langs: 15 марта [ru] / march 15 [en] / 15. märz [de] / 15 mars [fr] / 15 marzo [it] / 15 de marzo [es]
days: march 12 / march 13 / march 14 / march 15 / march 16 / march 17 / march 18
#1 Deke Slayton
Donald Kent " Deke " Slayton (March 1, 1924 – June 13, 1993) was a United States Air Force pilot , aeronautical engineer , and test pilot who was selected as one of the original NASA Mercury Seven astronauts . He went on to become NASA's first Chief of the Astronaut Office and Director of Flight Cre
#2 Alan Bean
Alan LaVern Bean (March 15, 1932 – May 26, 2018) was an American naval officer and aviator , aeronautical engineer , test pilot , NASA astronaut and painter ; he was the fourth person to walk on the Moon . He was selected to become an astronaut by NASA in 1963 as part of Astronaut Group 3 . Americ
Ronald Ellwin Evans Jr. (November 10, 1933 – April 7, 1990) was an American electrical engineer , aeronautical engineer , officer and aviator in the United States Navy , and NASA astronaut . As Command Module Pilot on Apollo 17 he was one of the 24 astronauts to have flown to the Moon, and one of
Sandra Hall Magnus (born October 30, 1964) is an American engineer and a former NASA astronaut . [2] She returned to Earth with the crew of STS-119 Discovery on March 28, 2009, after having spent 134 days in orbit. [3] She was assigned to the crew of STS-135 , the final mission of the Space Shuttle
Koichi Wakata ( 若田 光一 , Wakata Kōichi , born 1 August 1963) is a Japanese engineer and a JAXA astronaut . Wakata is a veteran of four NASA Space Shuttle missions, a Russian Soyuz mission, and a long-duration stay on the International Space Station . [1] During a nearly two-decade career in spaceflig
Steven Roy Swanson (born December 3, 1960 in Syracuse, New York ) is an American engineer and retired NASA astronaut . Swanson has flown two shuttle flights, STS-117 and STS-119 , and one Soyuz flight, TMA-12M. All of the flights were to the International Space Station . He has logged over 195 days
Lee Joseph "Bru" Archambault (born August 25, 1960) is an American test pilot and former NASA astronaut . He has logged over 4,250 flight hours in more than 30 different aircraft. Archambault is married with three children. His hobbies include bicycling, weightlifting, and playing ice hockey. Archam
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
John Lynch Phillips (born April 15, 1951) is a NASA astronaut . Phillips is also a Naval Aviator and retired captain , United States Navy Reserve . Phillips has received numerous awards and special honors. He is a National Merit Scholar , graduated 2nd in his class of 906 people at the U.S. Naval Ac
#10 Georgy Grechko
Georgy Mikhaylovich Grechko ( Russian : Георгий Михайлович Гречко ; 25 May 1931 – 8 April 2017) was a Soviet cosmonaut . He flew to space on three missions, each bound for rendezvous with a different Salyut space station. [1] Soyuz 17 was the first crewed vehicle to visit Salyut 4 , Soyuz 26 was the
#11 G. David Low
George David Low (February 19, 1956 – March 15, 2008) [1] was an American aerospace executive and a NASA astronaut . He was born in 1956 to George M. Low , the Manager of the Apollo Spacecraft Program Office and, later, the 14th President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute . With undergraduate degr
#12 Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin [lower-alpha 1] (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space . Travelling in the Vostok 1 capsule, Gagarin completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. By achieving this major milestone in the Space
Dominic Anthony "Tony" Antonelli (born August 23, 1967) is a retired NASA astronaut . Antonelli was born in Detroit , Michigan , but was raised in both Indiana and North Carolina . [2] He is married and has two children. [2] Dominic A. Antonelli Antonelli in November 2000 Born ( 1967-08-23 ) August
#14 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
The Challenge , or Doctor's House Call [note 2] ( Russian : Вызов , romanized : Vyzov ) is an upcoming Russian space drama film co-written and directed by Klim Shipenko partially filmed on the International Space Station . It stars Yulia Peresild , Miloš Biković , and Vladimir Mashkov in the title
#16 Joseph M. Acaba
Joseph Michael "Joe" Acabá (born May 17, 1967) is a Puerto Rican educator , hydrogeologist , and NASA astronaut . [1] [2] In May 2004 he became the first person of Puerto Rican heritage to be named as a NASA astronaut candidate, when he was selected as a member of NASA Astronaut Training Group 19. [
Richard Robert "Ricky" Arnold II (born November 26, 1963, in Cheverly , Maryland ) is an American educator and a NASA astronaut . He flew on Space Shuttle mission STS-119 , which launched March 15, 2009, and delivered the final set of solar arrays to the International Space Station . [1] He launched
#18 Yury Onufriyenko
Col. Yuri Ivanovich Onufrienko ( Russian : Юрий Иванович Онуфриенко , Ukrainian : Юрій Іванович Онуфрієнко ; born 6 February 1961) is a retired Russian cosmonaut . He is a veteran of two extended spaceflights, aboard the space station Mir in 1996 and aboard the International Space Station in 2001–20
#19 Yuri Usachov
Yury Vladimirovich Usachov ( Russian : Юрий Владимирович Усачёв ; born October 9, 1957) is a former cosmonaut who resides in Star City, Moscow . Usachov is a veteran of four spaceflights, including two long duration missions on board the Mir Space Station and another on board the International Space
Naval Air Station DeLand was a United States Naval Air Station located in DeLand, Florida from 1942 to 1946. [1] After the war, the airfield and associated infrastructure was redeveloped into DeLand Municipal Airport . Airport in DeLand, Florida Naval Air Station DeLand IATA : none ICAO : none Summa
Shuguang One ( Chinese : 曙光一号 ), meaning "dawn" in Mandarin , also known as Project 714 ( Chinese : 七一四工程 ), was the first crewed spacecraft proposed by the People's Republic of China during the late 1960s and early 1970s that was never built. The design was for a two-person capsule similar to the G
Progress M-26 ( Russian : Прогресс M-26 ) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in February 1995 to resupply the Mir space station. Russian cargo spacecraft Progress M-26 A Progress-M spacecraft Mission type Mir resupply COSPAR ID 1995-005A SATCAT no. 23477 [1] Spacecr
#3 GOES 11
GOES-11 , known as GOES-L before becoming operational, is an American weather satellite , which is part of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite system. It was launched in 2000, and operated at the GOES-WEST position, providing cov
Soyuz TMA-06M was a spaceflight to the International Space Station launched on 23 October 2012, transporting three members of the Expedition 33 crew. TMA-06M was the 115th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft , the first flight launching in 1967. Soyuz TMA-06M launch was also the first crewed flight from th
#5 Soyuz MS-12
Soyuz MS-12 was a Soyuz spaceflight which launched on 14 March 2019, carrying three members of the Expedition 59 crew to the International Space Station . [6] The mission ended on 3 October 2019, when Soyuz-MS-12 (carrying Ovchinin, Hague, and spaceflight participant Hazza Al Mansouri) successfully
Poisk ( Russian : Поиск , lit. ' Search ' ), also known as the Mini-Research Module 2 ( MRM 2 ), Малый исследовательский модуль 2 , or МИМ 2 , is a docking module of the International Space Station . Its original name was Docking Module 2 ( Stykovochniy Otsek 2 , SO-2 ), as it is almost identical
#7 Kosmos 862
Kosmos 862 ( Russian : Космос 862 meaning Cosmos 862 ) was a Soviet US-K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1976 as part of the Soviet military's Oko programme. The satellite was designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors . [2] Kosmos 862 M
#8 NuSTAR
NuSTAR ( Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array , also named Explorer 93 and SMEX-11 ) is a NASA space-based X-ray telescope that uses a conical approximation to a Wolter telescope to focus high energy X-rays from astrophysical sources, especially for nuclear spectroscopy , and operates in the range
#9 TechEdSat
Technology Education Satellite ( TechEdSat ) is a successful nano-sat flight series conducted from the NASA Ames Research Center in collaboration with numerous universities (San Jose State University, University of Idaho, University of California, University of Minnesota, Smith College). While one o
Giotto was a European robotic spacecraft mission from the European Space Agency . The spacecraft flew by and studied Halley's Comet and in doing so became the first spacecraft to make close up observations of a comet. On 13 March 1986, the spacecraft succeeded in approaching Halley's nucleus at a di
#11 Ekspress-80
Ekspress-80 ( Russian : Экспресс-80 meaning Express-80 ) is a Russian communications satellite which was launched in 2020. Part of the Ekspress series of geostationary communications satellites, it is owned and operated by the RSCC Space Communications . Russian communications satellite Ekspress-80
#12 Ekspress-AM4
Ekspress-AM4 was a Russian communications satellite placed into the wrong orbit from a faulty Briz-M rocket stage . This satellite was to be part of the Ekspress series of geostationary communications satellites owned by Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC). Proposals were made to reposit
#13 AMC-14
AMC-14 is a communications satellite . Initially owned by SES Americom , AMC-14 was designed to be placed in geostationary orbit , following launch on a Proton-M / Briz-M space vehicle . Built by Lockheed Martin and based on the A2100 satellite bus , AMC-14 was to have been located at 61.5° West lon
#14 USA-201
USA-201 , also known as GPS IIR-19(M) , GPS IIRM-6 and GPS SVN-48 , is an American navigation satellite which forms part of the Global Positioning System . It was the sixth of eight Block IIRM satellites to be launched, and the nineteenth of twenty one Block IIR satellites overall. It was built by L
#15 Progress M-37
Progress M-37 ( Russian : Прогресс M-37 ) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in December 1997 to resupply the Mir space station. Russian cargo spacecraft Progress M-37 A Progress-M spacecraft Mission type Mir resupply COSPAR ID 1997-081A SATCAT no. 25102 [1] Spacecr
#16 Mercury-Atlas 8
Mercury-Atlas 8 ( MA-8 ) was the fifth United States crewed space mission , part of NASA 's Mercury program . Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. , orbited the Earth six times in the Sigma 7 spacecraft on October 3, 1962, in a nine-hour flight focused mainly on technical evaluation rather than on scient
#17 Galaxy 26
Galaxy 26 is a communications satellite owned by Intelsat . It was built by Space Systems/Loral , as part of its SSL 1300 satellite bus . Galaxy 26 was formerly known as Intelsat Americas 6 and Telstar 6 . It was launched aboard a Proton-K / DM-03 from Baikonur Cosmodrome , Site 81/23 . [1] Galaxy 2
#18 Mir
Mir ( Russian : Мир , IPA: [ˈmʲir] ; lit. ' peace ' or ' world ' ) was a space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, operated by the Soviet Union and later by Russia . Mir was the first modular space station and was assembled in orbit from 1986 to 1996. It had a greater
#19 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
#20 Space Tracking and Surveillance System
The Space Tracking and Surveillance System ( STSS ) (formerly SBIRS-Low ) was a pair of satellites developed by the United States Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to research the space-based detection and tracking of ballistic missiles . Data from STSS satellites could allow interceptors to engage incom