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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
- ... 95. Thagard first flew on the crew of STS-7, which launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida, on june 18, 1983. This was the second flight for the Orbiter Challenger and the first mission with a crew of fi ...
#2 Frederick Hauck
Frederick Hamilton "Rick" Hauck (pronounced "Howk"; born April 11, 1941) is a retired captain in the United States Navy , a former fighter pilot and NASA astronaut . He piloted Space Shuttle mission STS-7 and commanded STS-51-A and STS-26 . Frederick H. Hauck Born Frederick Hamilton Hauck ( 1941-04-
- ... , the seventh flight of the Space Shuttle , which launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida , on june 18, 1983. The crew included Robert Crippen (spacecraft commander), and three mission specialists, John ...
#3 Claudie Haigneré
Claudie (André-Deshays) Haigneré (born 13 May 1957) is a French doctor, politician and former astronaut with the Centre National d'Études Spatiales (1985–1999) and the European Space Agency (1999–2002). [1] French astronaut, politician and doctor Claudie Haigneré Born ( 1957-05-13 ) 13 May 1957 (age
- ... onstructions for the scientific programs of future projects. [3] She eventually retired from ESA on 18 june 2002. [4] [5] [6] POLITICAL CAREER Following her career as an astronaut, Claudie Haigneré entered F ...
#4 Viktor Savinykh
Viktor Petrovich Savinykh was born in Berezkiny , Kirov Oblast, Russian SFSR on 7 March 1940. Married with one child. Selected as a cosmonaut on 1 December 1978. Retired on 9 February 1989. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification . ( February 2009 ) Viktor Petro
- ... the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" State Prize of the Russian Federation for science and technology ( 18 june 1996) State Prize of the USSR (1989) Order of Stara Planina (People's Republic of Bulgaria; 9 June ...
#5 Timothy Kopra
Timothy Lennart " Tim " Kopra (born April 9, 1963) is an engineer , a Colonel in the United States Army and a retired NASA astronaut . He served aboard the International Space Station as a flight engineer for Expedition 20 , returning to Earth aboard Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-128 mission on
- ... lk by Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano . [10] Kopra returned to Earth on Soyuz TMA-19M , and landed 18 june 2016 09:15 UTC, [11] after spending 186 days in space. [12] AWARDS Ribbon Description Notes Bronze ...
#6 Kjell N. Lindgren
Kjell Norwood Lindgren (born January 23, 1973) is an American astronaut who was selected in [1] June 2009 as a member of the NASA Astronaut Group 20 . He launched to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of Expedition 44 / 45 on July 22, 2015. [2] [3] American astronaut Kjell Lindgren Born (
- ... lar Activity branches of NASA, and he was the Spacecraft Communicator lead for Expedition 30 . From june 18 to 27, 2017 Lindgren was Commander of the NEEMO 22 mission to the Aquarius Reef Base , located 19 me ...
#7 Sherwood C. Spring
Sherwood Clark Spring (born September 3, 1944) is a retired United States Army colonel and former NASA astronaut . Spring is married with two children. He is the father of United States Olympian Justin Spring . Sherwood Spring has logged 165 hours in space, 12 of which were spent conducting spacewal
- ... OODY) SPRING (COLONEL, USA, RET.), NASA ASTRONAUT (FORMER)" (PDF) . NASA. December 1994 . Retrieved june 18, 2021 .
#8 William Anders
William Alison Anders (born October 17, 1933) is a retired United States Air Force (USAF) major general , former electrical engineer , nuclear engineer , NASA astronaut , and businessman. In December 1968, he was a member of the crew of Apollo 8 , the first three people to leave low Earth orbit and
- ... n insignia Retirement September 1, 1969 United States Ambassador to Norway In office May 11, 1976 – june 18, 1977 President Gerald R. Ford Jimmy Carter Preceded by Thomas R. Byrne Succeeded by Louis A. Lerner ...
- ... position. [2] Anders was appointed Ambassador to Norway on April 13, 1976, and held that post until june 18, 1977. [42] PRIVATE SECTOR Anders served briefly as a fellow of the American Enterprise Institute . ...
#9 Yuri Malenchenko
Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko ( Russian : Юрий Иванович Маленченко ; born December 22, 1961) is a retired Russian cosmonaut . Malenchenko became the first person to marry in space, on 10 August 2003, when he married Ekaterina Dmitrieva, who was in Texas , while he was 240 miles (390 km) over New Zeal
- ... VAs were performed during Expedition 46. [18] He returned to Earth on Soyuz TMA-19M , and landed on 18 june 2016 09:15 UTC, [19] after spending additional 186 days in space. [20]
#10 Mark Shuttleworth
Mark Richard Shuttleworth (born 18 September 1973) is a South African-British entrepreneur who is the founder and CEO of Canonical , the company behind the development of the Linux-based Ubuntu operating system. [1] In 2002, Shuttleworth became the first South African to travel to space as a space t
- ... vy in order to release his assets. [38] Shuttleworth appealed and, after a lengthy legal battle, on 18 june 2015 the Constitutional Court of South Africa reversed and set aside the findings of the lower cour ...
#11 Theodore Freeman
Theodore Cordy "Ted" Freeman (February 18, 1930 – October 31, 1964), was an American aeronautical engineer , U.S. Air Force officer , test pilot , and NASA astronaut . Selected in the third group of NASA astronauts in 1963, he was killed a year later in the crash of a T-38 jet, marking the first fat
- ... 5. A plaque commemorating Freeman was unveiled at the Lewes terminal of the Cape May–Lewes Ferry on june 18, 2014, with Governor Jack Markell and family members of Freeman in attendance at the ceremony. [24] ...
#12 Sally Ride
Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012) was an American astronaut and physicist . Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983 became the first American woman and the third woman to fly in space , after cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova in 1963 and Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982.
- ... e STS-7 mission When the Space Shuttle Challenger lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on june 18, 1983, Ride became the first American woman to fly in space, and the third woman overall. [4] She al ...
#13 Vitaly Zholobov
Vitaly Mikhaylovich Zholobov ( Russian: Виталий Михайлович Жолобов ; born 18 June 1937) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut who flew on Soyuz 21 space flight as the flight engineer. Vitaly Mikhaylovich Zholobov Boris Volynov (left) and Vitaly Zholobov on a 1976 Soviet stamp Born ( 1937-06-18 ) 18 June 193
- Vitaly Mikhaylovich Zholobov ( Russian: Виталий Михайлович Жолобов ; born 18 june 1937) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut who flew on Soyuz 21 space flight as the flight engineer. Vital ...
- ... lovich Zholobov Boris Volynov (left) and Vitaly Zholobov on a 1976 Soviet stamp Born ( 1937-06-18 ) 18 june 1937 (age 85) Zburjevka , Ukrainian SSR , Soviet Union Nationality Ukrainian Occupation Engineer Sp ...
#14 Robert Crippen
Robert Laurel Crippen (born September 11, 1937) is an American retired naval officer and aviator , test pilot , aerospace engineer , and retired astronaut . He traveled into space four times: as Pilot of STS-1 in April 1981, the first Space Shuttle mission; and as Commander of STS-7 in June 1983, ST
- ... Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System (CFES) and the Monodisperse Latex Reactor (MLR). It launched june 18, 1983, and landed on June 24, 1983. STS-41-C Main article: STS-41-C Crippen was the commander of Spa ...
#15 Tim Peake
Major Timothy Nigel “Tim” Peake CMG (born 7 April 1972) is a British Army Air Corps officer, European Space Agency astronaut [3] and a former International Space Station (ISS) crew member. British Army Air Corps officer and astronaut Tim Peake CMG HonFIET Official NASA portrait photograph, taken in
- ... r in 2016. [43] Peake being carried to a medical tent shortly after the landing of Soyuz TMA-19M On 18 june 2016, Peake returned to Earth from the ISS aboard the descent module of the Soyuz spacecraft that h ...
#16 John M. Fabian
John McCreary Fabian (born January 28, 1939) is a former NASA astronaut and Air Force officer who flew two Space Shuttle missions and worked on the development of the Shuttle's robotic arm. He later led the Air Force's space operations. John M. Fabian Born ( 1939-01-28 ) January 28, 1939 (age 83)
- ... o space flights, he has logged over 316 hours in space. He served as a mission specialist on STS-7 ( june 18 – 24, 1983) and STS-51G (June 17–24, 1985). He was scheduled to fly next in May 1986 on STS-61G, and ...
- ... irst flew as a mission specialist on STS-7 , which launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida, on june 18, 1983. This was the second flight for the Orbiter Challenger and for the first mission with a 5-pers ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 Luna 2
Luna 2 ( Russian : Луна 2 ), originally named the Second Soviet Cosmic Rocket and nicknamed Lunik 2 in contemporaneous media, was the sixth of the Soviet Union 's Luna programme spacecraft launched to the Moon , E-1 No.7 . It was the first spacecraft to reach the surface of the Moon , and the first
- ... ] One mission separated Luna 1 and Luna 2 , a launch failure that occurred with an unnamed probe on 18 june 1959. [14] Luna 2 would be the Soviet Union's sixth attempt to impact the Moon. [15] It was the sec ...
#2 Astra 1H
Astra 1H is one of the Astra communications satellites owned and operated by SES . Astra 1H Mission type Communications Operator Société Européenne des Satellites / SES S.A. COSPAR ID 1999-033A SATCAT no. 25785 Website https://www.ses.com/ Mission duration 15 years (planned) 20 years, 4 months (achi
- ... es Space and Communications Launch mass 3,690 kg (8,140 lb) Power 6 kW Start of mission Launch date 18 june 1999, 01:49:30 UTC Rocket Proton-K / DM-2M Launch site Baikonur , Site 81/23 Contractor Khrunichev ...
- ... Y SES ordered its Hughes 601HP satellite, in 1995 for Astra 1H. [2] LAUNCH Astra-1H was launched on 18 june 1999 at 01:49:30 UTC , by a Proton-K / DM-2M launch vehicle, from Site 81/23 at the Baikonur Cosmod ...
#3 Kosmos 1375
Kosmos 1375 ( Russian : Космос 1375 meaning Cosmos 1375 ) was a target satellite which was used by the Soviet Union in the 1980s for tests of anti-satellite weapons as part of the Istrebitel Sputnikov programme. [1] It was launched in 1982, and was itself part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme
- ... 03 kilometres (623 mi) , 65.8 degrees of inclination , and an orbital period of 105 minutes. [2] On 18 june 1982, it was successfully intercepted and destroyed by Kosmos 1379 in the final Soviet anti-satelli ...
#4 OSTM/Jason-2
OSTM/Jason-2 , or Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason-2 satellite, [1] was an international Earth observation satellite altimeter joint mission for sea surface height measurements between NASA and CNES . It was the third satellite in a series started in 1992 by the NASA/CNES TOPEX/Poseidon missio
- ... alcon 9 v1.1 launch vehicle in 2016. [17] The satellite was shipped to Vandenberg Air Force Base on 18 june 2015, [18] and after delays due to a June 2015 Falcon 9 launch failure, the mission was launched 17 ...
#5 Astra 2G
Astra 2G is one of the Astra communications satellites owned and operated by SES , launched to the Astra 28.2°E orbital position on 27 December 2014, at 21:37:49 UTC from Baikonur Cosmodrome . [2] Astra 2G Names Eutelsat 28G Mission type Communications Operator SES COSPAR ID 2014-089A SATCAT no. 403
- ... tested at 43.5° East, [8] [9] before moving to the Astra 28.2° East position in June 2015. [10] On 18 june 2015, the first six channels, including ITV and Channel 4, began broadcasting from Astra 2G, [11] t ...
#6 Kosmos 1661
Kosmos 1661 ( Russian : Космос 1661 meaning Cosmos 1661 ) is a Soviet US-K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1985 as part of the Soviet military's Oko programme. The satellite is designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors . [2] Kosmos 1661
- ... erties Spacecraft type US-K [2] Launch mass 1,900 kilograms (4,200 lb) Start of mission Launch date 18 june 1985, 00:40 ( 1985-06-18UTC00:40Z ) UTC Rocket Molniya-M / 2BL [2] Launch site Plesetsk Cosmodrome ...
- ... rier rocket with a 2BL upper stage was used to perform the launch, which took place at 00:40 UTC on 18 june 1985. [3] The launch successfully placed the satellite into a molniya orbit . It subsequently recei ...
#7 BSAT-4a
BSAT-4a is a geostationary communications satellite ordered by Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (BSAT) and designed and manufactured by SSL on the SSL 1300 platform. It is expected to be stationed on the 110.0° East orbital slot for direct television broadcasting of 4K and 8K Ultra HD resol
- ... ers . It will cover Japan with 4K and 8K Ultra HD television satellite service . [2] [3] HISTORY On 18 june 2015, BSAT ordered the first of its fourth generation satellites from SSL , BSAT-4a . It was expect ...
#8 Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope (often referred to as HST or Hubble ) is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation. It was not the first space telescope , but it is one of the largest and most versatile, renowned both as a vital research tool and as a publi
- ... er attempts to switch to one of three other backup memory modules on board the spacecraft failed on 18 june . On 23 and 24 June, NASA engineers switched Hubble to a backup payload computer, but these operatio ...
#9 STS-7
STS-7 was NASA 's seventh Space Shuttle mission, and the second mission for the Space Shuttle Challenger . During the mission, Challenger deployed several satellites into orbit. The shuttle launched from Kennedy Space Center on June 18, 1983, and landed at Edwards Air Force Base on June 24, 1983. ST
- ... hallenger deployed several satellites into orbit. The shuttle launched from Kennedy Space Center on june 18, 1983, and landed at Edwards Air Force Base on June 24, 1983. STS-7 carried Sally Ride , America's f ...
- ... obert Crippen Frederick Hauck John M. Fabian Sally Ride Norman Thagard Start of mission Launch date june 18, 1983, 11:33:00 UTC Rocket Space Shuttle Challenger Launch site Kennedy Space Center , LC-39A Contra ...
- ... ppen S2 Hauck Hauck S3 Fabian Fabian S4 Ride Ride S5 Thagard Thagard MISSION SUMMARY STS-7 began on june 18, 1983, with an on-time liftoff at 07:33:00 a.m. EDT . It was the first spaceflight of an American wo ...
- ... to KSC on June 29, 1983. INCIDENTS External Tank serial number 6 after jettison from Challenger on june 18, 1983. The arrow indicates the white area on the left bipod ramp where foam had broken off. STS-7 ex ...
#10 Luna E-1A No.1
Luna E-1A No.1 [1] or E-1 No.5 , [2] sometimes identified by NASA as Luna 1959A , [3] was a Soviet spacecraft which was lost in a launch failure in 1959. It was a 387-kilogram (853 lb) Luna E-1A spacecraft, the first of two to be launched. [1] It was intended to impact the surface of the Moon , an
- ... craft properties Manufacturer OKB-1 Launch mass 387 kilograms (853 lb) Start of mission Launch date 18 june 1959, 08:08 ( 1959-06-18UTC08:08Z ) UTC Rocket Luna 8K72 s/n I1-7 Launch site Baikonur 1/5 Luna ← L ...
- ... booster filled with the wrong grade of RP-1 propellant. Luna E-1A No.1 was launched at 08:08 UTC on 18 june 1959 atop a Luna 8K72 carrier rocket , [4] flying from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome . [2] Th ...
#11 Kosmos 32
Kosmos 32 ( Russian : Космос 32 meaning Cosmos 32 ) or Zenit-2 No.18 was a Soviet , first generation, low resolution, optical film-return reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1964. A Zenit-2 spacecraft, Kosmos 32 was the eighteenth of eighty-one such satellites to be launched [3] and had a
- ... 02 Launch site Baikonur , Site 31/6 Contractor OKB-1 End of mission Disposal Recovered Landing date 18 june 1964 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric [2] Regime Low Earth Perigee altitude 213 km Ap ...
- ... 1.3°, with an orbital period of 89.8 minutes. After eight days in orbit, Kosmos 32 was deorbited on 18 june 1964 with its return capsule descending by parachute for recovery by Soviet forces. [7] [8]
#12 TIROS-M
TIROS-M , also known as ITOS-1 was a weather satellite operated by the Environmental Science Services Administration (ESSA). It was part of a series of satellites called ITOS, or improved TIROS . [3] TIROS-M was launched on a Delta rocket on January 23, 1970. The launch carried one other satellite,
- ... ary 23, 1970. The launch carried one other satellite, Australis-OSCAR 5 . [2] It was deactivated on june 18, 1971. TIROS-M TIROS-M Mission type Weather Operator ESSA / NASA COSPAR ID 1970-008A [1] SATCAT no. ...
- ... 2] Rocket Delta-N6 Launch site Vandenberg SLC-2W End of mission Disposal Decommissioned Deactivated june 18, 1971 ( 1971-06-19 ) Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Low Earth Sun-synchronous ...
#13 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
- ... temperatures below normal levels. [59] The leaking hydrogen valve was replaced on 21 June. [60] On 18 june , engineers also commenced X-ray inspections to verify the performance of the radius block doublers ...
- ... ntis to gain access to the orbiter's payload bay. The payload bay doors were opened on the night of 18 june and the cargo was installed into the shuttle's payload bay on 20 June. TERMINAL COUNTDOWN DEMONSTRA ...
#14 Tiangong-1
Tiangong-1 ( Chinese : 天宫一号 ; pinyin : Tiāngōng yīhào ; lit. 'Heaven's Palace-1" or "Celestial Palace-1"' ) was China's first prototype space station . [9] It orbited Earth from September 2011 to April 2018, serving as both a crewed laboratory and an experimental testbed to demonstrate orbital rende
- ... a's first female astronaut, Liu Yang . [20] [22] [26] [57] The spacecraft docked with Tiangong-1 on 18 june 2012 at 06:07 UTC (14:07 Beijing time). [21] After about three hours, when the air pressures inside ...
#15 Cygnus NG-17
Cygnus NG-17 , [2] previously known as Cygnus OA-17 , was the seventeenth flight of the Northrop Grumman robotic resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its sixteenth flight to the International Space Station (ISS) under the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract with NASA . The mission launched on 19 F
- ... re. [9] The ISS will change its attitude by about 90 degrees before executing the Cygnus reboost on 18 june 2022. [10] [11] On 20 June 2022 at 15:20 UTC, Cygnus NG-17 gimbal engine was scheduled to fire for ...
#16 Kosmos 919
Kosmos 919 ( Russian : Космос 919 meaning Cosmos 919 ), also known as DS-P1-I No.19 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1977 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. [1] Kosmos 919 Mission type ABM radar ta
- ... type DS-P1-I Manufacturer Yuzhnoye Launch mass 400 kilograms (880 lb) Start of mission Launch date 18 june 1977, 10:30 ( 1977-06-18UTC10:30Z ) UTC Rocket Kosmos-2I 63SM Launch site Plesetsk 133/1 End of mis ...
- ... oard a Kosmos-2I 63SM rocket, [2] from Site 133/1 at Plesetsk . The launch occurred at 10:30 UTC on 18 june 1977. [3] It was the final flight of the Kosmos-2I carrier rocket, and the final flight of an R-12 ...
#17 Soyuz TMA-19M
Soyuz TMA-19M was a 2015 Russian Soyuz spaceflight to the International Space Station . It was launched on December 15, 2015 from Baikonur Cosmodrome , transporting three members of the Expedition 46 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-19M was the 128th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft since th
- ... a Russian commander accompanied by American and British astronauts. The flight returned to Earth on june 18, 2016. The Soyuz TMA-19M descent module is now in the collection of the UK's Science Museum Group . ...
- ... :29 UTC the same day. [6] The crew then boarded the ISS at 19:58 UTC. [6] Soyuz TMA-19M undocked on june 18, 2016 at 5:52 UTC, after being docked for 186 days. The crew landed safely in Kazakhstan , southeast ...
- ... ( 2015-12-15UTC11:03:09Z ) UTC Rocket Soyuz-FG Launch site Baikonur 1/5 End of mission Landing date 18 june 2016, 09:15 ( 2016-06-18UTC09:16Z ) UTC [2] Landing site Kazakhstan Orbital parameters Reference sy ...
- ... with ISS Docking port Rassvet nadir Docking date December 15, 2015 17:33:29 UTC [3] Undocking date 18 june 2016 5:52 UTC [2] (l-r) Kopra, Malenchenko and Peake Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) ← Soyuz TMA- ...
#18 Albert Einstein ATV
The Albert Einstein ATV , or Automated Transfer Vehicle 004 ( ATV-004 ), was a European uncrewed cargo resupply spacecraft , named after the German-born physicist Albert Einstein . [3] It was built to supply the International Space Station (ISS) with propellant, water, air, and dry cargo, and also t
- ... successfully with the ISS at 14:07 UTC (16:07 CEST) on 15 June 2013 [9] and the hatch was opened on 18 june . [16] The hatch opening was delayed by a day due to concerns raised by Roscosmos that the cargo had ...
#19 Harmony (ISS module)
Harmony , also known as Node 2 , is the "utility hub" of the International Space Station . It connects the laboratory modules of the United States , Europe and Japan , as well as providing electrical power and electronic data. Sleeping cabins for four of the crew are housed here. [3] American module
- ... e European Space Agency (ESA). From there, ESA formally transferred ownership of Harmony to NASA on 18 june 2003, taking place in the Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF) of the Kennedy Space Center. [22 ...
#20 STS-127
STS-127 ( ISS assembly flight 2J/A ) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). [1] It was the twenty-third flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour . The primary purpose of the STS-127 mission was to deliver and install the final two components of the Japanese Experiment Mo
- ... ault that delayed the Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-119 in March 2009. Since a launch date of june 18, 2009, would have conflicted with the launch of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)/Lunar Crater ...
- ... as made to allow the shuttle to attempt a second launch on June 17, 2009, allowing LRO to launch on june 18, 2009. [8] The second launch attempt on June 17, 2009, was also scrubbed due to hydrogen leak issues ...