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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
Vanessa Audi Rhys O'Brien (born 2 December 1964) is a British and American mountaineer, sub-orbital spaceflight participant, explorer, author and former business executive. [2] On 4 August 2022, Vanessa became the first woman to complete the Explorers’ Extreme Trifecta – reaching extremes on land, s
Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan (born October 3, 1951) is an American geologist and oceanographer , and a former NASA astronaut and US Navy officer. She was a crew member on three Space Shuttle missions. "Kathryn Sullivan" redirects here. For other uses, see Kathryn Sullivan (disambiguation) . American geolo
#4 Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin ( / ˈ ɔː l d r ɪ n / ; born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr. ; January 20, 1930) is an American former astronaut , engineer and fighter pilot . He made three spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission. As the Lunar Module Eagle pilot on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, he and mission commander
James Francis Reilly II (born March 18, 1954) is an American geologist , retired NASA astronaut , and honorary United States Marshal who served as the 17th Director of the United States Geological Survey from 2018 to 2021. [1] [2] He flew on three Space Shuttle missions: STS-89 , STS-104 and STS-117
Winston Elliott Scott (born August 6, 1950) is a retired United States Navy Captain and former NASA astronaut . He served as a mission specialist on STS-72 in 1996 and STS-87 in 1997 logged a total of 24 days, 14 hours and 34 minutes in space, including three spacewalks totaling 19 hours and 26 minu
Jerry Lynn Ross (born January 20, 1948, Crown Point, Indiana ) is a retired United States Air Force officer, engineer and a former NASA astronaut . He is a veteran of seven Space Shuttle missions, making him the joint record holder for most spaceflights (a record he shares with Franklin Chang-Diaz )
#8 G. David Low
George David Low (February 19, 1956 – March 15, 2008) [1] was an American aerospace executive and a NASA astronaut . He was born in 1956 to George M. Low , the Manager of the Apollo Spacecraft Program Office and, later, the 14th President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute . With undergraduate degr
Rex Joseph Walheim (born October 10, 1962) is a retired United States Air Force officer, engineer and NASA astronaut . He flew three Space Shuttle missions, STS-110 , STS-122 , and STS-135 . Walheim logged over 566 hours in space, including 36 hours and 23 minutes of spacewalk (EVA) time. He was ass
Michael Landon Gernhardt (born May 4, 1956) is a NASA astronaut and manager of the Environmental Physiology Laboratory, and principal investigator of the Prebreathe Reduction Program (PRP) at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center . [1] NASA astronaut and manager of Environmental Physiology Laboratory M
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Samokutyaev ( Russian : Александр Михайлович Самокутяев ; born 13 March 1970 in Penza , Russian SFSR, USSR) is a Russian politician and former cosmonaut. Samokutyaev served as a Flight Engineer for the International Space Station (ISS) long duration Expedition 27 / 28 missions
Brent Ward Jett Jr. (born October 5, 1958), [1] ( Capt , USN , Ret.), is a retired American naval officer and aviator , test pilot , aerospace and aeronautical engineer , and NASA astronaut . [2] Brent W. Jett Jr. Born ( 1958-10-05 ) October 5, 1958 (age 63) Pontiac, Michigan , U.S. Status Retired
#1 Virginia Museum of Transportation
The Virginia Museum of Transportation is a museum devoted to the topic of transportation located in Downtown Roanoke , Virginia , US. Transport museum in Roanoke, Virginia Virginia Museum of Transportation Location within the United States Established April 1986 ( 1986-04 ) Location Roanoke, Vir
#1 STS-72
STS-72 was a Space Shuttle Endeavour mission to capture and return to Earth a Japanese microgravity research spacecraft known as Space Flyer Unit (SFU). The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida on 11 January 1996. 1996 American crewed spaceflight to retrieve the Space Flyer Unit STS-
The Relay program consisted of Relay 1 and Relay 2, two early American satellites in elliptical medium Earth orbit . [1] Both were primarily experimental communications satellites funded by NASA and developed by RCA . [2] As of December 2, 2016, both satellites were still in orbit. [3] [4] Relay 1 p
Progress M-10 ( Russian : Прогресс М-10 ) was a Soviet and subsequently Russian uncrewed cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1991 to resupply the Mir space station. [2] The twenty-eighth of sixty-four Progress spacecraft to visit Mir, it used the Progress-M 11F615A55 configuration, [3] and had th
Mercury-Atlas 6 (MA-6) was the first crewed American orbital spaceflight , which took place on February 20, 1962. [4] Piloted by astronaut John Glenn and operated by NASA as part of Project Mercury , it was the fifth human spaceflight , preceded by Soviet orbital flights Vostok 1 and 2 and American
#5 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
#6 Kosmos 2175
Kosmos 2175 ( Russian: Космос-2175 meaning Cosmos 2175 ) was a Russian Yantar-4K2 photo reconnaissance satellite. It was the first satellite to be launched by the Russian Federation , following the breakup of the Soviet Union . It was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket , flying from the Plesetsk C
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
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.
#9 USA-224
USA-224 , also known as NROL-49 , is an American reconnaissance satellite . Launched in 2011 to replace the decade-old USA-161 satellite, it is the fifteenth KH-11 optical imaging satellite to reach orbit. US spy satellite USA-224 Launch of USA-224 Mission type Optical imaging Operator US NRO COSPAR
#10 Kounotori 2
Kounotori 2 (こうのとり2号機, "white stork" [7] ), also known as HTV-2 , was launched in January 2011 and was the second flight of the Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle to resupply the International Space Station (ISS). [8] It was launched by the H-IIB Launch Vehicle No. 2 (H-IIB F2) manufactured by Mitsubish
#11 Kosmos 2448
Kosmos 2448 ( Russian : Космос 2448 meaning Cosmos 2448 ) is one of a set of three Russian military satellites launched in 2008 as part of the GLONASS satellite navigation system. It was launched with Kosmos 2447 and Kosmos 2449 . Kosmos 2447 Mission type Navigation Operator Russian Space Forces COS
#12 NOAA-20
NOAA-20 , designated JPSS-1 prior to launch, is the first of the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 's latest generation of U.S. polar-orbiting, non-geosynchronous, environmental satellites called the Joint Polar Satellite System . NOAA-20 was launched on 18 November 2017
#13 Satélite de Coleta de Dados
Satélite de Coleta de Dados ( SCD , Portuguese for "Data-Collecting Satellite") is a series of satellites developed in Brazil.
#14 STS-135
STS-135 ( ISS assembly flight ULF7 ) [4] was the 135th and final mission of the American Space Shuttle program . [5] [6] It used the orbiter Atlantis and hardware originally processed for the STS-335 contingency mission, which was not flown. STS-135 launched on 8 July 2011, and landed on 21 July 201
#15 NOAA-9
NOAA-9 , known as NOAA-F before launch, was an American weather satellite operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for use in the National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service (NESDIS). It was the second of the Advanced TIROS-N series of satellites. The
#16 Long Duration Exposure Facility
NASA 's Long Duration Exposure Facility , or LDEF (pronounced "eldef"), was a school bus -sized cylindrical facility designed to provide long-term experimental data on the outer space environment and its effects on space systems, materials, operations and selected spores ' survival. [2] [3] It was p
#17 CASSIOPE
Cascade, Smallsat and Ionospheric Polar Explorer ( CASSIOPE ), [5] is a Canadian Space Agency (CSA) multi-mission satellite operated by the University of Calgary . The mission development and operations from launch to February 2018 was funded through CSA and the Technology Partnerships Canada progra
#18 Surveyor 7
Surveyor 7 was the seventh and last lunar lander of the American uncrewed Surveyor program sent to explore the surface of the Moon . A total of 21,091 pictures were transmitted to Earth. American lunar lander Surveyor 7 Surveyor model on Earth Mission type Lunar lander Operator NASA COSPAR ID 1968-0
The Stykovochnyy Otsek ( Russian : стыковочный отсек , English: Docking compartment ), GRAU index 316GK , otherwise known as the Mir docking module or SO , was the sixth module of the Russian space station Mir , launched in November 1995 aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis . [4] The module, built by R
#20 USA-233
USA-233 , or Wideband Global SATCOM 4 ( WGS-4 ) is a United States military communications satellite operated by the United States Air Force as part of the Wideband Global SATCOM programme, which was launched in 2012. The fourth Wideband Global SATCOM satellite, it is the first WGS Block II satellit