langs: 29 февраля [ru] / february 29 [en] / 29. februar [de] / 29 février [fr] / 29 febbraio [it] / 29 de febrero [es]
days: february 26 / february 27 / february 28 / february 29 / march 1 / march 2 / march 3
Dafydd Rhys Williams (alternately known as David Rhys Williams [2] ) OC OOnt CCFP FCFP FRCPC FRCP FRCGS (born May 16, 1954) [3] is a Canadian physician, public speaker , CEO , author and a retired CSA astronaut . [4] Williams was a mission specialist on two Space Shuttle missions. His first spacefli
Jack Robert Lousma (born February 29, 1936) is an American astronaut , aeronautical engineer , retired United States Marine Corps officer , former naval aviator , NASA astronaut , and politician. He was a member of the second crew, Skylab-3 , on the Skylab space station in 1973. In 1982, he commande
Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko ( Russian: Юрий Павлович Гидзенко ; born March 26, 1962) is a Russian cosmonaut . [1] He was a test cosmonaut of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (TsPK). Gidzenko has flown into space three times and has lived on board the Mir and the International Space Station. He
Sergei Vasilyevich Avdeyev (Сергей Васильевич Авдеев; born 1 January 1956) is a Russian engineer and cosmonaut . Russian engineer and cosmonaut This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification . ( March 2010 ) Sergei Avdeyev Born ( 1956-01-01 ) 1 January 1956 (age 66)
#5 Yi So-yeon
Yi So-yeon (born June 2, 1978) is a South Korean astronaut and biotechnologist who became the first Korean to fly in space. [1] Upon return from her mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS), Yi continued as a KARI researcher attending the International Space University before retiring fr
Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 ( Korean : 광명성 3호 ; Hanja : 光明星3號 ; lit. Bright Star-3 [2] or Lode Star-3 [3] ) was a North Korean Earth observation satellite which, according to the DPRK , was for weather forecast purposes, and whose launch was widely portrayed in the West to be a veiled ballistic missile t
#2 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
#3 GOES 14
GOES-14 , known as GOES-O prior to reaching its operational orbit, is an American weather satellite , which is part of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) system. The spacecraft was built by Boeing and is based on t
#4 Sentinel-3A
Sentinel-3A is a European Space Agency Earth observation satellite dedicated to oceanography which launched on 16 February 2016. [5] It was built as a part of the Copernicus Programme , and is the first of four planned Sentinel-3 satellites. Its sister satellite, Sentinel-3B , launched on 25 April 2
#5 Soyuz TM-22
Soyuz TM-22 was a Soyuz spaceflight to the Soviet space station Mir . [1] It launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch Pad 1 on September 3, 1995. [1] After two days of free flight, the crew docked with Mir to become Mir Principal Expedition 20 and Euromir 95. [2] Mir 20 was a harbinger of the multin
#6 Soyuz TM-23
Soyuz TM-23 was a Soyuz spaceflight which launched on February 21, 1996, to Mir . [1] The spacecraft launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome , and after two days of flight, Yuri Onufrienko and Yury Usachov docked with Mir and became the 21st resident crew of the Station. [1] On September 2, 1996, after 19