langs: 4 июля [ru] / july 4 [en] / 4. juli [de] / 4 juillet [fr] / 4 luglio [it] / 4 de julio [es]
days: july 1 / july 2 / july 3 / july 4 / july 5 / july 6 / july 7
#1 Tang Hongbo
Senior Colonel Tang Hongbo ( Chinese : 汤洪波 ; born October 1975) is a Chinese fighter pilot and People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonaut . He flew on his first spaceflight to the Tiangong space station as a part of the Shenzhou 12 mission. In this Chinese name , the family name is T
Henry Warren Hartsfield Jr. (21 November 1933 – 17 July 2014) was a United States Air Force Colonel and NASA astronaut who logged over 480 hours in space. He was inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2006. American astronaut and test pilot Henry W. Hartsfield Jr. Born ( 1933-11-2
#3 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
Thomas Arthur Reiter (born 23 May 1958 in Frankfurt , West Germany ) is a retired European astronaut and is a Brigadier General [1] in the German Air Force currently working as ESA Interagency Coordinator and Advisor to the Director General at the European Space Agency (ESA). He was one of the top 2
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
Donald Alan Thomas , Ph.D. (born May 6, 1955) is an American engineer and a former NASA astronaut . Donald Alan Thomas Born ( 1955-05-06 ) May 6, 1955 (age 67) Cleveland, Ohio Status Retired Nationality American Occupation Engineer Space career NASA astronaut Time in space 43d 08h 13m Selection 19
Michael Edward Fossum (born December 19, 1957, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota ) is a former American astronaut , engineer , and the Chief Operating Officer of Texas A&M University at Galveston . He flew into space on board the NASA Space Shuttle missions STS-121 and STS-124 and served as a mission spe
Stephanie Diana Wilson (born September 27, 1966) is an American engineer and a NASA astronaut . She flew to space onboard three Space Shuttle missions, and is the second African American woman to go into space, after Mae Jemison . As of 2021 , [update] her 42 days in space are the most of any female
Maidarjavyn Ganzorig ( Mongolian : Майдаржавын Ганзориг ; 5 February 1949 – 4 July 2021) was a Mongolian cosmonaut and academic. [1] Mongolian cosmonaut (1949–2021) Maidarjavyn Ganzorig Майдаржавын Ганзориг Born ( 1949-02-05 ) 5 February 1949 Tsetserleg , Mongolia Died 4 July 2021 (2021-07-04) (aged
#10 Barbara Morgan
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
#11 Richard Garriott
Richard Allen Garriott de Cayeux ( né Garriott ; born July 4, 1961) is an American video game developer , entrepreneur and private astronaut. Although both his parents were American, he maintains dual British and American citizenship by birth. [1] American video game developer and entrepreneur (born
#12 Piers Sellers
Piers John Sellers OBE (11 April 1955 – 23 December 2016) was a British-American meteorologist , NASA astronaut [1] and Director of the Earth Science Division at NASA/GSFC . He was a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions. Sellers attended Cranbrook School , Cranbrook, Kent , United Kingdom, until
Liu Boming ( simplified Chinese : 刘伯明 ; traditional Chinese : 劉伯明 ; pinyin : Liú Bómíng ; born September 17, 1966) is a major general in the Chinese People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force (PLASSF). A fighter pilot in the PLA Air Force (PLAAF), he was selected into the PLA Astronaut Corps (
#14 Ken Mattingly
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
#15 Lisa Nowak
Lisa Marie Nowak (née Caputo , born May 10, 1963) is an American aeronautical engineer , and former NASA astronaut and United States Navy captain . Nowak served as naval flight officer and test pilot in the Navy, and was selected by NASA for NASA Astronaut Group 16 in 1996, qualifying as a mission s
Michael Phillip Anderson (December 25, 1959 – February 1, 2003) was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut . Anderson and his six fellow crew members were killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster when the craft disintegrated during its re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere . [1] An
#17 Steven Lindsey
Steven Wayne Lindsey (born August 24, 1960) is a retired U.S. Air Force officer and NASA astronaut . Lindsey served as Chief of the NASA Astronaut Office from September 2006 until October 2009. [2] American astronaut This article is about the American astronaut. For the Maine politician, see Stephen
#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 New Mexico Museum of Space History
The New Mexico Museum of Space History is a museum and planetarium complex in Alamogordo, New Mexico , US dedicated to artifacts and displays related to space flight and the space age . It includes the International Space Hall of Fame . The Museum of Space History highlights the role that New Mexico
The Alberta Aviation Museum is an aviation museum located in Edmonton , Alberta , Canada. The museum is located on-site at the former Edmonton City Centre (Blatchford Field) Airport on the southwest corner of the field (11410 Kingsway Avenue ). [1] [2] Aviation museum in Edmonton, Alberta Alberta Av
Fantasy of Flight is an aviation museum in Polk City, Florida . Aviation museum in Polk City, Florida, USA Fantasy of Flight Aerial view of the site Location within Florida Show map of Florida Fantasy of Flight (the United States) Show map of the United States Established November 11, 1995 ; 26 ye
Bonanzaville, USA is a history museum complex in West Fargo, North Dakota . Bonanzaville, the museum of the Cass County Historical Society, is made up of forty buildings on 12 acres (49,000 m 2 ) , many of them are historic and from the region. These buildings have been moved to the museum grounds
The U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama is a museum operated by the government of Alabama , showcasing rockets , achievements, and artifacts of the U.S. space program. Sometimes billed as "Earth's largest space museum", astronaut Owen Garriott described the place as, "a great way to le
The Collings Foundation is a private non-profit educational foundation located in Stow, Massachusetts , with a mission dedicated to the preservation and public display of transportation-related history, namely automobile and aviation history. [1] The Collings Foundation is headquartered at a small p
#8 Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium
The Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium is a combination natural science museum , history museum , and planetarium located in St. Johnsbury, Vermont . It was founded in 1890 by businessman, politician, naturalist, and collector Franklin Fairbanks . The museum and its buildings are on the U.S. National Re
#9 Volandia
Volandia Park and Flight Museum is the largest Italian aeronautical museum, as well as one of the largest in Europe. Volandia displays over 100 aircraft. The museum covers an area of ca. 60,000 m 2 (645,000 sq ft ) [1] of which 20,000 m 2 (215,000 sq ft) are indoors. [2] It opened in 2010, after a 1
#1 BOR-5
The BOR-5 ( Russian : БОР-5, «Беспилотный Орбитальный Ракетоплан 5» , romanized : Bespilotnyi Orbital'nyi Raketoplan 5 , lit. ' Unpiloted Orbital Rocketplane 5 ' ) is a 1:8 sized test flight vehicle, used to study the main aerodynamic, thermal, acoustic and stability characteristics of the Buran
#2 AS-104
AS-104 was the fourth orbital test of a boilerplate Apollo spacecraft , and the second flight of the Pegasus micrometeroid detection satellite . It was launched by SA-8, the ninth Saturn I carrier rocket. Fourth orbital test of a boilerplate Apollo spacecraft, May 27, 1965 AS-104 Launch of Saturn AS
The Leonardo Permanent Multipurpose Module ( PMM ) is a module of the International Space Station . It was flown into space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-133 on 24 February 2011 and installed on 1 March. Leonardo is primarily used for storage of spares, supplies and waste on the ISS, whi
Sojourner is a robotic Mars rover that landed in the Ares Vallis channel in the Chryse Planitia region of the Oxia Palus quadrangle on July 4, 1997. Sojourner was operational on Mars for 92 sols (95 Earth days). It was the first wheeled vehicle to rove on a planet other than Earth and formed part of
#5 USA-207
USA-207 , [4] international COSPAR code 2009-047A , [5] also known as PAN , officially meaning Palladium At Night , [6] NEMESIS I, [7] or P360 [8] is a classified American SIGINT satellite, [7] which was launched in September 2009. The US government has not confirmed which of its intelligence agenci
#6 Ekspress-MD1
Ekspress-MD1 ( Russian : Экспресс-МД1 ), was a Russian geostationary communications satellite operated by Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) and designed and manufactured by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center on the Yakhta satellite bus for RSCC's Ekspress series . It
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
#8 Explorer 38
Explorer 38 (also called as Radio Astronomy Explorer A , RAE-A and RAE-1 ) was the first NASA satellite to study Radio astronomy . Explorer 38 was launched as part of the Explorer program , being the first of the 2 RAE-satellites. Explorer 38 was launched on 4 July 1968 from Vandenberg Air Force Bas
Progress M-18 ( Russian : Прогресс М-18 ) was a Russian cargo uncrewed spacecraft which was launched in 1993 to resupply the Mir space station. [2] The thirty-sixth of sixty four Progress spacecraft to visit Mir, it used the Progress-M 11F615A55 configuration, [3] and had the serial number 218. [4]
#10 Soyuz 32
Soyuz 32 ( Russian : Союз 32 , Union 32 ) was a 1979 Soviet crewed space flight to the Salyut 6 space station . [1] It was the eighth mission to and seventh successful docking at the orbiting facility. The Soyuz 32 crew was the third long-duration crew to man the space station. Soyuz 32 COSPAR ID 19
#11 STS-114
STS-114 was the first "Return to Flight" Space Shuttle mission following the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster . Discovery launched at 10:39 EDT (14:39 UTC ), 26 July 2005. The launch, 907 days (approx. 29 months) after the loss of Columbia , was approved despite unresolved fuel sensor anomalies in th
#12 Explorer 28
Explorer 28 , also called IMP-C , IMP-3 and Interplanetary Monitoring Platform-3 , was a NASA satellite launched on 29 May 1965 to study space physics , and was the third spacecraft launched in the Interplanetary Monitoring Platform program. It was powered by chemical batteries and solar panels . Th
#13 Progress M-06M
Progress M-06M ( Russian : Прогресс М-06М ), identified by NASA as Progress 38P , is a Russian Progress spacecraft which was launched in June 2010 to resupply the International Space Station . It was the 38th Progress to dock with the space station and the third of year 2010. Progress M-06M Progress
#14 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
#15 Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2
Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 ( Korean : 광명성 2호 , meaning Bright Star-2 [1] or Lode Star-2 [2] ) was a satellite launched by North Korea on April 5, 2009. North Korean satellite Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 Kwangmyongsong-2 as it would have looked in orbit in a 2009 computer graphic video Mission type Communication /Technol
#16 Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite
Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite ( SWAS , also Explorer 74 and SMEX-3 ) is a NASA submillimetre astronomy satellite, and is the fourth spacecraft in the Small Explorer program (SMEX). It was launched on 6 December 1998, at 00:57:54 UTC , from Vandenberg Air Force Base aboard a Pegasus XL launc
The Vermont Lunar CubeSat is a CubeSat satellite by Vermont Technical College and funded in part by grants from NASA , Vermont Space Grant Consortium and in part by voluntary donations. The satellite, costing about 50,000 US Dollars to build - with NASA offering a free launch as part of the ELaNa pr
#18 Lunokhod 1
Lunokhod 1 ( Russian: Луноход-1 ("Moonwalker 1"), also known as Аппарат 8ЕЛ № 203 ("Device 8EL No. 203")) was the first of two robotic lunar rovers landed on the Moon by the Soviet Union as part of its Lunokhod program . The Luna 17 spacecraft carried Lunokhod 1 to the Moon in 1970. Lunokhod 1 was t
#19 Kosmos 1818
Kosmos 1818 was a nuclear powered Soviet surveillance satellite in the RORSAT program, which monitored NATO vessels using radar. Kosmos 1818 was the first satellite to use the TOPAZ-1 fission reactor. In July 2008, the satellite was damaged, and leaked a trail of sodium coolant. Soviet surveillance
#20 Viking 1
Viking 1 was the first of two spacecraft , along with Viking 2 , each consisting of an orbiter and a lander, sent to Mars as part of NASA 's Viking program . [2] The lander touched down on Mars on July 20, 1976, the first successful Mars lander in history. Viking 1 operated on Mars for 2307 days (ov