langs: 4 февраля [ru] / february 4 [en] / 4. februar [de] / 4 février [fr] / 4 febbraio [it] / 4 de febrero [es]
days: february 1 / february 2 / february 3 / february 4 / february 5 / february 6 / february 7
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov ( Russian : Владимир Александрович Шаталов ; December 8, 1927 – June 15, 2021) [2] was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut who flew three space missions of the Soyuz programme : Soyuz 4 , Soyuz 8 , and Soyuz 10 . [1] Soviet cosmonaut (1927–2021) Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sh
Edgar Dean Mitchell (September 17, 1930 – February 4, 2016) was a United States Navy officer and aviator , test pilot , aeronautical engineer , ufologist and NASA astronaut . As the Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo 14 in 1971 he spent nine hours working on the lunar surface in the Fra Mauro Highlands
#3 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
Sunita Lyn Williams (born September 19, 1965) is an American astronaut and United States Navy officer who formerly held the records for most spacewalks by a woman (seven) and most spacewalk time for a woman (50 hours, 40 minutes). [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Williams was assigned to the International Sp
William Shatner [3] OC (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor. In a career spanning seven decades, he is best known for his portrayal of James T. Kirk in the Star Trek franchise, from his 1965 debut as the captain of the starship Enterprise in the second pilot of the first Star Trek television se
#6 Pyotr Dubrov
Pyotr Valerievich Dubrov ( Russian : Пётр Валерьевич Дубров ; born 30 January 1978) is a Russian engineer and cosmonaut selected by Roscosmos in 2012. Russian engineer and cosmonaut This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification . ( March 2010 ) Pyotr Dubrov Born ( 197
Major Edward Galen Givens Jr. , USAF (January 5, 1930 – June 6, 1967) was a United States Air Force officer, test pilot , and NASA astronaut . Selected by NASA in 1966 as a member of the fifth astronaut group , he died in an automobile accident before being assigned to a prime or backup spaceflight
#8 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
Victor Lance Vescovo (born 1966) is an American private equity investor, retired naval officer, space tourist and undersea explorer. He is a co-founder and managing partner of private equity company Insight Equity Holdings. [1] Vescovo achieved the Explorers Grand Slam by reaching the North and Sout
#10 Pyotr Kolodin
Pyotr Ivanovich Kolodin ( Russian : Пётр Иванович Колодин ; 23 September 1930 – 4 February 2021 [1] [2] ) was a Soviet cosmonaut . Although he retired in 1983 without flying in space, Kolodin served non-flying assignments on several spaceflights. [3] [4] Soviet cosmonaut (1930–2021) Pyotr Ivanovich
Intelsat II F-2 , also known as Lani Bird , was a communications satellite operated by Intelsat . Launched in 1967, it was operated in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 174 degrees east until 1969. Communications satellite Intelsat II F-2 Mission type Communications Operator Intelsat COSPAR ID 1
#2 Discoverer 9
Discoverer 9 , also known as Corona 9006 , [1] : 236 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite launched on 4 Feb 1960 at 18:51:45 GMT, the sixth of ten operational flights of the Corona KH-1 spy satellite series, and the first of them to be equipped with a new, vacuum-proof, polyester-bas
#3 MDS-1
Mission Demonstration Satellite 1 ( MDS-1 ) or Tsubasa (COSPAR 2002-003A, SATCAT 27367) was a Japanese technology test mission . It was launched by the second H-2A on February 4, 2002 from the Tanegashima Space Center . After the launch, MDS-1 was renamed Tsubasa, meaning wings in Japanese . [1] Tsu
#4 CryoSat-2
CryoSat-2 is a European Space Agency (ESA) Earth Explorer Mission that launched on April 8th 2010. [3] CryoSat-2 is dedicated to measuring polar sea ice thickness and monitoring changes in ice sheets. [4] Its primary objective is to measure the thinning of Arctic sea ice, but has applications to oth
#5 Nahuel 1A
Nahuel 1A was a Spacebus 2000NG satellite manufactured Dornier Satellitensysteme as prime contractor with Aérospatiale of Cannes-Mandelieu supplying the bus. It was launched on January 30, 1997 by an Ariane 44L launcher along companion GE-2 . [6] The satellite was located in the 71.8 degrees West sl
Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous – Shoemaker ( NEAR Shoemaker ), renamed after its 1996 launch in honor of planetary scientist Eugene Shoemaker , was a robotic space probe designed by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory for NASA to study the near-Earth asteroid Eros from close orbi
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
Progress M-63 ( Russian : Прогресс М-63 ), identified by NASA as Progress 28P , was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station . It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 363. Russian cargo spacecraft Progress M-63 Progress M-63 approaching the ISS.
#9 Starlink
Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by SpaceX , [3] providing satellite Internet access coverage to 40 countries. It also aims for global mobile phone service after 2023. [4] SpaceX started launching Starlink satellites in 2019. As of September 2022, Starlink consists of over 3,0
#10 Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2
Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 ( Korean : 광명성 2호 , meaning Bright Star-2 [1] or Lode Star-2 [2] ) was a satellite launched by North Korea on April 5, 2009. North Korean satellite Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 Kwangmyongsong-2 as it would have looked in orbit in a 2009 computer graphic video Mission type Communication /Technol
#11 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
#12 Progress M-40
Progress M-40 ( Russian : Прогресс M-40 ) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in October 1998 to resupply the Mir space station, carry the Sputnik 41 satellite [4] and the unsuccessful Znamya 2.5 solar mirror . Russian cargo spacecraft Progress M-40 A Progress-M spac
#13 Infrared Space Observatory
The Infrared Space Observatory ( ISO ) was a space telescope for infrared light designed and operated by the European Space Agency (ESA), in cooperation with ISAS (now part of JAXA ) and NASA . The ISO was designed to study infrared light at wavelengths of 2.5 to 240 micrometres and operated from 19
#14 Progress M-62
Progress M-62 ( Russian : Прогресс М-62 ), identified by NASA as Progress 27P , was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station . It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 362. Russian cargo spacecraft Progress M-62 Progress M-62 docked with the ISS.
#15 Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1
Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1 or Gwangmyeongseong-1 ( Korean : 광명성 1호 , Hanja : 光明星 1號 , meaning Bright Star 1 ) was a satellite allegedly launched by North Korea on 31 August 1998. While the North Korean government claimed that the launch was successful, no objects were ever tracked in orbit from the launch, [1
#16 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
#17 Dextre
Dextre , also known as the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator ( SPDM ), is a two armed robot, or telemanipulator , which is part of the Mobile Servicing System on the International Space Station (ISS), and does repairs that would otherwise require astronauts to do spacewalks . It was launched on
#18 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
#19 OREX
OREX ( Orbital Re-entry Experiment ) was a NASDA re-entry demonstrator prototype which was launched in 1994 on the H-II launcher; the satellite was renamed Ryūsei ( りゅうせい , Shooting star ) . It was a precursor for the Japanese space shuttle HOPE . For the company traded under the stock symbol OREX,
#20 Hakucho
Hakucho (also known as CORSA-b before launch; CORSA stands for Cosmic Radiation Satellite ) was Japan 's first X-ray astronomy satellite , developed by the Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science (then a division of the University of Tokyo ). It was launched from the Kagoshima Space Center by th