langs: 24 января [ru] / january 24 [en] / 24. januar [de] / 24 janvier [fr] / 24 gennaio [it] / 24 de enero [es]
days: january 21 / january 22 / january 23 / january 24 / january 25 / january 26 / january 27
#1 Michael Collins (astronaut)
Michael Collins (October 31, 1930 – April 28, 2021) was an American astronaut who flew the Apollo 11 command module Columbia around the Moon in 1969 while his crewmates, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin , made the first crewed landing on the surface . He was also a test pilot and major general in the
John Watts Young (September 24, 1930 – January 5, 2018) was an American astronaut , naval officer and aviator , test pilot , and aeronautical engineer . He became the ninth person to walk on the Moon as commander of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972. He is the only astronaut to fly on four different c
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) [2] is a British billionaire, entrepreneur, and business magnate . [3] [4] [5] In the 1970s he founded the Virgin Group , which today controls more than 400 companies in various fields. [6] British entrepreneur and business magnate Not to be c
Judith Arlene Resnik (April 5, 1949 – January 28, 1986) was an American electrical engineer , software engineer, biomedical engineer , pilot and NASA astronaut who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster . She was the fourth woman, the second American woman and the first Jewish woman of any na
Loren James Shriver (born September 23, 1944) is a former NASA astronaut , aviator , and a retired US Air Force Colonel . [1] NASA astronaut Loren J. Shriver Born Loren James Shriver ( 1944-09-23 ) September 23, 1944 (age 78) [1] Jefferson, Iowa , U.S. Status Retired Nationality American Alma ma
Aleksandr Fyodorovich Poleshchuk ( Russian : Александр Фёдорович Полещук , born October 30, 1953) is a Russian cosmonaut . Russian cosmonaut (born 1953) This article is about the Russian cosmonaut. For the Russian conductor, see Alexander Polishchuk . This biography of a living person needs addition
David Alexander Wolf (born August 23, 1956) is an American astronaut, medical doctor and electrical engineer . [1] Wolf has been to space four times. Three of his spaceflights were short-duration Space Shuttle missions, the first of which was STS-58 in 1993, and his most recent spaceflight was STS-1
#8 James Buchli
James Frederick Buchli (born June 20, 1945, in New Rockford, North Dakota ) is a retired United States Marine aviator and former NASA astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions. NASA astronaut James F. Buchli Born ( 1945-06-20 ) June 20, 1945 (age 77) New Rockford, North Dakota , U.S. Statu
Thomas Kenneth Mattingly II (born March 17, 1936) is an American former aviator , aeronautical engineer , test pilot , rear admiral in the United States Navy and astronaut who flew on the Apollo 16 , STS-4 and STS-51-C missions. American astronaut (born 1936) Ken Mattingly Mattingly in 1971 Born Tho
William Francis Readdy is a former Associate Administrator of the Office of Space Flight, at NASA Headquarters . [1] This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . ( Learn how and when to remove these template messages ) This biography of a living
#11 Jim Lovell
James Arthur Lovell Jr. ( / ˈ l ʌ v əl / ; born March 25, 1928) is an American retired astronaut , naval aviator , test pilot and mechanical engineer. In 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8 , he became, with Frank Borman and William Anders , one of the first three astronauts to fly to and orbi
#12 Ellison Onizuka
Ellison Shoji Onizuka ( エリソン・ショージ・オニヅカ, 鬼塚 承次 , Onizuka Shōji , June 24, 1946 – January 28, 1986) was an American astronaut , engineer , and USAF test pilot from Kealakekua, Hawaii , who successfully flew into space with the Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-51-C . He died in the destruction of the S
USS Midway (CVB/CVA/CV-41) is an aircraft carrier , formerly of the United States Navy , the lead ship of her class . Commissioned 8 days after the end of World War II, Midway was the largest ship in the world until 1955, as well as the first U.S. aircraft carrier too big to transit the Panama Canal
#2 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
#1 Kosmos 2457
Kosmos 2457 ( Russian : Космос 2457 meaning Cosmos 2457 ) is one of a set of three Russian military satellites launched in 2009 as part of the GLONASS satellite navigation system. It was launched with Kosmos 2456 and Kosmos 2458 . Kosmos 2457 Mission type Navigation Operator Russian Space Forces COS
#2 DSN-2
DSN-2 , also known as Kirameki-2 , is a geostationary communications satellite to be operated by DSN Corporation , a subsidiary of SKY Perfect JSAT Group . Its payload is a pure X-band and will be used for military communications by the Japanese military . It was launched and successfully deployed o
#3 TDRS-12
TDRS-12 , known before launch as TDRS-L , is an American communications satellite operated by NASA as part of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System . The twelfth Tracking and Data Relay Satellite , it is the second third-generation spacecraft to be launched, following TDRS-11 in 2013. [4] TDR
#4 USA-50
USA-50 , also known as GPS II-6 and GPS SVN-18 , was an American navigation satellite which formed part of the Global Positioning System . It was the sixth of nine Block II GPS satellites to be launched, which were the first operational GPS satellites to fly. USA-50 Names Navstar 2-06 GPS II-6 GPS S
#5 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
#6 INSAT-4B
INSAT-4B was an Indian communications satellite which forms part of the Indian National Satellite System . Launched in 2007, it was placed in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 93.48° East. [5] INSAT-4B Mission type Communications Operator INSAT COSPAR ID 2007-007A SATCAT no. 30793 Mission durati
#7 Drag and Atmospheric Neutral Density Explorer
DANDE (or Drag and Atmospheric Neutral Density Explorer ) is a 50 kg class spacecraft developed by the University of Colorado Boulder was the winner of the 5th iteration of the Air Force Research Laboratory's University Nanosat Program . [5] This article needs additional citations for verification
#8 Soyuz TM-16
Soyuz TM-16 was the sixteenth expedition to the Russian Space Station Mir . [1] 1993 Russian crewed spaceflight to Mir This article needs additional citations for verification . ( March 2013 ) Soyuz TM-16 Operator Rosaviakosmos COSPAR ID 1993-005A SATCAT no. 22319 Mission duration 179 days, 43 m
#9 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
#10 SwissCube-1
SwissCube-1 is a Swiss satellite operated by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). The spacecraft is a single unit CubeSat , which was designed to conduct research into nightglow within the Earth's atmosphere, and to develop technology for future spacecraft. [3] It has also been used for
#11 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
#12 NEAR Shoemaker
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
#13 SpaceX CRS-24
SpaceX CRS-24 , also known as SpX-24 , was a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station launched on 21 December 2021, at 10:07:08 UTC . [3] [4] The mission is contracted by NASA and is flown by SpaceX using a Cargo Dragon . This is the fourth flight for SpaceX under NASA'
#14 Progress M-14M
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 .
#15 T12 (satellite)
T12 , formerly known as D12 , is a Boeing model 702 satellite built by the Boeing Satellite Development Center . It was launched on December 29, 2009 and became operational on May 19, 2010. It is used by DirecTV to provide additional high definition channels and Video on demand content, as well as 3
The Prospero satellite , also known as the X-3 , [2] was launched by the United Kingdom in 1971. It was designed to undertake a series of experiments to study the effects of the space environment on communications satellites and remained operational until 1973, after which it was contacted annually
#17 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
#18 PROBA-2
PROBA-2 is the second satellite in the European Space Agency 's series of PROBA low-cost satellites that are being used to validate new spacecraft technologies while also carrying scientific instruments. [3] PROBA-2 is a small satellite (130 kg) developed under an ESA General Support Technology Pr
CUTE-1.7 + APD II , or CUTE-1.7 + APD 2 , is a Japanese nanosatellite which was launched in 2008 as a follow-up to the CUTE-1.7 + APD satellite. It was built and is operated by the Tokyo Institute of Technology . Follow up to CUTE-1.7 + APD nanosatellite CUTE-1.7 + APD II Names CUTE-1.7 + APD 2 Miss
The Hiten spacecraft (ひてん, Japanese pronunciation: [çiteɴ] ), given the English name Celestial Maiden [1] and known before launch as MUSES-A ( Mu Space Engineering Spacecraft A ), part of the MUSES Program , was built by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science of Japan and launched on Jan