langs: 24 декабря [ru] / december 24 [en] / 24. dezember [de] / 24 décembre [fr] / 24 dicembre [it] / 24 de diciembre [es]
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#1 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
#2 Frank Borman
Frank Frederick Borman II (born March 14, 1928) is a retired United States Air Force (USAF) colonel , aeronautical engineer , test pilot , businessman, and NASA astronaut . He was the commander of Apollo 8 , the first mission to fly around the Moon, and together with crewmates Jim Lovell and William
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
#4 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
Oleg Ivanovich Skripochka ( Russian : Оле́г Ива́нович Скри́почка ; born 24 December 1969 in Nevinnomyssk , Stavropol Krai , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union ) is a Russian engineer and cosmonaut. In 2011 he was in space serving as an Expedition 25 / 26 crewmember. [1] Russian engineer and cosmonaut (born
#6 Jim Lovell
James Arthur Lovell Jr. ( / ˈ l ʌ v əl / ; born March 25, 1928) is an American retired astronaut , naval aviator , test pilot and mechanical engineer. In 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8 , he became, with Frank Borman and William Anders , one of the first three astronauts to fly to and orbi
The Utah Aviation Hall of Fame was established in 1996 to honor and recognize individuals in the State of Utah who have contributed significantly to Utah aviation . These people have distinguished themselves through major contributions in advancing aviation or heroic accomplishments as civil or mili
#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
#1 Kosmos 2393
Kosmos 2393 ( Russian : Космос 2393 meaning Cosmos 2393 ) is a Russian US-K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 2002 as part of the Russian Space Forces ' Oko programme. [5] The satellite is designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors . [2] K
#2 Meridian 1
Meridian 1 ( Russian : Меридиан-1 ), also known as Meridian No.11L , was a Russian communications satellite . It was the first satellite to be launched as part of the Meridian system to replace the older Molniya series. This article is about the satellite, for the telephone see Nortel Meridian Merid
#3 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
#4 International Space Station
The International Space Station ( ISS ) is the largest modular space station currently in low Earth orbit . It is a multinational collaborative project involving five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA (Japan), ESA (Europe), and CSA (Canada). [7] [8] The own
Globus-1M #12L or No.12L ( Russian : Глобус-1М meaning Globe-1M ), also known as Raduga-1M 2 ( Russian : Радуга-1М meaning Rainbow-1M ) is a Russian military communications satellite which is operated by the Russian Space Forces . It was the second Raduga-1M satellite to be launched – the first bein
#6 Apollo 4
Apollo 4 (November 9, 1967), also known as SA-501 , was the uncrewed first test flight of the Saturn V launch vehicle, the rocket that eventually took astronauts to the Moon . The space vehicle was assembled in the Vehicle Assembly Building , and was the first to be launched from Kennedy Space Cente
#7 Intelsat 16
Intelsat 16 is a communications satellite owned by Intelsat planned to be located at 58° W. L. It was built by Orbital Sciences Corporation , on a Star-2.4 bus . Intelsat 16 was formerly known as PAS-11R . It was launched on February 12, 2010 by ILS Proton-M launch vehicle. This article needs additi
#8 Luna 13
Luna 13 (E-6M series) was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program . Luna 13 Mission type Lunar lander COSPAR ID 1966-116A SATCAT no. 02626 Mission duration 6 days, 19 h, 56 min. Spacecraft properties Manufacturer GSMZ Lavochkin Launch mass 1620 kg Start of mission Launch date 21 December 1966,
#9 Arabsat-5A
Arabsat-5A is a Saudi Arabian communications satellite operated by Arabsat . It will be used to provide television, internet and telephone services to Arabia , Africa and Europe. [3] This article uses bare URLs , which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot . ( August 2022 ) Arabsat-5A Mission
#10 Ekspress-AMU1
Ekspress-AMU1 ( Russian : Экспресс-АМУ1 ), also known as Eutelsat 36C , is a geostationary communications satellite operated by Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) and designed and manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space on the Eurostar-3000 satellite bus for its Ekspress constellation
#11 Sich-1M
Sich-1M ( Ukrainian : Січ-1М ) is a Ukrainian spacecraft, an artificial satellite of Earth, constructed for remote sensing of Earth. Sich-1M COSPAR ID 2004-052A SATCAT no. 28505 Start of mission Launch date 24 December 2004 Launch site Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 32 Developed by Yuzhnoye Design Offic
#12 CAT-1
CAT-1 (also Technological Capsule 1 , [2] also Obélix [3] ) was the first artificial Earth satellite launched by the European Space Agency on their own rocket, the Ariane 1 . It was only intended to provide data on the launch characteristics of the new rocket and was only powered for 8 orbits. [4] N
#13 MK-1TS
MK-1TS Micron ( Ukrainian : МС-1-ТК Мікрон ) is a small Ukrainian microsatellite manufactured by Yuzhmash . MK-1TS was launched on December 24, 2004, at 13:20 from the Plesetsk cosmodrome (Russia) using a Cyclone-3 launch vehicle together with Sich-1M satellite. [1] Both satellites were placed int
The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment ( GRACE ) was a joint mission of NASA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR). Twin satellites took detailed measurements of Earth's gravity field anomalies from its launch in March 2002 to the end of its science mission in October 2017. The GRACE Follow-On
#15 Bion 11
Bion 11 was a Russian biological research satellite that was part of the Bion programme . Scientists from France, Russia and United States conducted the experiments. Bion 11 was launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome aboard a Soyuz-U launch vehicle . It carried two monkeys named Lalik and Multik. The
#16 GSAT-5P
GSAT-5P , or GSAT-5 Prime , was an Indian communications satellite which was lost in a launch failure in December 2010. Part of the Indian National Satellite System , it was intended to operate in geosynchronous orbit as a replacement for INSAT-3E . GSAT-5P Mission type Communication Operator ISRO C
#17 EchoStar XV
EchoStar XV is an American geostationary communications satellite which is operated by EchoStar . It is positioned in geostationary orbit , and will be located at a longitude of 61.5° West, from where it is intended to provide direct broadcasting of high-definition television services to the contine
#18 PAS-22
AsiaSat 3 , previously known as HGS-1 and then PAS-22 , was a geosynchronous communications satellite , which was salvaged from an unusable geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) by means of the Moon 's gravity. PanAmSat communications satellite AsiaSat 3 → HGS-1 → PAS-22 Names AsiaSat 3 HGS-1 PAS-22 M
#19 Compass-G1
Compass-G1 , also known as Beidou-2 G1 , is a Chinese navigation satellite which will become part of the Compass navigation system . It was launched in January 2010, and became the third Compass satellite to be launched after Compass-M1 and Compass-G2 . Chinese navigation satellite Compass-G1 Missio
#20 STS-103
STS-103 was a Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission by Space Shuttle Discovery . The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida, on 19 December 1999 and returned on 27 December 1999. It was also the last Shuttle mission of the 1990s, and the only mission to span through Christmas . 1999