langs: 3 января [ru] / january 3 [en] / 3. januar [de] / 3 janvier [fr] / 3 gennaio [it] / 3 de enero [es]
days: december 31 / january 1 / january 2 / january 3 / january 4 / january 5 / january 6
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 Norman Thagard
Norman Earl Thagard , M.D. (born July 3, 1943), ( Capt , USMC , Ret.), is an American scientist and former U.S. Marine Corps officer and naval aviator and NASA astronaut . He is the first American to ride to space on board a Russian vehicle, and can be considered the first American cosmonaut . He di
- ... s STS-7 , STS-51-B , STS-30 , STS-42 , Soyuz TM-21 , Mir EO-18 , STS-71 Mission insignia Retirement january 3, 1996 EXPERIENCE Thagard held a number of research and teaching posts while completing the academic ...
#2 Vladimir Shatalov
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
- ... ciences. In 1980, Shatalov was a consultant for the science fiction film Per Aspera Ad Astra . From january 3, 1987, to September 19, 1991, Shatalov served as the Commander of the Cosmonaut Training Center. By ...
#3 John Glenn
John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American Marine Corps aviator , engineer , astronaut , businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space, and the first American to orbit the Earth , circling it three times in 1962. Following his retirement from NASA
- ... or Glenn (disambiguation) . John Glenn Chair of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee In office january 3, 1987 – January 3, 1995 Preceded by William Roth [1] Succeeded by William Roth [2] United States Sen ...
- ... uation) . John Glenn Chair of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee In office January 3, 1987 – january 3, 1995 Preceded by William Roth [1] Succeeded by William Roth [2] United States Senator from Ohio In ...
- ... oth [1] Succeeded by William Roth [2] United States Senator from Ohio In office December 24, 1974 – january 3, 1999 Preceded by Howard Metzenbaum [3] Succeeded by George Voinovich [4] Personal details Born John ...
#4 Igor Volk
Igor Petrovich Volk ( Russian : Игорь Петрович Волк , Ukrainian : Ігор Петрович Волк ; 12 April 1937 – 3 January 2017) was a Soviet test pilot and cosmonaut in the Buran programme . This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in Russian . (January 2019) Click [
- ... r Petrovich Volk ( Russian : Игорь Петрович Волк , Ukrainian : Ігор Петрович Волк ; 12 April 1937 – 3 january 2017) was a Soviet test pilot and cosmonaut in the Buran programme . This article may be expanded w ...
- ... Igor Petrovich Volk ( 1937-04-12 ) 12 April 1937 Zmiiv , Kharkiv Oblast , Ukrainian SSR , USSR Died 3 january 2017 (2017-01-03) (aged 79) Plovdiv , Bulgaria Education Kirovograd Military Aviation School of Pil ...
- ... km/h (396 mph). [ citation needed ] PERSONAL LIFE Volk was married and had two children. He died on 3 january 2017 while on holiday in Plovdiv , Bulgaria . He is buried together with his daughter at the Bykovs ...
#5 Jake Garn
Edwin Jacob "Jake" Garn (born October 12, 1932) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as a United States senator representing Utah from 1974 to 1993. Garn became the first sitting member of Congress to fly in space when he flew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery as
- ... ican politician and general Jake Garn United States Senator from Utah In office December 21, 1974 – january 3, 1993 Preceded by Wallace F. Bennett Succeeded by Bob Bennett 28th Mayor of Salt Lake City In office ...
#6 Frank Borman
Frank Frederick Borman II (born March 14, 1928) is a retired United States Air Force (USAF) colonel , aeronautical engineer , test pilot , businessman, and NASA astronaut . He was the commander of Apollo 8 , the first mission to fly around the Moon, and together with crewmates Jim Lovell and William
- ... izing them as the people who most influenced events in the year, [91] and they were featured on the january 3, 1969, cover. [148] [149] Jim Lovell accepted the Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy for space ac ...
#7 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
- ... nators and representatives elected in 2020, who took office at the opening of the 117th Congress on january 3, 2021. Kelly was sworn in at noon on December 2. [57] His term ends in 2023, after which his seat wi ...
#8 Jim Wetherbee
James Donald "Wxb" Wetherbee (born November 27, 1952) ( Capt , USN , Ret.), is a retired United States Navy officer and aviator , test pilot , aerospace engineer , and NASA astronaut . He is a veteran of six Space Shuttle missions and is the only American to have commanded five spaceflight missions.
- ... Group 10 Missions STS-32 , STS-52 , STS-63 , STS-86 , STS-102 , STS-113 Mission insignia Retirement january 3, 2005 EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION Wetherbee was born on November 27, 1952, in Flushing, New York , and ...
#9 Bill Nelson
Clarence William Nelson II (born September 29, 1942) is an American politician and attorney serving as the administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Nelson previously served as a United States Senator from Florida from 2001 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party ,
- ... Biden Deputy Pamela Melroy Preceded by Jim Bridenstine United States Senator from Florida In office january 3, 2001 – January 3, 2019 Preceded by Connie Mack III Succeeded by Rick Scott Ranking Member of the Se ...
- ... a Melroy Preceded by Jim Bridenstine United States Senator from Florida In office January 3, 2001 – january 3, 2019 Preceded by Connie Mack III Succeeded by Rick Scott Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Comm ...
- ... y Connie Mack III Succeeded by Rick Scott Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee In office january 3, 2015 – January 3, 2019 Preceded by John Thune Succeeded by Maria Cantwell Chair of the Senate Aging ...
- ... Succeeded by Rick Scott Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee In office January 3, 2015 – january 3, 2019 Preceded by John Thune Succeeded by Maria Cantwell Chair of the Senate Aging Committee In offi ...
- ... 19 Preceded by John Thune Succeeded by Maria Cantwell Chair of the Senate Aging Committee In office january 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 Preceded by Herb Kohl Succeeded by Susan Collins 22nd Treasurer of Florida I ...
- ... n Thune Succeeded by Maria Cantwell Chair of the Senate Aging Committee In office January 3, 2013 – january 3, 2015 Preceded by Herb Kohl Succeeded by Susan Collins 22nd Treasurer of Florida In office January 3 ...
- ... anuary 3, 2015 Preceded by Herb Kohl Succeeded by Susan Collins 22nd Treasurer of Florida In office january 3, 1995 – January 3, 2001 Governor Lawton Chiles Buddy MacKay Jeb Bush Preceded by Tom Gallagher Succe ...
- ... ceded by Herb Kohl Succeeded by Susan Collins 22nd Treasurer of Florida In office January 3, 1995 – january 3, 2001 Governor Lawton Chiles Buddy MacKay Jeb Bush Preceded by Tom Gallagher Succeeded by Tom Gallag ...
- ... agher Succeeded by Tom Gallagher Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida In office january 3, 1979 – January 3, 1991 Preceded by Louis Frey Jr. (9th) Dan Mica (11th) Succeeded by Michael Bilira ...
- ... Tom Gallagher Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida In office January 3, 1979 – january 3, 1991 Preceded by Louis Frey Jr. (9th) Dan Mica (11th) Succeeded by Michael Bilirakis (9th) Jim Bacc ...
- ... ssioner and Fire Marshal early in 2000 when he began to campaign for the U.S. Senate seat. He chose january 3, 2001, as the effective date of his resignation, as that was the date on which new Senators would be ...
#10 Fyodor Yurchikhin
Fyodor Nikolayevich Yurchikhin ( Russian : Фёдор Николаевич Юрчихин, Greek : Θεόδωρος Γιουρτσίχιν του Νικόλαου; born 3 January 1959 ) is a Russian cosmonaut of Greek descent, engineer and RSC Energia test-pilot who has flown on five spaceflights . His first spaceflight was a 10-day Space Shuttle mis
- ... ch Yurchikhin ( Russian : Фёдор Николаевич Юрчихин, Greek : Θεόδωρος Γιουρτσίχιν του Νικόλαου; born 3 january 1959 ) is a Russian cosmonaut of Greek descent, engineer and RSC Energia test-pilot who has flown o ...
- ... as the commander. Russian cosmonaut and engineer Fyodor Nikolayevich Yurchikhin Born ( 1959-01-03 ) 3 january 1959 (age 63) Batumi , Adjar ASSR , Georgian SSR , Soviet Union Status Retired Nationality Russian ...
- ... was born in Batumi , Adjar ASSR , Georgian SSR (now Adjara the autonomous republic of Georgia ) on 3 january 1959 to Pontic Greek parents Nikolai Fyodorovich Yurchikhin and Mikrula Sofoklevna Yurchikhina (bor ...
#11 Harrison Schmitt
Harrison Hagan " Jack " Schmitt (born July 3, 1935) is an American geologist , retired NASA astronaut , university professor , former U.S. senator from New Mexico , and the most recent living person—and only person without a background in military aviation—to have walked on the Moon. American politi
- ... Senator Schmitt (disambiguation) . Harrison Schmitt United States Senator from New Mexico In office january 3, 1977 – January 3, 1983 Preceded by Joseph Montoya Succeeded by Jeff Bingaman Personal details Born ...
- ... isambiguation) . Harrison Schmitt United States Senator from New Mexico In office January 3, 1977 – january 3, 1983 Preceded by Joseph Montoya Succeeded by Jeff Bingaman Personal details Born Harrison Hagan Sch ...
#12 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
- ... nautics Award for his role on Apollo 13. [155] Lovell was featured on the cover of Time magazine on january 3, 1969, and April 27, 1970, [156] and on the cover of Life magazine on April 24, 1970. [157] Lovell w ...
Museum / Museum
#1 Museum of Transport and Technology
The Museum of Transport and Technology ( MOTAT ) is a science and technology museum located in Western Springs , Auckland , New Zealand. It is located close to the Western Springs Stadium , Auckland Zoo and the Western Springs Park . The museum has large collections of civilian and military aircraft
- ... Expedition , and with which he beat British explorer Dr Vivian Fuchs Sno-Cats to the South Pole on 3 january 1958. MOTAT also houses a small collection of Police vehicles, including former New Zealand Transpo ...
#2 Wright Brothers National Memorial
Wright Brothers National Memorial , located in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina , commemorates the first successful, sustained, powered flights in a heavier-than-air machine . From 1900 to 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright came here from Dayton, Ohio , based on information from the U.S. Weather Bureau
- ... ational Historic Landmark Official name Wright Brothers National Memorial Visitor Center Designated january 3, 2001 [3] U.S. National Register of Historic Places Designated October 15, 1966 Reference no. 660000 ...
- ... , designed by Ehrman Mitchell and Romaldo Giurgola , was designated a National Historic Landmark on january 3, 2001. [3] The memorial is co-managed with two other Outer Banks parks, Fort Raleigh National Histor ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 Simulation-to-Flight 1
Simulation-to-Flight 1 ( STF-1 ) is a microsatellite built by the Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation Facility (IV&V) in Fairmont, West Virginia with the collaboration of the West Virginia Space Grants Consortium and West Virginia University . Microsatellite This article contai
- ... team made successful contact with West Virginia’s First Spacecraft, STF-1 [10] FIRST IMAGE RECEIVED 3 january 2019 | STF-1's First Captured Image (The Sun is seen reflecting off STF-1's VHF antenna) [11] The f ...
#2 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
- ... trograph, and radio tracking was performed during the flyby. A rendezvous maneuver was performed on january 3, 1999, involving a thruster burn to match NEAR ' s orbital speed to that of Eros. A hydrazine thrust ...
#3 GOES-18
GOES-18 (designated pre-launch as GOES-T ) is the third of the "GOES-R Series", the current generation of weather satellites operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The current and next satellites of the Series ( GOES-16 , GOES-17 , GOES-18, and GOES-U ) will extend t
- ... 22, also the ABI warm periods of GOES-17. GOES-T is estimated to become operational as GOES-West on january 3, 2023. [9] The GOES-T launch was dedicated to Mark Timm, with the following message inscribed on the ...
- ... t Atlas V 541 Launch site Cape Canaveral , SLC-41 Contractor United Launch Alliance Entered service 3 january 2023 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit Regime Geostationary orbit Longitude 136. ...
#4 OSCAR 1
OSCAR I (aka OSCAR 1) is the first amateur radio satellite launched by Project OSCAR into low Earth orbit . OSCAR I was launched December 12, 1961, by a Thor-DM21 Agena B launcher from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Lompoc, California. The satellite, a rectangular box (30 x 25 x 12 cm) weighing 10 k
- ... ", which also indicates laughter in amateur telegraphy. OSCAR I lasted 22 days ceasing operation on january 3, 1962, and re-entered January 31, 1962. [2] [3] After the launch of OSCAR-1, United States Vice Pres ...
#5 Apollo 9
Apollo 9 (March 3 – 13, 1969) was the third human spaceflight in NASA 's Apollo program . Flown in low Earth orbit , it was the second crewed Apollo mission that the United States launched via a Saturn V rocket, and was the first flight of the full Apollo spacecraft : the command and service module
- ... stallation of equipment such as rendezvous radar and antennas. There were no lengthy delays, and on january 3, 1969, the launch vehicle was taken out of the VAB and moved to Launch Complex 39 A by crawler. Flig ...
#6 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] : 61–94 [64] [65] CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE Position of Pioneer 10 on February 8, 2012 On january 3, 2019, Pioneer 10 was predicted to be 122.594 AU (11.3958 billion mi; 18.3398 billion km) from the E ...
#7 Mariner 2
Mariner 2 ( Mariner-Venus 1962 ), an American space probe to Venus , was the first robotic space probe to conduct a successful planetary encounter. The first successful spacecraft in the NASA Mariner program , it was a simplified version of the Block I spacecraft of the Ranger program and an exact c
- ... 4Z ) UTC [1] Rocket Atlas LV-3 Agena-B Launch site Cape Canaveral LC-12 End of mission Last contact january 3, 1963 ( 1963-01-04 ) 7:00 UT [2] Orbital parameters Reference system Heliocentric Perihelion altitud ...
- ... ce of 105,464,560 kilometers (65,532,640 mi) . The last transmission from Mariner 2 was received on january 3, 1963 at 07:00 UTC, making the total time from launch to termination of the Mariner 2 mission 129 da ...
#8 Pioneer 4
Pioneer 4 was an American spin-stabilized uncrewed spacecraft launched as part of the Pioneer program on a lunar flyby trajectory and into a heliocentric orbit making it the first probe of the United States to escape from the Earth's gravity. It carried a payload similar to Pioneer 3 : a lunar radia
- ... r 3 Pioneer P-1 → After the Soviet Luna 1 probe conducted the first successful flyby of the Moon on 3 january 1959, the pressure felt by the US to succeed with a lunar mission was enormous, especially since Am ...
#9 Kosmos 93
Kosmos 93 ( Russian : Космос 93 meaning Cosmos 93 ), also known as DS-U2-V No.1 , was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1965 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 305 kilograms (672 lb) spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau , and was used to conduct c
- ... Kosmos-2M 63S1M Launch site Kapustin Yar , Site 86/1 Contractor Yuzhnoye End of mission Decay date 3 january 1966 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric [2] Regime Low Earth Perigee altitude 216 km Ap ...
- ... ee of 513 kilometres (319 mi) , an 48.4° of inclination , and an orbital period of 91.7 minutes. On 3 january 1966, it decayed from orbit and reentered the atmosphere. [9] [10] SEE ALSO Spaceflight portal 1965 ...
#10 Luna 1
Luna 1 , also known as Mechta ( Russian : Мечта [mʲɪt͡ɕˈta] , lit. : Dream ), E-1 No.4 and First Lunar Rover , [5] was the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of Earth's Moon , and the first spacecraft to be placed in heliocentric orbit . Intended as an impactor, Luna 1 was launched as part of th
- ... orbit around the Sun, between the orbits of Earth and Mars. [3] EXPERIMENT RESULTS At 00:57 GMT on 3 january 1959, at a distance of 113,000 kilometres (70,000 mi) from Earth, [1] 1 kilogram (2.2 lb) of sodium ...
#11 Mars Polar Lander
The Mars Polar Lander , also known as the Mars Surveyor '98 Lander , was a 290-kilogram robotic spacecraft lander launched by NASA on January 3, 1999, to study the soil and climate of Planum Australe , a region near the south pole on Mars . It formed part of the Mars Surveyor '98 mission . On Decemb
- ... as the Mars Surveyor '98 Lander , was a 290-kilogram robotic spacecraft lander launched by NASA on january 3, 1999, to study the soil and climate of Planum Australe , a region near the south pole on Mars . It ...
- ... lograms (640 lb) Power 200 W solar array and NiH 2 battery Start of mission Launch date 20:21 : 10, january 3, 1999 (UTC) ( 1999-01-03T20 : 21 : 10Z ) Rocket Delta II 7425 Launch site Cape Canaveral AFS SLC-17A ...
- ... red a loss. No further attempts to contact. LAUNCH AND TRAJECTORY Mars Polar Lander was launched on january 3, 1999, at 20:21:10 UTC by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration from Space Launch Comple ...
#12 IXPE
Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer , commonly known as IXPE or SMEX-14 , is a space observatory with three identical telescopes designed to measure the polarization of cosmic X-rays of black holes, neutron stars, and pulsars. [6] The observatory, which was launched on 9 December 2021, is an intern
- ... onments where they are created. [7] OVERVIEW Illustration of IXPE The IXPE mission was announced on 3 january 2017 [6] and was launched on 9 December 2021. [2] The international collaboration was signed in Jun ...
#13 Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer
The Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer ( GOCE ) was the first of ESA 's Living Planet Programme satellites intended to map in unprecedented detail the Earth's gravity field . The spacecraft's primary instrumentation was a highly sensitive gravity gradiometer consisting of thre
- ... AND PROPULSION GOCE flares to magnitude +2 as the 67.5 degree solar panel briefly mirrors sunlight ( 3 january 2010, 17:24:23.15 UTC). GOCE's 5 × 1.1 m (16 × 4 ft) frame had fixed solar panels covering its sun- ...
#14 Luna 3
Luna 3 , or E-2A No.1 ( Russian : Луна 3 ) was a Soviet spacecraft launched in 1959 as part of the Luna programme . It was the first mission to photograph the far side of the Moon and the third Soviet space probe to be sent to the neighborhood of the Moon . [6] Though it returned rather poor picture
- ... r a robotic probe/lander combination that landed on the Moon's far side, near the lunar south pole ( 3 january 2019) Exploration of the Moon
#15 Mars Observer
The Mars Observer spacecraft, also known as the Mars Geoscience/Climatology Orbiter , was a robotic space probe launched by NASA on September 25, 1992, to study the Martian surface, atmosphere, climate and magnetic field. During the interplanetary cruise phase, communication with the spacecraft was
- ... 6, followed by solar conjunction beginning on December 20, and lasting for nineteen days, ending on january 3, 1994; during this time, mission operations would be suspended as radio contact would not be possibl ...