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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
Pavel Romanovich Popovich ( Russian : Па́вел Рома́нович Попо́вич , Ukrainian : Павло Романович Попович , Pavlo Romanovych Popovych) (5 October 1930 – 29 September 2009 [2] [3] ) was a Soviet cosmonaut . [1] Soviet pilot and cosmonaut Pavel Romanovich Popovich Born ( 1930-10-05 ) 5 October 1930 Uzyn
Chris Austin Hadfield OC OOnt MSC CD (born August 29, 1959) is a Canadian retired astronaut , engineer, fighter pilot , and musician. The first Canadian to perform extravehicular activity in outer space , he has flown two Space Shuttle missions and also served as commander of the International Space
#4 Jeffrey Williams (astronaut)
Jeffrey Nels Williams (born January 18, 1958) is a retired United States Army officer and a NASA astronaut . He is a veteran of four space flights and formerly held the American record for most days spent in space, which was surpassed in April 2017 by his colleague Peggy Whitson . [1] He still holds
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
Robert Joseph " Bob " Cenker (born November 5, 1948) is an American aerospace and electrical engineer , aerospace systems consultant, and former astronaut. Cenker worked for 18 years at RCA Astro-Electronics , and its successor company GE Astro Space , on a variety of spacecraft projects. He spent m
Mary Louise Cleave (born February 5, 1947) is an American engineer and a former NASA astronaut . She also served from 2004 to 2007 as NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate . American engineer and former NASA astronaut Mary Louise Cleave Born ( 1947-02-05 ) February 5, 1947
#1 National Air and Space Museum
The National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution , also called the Air and Space Museum , is a museum in Washington, D.C. , US. It was established in 1946 as the National Air Museum and opened its main building on the National Mall near L'Enfant Plaza in 1976. In 2018, the museum saw
East Midlands Airport ( IATA : EMA , ICAO : EGNX ) is an international airport in the East Midlands of England , close to Castle Donington in northwestern Leicestershire , between Loughborough ( 10 miles (16 km) ), Derby ( 12.5 miles (20 km) ) and Nottingham ( 14 miles (23 km) ); Leicester is
#1 Kosmos 1675
Kosmos 1675 ( Russian : Космос 1675 meaning Cosmos 1675 ) is a Soviet US-K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1985 as part of the Soviet military's Oko programme. The satellite is designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors . [2] Kosmos 1675
#2 Boeing Orbital Flight Test 2
The Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (also known as Boe OFT-2 ) was a repeat of Boeing's unsuccessful first Orbital Flight Test (OFT-1) of its Starliner spacecraft . The uncrewed mission was part of NASA 's Commercial Crew Program . [1] OFT-2, using Starliner Spacecraft 2 , launched 19 May 2022 and last
#3 USA-175
USA-175 , also known as GPS IIR-10 and GPS SVN-47 , is an American navigation satellite which forms part of the Global Positioning System . It was the tenth Block IIR GPS satellite to be launched, out of thirteen in the original configuration, and twenty one overall . It was built by Lockheed Martin
#4 STS-81
STS-81 was a January 1997 Space Shuttle Atlantis mission to the Mir space station. 1997 American crewed spaceflight to Mir STS-81 View of Mir from Atlantis , with the Soyuz-TM Fregat and Progress 233 docked Names Space Transportation System -81 Mission type Shuttle-Mir Operator NASA COSPAR ID 1997-0
#5 Lunokhod 2
Lunokhod 2 ( Russian : Луноход-2 ("Moonwalker 2"), also known as Аппарат 8ЕЛ № 204 ("Device 8EL No. 204")) was the second of two unmanned lunar rovers that landed on the Moon by the Soviet Union as part of the Lunokhod programme . Second robotic Moon rover (1973) Lunokhod 2 Model of Lunokhod 2 rover
Progress M-59 ( Russian : Прогресс М-59 ), identified by NASA as Progress 24P , was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station . It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 359. Russian cargo spacecraft Progress M-59 Progress M-59 approaching the ISS.
#7 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
#8 USA-202
USA 202 , [3] previously NRO Launch 26 or NROL-26 , is a classified spacecraft which is operated by the United States National Reconnaissance Office . It is an Advanced Orion ELINT satellite. According to Aviation Week , it "fundamentally involves America's biggest, most secret and expensive militar
Progress M-14M ( Russian : Прогресс М-14М ), identified by NASA as Progress 46P , is a Progress spacecraft which was used by Roskosmos to resupply the International Space Station during 2012. The fourteenth Progress-M 11F615A60 spacecraft, it had the serial number 414 and was built by RKK Energia .
#10 Kosmos 95
Kosmos 95 ( Russian : Космос 95 meaning Cosmos 95 ), also known as DS-U2-V No.2 , was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1965 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. The spacecraft weighed 325 kilograms (717 lb) , [3] and was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Office , and was used to con
#11 RAPIS-1
RAPIS-1 ( RAPid Innovative payload demonstration Satellite 1 ) is a satellite launched on 18 January 2019 [3] which for over a year was used to test seven technology demonstration projects. RAPIS-1 was developed and operated by Axelspace Corporation, under the coordination of the Japanese space agen
#12 Ranger 3
Ranger 3 was a space exploration mission conducted by NASA to study the Moon . The Ranger 3 robotic spacecraft was launched January 26, 1962 as part of the Ranger program . Due to a series of malfunctions, the spacecraft missed the Moon by 22,000 mi (35,000 km) and entered a heliocentric orbit .
#13 STS-61-C
STS-61-C was the 24th mission of NASA 's Space Shuttle program , and the seventh mission of Space Shuttle Columbia . It was the first time that Columbia , the first space-rated Space Shuttle orbiter to be constructed, had flown since STS-9 . The mission launched from Florida 's Kennedy Space Center
#14 TOPEX/Poseidon
TOPEX/Poseidon was a joint satellite altimeter mission between NASA , the U.S. space agency; and CNES , the French space agency, to map ocean surface topography . Launched on August 10, 1992, it was the first major oceanographic research satellite. TOPEX/Poseidon helped revolutionize oceanography by
#15 Soyuz 5
Soyuz 5 ( Russian : Союз 5 , Union 5 ) was a Soyuz mission using the Soyuz 7K-OK spacecraft launched by the Soviet Union on 15 January 1969, which docked with Soyuz 4 in orbit. It was the first docking of two crewed spacecraft of any nation, and the first transfer of crew from one space vehicle to a
#16 Jason-3
Jason-3 is a satellite altimeter created by a partnership of the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) and National Aeronautic and Space Administration ( NASA ), and is an international cooperative mission in which National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis
#17 USA-234
USA-234 , also known as NRO Launch 25 or NROL-25 , is an American reconnaissance satellite , operated by the National Reconnaissance Office . Launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in 2012, it has been identified as the second radar imaging satellite to be launched as part of the Future Imagery Arc
#18 Cos-B
COS-B was the first European Space Research Organisation (ESRO) mission to study cosmic gamma ray sources . COS-B was first put forward by the European scientific community in the mid-1960s and approved by the ESRO council in 1969. The mission consisted of a satellite containing gamma-ray detectors,
#19 COSMO-SkyMed
COSMO-SkyMed ( COnstellation of small Satellites for the Mediterranean basin Observation ) is an Earth-observation satellite space-based radar system funded by the Italian Ministry of Research and Ministry of Defence and conducted by the Italian Space Agency (ASI), intended for both military and civ
#20 Progress 27
Progress 27 ( Russian : Прогресс 27 ) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in January 1987 to resupply the Mir space station. Progress 27 A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft Mission type Mir resupply COSPAR ID 1987-005A SATCAT no. 17299 [1] Spacecraft properties Spacecraft Pro