langs: 19 июля [ru] / july 19 [en] / 19. juli [de] / 19 juillet [fr] / 19 luglio [it] / 19 de julio [es]
days: july 16 / july 17 / july 18 / july 19 / july 20 / july 21 / july 22
#1 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
#2 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
Charles David "Charlie" Walker (born August 29, 1948) is an American engineer and astronaut who flew on three Space Shuttle missions in 1984 and 1985 as a Payload Specialist for the McDonnell Douglas Corporation. [1] American astronaut and engineer For other people named Charles Walker, see Charles
Sharon Christa McAuliffe ( née Corrigan ; September 2, 1948 – January 28, 1986) was an American teacher and astronaut from Concord, New Hampshire , who was killed on the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L where she was serving as a payload specialist . [2] American teacher and astronaut (1
Thomas Patten Stafford (born September 17, 1930) is an American former Air Force officer , test pilot , and NASA astronaut , and one of 24 people who flew to the Moon . He also served as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1969 to 1971. United States astronaut (born 1930) Thomas P. Stafford Stafford
Roy Dubard Bridges Jr. (born July 19, 1943) is an American pilot , engineer , retired United States Air Force officer , test pilot , former NASA astronaut and the former director of NASA 's John F. Kennedy Space Center and Langley Research Center . As a command pilot, he has over 4,460 flying hours,
#7 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
Vladimir Vladimirovich Vasyutin (Russian: Влaдимиp Bлaдимиpoвич Васютин; 8 March 1952 – 19 July 2002) [1] was a Soviet cosmonaut . Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Vladimirovich Vasyutin Born ( 1952-03-08 ) 8 March 1952 Kharkiv , Ukrainian SSR Died 19 July 2002 (2002-07-19) (aged 50) Nationality Soviet O
Barbara Radding Morgan (born November 28, 1951) is an American teacher and a former NASA astronaut . She participated in the Teacher in Space program as backup to Christa McAuliffe for the 1986 ill-fated STS-51-L mission of the Space Shuttle Challenger . She then trained as a Mission Specialist , an
#10 Franco Malerba
Franco Egidio Malerba (born 10 October 1946 in Busalla , Metropolitan City of Genoa , Italy) is an Italian astronaut and Member of the European Parliament . He was the first citizen of Italy to travel to space. In 1994, he was elected to the European Parliament on the lists of Forza Italia, serving
#11 Mark P. Stucky
Mark P. "Forger" Stucky (born 9 November 1958) is an American test pilot and commercial astronaut . In these roles, he was an employee of Virgin Galactic , a private spaceflight company which is developing sub-orbital space tourism flights. American astronaut Mark Stucky Born ( 1958-11-09 ) November
#12 Nikolai Budarin
Nikolai Mikhailovich Budarin ( Russian : Николай Михайлович Бударин ) (born April 29, 1953 in Kirya , Chuvashia ) is a retired Russian cosmonaut , a veteran of three extended space missions aboard the Mir Space Station and the International Space Station . He has also performed eight career spacewal
#13 Scott D. Tingle
Scott David Tingle (born July 19, 1965) is a NASA astronaut . [1] He was selected in June 2009 as a member of the NASA Astronaut Group 20 , qualifying in 2011. Serving as a flight engineer as part of Expedition 54 and 55 , Tingle launched into space on board Soyuz MS-07 in December 2017, and returne
#14 Joseph A. Walker
Joseph Albert Walker (February 20, 1921 – June 8, 1966) ( Capt , USAF ) was an American World War II pilot , experimental physicist , NASA test pilot , and astronaut who was the first person to fly an airplane to space. He was one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15 , an experimental s
#1 Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is an American military and maritime history museum in New York City with a collection of museum ships . It is located at Pier 86 at 46th Street , along the Hudson River , in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood on the West Side of Manhattan . The museum showcases the
#2 Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site , at Moton Field in Tuskegee, Alabama , commemorates the contributions of African-American airmen in World War II . Moton Field was the site of primary flight training for the pioneering pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen , and is now operated by the National
The American Space Museum is a museum in Titusville, Florida . It includes the US Space Walk of Fame , an outdoor plaza on the Indian River that honors both the astronauts and the NASA and contractor personnel who made American manned space exploration possible. The monuments surround a pool and are
The National Space Centre is a museum and educational resource covering the fields of space science and astronomy , along with a space research programme in partnership with the University of Leicester. It is located on the north side of the city in Belgrave, Leicester , England, next to the River S
#1 Solwind
P78-1 or Solwind was a United States satellite launched aboard an Atlas F rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on February 24, 1979. The satellite's mission was extended by several weeks, so that it operated until it was destroyed in orbit on September 13, 1985, to test the ASM-135 AS
#2 Yamal-601
Yamal-601 ( Russian : Ямал-601 ) is a Russian geostationary communications satellite ordered by Gazprom Space Systems from Thales Alenia Space (TAS) on the Spacebus-4000C4 satellite bus for its Yamal programme . [3] The satellite has mass of 5,422 kg (11,953 lb) and 11 kW of payload power with o
MightySat-2.1 , [2] also known as P99-1 or Sindri was a small spacecraft developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory [3] to test advanced technologies in imaging, communications, and spacecraft bus components in space. MightySat-2.1 Mission type Technology Operator AFRL COSPAR ID 2000-042A SATCAT
#4 PSSC-2
PSSC-2 , or Pico-Satellite Solar Cell Testbed 2 , [1] also known as PSSC-Testbed 2 , is a miniaturised satellite which was operated by the United States Air Force as part of a technology demonstration programme. It was the last satellite to be deployed from a Space Shuttle . [2] PSSC-2 Diagram of PS
#5 WorldView-2
WorldView-2 ( WV 2 ) is a commercial Earth observation satellite owned by DigitalGlobe . WorldView-2 provides commercially available panchromatic imagery of 0.46 m (18 in) resolution, and eight-band multispectral imagery with 1.84 m (72 in) resolution. [4] WorldView-2 Mission type Earth obse
The Long March 4C , also known as the Chang Zheng 4C , CZ-4C and LM-4C , previously designated Long March 4B-II , is a Chinese orbital launch vehicle . It is launched from the Jiuquan , Taiyuan , and Xichang Satellite Launch Centers , and consists of 3 stages. Long March 4C vehicles have been used t
#7 Zond 1
Zond 1 was a spacecraft of the Soviet Zond program . It was the second Soviet research spacecraft to reach Venus , although communications had failed by that time. It carried a 90 cm spherical landing capsule, containing experiments for chemical analysis of the atmosphere , gamma-ray measurements
Astron was a Soviet space telescope launched on 23 March 1983 at 12:45:06 UTC , using the Proton launcher . [3] Based on the 4MV spacecraft design and operational for six years, Astron was the largest ultraviolet space telescope of its time. Soviet ultraviolet space telescope Astron Mission type Ast
#9 Zond 3
Zond 3 was a 1965 space probe which performed a flyby of the Moon ' s far side, [3] taking a number of quality photographs for its time. It was a member of the Soviet Zond program while also being part of the Mars 3MV project. It was unrelated to Zond spacecraft designed for manned circumlunar missi
#10 Göktürk-1
Göktürk-1 (also Göktürk-1A ) is a high resolution earth observation satellite (greater than 50 cm) designed and developed for the Turkish Ministry of National Defence by the Italian space service company Telespazio with technological input from Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAŞ) and ASELSAN of T
#11 $50SAT
$50SAT (also known as Eagle-2 , OSCAR 76 , Morehead-OSCAR 76 and MO-76 ) [2] is an American amateur radio communications satellite . It was launched on November 21, 2013 with a Dnepr launch vehicle from the Dombarovsky Air Base , in Orenburg , Russia . Amateur radio satellite launched in 2013 $50SAT
#12 EchoStar XVII
EchoStar XVII or EchoStar 17 , also known as Jupiter 1 , [2] is an American geostationary high throughput communications satellite which is operated by Hughes Network Systems , a subsidiary of EchoStar . It is positioned in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 107.1° West, [3] from where it is used
#13 Soyuz 29
Soyuz 29 ( Russian : Союз 29 , Union 29 ) was a 1978 crewed Soviet space mission to the Salyut 6 space station. [2] It was the fifth mission, the fourth successful docking, and the second long-duration crew for the orbiting station. Commander Vladimir Kovalyonok and flight engineer Aleksandr Ivanche
Nauka ( Russian : Наука , IPA: [nɐˈukə] , litt. Science ), also known as the Multipurpose Laboratory Module-Upgrade ( MLM-U ; Russian : Многоцелевой лабораторный модуль, усоверше́нствованный, or МЛМ-У ) or simply Multipurpose Laboratory Module ( MLM ), is a module of the International Space Statio
#15 Progress MS-03
Progress MS-03 ( Russian : Прогресс МC-03 ), identified by NASA as Progress 64P , was a Progress spaceflight operated by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS). [2] It was the first Progress MS to have an external compartment for releasing satellites. [3] 2016 Russian resupply s
#16 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
#17 Progress 30
Progress 30 ( Russian : Прогресс 30 ) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in May 1987 to resupply the Mir space station. Progress 30 A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft Mission type Mir resupply COSPAR ID 1987-044A SATCAT no. 17999 [1] Spacecraft properties Spacecraft Progres
#18 Formosat-5
Formosat-5 ( Formosa Satellite 5 ; Chinese : 福爾摩沙衛星五號 ) is the first Earth observation satellite manufactured and operated solely by the National Space Organization . The satellite was launched from a Falcon 9 rocket on 24 August 2017, and placed into a Sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of about
#19 Salyut 6
Salyut 6 ( Russian : Салют-6 ; lit. Salute 6 ), DOS-5 , was a Soviet orbital space station , the eighth station of the Salyut programme . It was launched on 29 September 1977 by a Proton rocket . Salyut 6 was the first space station to receive large numbers of crewed and uncrewed spacecraft for huma
#20 QuikSCAT
The NASA QuikSCAT ( Quick Scatterometer ) was an Earth observation satellite carrying the SeaWinds scatterometer . Its primary mission was to measure the surface wind speed and direct over the ice-free global oceans via its effect on water waves . Observations from QuikSCAT had a wide array of appli