langs: 6 января [ru] / january 6 [en] / 6. januar [de] / 6 janvier [fr] / 6 gennaio [it] / 6 de enero [es]
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#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
Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov ( Russian : Олег Григорьевич Макаров ; 6 January 1933 – 28 May 2003) was a Soviet cosmonaut . Soviet engineer and astronaut For other people with the same name, see Oleg Makarov (disambiguation) . Oleg Makarov Born ( 1933-01-06 ) 6 January 1933 Udomlya , Soviet Union Died 2
#3 Lance Bass
James Lance Bass [3] ( / b æ s / ; born May 4, 1979) [4] is an American singer, dancer, actor, film, and television producer. He grew up in Mississippi and rose to fame as the bass singer for the American pop boy band NSYNC . NSYNC's success led Bass to work in film and television. He starred in the
David Saint-Jacques OQ FRCGS ( in Quebec : [davɪd sẽɪ̯̃nʒã(ŋ)k̚] , French pronunciation: [david sɛ̃ʒak] ; born January 6, 1970) [2] is a Canadian astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). He is also an astrophysicist , engineer , and a physician . Canadian engineer, astrophysicist, physici
Michael T. Strahan ( / ˈ s t r eɪ h æ n / STRAY -han ; born November 21, 1971) [1] is an American television personality, journalist, and former professional American football player. He played his entire 15-year professional career as a defensive end for the New York Giants of the National Football
Guy Spence Gardner (born January 6, 1948) is a United States Air Force officer and a former astronaut . He holds the rank of colonel . He flew as pilot on two Space Shuttle missions, STS-27 and STS-35 . Gardner was also the 12th president of the Williamson College of the Trades . [1] This biography
Andrew Richard "Drew" Morgan (born February 5, 1976) is a NASA astronaut from the class of 2013 . [2] [3] American astronaut Andrew R. Morgan Born ( 1976-02-05 ) February 5, 1976 (age 46) Morgantown, West Virginia , U.S. Status Active Nationality American Alma mater U.S. Military Academy Uniform
Mark Thomas Vande Hei (born November 10, 1966) is a retired United States Army officer and current NASA astronaut [2] who has served as a flight Engineer for Expedition 53 , 54 , 64 , 65 , and 66 on the International Space Station . [3] [4] American engineer and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei Born (
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
#10 Philippe Perrin
Philippe Perrin ( Colonel , French Air Force ) (born January 6, 1963) is a French test pilot , engineer and former CNES and European Space Agency astronaut . For the French artist and photographer, see Philippe Perrin (artist) . This article's lead section may be too short to adequately summarize th
#11 Clifton Williams
Clifton Curtis Williams Jr. (September 26, 1932 – October 5, 1967), was an American naval aviator , test pilot , mechanical engineer , major in the United States Marine Corps , and NASA astronaut , who was killed in a plane crash; he never went into space . The crash was caused by a mechanical failu
#12 Michael Foale
Colin Michael Foale CBE ( / f oʊ l / ; born 6 January 1957) is a British-American astrophysicist and former NASA astronaut . [1] He is a veteran of six space missions, and is the only NASA astronaut to have flown extended missions aboard both Mir and the International Space Station . He was the seco
#13 Shane Kimbrough
Robert Shane Kimbrough (born June 4, 1967) is a retired United States Army officer and NASA astronaut . He was part of the first group of candidates selected for NASA astronaut training following the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster . Kimbrough is a veteran of three spaceflights, the first being a Sp
The Coriolis satellite is a Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Earth and space observation satellite launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base , on 2003-01-06 at 14:19 GMT . Coriolis Mission type Earth and Solar observation Operator NRL , AFRL COSPAR ID 2003-001A
#2 Surveyor 1
Surveyor 1 was the first lunar soft-lander in the uncrewed Surveyor program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA, United States ). This lunar soft-lander gathered data about the lunar surface that would be needed for the crewed Apollo Moon landings that began in 1969. The succe
#3 Thaicom 6
THAICOM 6 ( Thai : ไทยคม 6 ) is a Thai satellite of the Thaicom series, operated by Thaicom Public Company Limited , a subsidiary of INTOUCH headquartered in Bangkok , Thailand . THAICOM 6 is colocated with Thaicom 5 at 78.5 degrees East, in geostationary orbit . The total cost for the satellite is
#4 Landsat 1
Landsat 1 ( LS-1 ), formerly named ERTS-A and ERTS-1, was the first satellite of the United States' Landsat program . It was a modified version of the Nimbus 4 meteorological satellite and was launched on July 23, 1972, by a Delta 900 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California . First satel
#5 STS-130
STS-130 ( ISS assembly flight 20A ) [7] was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Space Shuttle Endeavour 's primary payloads were the Tranquility module and the Cupola , a robotic control station with six windows around its sides and another in the center, providing
#6 Cygnus Orb-1
Orbital-1 , [6] [7] also known as Orb-1 , [7] [8] [9] was the second flight of the Orbital Sciences Cygnus cargo spacecraft , its second flight to the International Space Station (ISS) and the third launch of the company's Antares launch vehicle . The mission launched on 9 January 2014 at 18:07:05 U
#7 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
#8 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
#9 Kosmos 725
Kosmos 725 ( Russian : Космос 725 meaning Cosmos 725 ), also known as DS-P1-Yu No.77 , was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1975 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 400-kilogram (880 lb) spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau , and was used as a rad
#10 Sentinel-2B
Sentinel-2B is a European optical imaging satellite that was launched on 7 March 2017. It is the second Sentinel-2 satellite launched as part of the European Space Agency 's Copernicus Programme , and its orbit will be phased 180° against Sentinel-2A . The satellite carries a wide swath high-resolut
#11 AeroCube-3
AeroCube-3 is a single-unit CubeSat which was built and is being operated by The Aerospace Corporation , at El Segundo, California . It is the third AeroCube picosatellite , following on from AeroCube-1 , which was lost in a launch failure in 2006, and AeroCube-2 which was successfully launched in 2
#12 Landsat 5
Landsat 5 was a low Earth orbit satellite launched on March 1, 1984, to collect imagery of the surface of Earth . A continuation of the Landsat Program , Landsat 5 was jointly managed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Data from Landsat
#13 USA-83
USA-83 , also known as GPS IIA-5 , GPS II-14 and GPS SVN-26 , is an American navigation satellite which forms part of the Global Positioning System . It was the fifth of nineteen Block IIA GPS satellites to be launched. American satellite USA-83 Names Navstar 2A-05 GPS IIA-5 GPS II-14 GPS SVN-26 Mis
#14 Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4
Kwangmyongsong-4 ( Korean for ' Bright Star-4 or Lodestar-4 ' ) or KMS-4 [2] is a reconnaissance satellite launched by North Korea on 7 February 2016. North Korean reconnaissance satellite launched in 2016 Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4 Mission type Earth observation Technology Operator NADA COSPAR ID 2016-009A S
#15 SpaceX CRS-5
SpaceX CRS-5 , also known as SpX-5 , was a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station (ISS), conducted by SpaceX for NASA , and was launched on 10 January 2015 and ended on 11 February 2015. It was the seventh flight for SpaceX's uncrewed Dragon cargo spacecraft and the f
#16 Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2
The Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 ( OAO-2 , nicknamed Stargazer ) was the first successful space telescope (first space telescope being OAO-1 , which failed to operate once in orbit), launched on December 7, 1968. [2] An Atlas-Centaur rocket launched it into a nearly circular 750-kilometre (47
#17 Cygnus NG-14
NG-14 , [2] [5] previously known as OA-14 , was the fifteenth flight of the Northrop Grumman robotic resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its fourteenth flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-1) contract with NASA . The mission was launched on 3 October 2020,
#18 AfriStar
AfriStar (sometimes known as AfriStar 1) is a satellite formerly owned and operated by the company 1worldspace (formerly known as WorldStar) and now owned and operated by Yazmi USA . The satellite was built by EADS Astrium (formerly known as Matra Marconi Space ) and Alcatel Space . Based on Astrium
#19 Landsat 9
Landsat 9 is an Earth observation satellite launched on 27 September 2021 from Space Launch Complex-3E at Vandenberg Space Force Base on an Atlas V 401 launch vehicle . [3] NASA is in charge of building, launching, and testing the satellite, while the United States Geological Survey (USGS) operates
#20 Lunar Prospector
Lunar Prospector was the third mission selected by NASA for full development and construction as part of the Discovery Program . [2] At a cost of $62.8 million, the 19-month mission was designed for a low polar orbit investigation of the Moon , including mapping of surface composition including Luna