langs: 31 декабря [ru] / december 31 [en] / 31. dezember [de] / 31 décembre [fr] / 31 dicembre [it] / 31 de diciembre [es]
days: december 28 / december 29 / december 30 / december 31 / january 1 / january 2 / january 3
#1 Viktor Afanasyev (cosmonaut)
Viktor Mikhailovich Afanasyev ( Russian : Виктор Михайлович Афанасьев ; born 31 December 1948) is a colonel in the Russian Air Force and a test cosmonaut of the Yu. A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center . He was born 31 December 1948, in Bryansk , Russian SFSR , and is married to Yelena Ya. Afanasyev
John Watts Young (September 24, 1930 – January 5, 2018) was an American astronaut , naval officer and aviator , test pilot , and aeronautical engineer . He became the ninth person to walk on the Moon as commander of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972. He is the only astronaut to fly on four different c
Terrence Wade Wilcutt (born October 31, 1949) is a United States Marine Corps officer and a former NASA astronaut . He is a veteran of four Space Shuttle missions. Wilcutt was NASA's Chief of Safety and Mission Assurance, until his retirement from NASA in December 2020. [1] American astronaut Terren
Ricardo Peralta y Fabi (August 15, 1950 – December 31, 2017 [2] ) was a Mexican mechanical engineer and former astronaut trainee [3] who was a backup for astronaut Rodolfo Neri Vela on STS-61-B . [4] [5] Peralta was one of three people selected among 400 applicants to the Mexican space program . Ric
Lieutenant Commander (LCDR) Mario Runco Jr. is a former United States Naval officer and NASA astronaut . He was selected as an astronaut with in 1987. [1] : 76 He flew three Space Shuttle missions, [2] performed a spacewalk on his second mission, and is now retired both from NASA [3] and the U.S
Vasily Grigoryevich Lazarev ( Russian : Васи́лий Григо́рьевич Ла́зарев ; 23 February 1928 – 31 December 1990) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 12 spaceflight as well as the abortive Soyuz 18a launch on 5 April 1975. Soviet cosmonaut Vasily Grigoryevich Lazarev Born ( 1928-02-23 ) 23 Febr
#7 Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin ( / ˈ ɔː l d r ɪ n / ; born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr. ; January 20, 1930) is an American former astronaut , engineer and fighter pilot . He made three spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission. As the Lunar Module Eagle pilot on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, he and mission commander
Michael Lloyd Coats (born January 16, 1946) is a former NASA astronaut (three spaceflights), raised in Riverside, California . From December 2005 to December 2012, he served as Director of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas . [1] American aerospace engineer, test pilot, and astronaut Michael
#9 Mark Kelly
Mark Edward Kelly (born February 21, 1964) is an American politician, businessman, retired astronaut , and U.S. Navy captain serving as the junior United States senator from Arizona since December 2020. [3] A member of the Democratic Party , he was elected in the special election triggered by the de
#10 Ellen Ochoa
Ellen Ochoa (born May 10, 1958) is an American engineer, former astronaut and former director of the Johnson Space Center . [1] In 1993, Ochoa became the first Hispanic woman to go to space when she served on a nine-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery . [2] Ochoa became director of the ce
Charles Gordon Fullerton (October 11, 1936 – August 21, 2013) was a United States Air Force colonel , a USAF and NASA astronaut , and a research pilot at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Facility , Edwards, California . [1] His assignments included a variety of flight research and support activities pi
Martin Joseph Fettman ( B.S. , D.V.M. , M.S. , Ph.D. , Diplomate , ACVP ) is an American pathologist and researcher who flew on NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-58 aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia as a Payload Specialist . American pathologist and researcher This article has multiple issues. Please h
#13 Robert Crippen
Robert Laurel Crippen (born September 11, 1937) is an American retired naval officer and aviator , test pilot , aerospace engineer , and retired astronaut . He traveled into space four times: as Pilot of STS-1 in April 1981, the first Space Shuttle mission; and as Commander of STS-7 in June 1983, ST
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Dzhanibekov ( Russian : Владимир Александрович Джанибеков , born 13 May 1942) is a former cosmonaut who made five flights. Soviet general, pilot and cosmonaut Vladimir Dzhanibekov Владимир Джанибеков Vladimir Dzhanibekov in 1993 Born ( 1942-05-13 ) 13 May 1942 (age 80) Iska
#15 Oleg Kononenko
Oleg Dmitriyevich Kononenko ( Russian : Олег Дмитриевич Кононенко ; Turkmen : Oleg Dmitriýewiç Kononenko ; born 21 June 1964 in Turkmenistan ) is a Russian cosmonaut from the Turkmen SSR. [1] He has flown to the International Space Station four times, as a flight engineer for Expedition 17 aboard So
#16 Yusaku Maezawa
Yusaku Maezawa ( 前澤 友作 , Maezawa Yūsaku , born 22 November 1975) is a Japanese billionaire entrepreneur and art collector. He founded Start Today in 1998 and launched the online fashion retail website Zozotown in 2004, now Japan's largest. Most recently, Maezawa introduced a custom-fit apparel brand
#17 Soichi Noguchi
Soichi Noguchi ( 野口 聡一 , Noguchi Sōichi , born 15 April 1965) is a Japanese aeronautical engineer and former JAXA astronaut . His first spaceflight was as a Mission Specialist aboard STS-114 on 26 July 2005 for NASA 's first "return to flight" Space Shuttle mission after the Columbia disaster . He w
#18 Marsha Ivins
Marsha Sue Ivins (born April 15, 1951) is an American retired astronaut and a veteran of five Space Shuttle missions. American astronaut This article includes a list of general references , but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations . ( April 2021 ) Marsha Sue Ivins Ivins in 1996 Born (
Gillespie Field ( IATA : SEE , ICAO : KSEE , FAA LID : SEE ) is a county-owned public towered airport 11.5 miles (10.0 nmi ; 18.5 km ) northeast of downtown San Diego , in El Cajon , San Diego County , California , United States . [1] For other uses, see Gillespie Field (disambiguation) . Airpor
The John F. Kennedy Space Center ( KSC , originally known as the NASA Launch Operations Center ), located on Merritt Island , Florida , is one of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 's (NASA) ten field centers . Since December 1968, KSC has been NASA's primary launch center of human sp
#3 Norwegian Armed Forces Aircraft Collection
Norwegian Armed Forces Aircraft Collection ( Forsvarets flysamling Gardermoen ) is a military aviation museum located at Gardermoen , north of Oslo in Viken county , Norway . The founding of the Norwegian Aviation Historical Society in 1967, gave the first boost to the idea of preserving aircraft in
#1 Kosmos 613
Kosmos 613 ( Russian : Космос 613 meaning Cosmos 613 ) was a long-duration orbital storage test of the Soyuz Ferry in preparation for long stays attached to a space station . Kosmos 613 Mission type Test flight COSPAR ID 1973-096A SATCAT no. 6957 Mission duration 60 days Spacecraft properties Spac
#2 Deep Space 1
Deep Space 1 ( DS1 ) was a NASA technology demonstration spacecraft which flew by an asteroid and a comet . It was part of the New Millennium Program , dedicated to testing advanced technologies. NASA spacecraft launched in 1998 This article needs additional citations for verification . ( October 20
#3 EuCROPIS
Eu:CROPIS ( Euglena and Combined Regenerative Organic-Food Production in Space ) was a life science satellite developed by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and intended to investigate the possibility of growing plants (specifically tomatoes ) in different levels of gravity, such as that of the Moon
#4 OV1-6
Orbiting Vehicle 1-6 (also known as OV1-6 and OV1-6S [2] ) was launched via Titan IIIC rocket into orbit 2 November 1966 along with two other satellites in the United States Air Force's Orbiting Vehicle series on the first and only Manned Orbiting Laboratory test flight. The eighth satellite in the
#5 Pioneer 10
Pioneer 10 (originally designated Pioneer F ) is an American space probe , launched in 1972 and weighing 260 kilograms (570 pounds ) , that completed the first mission to the planet Jupiter . [3] Thereafter, Pioneer 10 became the first of five artificial objects to achieve the escape velocity needed
#6 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
The Solar Mesosphere Explorer (also known as Explorer 64 ) was a NASA spacecraft to investigate the processes that create and destroy ozone in Earth's upper of the atmosphere of Earth . The mesosphere is a layer of the atmosphere extending from the top of the stratosphere to an altitude of about 80
#8 Geosat
The GEOSAT ( GEOdetic SATellite ) was a U.S. Navy Earth observation satellite , launched on March 12, 1985 into an 800 km, 108° inclination orbit, with a nodal period of about 6040 seconds. The satellite carried a radar altimeter capable of measuring the distance from the satellite to sea surface
#9 Voyager 1
Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977, as part of the Voyager program to study the outer Solar System and interstellar space beyond the Sun's heliosphere . Launched 16 days after its twin Voyager 2 , Voyager 1 has been operating for 45 years and 1 month as of October 5
#10 CASSIOPE
Cascade, Smallsat and Ionospheric Polar Explorer ( CASSIOPE ), [5] is a Canadian Space Agency (CSA) multi-mission satellite operated by the University of Calgary . The mission development and operations from launch to February 2018 was funded through CSA and the Technology Partnerships Canada progra
#11 TIROS-7
TIROS-7 (also called TIROS-G or A-52 ) was a spin-stabilized meteorological satellite . It was the seventh in a series of Television Infrared Observation Satellites . TIROS-7 TIROS-7 satellite. Mission type Weather satellite Operator NASA COSPAR ID 1963-024A SATCAT no. 604 Spacecraft properties Spac
Nozomi ( Japanese : のぞみ , lit. "Wish" or "Hope," and known before launch as Planet-B ) was a Mars orbiter that failed to reach Mars due to electrical failures. The mission was terminated on December 31, 2003. [ citation needed ] Failed Mars orbiter This article needs additional citations for verific
#13 Vanguard TV-3BU
Vanguard TV-3BU , also called Vanguard Test Vehicle-Three Backup , was the second flight of the American Vanguard rocket. An unsuccessful attempt to place an unnamed satellite, Vanguard 1B , into orbit, the rocket was launched on 5 February 1958. It was launched from LC-18A at the Cape Canaveral Air
#14 FTV-2203
FTV-2203 , also known as Samos 5 , was an American reconnaissance satellite launched in 1961 as part of the Samos programme. [2] It was a film return reconnaissance spacecraft, meaning that it returned images in a film capsule at the end of its mission. FTV-2203 was a Samos-E5 spacecraft, based on t
#15 Pioneer 11
Pioneer 11 (also known as Pioneer G ) is a 260-kilogram (570 lb) robotic space probe launched by NASA on April 5, 1973, to study the asteroid belt , the environment around Jupiter and Saturn , solar winds , and cosmic rays . [1] It was the first probe to encounter Saturn , the second to fly throug
#16 James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope ( JWST ) is a space telescope which conducts infrared astronomy . As the largest optical telescope in space, its high resolution and sensitivity allow it to view objects too old, distant , or faint for the Hubble Space Telescope . This will enable investigations across
#17 AsiaStar
AsiaStar is an American communications satellite which was operated by 1worldspace . It was constructed by Matra Marconi Space with Alcatel Space based on the Eurostar E2000+ bus design. Launch occurred on 21 March 2000, at 23:29:00 UTC. The launch was contracted by Arianespace , and used an Ariane
#18 Kosmos 2261
Kosmos 2261 ( Russian : Космос 2261 meaning Cosmos 2261 ) is a Russian US-K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1993 as part of the Russian Space Forces ' Oko programme. The satellite is designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors . [2] It wa