)
Michael Collins (October 31, 1930 – April 28, 2021) was an American astronaut who flew the Apollo 11 command module Columbia around the Moon in 1969 while his crewmates, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin , made the first crewed landing on the surface . He was also a test pilot and major general in the
Arne Christer Fuglesang (born 18 March 1957) is a Swedish physicist and an ESA astronaut. He was first launched aboard the STS-116 Space Shuttle mission on 10 December 2006, making him the first Swedish citizen in space. [2] Swedish physicist and an ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang Christer Fuglesan
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
Charles David "Charlie" Walker (born August 29, 1948) is an American engineer and astronaut who flew on three Space Shuttle missions in 1984 and 1985 as a Payload Specialist for the McDonnell Douglas Corporation. [1] American astronaut and engineer For other people named Charles Walker, see Charles
Judith Arlene Resnik (April 5, 1949 – January 28, 1986) was an American electrical engineer , software engineer, biomedical engineer , pilot and NASA astronaut who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster . She was the fourth woman, the second American woman and the first Jewish woman of any na
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
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
#9 Rhea Seddon
Margaret Rhea Seddon (born November 8, 1947) is an American surgeon and retired NASA astronaut . After being selected as part of the first group of astronauts to include women in 1978, she flew on three Space Shuttle flights: as mission specialist on STS-51-D and STS-40 , and as payload commander fo
#10 Shannon Lucid
Shannon Wells Lucid (born January 14, 1943) is an American biochemist and retired NASA astronaut . At one time, she held the record for the longest duration stay in space by an American and by a woman. She has flown in space five times including a prolonged mission aboard the Russian Mir space stati
#11 Sergey Prokopyev (cosmonaut)
Sergey Valerievich Prokopyev ( Russian : Серге́й Вале́рьевич Проко́пьев ; born 19 February 1975) is a Russian cosmonaut. On 6 June 2018 he launched on his first flight into space aboard Soyuz MS-09 and spent 197 days in space as a flight engineer on Expedition 56 / 57 . He is currently in space, hav
Abdul Ahad Momand ( Pashto : عبدالاحد مومند ; born 1959) is a Afghan-German and former Afghan Air Force aviator who became the first, and currently only, Afghan citizen to journey to outer space. Afghan cosmonaut (born 1959) Abdul Ahad Momand Born 1959 (age 62 – 63) Sardeh Band , Andar , Ghazni ,
Michael Landon Gernhardt (born May 4, 1956) is a NASA astronaut and manager of the Environmental Physiology Laboratory, and principal investigator of the Prebreathe Reduction Program (PRP) at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center . [1] NASA astronaut and manager of Environmental Physiology Laboratory M
William Cameron "Willie" McCool (September 23, 1961 – February 1, 2003) ( Cmdr , USN ) was an American naval officer and aviator , test pilot , aeronautical engineer , and NASA astronaut , who was the pilot of Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS-107 . He and the rest of the crew of STS-107 were kille
#15 Thomas J. Hennen
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Thomas John Hennen (born August 17, 1952) is a United States Army warrant officer and NASA payload specialist astronaut who flew aboard Space Shuttle mission STS-44 as a payload specialist . Thomas John Hennen Hennen in Cleveland August 29, 2008 to celebrate NASA's 50th anniv
#16 Thomas Marshburn
Thomas Henry Marshburn (born August 29, 1960) is an American physician and a NASA astronaut . He is a veteran of three spaceflights to the International Space Station . [1] [2] American physician and NASA astronaut Thomas Marshburn Born Thomas Henry Marshburn ( 1960-08-29 ) August 29, 1960 (age 62
Battleship Memorial Park is a military history park and museum on the western shore of Mobile Bay in Mobile , Alabama . It has a collection of notable aircraft and museum ships including the South Dakota -class battleship USS Alabama and Gato -class submarine USS Drum . USS Alabama and USS Drum
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
#1 IRS-1B
IRS-1B , Indian Remote Sensing satellite-1B, the second of the series of indigenous state-of-art remote sensing satellites, was successfully launched into a polar Sun-synchronous orbit on 29 August 1991 from the Soviet Cosmodrome at Baikonur . IRS-1B carries two sensors, LISS-1 and LISS-2, with reso
#2 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°
#3 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
#4 Kosmos 14
Kosmos 14 ( Russian : Космос 14 meaning Cosmos 14 ), also known as Omega No.1 , was a satellite which was launched by the Soviet Union in 1963. It was an Omega satellite, derived from the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik series. Kosmos 14 A model of the Kosmos 14 satellite. Mission type Technology (Weather) O
The Magellan spacecraft was a 1,035-kilogram (2,282 lb) robotic space probe launched by NASA of the United States, on May 4, 1989, to map the surface of Venus by using synthetic-aperture radar and to measure the planetary gravitational field . NASA mission to map the surface of Venus via robotic p
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
#7 STS-128
STS-128 ( ISS assembly flight 17A ) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) that launched on August 28, 2009. Space Shuttle Discovery carried the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo as its primary payload. Leonardo contained a collection of experiments for study
#8 InflateSail
InflateSail was a 3U CubeSat launched on PSLV C38 on 23 June 2017 into a 505 km polar Sun-synchronous orbit . It carried a 1 m long inflatable rigidizable mast, and a 10 m 2 drag-deorbiting sail. Its primary aim was to demonstrate the effectiveness of drag based deorbiting from low Earth orbit (LEO)
Eutelsat 25B or Es'hail 1 is Qatar 's first satellite. It is a communications satellite operated by Es'hailSat . The satellite is based on a Space Systems/Loral 1300 satellite bus, and was launched into orbit on an Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou Space Center . [2] In 2018 Eutelsat sold its interest in
#10 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
#11 Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3
Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 ( Korean : 광명성 3호 ; Hanja : 光明星3號 ; lit. Bright Star-3 [2] or Lode Star-3 [3] ) was a North Korean Earth observation satellite which, according to the DPRK , was for weather forecast purposes, and whose launch was widely portrayed in the West to be a veiled ballistic missile t
#12 Progress M-48
Progress M-48 ( Russian : Прогресс М-48 ), identified by NASA as Progress 12P , was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station . It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 248. [1] Russian cargo spacecraft Progress M-48 Progress M-48 approaching the
#13 Mariner 2
Mariner 2 ( Mariner-Venus 1962 ), an American space probe to Venus , was the first robotic space probe to conduct a successful planetary encounter. The first successful spacecraft in the NASA Mariner program , it was a simplified version of the Block I spacecraft of the Ranger program and an exact c
#14 Diwata-2
Diwata-2 or Diwata-2B [1] is a Philippine microsatellite launched on October 29, 2018. [2] [3] [4] [5] It is the first satellite launched under the STAMINA4Space program . Diwata-2 Mission type Communications / Earth Observation COSPAR ID 2018-084H SATCAT no. 43678 Spacecraft properties Manufacturer
#15 Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2
Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 ( Korean : 광명성 2호 , meaning Bright Star-2 [1] or Lode Star-2 [2] ) was a satellite launched by North Korea on April 5, 2009. North Korean satellite Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 Kwangmyongsong-2 as it would have looked in orbit in a 2009 computer graphic video Mission type Communication /Technol
#16 Astronomical Netherlands Satellite
The Astronomical Netherlands Satellite ( ANS ; also known as Astronomische Nederlandse Satelliet ) was a space-based X-ray and ultraviolet telescope . It was launched into Earth orbit on 30 August 1974 at 14:07:39 UTC in a Scout rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base , United States. The mission ran
#17 SpaceX CRS-23
SpaceX CRS-23 , also known as SpX-23 , was a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station , successfully launched on 29 August 2021 and docking the following day. [1] The mission was contracted by NASA and was flown by SpaceX using the Cargo Dragon C208 . This was the third
#18 Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1
Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1 or Gwangmyeongseong-1 ( Korean : 광명성 1호 , Hanja : 光明星 1號 , meaning Bright Star 1 ) was a satellite allegedly launched by North Korea on 31 August 1998. While the North Korean government claimed that the launch was successful, no objects were ever tracked in orbit from the launch, [1
#19 GSAT-7
GSAT-7 or INSAT-4F is a multi-band military communications satellite developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation . The Indian Navy is the user of the multi-band communication spacecraft, which has been operational since September 2013. According to defense experts, the satellite will enable
#20 Soyuz TM-6
Soyuz TM-6 was a crewed Soyuz spaceflight to Mir . [2] It was launched on 29 August 1988, at 04:23:11 UTC , for the station's third long-duration expedition, Mir EO-3 . The three-person crew that was launched consisted of Research Doctor Valeri Polyakov , who became part of the EO-3 crew, as well as