langs: 28 июня [ru] / june 28 [en] / 28. juni [de] / 28 juin [fr] / 28 giugno [it] / 28 de junio [es]
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#1 Ed Lu
Edward Tsang " Ed " Lu ( simplified Chinese : 卢杰 ; traditional Chinese : 盧傑 ; pinyin : Lú Jié ; born July 1, 1963) is an American physicist and former NASA astronaut . He flew on two Space Shuttle flights, and made an extended stay aboard the International Space Station . [1] American physicist and
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
John Michael "Mike" Lounge (June 28, 1946 – March 1, 2011) was an American engineer , a United States Navy officer, a Vietnam War veteran, and a NASA astronaut . A veteran of three Space Shuttle flights, Lounge logged over 482 hours in space. He was a mission specialist on STS-51-I (1985) and STS-
Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer , and the first person to walk on the Moon . He was also a naval aviator , test pilot , and university professor. American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2012) For other uses, see Neil A
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
William Shatner [3] OC (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor. In a career spanning seven decades, he is best known for his portrayal of James T. Kirk in the Star Trek franchise, from his 1965 debut as the captain of the starship Enterprise in the second pilot of the first Star Trek television se
Anatoli Alekseyevich Ivanishin ( Russian: Анатолий Алексеевич Иванишин ; born 15 January 1969) is a former Russian cosmonaut. His first visit to space was to the International Space Station on board the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft as an Expedition 29 / Expedition 30 crew member, launching in November 20
USS Midway (CVB/CVA/CV-41) is an aircraft carrier , formerly of the United States Navy , the lead ship of her class . Commissioned 8 days after the end of World War II, Midway was the largest ship in the world until 1955, as well as the first U.S. aircraft carrier too big to transit the Panama Canal
#2 San Diego Air & Space Museum
San Diego Air & Space Museum ( SDASM , formerly the San Diego Aerospace Museum ) is an aviation and space exploration museum in San Diego , California , United States. The museum is located in Balboa Park and is housed in the former Ford Building , which is listed on the US National Register of Hist
The Deutsches Museum ( German Museum , officially Deutsches Museum von Meisterwerken der Naturwissenschaft und Technik (English: German Museum of Masterpieces of Science and Technology )) in Munich , Germany, is the world's largest museum of science and technology , with about 28,000 exhibited objec
#4 Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History
The Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History ( French : Musée Royal de l'Armée et d'Histoire Militaire , often abbreviated to MRA , Dutch : Koninklijk Museum van het Leger en de Krijgsgeschiedenis , KLM ) is a military museum that occupies the two northernmost halls of the historic comp
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
#1 Intelsat I
Intelsat I (nicknamed Early Bird for the proverb "The early bird catches the worm") was the first commercial communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit , on April 6, 1965. [1] [2] It was built by the Space and Communications Group of Hughes Aircraft Company (later Hughes Space and
#2 Soyuz TMA-19
Soyuz TMA-19 was a crewed spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS) and is part of the Soyuz programme . It was launched on 15 June 2010 carrying three members of the Expedition 24 crew to the International Space Station, who remained aboard the station for around six months. Soyuz TMA-19
#3 Superbird-C2
Superbird-C2 , known as Superbird-7 before launch, is a geostationary communications satellite operated by JSAT Corporation and designed and manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric on the DS2000 satellite bus . [3] [4] It had a launch weight of 4,820 kg (10,630 lb) , a 15-year design life and was th
Progress MS-09 ( Russian : Прогресс МC-09 ), identified by NASA as Progress 70P , was a Progress spaceflight operated by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS). This was the 161st flight of a Progress spacecraft. 2018 Russian resupply spaceflight to the ISS Progress MS-09 Progre
#5 Galaxy 1
Galaxy 1 was the first in a line of Galaxy communications satellites launched by Hughes Communications in 1983. This article needs additional citations for verification . ( June 2015 ) Galaxy 1 Mission type Communication Operator Hughes COSPAR ID 1983-065A SATCAT no. 14158 Mission duration 9 years (
#6 Multi-Functional Transport Satellite
Multifunctional Transport Satellites ( MTSAT ) were a series of weather and aviation control satellites. They are replaced by Himawari 8 on 7 July 2015. They were geostationary satellites owned and operated by the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) and the Japan
#7 International Space Station
The International Space Station ( ISS ) is the largest modular space station currently in low Earth orbit . It is a multinational collaborative project involving five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA (Japan), ESA (Europe), and CSA (Canada). [7] [8] The own
#8 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
#9 Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph
Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph ( IRIS ), [1] also called Explorer 94 and SMEX-12 , [2] is a NASA solar observation satellite. The mission was funded through the Small Explorer program to investigate the physical conditions of the solar limb, particularly the interface region made up of the ch
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
#11 Kosmos 901
Kosmos 901 ( Russian : Космос 901 meaning Cosmos 901 ), also known as DS-P1-I No.18 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 901 Mission type ABM radar ta
#12 NOAA-5
NOAA-5 , also known as ITOS-H was a weather satellite operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). It was part of a series of satellites called ITOS, or improved TIROS , being the last of the series. [5] NOAA-5 was launched on a Delta rocket on July 29, 1976. [6] NOAA-5 Mi
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
#14 Jason-3
Jason-3 is a satellite altimeter created by a partnership of the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) and National Aeronautic and Space Administration ( NASA ), and is an international cooperative mission in which National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis
#15 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
#16 SpaceX CRS-15
SpaceX CRS-15 , also known as SpX-15 , was a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station launched 29 June 2018 aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. [1] The mission was contracted by NASA and flown by SpaceX . 2018 American resupply spaceflight to the ISS "CRS-15" redirects here. For
#17 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
#18 SpaceX CRS-9
SpaceX CRS-9 , also known as SpX-9 , is a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station which launched on 18 July 2016. [7] [8] The mission was contracted by NASA and is operated by SpaceX using a Dragon capsule. 2016 American resupply spaceflight to the ISS "CRS-9" redirect
#19 Intelsat 604
Intelsat 604 , previously named Intelsat VI F-4 , was a communications satellite operated by Intelsat . Launched in 1990, it was the third of five Intelsat VI satellites to be launched. The Intelsat VI series was constructed by Hughes Aircraft , based on the HS-389 satellite bus . [2] Geostationary
#20 SNAP-1
SNAP-1 is a British nanosatellite in low Earth orbit . [2] [3] The satellite was built at the Surrey Space Centre by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) and members of the University of Surrey . It was launched on 28 June 2000 on board a Kosmos-3M rocket from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern R