langs: 2 февраля [ru] / february 2 [en] / 2. februar [de] / 2 février [fr] / 2 febbraio [it] / 2 de febrero [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 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
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
Michael T. Strahan ( / ˈ s t r eɪ h æ n / STRAY -han ; born November 21, 1971) [1] is an American television personality, journalist, and former professional American football player. He played his entire 15-year professional career as a defensive end for the New York Giants of the National Football
#5 Jeff Bezos
Jeffrey Preston Bezos ( / ˈ b eɪ z oʊ s / BAY -zohss ; [2] né Jorgensen ; born January 12, 1964) is an American entrepreneur, media proprietor , investor, computer engineer, and commercial astronaut . [3] [4] He is the founder, executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon . With a net
Alexander Alexanderovich Misurkin ( Russian : Aлександр Aлександрович Мисуркин ) (born 23 September 1977), a major in the Russian Air Force , is a Russian cosmonaut , selected in 2006. He flew aboard Soyuz TMA-08M on 28 March 2013 as his first space mission, and launched on Soyuz MS-06 as his second
Millie Elizabeth Hughes-Fulford ( née Hughes ; December 21, 1945 – February 2, 2021) was an American medical investigator, molecular biologist, and NASA payload specialist who flew aboard the NASA Space Shuttle Columbia in June 1991. [2] U.S. Space Shuttle payload specialist and academic researcher
James Donald "Wxb" Wetherbee (born November 27, 1952) ( Capt , USN , Ret.), is a retired United States Navy officer and aviator , test pilot , aerospace engineer , and NASA astronaut . He is a veteran of six Space Shuttle missions and is the only American to have commanded five spaceflight missions.
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
#10 Vladimir Georgiyevich Titov
Vladimir Georgiyevich Titov ( Russian : Владимир Георгиевич Титов ; born 1 January 1947 in Sretensk , Zabaykalsky Krai , Russia) is a retired Russian Air Force Colonel and former cosmonaut . He has participated in four spaceflight missions. The catastrophic explosion of a Soyuz rocket in 1983 led to
#11 Vasily Tsibliyev
Vasily Vasiliyevich Tsibliyev ( Russian : Василий Василиевич Циблиев ); born on February 20, 1954) is a Russian cosmonaut . Russian cosmonaut This article includes a list of references , related reading or external links , but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations . ( March 20
#12 Leonid Kadeniuk
Leonid Kostyantynovych Kadenyuk ( Ukrainian : Леонід Костянтинович Каденюк , 28 January 1951 – 31 January 2018) [1] was the first astronaut of independent Ukraine who flew into outer space. He flew on NASA 's Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997 as part of the international mission STS-87 . [2] Kadenyuk
#1 TAM Museum
The TAM Museum ( Portuguese : Museu TAM ), also known as the Museu Asas de um Sonho (Wings of a Dream Museum), was an aviation museum in the city of São Carlos , within the state of State of São Paulo , Brazil. The museum was located 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) from central São Carlos and 250 kilometer
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 Ranger 6
Ranger 6 was a lunar probe in the NASA Ranger program , a series of robotic spacecraft of the early and mid-1960s to obtain the first close-up images of the Moon's surface. It was launched on January 30, 1964 and was designed to transmit high-resolution photographs of the lunar terrain during the fi
#3 Voyager 2
Voyager 2 is a space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977, to study the outer planets and interstellar space beyond the Sun's heliosphere . As a part of the Voyager program , it was launched 16 days before its twin, Voyager 1 , on a trajectory that took longer to reach gas giants Jupiter and Sa
#4 Salyut 4
Salyut 4 (DOS 4) ( Russian : Салют-4 ; English translation: Salute 4 ) was a Salyut space station launched on December 26, 1974 into an orbit with an apogee of 355 km, a perigee of 343 km and an orbital inclination of 51.6 degrees. It was essentially a copy of the DOS 3 (or Kosmos 557) , and unl
#5 ÑuSat
ÑuSat satellite series ( Spanish : ÑuSat , sometimes translated into English as NewSat ), is a series of Argentinean commercial Earth observation satellites . They form the Aleph-1 constellation, which is designed, built and operated by Satellogic . Series of Argentinean commercial Earth observation
#6 CoRoT
CoRoT (French: Co nvection, Ro tation et T ransits planétaires ; English: Co nvection, Ro tation and planetary T ransits) was a space telescope mission which operated from 2006 to 2013. The mission's two objectives were to search for extrasolar planets with short orbital periods, particularly those
#7 Mars 5
Mars 5 ( Russian : Марс-5 ), also known as 3MS No.53S was a Soviet spacecraft launched to explore Mars. A 3MS spacecraft launched as part of the Mars programme , it successfully entered orbit around Mars in 1974. However, it failed a few weeks later. [4] Mars 5 Mission type Mars orbiter [1] Operator
#8 Luna 21
Luna 21 (Ye-8 series) was an unmanned space mission , and its spacecraft, of the Luna program , also called Lunik 21 , in 1973. The spacecraft landed on the Moon and deployed the second Soviet lunar rover, Lunokhod 2 . The primary objectives of the mission were to collect images of the lunar surface
#9 Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer
The Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer ( EUVE or Explorer 67 ) was a NASA space telescope for ultraviolet astronomy . EUVE was a part of NASA's Explorer spacecraft series. Launched on 7 June 1992. With instruments for ultraviolet (UV) radiation between wavelengths of 7 and 76 nm (equivalent to 0.016-0.163
#10 Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
The Earth Radiation Budget Satellite ( ERBS ) was a NASA scientific research satellite within NASA's ERBE (Earth Radiation Budget Experiment) Research Program - a three-satellite mission, designed to investigate the Earth ' s radiation budget . It also carried an instrument that studied stratospheri
#11 CSES Mission
CSES (China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite) , [1] or Zhangheng , [2] is a Chinese–Italian space mission dedicated to monitoring electromagnetic field and waves, plasma parameters and particle fluxes induced by natural sources and artificial emitters in the near- Earth space . Austria contributes t
#12 XMM-Newton
XMM-Newton , also known as the High Throughput X-ray Spectroscopy Mission and the X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission , is an X-ray space observatory launched by the European Space Agency in December 1999 on an Ariane 5 rocket. It is the second cornerstone mission of ESA's Horizon 2000 programme. Named after
#13 Progress M-42
Progress M-42 ( Russian : Прогресс M-42 ) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in July 1999 to resupply the Mir space station. Russian cargo spacecraft Progress M-42 A Progress-M spacecraft Mission type Mir resupply COSPAR ID 1999-038A SATCAT no. 25858 [1] Spacecraft
#14 Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4
Kwangmyongsong-4 ( Korean for ' Bright Star-4 or Lodestar-4 ' ) or KMS-4 [2] is a reconnaissance satellite launched by North Korea on 7 February 2016. North Korean reconnaissance satellite launched in 2016 Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4 Mission type Earth observation Technology Operator NADA COSPAR ID 2016-009A S
#15 Progress M-47
Progress M-47 ( Russian : Прогресс М-47 ), identified by NASA as Progress 10P , was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station . It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 247. [1] Progress M-47 Progress M-47 departing the ISS. Mission type ISS resup
#16 USA-156
USA-156 , also known as GPS IIR-7 and GPS SVN-54 , is an American navigation satellite which forms part of the Global Positioning System . It was the seventh Block IIR GPS satellite to be launched, out of thirteen in the original configuration, and twenty one overall . It was built by Lockheed Marti
#17 Luna E-6 No.3
Luna E-6 No.3 , also identified as No.2 and sometimes by NASA as Luna 1963B , [1] was a Soviet spacecraft which was lost in a launch failure in 1963. It was a 1,422-kilogram (3,135 lb) Luna E-6 spacecraft, [2] the second of twelve to be launched, [3] and the second consecutive launch failure. [3]
#18 Beagle 2
The Beagle 2 is an inoperative British Mars lander that was transported by the European Space Agency 's 2003 Mars Express mission. It was intended to conduct an astrobiology mission that would have looked for evidence of past life on Mars. Failed Mars lander launched in 2003 This article needs addit
#19 Omid
Omid ( Persian : امید , meaning "Hope") [2] was Iran 's first domestically made satellite . [3] [4] Omid was a data-processing satellite for research and telecommunications; Iran's state television reported that it was successfully launched on 2 February 2009. [4] [5] [6] After being launched by an
#20 Kosmos 1241
Kosmos 1241 ( Russian : Космос 1241 meaning Cosmos 1241 ) was a target satellite which was used by the Soviet Union in the 1980s for tests of anti-satellite weapons as part of the Istrebitel Sputnikov programme. [1] It was launched in 1981, and was itself part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme