langs: 11 февраля [ru] / february 11 [en] / 11. februar [de] / 11 février [fr] / 11 febbraio [it] / 11 de febrero [es]
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Vance DeVoe Brand (born May 9, 1931) is an American naval officer , aviator , aeronautical engineer , test pilot , and NASA astronaut . He served as command module pilot during the first U.S.-Soviet joint spaceflight in 1975, and as commander of three Space Shuttle missions . American former naval o
Ronald "Ron" Michael Sega (also Ronald Šega ) (Ph.D.) (born December 4, 1952) is professor of systems engineering and Vice President for Energy and the Environment at the Colorado State University Research Foundation, a non-profit advocacy organization supporting CSU. [1] He is also the Vice Preside
Bernard Anthony Harris Jr. (born June 26, 1956) is a former NASA astronaut . On February 9, 1995, Harris became the first African American to perform an extra-vehicular activity (spacewalk), during the second of his two Space Shuttle flights. Former NASA astronaut "Bernard Harris" redirects here. Fo
Charles Frank Bolden Jr. (born August 19, 1946) [1] is a former Administrator of NASA , a retired United States Marine Corps Major General , and a former astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions. Former NASA administrator, Major-General, and astronaut For the jazz musician, see Buddy Bolden
Stephen Douglas Thorne (February 11, 1953 – May 24, 1986), ( Lt Cmdr , USN ), was an American naval officer and aviator , test pilot and a NASA astronaut candidate. American astronaut This article needs additional citations for verification . ( December 2020 ) Stephen D. Thorne Born Stephen Douglas
Eileen Marie Collins (born November 19, 1956) is a retired NASA astronaut and United States Air Force (USAF) colonel . A former flight instructor and test pilot , Collins was the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle and the first to command a Space Shuttle mission. American astronaut and pilot (bo
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) [2] is a British billionaire, entrepreneur, and business magnate . [3] [4] [5] In the 1970s he founded the Virgin Group , which today controls more than 400 companies in various fields. [6] British entrepreneur and business magnate Not to be c
Joseph Richard "Joe" Tanner (born January 21, 1950) is an American instructor at the University of Colorado Boulder , [2] mechanical engineer , a former naval officer and aviator , and a former NASA astronaut . [1] He was born in Danville, Illinois . He is unusual among astronauts as he did not have
Bruce McCandless II (born Byron Willis McCandless ; [1] June 8, 1937 – December 21, 2017) was a United States Navy officer and aviator , electrical engineer , and NASA astronaut . In 1984, during the first of his two Space Shuttle missions, he completed the first untethered spacewalk by using the
#10 Mark C. Lee
Mark Charles Lee USAF Colonel, (born August 14, 1952) is a former NASA astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions. He retired from the Air Force and NASA on July 1, 2001. American astronaut This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification . ( November 2020 ) Mark
#11 Wally Schirra
Walter Marty Schirra Jr. ( / ʃ ɜːr ˈ ɑː / , March 12, 1923 – May 3, 2007) was an American naval aviator , test pilot , and NASA astronaut . In 1959, he became one of the original seven astronauts chosen for Project Mercury , which was the United States ' first effort to put human beings into space
#12 Steven Hawley
Steven Alan Hawley (born December 12, 1951) is a former NASA astronaut who flew on five U.S. Space Shuttle flights. He is professor of physics and astronomy and director of engineering physics at the University of Kansas . [1] American astronaut For the New York politician, see Stephen Hawley . Stev
#13 Hans Schlegel
Hans Wilhelm Schlegel ( Überlingen , 3 August 1951) is a German physicist, a former ESA astronaut , and a veteran of two NASA Space Shuttle missions. German astronaut Hans Wilhelm Schlegel Born ( 1951-08-03 ) 3 August 1951 (age 70) Überlingen , Germany Nationality German Occupation Physicist Space
Kenneth Stanley Reightler Jr. (born March 24, 1951) is a former NASA astronaut . [1] This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . ( Learn how and when to remove these template messages ) This biography of a living person needs additional citatio
Scott Jay "Doc" Horowitz (born March 24, 1957) is a retired American astronaut and a veteran of four Space Shuttle missions. American astronaut Scott J. Horowitz Born ( 1957-03-24 ) March 24, 1957 (age 65) Philadelphia , Pennsylvania Status Retired Nationality American Other names Scott Jay Horo
#16 Jared Isaacman
Jared Isaacman (born February 11, 1983) is an American entrepreneur, pilot , philanthropist, and commercial astronaut . [3] [4] He is the founder, CEO of Draken International , a private air force provider and Shift4 Payments , a payment processor . [5] As of September 2022, his estimated net worth
Gregory Jordan Harbaugh is a former NASA astronaut . [1] This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . ( Learn how and when to remove these template messages ) This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification . ( May
#18 Robert L. Gibson
Robert Lee "Hoot" Gibson (born October 30, 1946), ( Capt , USN , Ret.), is a former American naval officer and aviator , test pilot , and aeronautical engineer . A retired NASA astronaut , he also served as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1992 to 1994. Today Gibson is active as a professional pil
#19 Jan Davis
Nancy Jan Davis ( née Smotherman ; born November 1, 1953) is a former American astronaut . A veteran of three space flights, Davis logged over 673 hours in space. She is now retired from NASA . [1] [2] American engineer and astronaut For those of a similar name, see Janet Davies (disambiguation) .
#20 Janet L. Kavandi
Janet Lynn Kavandi , a native of Carthage, Missouri , (born July 17, 1959) is an American scientist and a NASA astronaut . She is a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions, served as NASA's Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office , [1] and was the Center Director at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cl
USS Midway (CVB/CVA/CV-41) is an aircraft carrier , formerly of the United States Navy , the lead ship of her class . Commissioned 8 days after the end of World War II, Midway was the largest ship in the world until 1955, as well as the first U.S. aircraft carrier too big to transit the Panama Canal
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
Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster is an electric sports car that served as the dummy payload for the February 2018 Falcon Heavy test flight and became an artificial satellite of the Sun. A mannequin in a spacesuit , dubbed "Starman", occupies the driver's seat. The car and rocket are products of Tesla and
#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
Ōsumi (or Ohsumi , おおすみ) is the first Japanese satellite put into orbit . It was launched on February 11, 1970 at 04:25 UTC with a Lambda 4S-5 rocket from Uchinoura Space Center by Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science, University of Tokyo , now part of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (
#4 USA-193
USA-193 , also known as NRO Launch 21 ( NROL-21 or simply L-21 ), was a United States military reconnaissance satellite ( radar imaging ) launched on 14 December 2006. [2] It was the first launch conducted by the United Launch Alliance (ULA). [3] Owned by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), th
#5 Cygnus NG-13
NG-13 , previously known as OA-13 , was the fourteenth flight of the Northrop Grumman robotic resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its thirteenth flight to the International Space Station (ISS) under the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-1) contract with NASA . [4] [5] The mission launched on 15 February
#6 STS-122
STS-122 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS), flown by the Space Shuttle Atlantis . STS-122 marked the 24th shuttle mission to the ISS, and the 121st Space Shuttle flight overall. [4] 2008 American crewed spaceflight to the ISS STS-122 Canadarm2 takes Columbus fr
Sphinx is the designation of an American test satellite. The Sphinx satellite was the payload for the first Titan IIIE Centaur rocket. The Helios , Viking and Voyager space probes were later launched using this rocket. Designation of an American test satellite Sphinx Sphinx Operator NASA COSPAR ID S
#8 Ekspress-MD1
Ekspress-MD1 ( Russian : Экспресс-МД1 ), was a Russian geostationary communications satellite operated by Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) and designed and manufactured by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center on the Yakhta satellite bus for RSCC's Ekspress series . It
#9 Thor 5
Thor 5 , also known as Thor 2R is a Norwegian communications satellite . It was successfully launched for Telenor atop an International Launch Services Proton-M / Briz-M carrier rocket , at 11:34 GMT on 11 February 2008. [1] It is based on the STAR-2 satellite bus, and was constructed by Orbital Sci
#10 STS-63
STS-63 was the second mission of the US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program , which carried out the first rendezvous of the American Space Shuttle with Russia's space station Mir . Known as the 'Near-Mir' mission, the flight used Space Shuttle Discovery , which lifted off from launch pad 39B on 3 February 1
Lucy is a NASA space probe on a twelve-year journey to eight different asteroids, visiting a main belt asteroid as well as seven Jupiter trojans , [3] [4] asteroids which share Jupiter 's orbit around the Sun , orbiting either ahead of or behind the planet. All target encounters will be flyby encoun
#12 STS-130
STS-130 ( ISS assembly flight 20A ) [7] was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Space Shuttle Endeavour 's primary payloads were the Tranquility module and the Cupola , a robotic control station with six windows around its sides and another in the center, providing
#13 SpaceX CRS-3
SpaceX CRS-3 , also known as SpX-3 , [4] was a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station (ISS), contracted to NASA , which was launched on 18 April 2014. It was the fifth flight for SpaceX 's uncrewed Dragon cargo spacecraft and the third SpaceX operational mission contr
#14 LES-4
Lincoln Experimental Satellite 4 , also known as LES-4 , was a communications satellite , the fourth of nine in the Lincoln Experimental Satellite , and the first of the series designed for operations at geosynchronous altitudes. Launched by the United States Air Force (USAF) on 21 December 1965, it
#15 T12 (satellite)
T12 , formerly known as D12 , is a Boeing model 702 satellite built by the Boeing Satellite Development Center . It was launched on December 29, 2009 and became operational on May 19, 2010. It is used by DirecTV to provide additional high definition channels and Video on demand content, as well as 3
The Hubble Space Telescope (often referred to as HST or Hubble ) is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation. It was not the first space telescope , but it is one of the largest and most versatile, renowned both as a vital research tool and as a publi
#17 Kosmos 108
Kosmos 108 ( Russian : Космос 108 meaning Cosmos 108 ), also known as DS-U1-G No.1 , was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1966 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 355 kilograms (783 lb) spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Office , and was used to study
#18 STS-82
STS-82 was the 22nd flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery and the 82nd mission of the Space Shuttle program . It was NASA's second mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope , during which Discovery's crew repaired and upgraded the telescope's scientific instruments, increasing its research capab
#19 Ekspress-AM44
Ekspress-AM44 ( Russian : Экспресс-АМ44 , meaning Express-AM44 ) is a Russian domestic communications satellite . It belongs to the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) based in Moscow , Russia. To provide of communications services (digital television, telephony, videoconferencing, data
#20 Mir
Mir ( Russian : Мир , IPA: [ˈmʲir] ; lit. ' peace ' or ' world ' ) was a space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, operated by the Soviet Union and later by Russia . Mir was the first modular space station and was assembled in orbit from 1986 to 1996. It had a greater