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Albert Scott Crossfield (October 2, 1921 – April 19, 2006) was an American naval officer and test pilot . In 1953, he became the first pilot to fly at twice the speed of sound . Crossfield was the first of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15 , an experimental spaceplane jointly operated b
#2 John Glenn
John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American Marine Corps aviator , engineer , astronaut , businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space, and the first American to orbit the Earth , circling it three times in 1962. Following his retirement from NASA
Linda Maxine Godwin Ph.D. (born July 2, 1952) is an American scientist and retired NASA astronaut . [1] Godwin joined NASA in 1980 and became an astronaut in July 1986. She retired in 2010. During her career, Godwin completed four space flights and logged over 38 days in space. Godwin also served as
#4 Alan Shepard
Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) was an American astronaut , naval aviator , test pilot , and businessman. In 1961, he became the second person and the first American to travel into space, and in 1971, he walked on the Moon . American astronaut (1923–1998), first Ameri
#5 Brian Binnie
William Brian Binnie (April 26, 1953 – September 15, 2022) was a United States Navy officer and one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne , the experimental spaceplane developed by Scaled Composites and flown from 2003 to 2004. US Navy officer and test pilot (1953–2022) For the curler, see Brian Binni
Frank Lee Culbertson Jr. (born May 15, 1949) ( Capt , USN , Ret.) is an American former naval officer and aviator , test pilot , aerospace engineer , NASA astronaut , graduate of the US Naval Academy , and member of the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame . He served as the Commander of the Interna
Scott Joseph Kelly (born February 21, 1964) is an American engineer , retired astronaut , and naval aviator . A veteran of four space flights, Kelly commanded the International Space Station (ISS) on Expeditions 26 , 45 , and 46 . American engineer, retired astronaut, and retired U.S. Navy captain F
Anton Nikolaevich Shkaplerov ( Russian : Антон Николаевич Шкаплеров ; born 20 February 1972) is a Russian cosmonaut . He is a veteran of four spaceflights. [1] Russian cosmonaut Anton Nikolaevich Shkaplerov Anton Shkaplerov in August 2017 as taken by Bill Ingalls Born ( 1972-02-20 ) 20 February 1972
Mark Richard Shuttleworth (born 18 September 1973) is a South African-British entrepreneur who is the founder and CEO of Canonical , the company behind the development of the Linux-based Ubuntu operating system. [1] In 2002, Shuttleworth became the first South African to travel to space as a space t
#10 Ilan Ramon
Ilan Ramon ( Hebrew : אילן רמון ; pronounced [(ʔ)iˈlan ʁaˈmon] , born Ilan Wolfferman אילן וולפרמן ; June 20, 1954 – February 1, 2003) [1] was an Israeli fighter pilot and later the first Israeli astronaut . Ramon was a Space Shuttle payload specialist of STS-107 , the fatal mission of Columbia ,
#11 Norishige Kanai
Norishige Kanai ( 金井 宣茂 , Kanai Norishige , born 5 December 1976) is a Japanese doctor and JAXA astronaut. [1] Japanese doctor and JAXA astronaut Norishige Kanai Born ( 1976-12-05 ) December 5, 1976 (age 45) Tokyo , Japan Status Active Nationality Japanese Occupation Physician Space career JAXA As
#12 Sally Ride
Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012) was an American astronaut and physicist . Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983 became the first American woman and the third woman to fly in space , after cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova in 1963 and Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982.
Franklin Ramón Chang-Díaz (born April 5, 1950) [1] is a Costa Rican-born American mechanical engineer , physicist and former NASA astronaut. He is the sole founder and CEO of Ad Astra Rocket Company [2] as well as a member of Cummins ' board of directors. [3] He became an American citizen in 1977. [
Vladimir Nikolayevich Dezhurov ( Russian : Влади́мир Никола́евич Дежу́ров ; born July 30, 1962) is a Russian former cosmonaut who resides in Star City, Moscow . He is a veteran of two spaceflights, to the Mir and International Space Stations. During his career, Dezhurov also conducted nine spacewalk
#15 Marc Garneau
Joseph Jean-Pierre Marc Garneau PC CC CD MP (born February 23, 1949) is a Canadian politician, retired Royal Canadian Navy officer and former astronaut who served as a Cabinet minister from 2015 to 2021. A member of the Liberal Party , Garneau was the minister of foreign affairs from January to Octo
#16 Mikhail Tyurin
Mikhail Vladislavovich Tyurin ( Russian : Михаил Владиславович Тюрин ; born March 2, 1960) is a former Russian cosmonaut who flew several missions to the International Space Station and completed four spacewalks during his career. He was awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation for his work
#17 Scott D. Tingle
Scott David Tingle (born July 19, 1965) is a NASA astronaut . [1] He was selected in June 2009 as a member of the NASA Astronaut Group 20 , qualifying in 2011. Serving as a flight engineer as part of Expedition 54 and 55 , Tingle launched into space on board Soyuz MS-07 in December 2017, and returne
#1 Wright Brothers National Memorial
Wright Brothers National Memorial , located in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina , commemorates the first successful, sustained, powered flights in a heavier-than-air machine . From 1900 to 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright came here from Dayton, Ohio , based on information from the U.S. Weather Bureau
#2 Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is the visitor center at NASA 's Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida . It features exhibits and displays, historic spacecraft and memorabilia, shows, two IMAX theaters, and a range of bus tours of the spaceport. The "Space Shuttle Atlantis " exhib
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 Historic Flight Foundation (HFF) is an aviation museum located at Felts Field in Spokane, Washington . The museum collects, restores, and flies historic aircraft from the period between Charles Lindbergh's solo Atlantic crossing in 1927 and the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 in 1957,
#5 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
The KAI Aerospace Museum is an aerospace museum in Sacheon , South Korea located at 35.071340°N 128.063297°E / 35.071340; 128.063297 adjacent to Sacheon Airport . This article includes a list of general references , but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations . ( October 2009 )
ELISA ( ELectronic Intelligence by SAtellite ) is a suite of four French military satellites launched on 17 December 2011 from Arianespace 's Kourou spaceport in French Guiana . It consists of microsatellites ELISA 1 (or ELISA W11 , COSPAR ID : 2011-076A), ELISA 2 (or ELISA E12 , COSPAR ID: 2011-076
AMC-16 is an American communications satellite . Owned by SES Americom , AMC-16 was designed to be placed in geostationary orbit , following launch on a Atlas V space vehicle . AMC-16 Names GE-16 Mission type Communications Operator SES Americom / EchoStar COSPAR ID 2004-048A SATCAT no. 28472 Missio
#3 Dark Matter Particle Explorer
The Dark Matter Particle Explorer , or DAMPE , also known as Wukong ( Chinese : 悟空 ), is a Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) satellite which launched on 17 December 2015. [4] The satellite was launched on a Long March 2D rocket from Launch Pad 603 at the LC-43 complex, also known as the South Launch
#4 STS-108
STS-108 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour . Its primary objective was to deliver supplies to and help maintain the ISS. 2001 American crewed spaceflight to the ISS STS-108 Godwin on Endeavour ' s Canadarm during an EVA Names Space T
#5 Kosmos 2224
Kosmos 2224 ( Russian : Космос 2224 meaning Cosmos 2224 ) is a Russian US-KMO missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1992 as part of the Russian Space Forces ' Oko programme. The satellite is designed to identify missile launches using infrared telescopes . [1] Russian military early
SpaceX CRS-13 , also known as SpX-13 , was a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station launched on 15 December 2017. [2] The mission was contracted by NASA and is flown by SpaceX . It was the second mission to successfully reuse a Dragon capsule, previously flown on CRS-
#7 Kosmos 122
Kosmos 122 ( Russian : Космос 122 meaning Cosmos 122 ), launched on 25 June 1966, Meteor No.5L , and was one of eleven weather satellites put into orbit between 1964 and 1969. Kosmos 122 Mission type Weather COSPAR ID 1966-057A SATCAT no. 02254 Mission duration 4 months Spacecraft properties Spacecr
#8 Soyuz MS-07
Soyuz MS-07 was a Soyuz spaceflight launched on 17 December 2017 at 07:21 UTC. [1] It transported three members of the Expedition 54 crew to the International Space Station . Soyuz MS-07 was the 136th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew consisted of a Russian commander, Japanese doctor, and an Am
#9 Kosmos 467
Kosmos 467 ( Russian : Космос 467 meaning Cosmos 467 ), known before launch as DS-P1-Yu No.45 , was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1971 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 325-kilogram (717 lb) spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau , and was used
#10 Raffaello MPLM
The Raffaello MPLM , also known as MPLM-2 , was one of three Multi-Purpose Logistics Modules which were operated by NASA to transfer supplies and equipment to and from the International Space Station . Raffaello was used for four of twelve MPLM flights to the space station, with Leonardo being used
#11 STS-133
STS-133 ( ISS assembly flight ULF5 ) [6] was the 133rd mission in NASA 's Space Shuttle program ; during the mission, Space Shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station . It was Discovery ' s 39th and final mission. The mission launched on 24 February 2011, and landed on 9 March 201
#12 GSAT-12
GSAT-12 is communication satellite designed and developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation . It is the second satellite to be launched and placed on a GTO using PSLV . [3] GSAT-12 Mission type Communications Operator ISRO COSPAR ID 2011-034A SATCAT no. 37746 Mission duration Planned: 8 year
#13 SAC-D
SAC-D ( Spanish : Satélite de Aplicaciones Científicas-D , meaning Satellite for Scientific Applications-D ), also known as Aquarius after its primary instrument, is an Argentine Earth science satellite built by INVAP and operated by CONAE . [1] SAC-D was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on 1
#14 Cygnus Orb-1
Orbital-1 , [6] [7] also known as Orb-1 , [7] [8] [9] was the second flight of the Orbital Sciences Cygnus cargo spacecraft , its second flight to the International Space Station (ISS) and the third launch of the company's Antares launch vehicle . The mission launched on 9 January 2014 at 18:07:05 U
#15 Soyuz TMA-20
Soyuz TMA-20 was a human spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS) and was part of the Soyuz programme . It lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on December 15, 2010, and docked with the ISS two days later. The three-person crew of Soyuz TMA-20 – Dmitri Kondratyev , Cathe
The Pléiades constellation is composed of two very-high-resolution optical Earth-imaging satellites . Pléiades-1A and Pléiades-1B provide the coverage of Earth's surface with a repeat cycle of 26 days. [1] Designed as a dual civil/military system, Pléiades will meet the space imagery requirements of
The Morelos satellites are a series of Mexican communications satellites . The first two operated between 1985 and 1998 and provided telephony, data, and television services over the territory of the Mexican Republic and adjacent areas. The third is now part of the MEXSAT constellation (sister ship
#18 Soyuz TMA-07M
Soyuz TMA-07M ( Russian : Союз ТМА-07M ) was a spaceflight launched to the International Space Station in 2012 which transported three members of the Expedition 34 crew to the station. The Soyuz remained docked to the space station and served as an emergency escape vehicle for the Expedition 35 incr
#19 SSOT (satellite)
The Satellite System for Terrestrial Observation, Sistema Satelital para Observación de la Tierra (SSOT) , also known as FASat-Charlie , [1] is a Chilean satellite which was launched on December 16, 2011. [2] The objective of the SSOT is to have a satellite system for the observation of Earth based
#20 Mariner 4
Mariner 4 (together with Mariner 3 known as Mariner-Mars 1964 ) was the fourth in a series of spacecraft intended for planetary exploration in a flyby mode. It was designed to conduct closeup scientific observations of Mars and to transmit these observations to Earth . Launched on November 28, 1964,