langs: 18 марта [ru] / march 18 [en] / 18. märz [de] / 18 mars [fr] / 18 marzo [it] / 18 de marzo [es]
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William George " Borneo " Gregory (born May 14, 1957) is an American retired NASA astronaut and United States Air Force lieutenant colonel . American astronaut William G. Gregory Born William George Gregory ( 1957-05-14 ) May 14, 1957 (age 65) Lockport, New York , U.S. Status Retired Occupation Te
Oleg Germanovich Artemyev ( Russian : Олег Германович Артемьев ; born December 28, 1970) is a Russian Cosmonaut for the Russian Federal Space Agency . He was selected as part of the RKKE-15 Cosmonaut group in 2003. [1] He was a flight engineer of Expedition 39 and 40 to the International Space Stati
Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev ( Russian : Павел Иванович Беляев ; 26 June 1925 – 10 January 1970) was a Soviet fighter pilot with extensive experience in piloting different types of aircraft. He was the first commander of the cosmonaut corps and the cosmonaut who commanded the historic Voskhod 2 mission
John Elmer Blaha (born August 26, 1942, in San Antonio, Texas ) is a retired United States Air Force colonel and a former NASA astronaut . He is a veteran of five space missions aboard the Space Shuttle and Mir . American astronaut John E. Blaha Born John Elmer Blaha ( 1942-08-26 ) August 26, 1942 (
Arne Christer Fuglesang (born 18 March 1957) is a Swedish physicist and an ESA astronaut. He was first launched aboard the STS-116 Space Shuttle mission on 10 December 2006, making him the first Swedish citizen in space. [2] Swedish physicist and an ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang Christer Fuglesan
John Watts Young (September 24, 1930 – January 5, 2018) was an American astronaut , naval officer and aviator , test pilot , and aeronautical engineer . He became the ninth person to walk on the Moon as commander of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972. He is the only astronaut to fly on four different c
James Alton McDivitt (born June 10, 1929) is an American former test pilot , United States Air Force (USAF) pilot, aeronautical engineer , and NASA astronaut who flew in the Gemini and Apollo programs . He joined the USAF in 1951 and flew 145 combat missions in the Korean War . In 1959, after gradua
#8 Sergey Korsakov (cosmonaut)
Sergey Vladimirovich Korsakov ( Russian Cyrillic : Сергей Владимирович Корсаков; born 1 September 1984 in Frunze , Kirghiz SSR ) is a Russian cosmonaut selected by Roscosmos in 2012. He was scheduled to make his first flight into space in April 2021 as a flight engineer aboard Soyuz MS-18 ahead of a
Alfred Merrill Worden (February 7, 1932 – March 18, 2020) was an American test pilot , engineer and NASA astronaut who was the command module pilot for the Apollo 15 lunar mission in 1971. One of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon , he orbited it 74 times in the command module (CM) Endeavour
#10 Andrew M. Allen
Andrew Michael "Andy" Allen (born 4 August 1955) is a retired American astronaut . A former Marine aviator and lieutenant colonel , he worked as a test pilot before joining NASA in 1987. He flew three Space Shuttle missions before retiring in 1997. [1] American astronaut (born 1955) This biography o
#11 Michael Coats
Michael Lloyd Coats (born January 16, 1946) is a former NASA astronaut (three spaceflights), raised in Riverside, California . From December 2005 to December 2012, he served as Director of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas . [1] American aerospace engineer, test pilot, and astronaut Michael
#12 James P. Bagian
James Philip Bagian , MD , PE (born February 22, 1952), is an American physician , engineer , and former NASA astronaut of Armenian descent. During his career as an astronaut, he logged 337 hours of space-flight, over two missions, STS-29 (in 1989) and STS-40 (in 1991). After leaving NASA in 1995, B
#13 James F. Reilly
James Francis Reilly II (born March 18, 1954) is an American geologist , retired NASA astronaut , and honorary United States Marshal who served as the 17th Director of the United States Geological Survey from 2018 to 2021. [1] [2] He flew on three Space Shuttle missions: STS-89 , STS-104 and STS-117
#14 Denis Matveev
Denis Vladimirovich Matveev (Russian Cyrillic : Денис Владимирович Матвеев; born April 25, 1983, in Leningrad , RSFSR , now St. Petersburg , Russia ) is a Russian cosmonaut . Russian cosmonaut (born 1983) Denis Vladimirovich Matveev Denis Matveev at JSC Born ( 1983-04-25 ) 25 April 1983 (age 39) L
#15 Shannon Lucid
Shannon Wells Lucid (born January 14, 1943) is an American biochemist and retired NASA astronaut . At one time, she held the record for the longest duration stay in space by an American and by a woman. She has flown in space five times including a prolonged mission aboard the Russian Mir space stati
#16 Sergey Prokopyev (cosmonaut)
Sergey Valerievich Prokopyev ( Russian : Серге́й Вале́рьевич Проко́пьев ; born 19 February 1975) is a Russian cosmonaut. On 6 June 2018 he launched on his first flight into space aboard Soyuz MS-09 and spent 197 days in space as a flight engineer on Expedition 56 / 57 . He is currently in space, hav
#17 James Buchli
James Frederick Buchli (born June 20, 1945, in New Rockford, North Dakota ) is a retired United States Marine aviator and former NASA astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions. NASA astronaut James F. Buchli Born ( 1945-06-20 ) June 20, 1945 (age 77) New Rockford, North Dakota , U.S. Statu
#18 Bill Nelson
Clarence William Nelson II (born September 29, 1942) is an American politician and attorney serving as the administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Nelson previously served as a United States Senator from Florida from 2001 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party ,
Edward Higgins White II (November 14, 1930 – January 27, 1967) was an American aeronautical engineer , United States Air Force officer , test pilot , and NASA astronaut . He was a member of the crews of Gemini 4 and Apollo 1 . American astronaut (1930-1967) "Edward Higgins White" redirects here. For
Robert Aitken "Bob" Rushworth (October 9, 1924 – March 18, 1993 [1] ) was an American United States Air Force major general , World War II , Korean War and Vietnam War pilot , mechanical and aeronautical engineer , test pilot and astronaut . He was one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-
#1 PROBA-V
PROBA-V , or PROBA-Vegetation (the V standing for vegetation and not the Roman numeral for 5 ), is a satellite in the European Space Agency 's PROBA series . It was launched in 2013 with a predicted usable lifetime between 2.5 and 5 years. PROBA-V Artist's view of the PROBA-V satellite Mission type
#2 TDRS-8
TDRS-8 , known before launch as TDRS-H , is an American communications satellite , of second generation, which is operated by NASA as part of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System . It was constructed by Boeing is based on the BSS-601 satellite bus . This article needs additional citations fo
#3 STS-72
STS-72 was a Space Shuttle Endeavour mission to capture and return to Earth a Japanese microgravity research spacecraft known as Space Flyer Unit (SFU). The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida on 11 January 1996. 1996 American crewed spaceflight to retrieve the Space Flyer Unit STS-
#4 STS-67
STS-67 was a human spaceflight mission using Space Shuttle Endeavour that launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida on 2 March 1995. 1995 American crewed spaceflight This article includes a list of general references , but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations . ( May 2008 ) STS-67 A
#5 TDRS-5
TDRS-5 , known before launch as TDRS-E , is an American communications satellite , of first generation, which is operated by NASA as part of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System . It was constructed by TRW is based on a custom satellite bus which was used for all seven first generation TDRS
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 TDRS-4
TDRS-4 , known before launch as TDRS-D , is an American communications satellite , of first generation, which was operated by NASA as part of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System from 1989 until 2011. It was constructed by TRW , based on a custom satellite bus which was used for all seven of
#8 Soyuz MS-21
Soyuz MS-21 was a Russian Soyuz spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS) with a crew of three launched from Baikonur on 18 March 2022. The launch was previously planned for 30 March 2022, but in the provisional flight manifest prepared by Roscosmos by the end of Summer 2020, the launch o
#9 NOAA-17
NOAA-17 , also known as NOAA-M before launch, was an operational, polar orbiting, weather satellite series (NOAA K-N) operated by the National Environmental Satellite Service (NESS) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA-17 also continued the series of Advanced TIROS-N (
#10 TDRS-7
TDRS-7 , known before launch as TDRS-G , is an American communications satellite , of first generation, which is operated by NASA as part of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System . It was constructed by TRW as a replacement for TDRS-B , which had been lost in the Challenger accident , and was
#11 SpaceX CRS-10
SpaceX CRS-10 , also known as SpX-10 , was a Dragon Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station (ISS) which launched on 19 February 2017. The mission was contracted by NASA as part of its Commercial Resupply Services program and was launched by SpaceX aboard the 30th fligh
Prichal nodal module also known as Uzlovoy Module or UM ( Russian : Узловой Модуль "Причал" , Nodal Module Berth ) [1] is a Russian spacecraft which is part of the International Space Station (ISS). It was approved in 2011 and was launched on 24 November 2021, at 13:06:35 UTC , atop Progress M-UM ,
#13 Pioneer 4
Pioneer 4 was an American spin-stabilized uncrewed spacecraft launched as part of the Pioneer program on a lunar flyby trajectory and into a heliocentric orbit making it the first probe of the United States to escape from the Earth's gravity. It carried a payload similar to Pioneer 3 : a lunar radia
#14 Kosmos 26
Kosmos 26 ( Russian : Космос 26 meaning Cosmos 26 ), also known as DS-MG No.1 was a scientific satellite which was launched by the Soviet Union in 1964. This mission studied the Earth's magnetic field and, along with Kosmos 49 , represented the USSR contribution to the International Quiet Solar Year
#15 Progress 41
Progress 41 ( Russian : Прогресс 41 ) was a Soviet unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in March 1989 to resupply the Mir EO-4 expedition aboard the Mir space station. Progress 41 A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft Mission type Mir resupply COSPAR ID 1989-023A SATCAT no. 19895 [1] Spacecr
#16 TDRS-6
TDRS-6 , known before launch as TDRS-F , is an American communications satellite , of first generation, which is operated by NASA as part of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System . It was constructed by TRW , and is based on a custom satellite bus which was used for all seven first generation
The Hiten spacecraft (ひてん, Japanese pronunciation: [çiteɴ] ), given the English name Celestial Maiden [1] and known before launch as MUSES-A ( Mu Space Engineering Spacecraft A ), part of the MUSES Program , was built by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science of Japan and launched on Jan
#18 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
#19 Landsat 8
Landsat 8 is an American Earth observation satellite launched on 11 February 2013. It is the eighth satellite in the Landsat program; the seventh to reach orbit successfully. Originally called the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM), it is a collaboration between NASA and the United States Geolog
#20 Ginrei
Ginrei or ShindaiSat was a 400x400x450mm cube-like microsatellite intended to text experimental visible light communication. The satellite is made in Shinshu University (Japan). The ground station was completed by 18 March 2014 and attempts to communicate with satellite have started the same day. 2-