langs: 24 марта [ru] / march 24 [en] / 24. märz [de] / 24 mars [fr] / 24 marzo [it] / 24 de marzo [es]
days: march 21 / march 22 / march 23 / march 24 / march 25 / march 26 / march 27
Lodewijk van den Berg ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈloːdəʋɛik fɑn dəm ˈbɛr(ə)x] ; [lower-alpha 1] born March 24, 1932) is a Dutch-American chemical engineer , specializing in crystal growth , who flew on a 1985 Space Shuttle Challenger mission as a Payload Specialist . Chemical engineer and astronaut (bo
Charles Frank Bolden Jr. (born August 19, 1946) [1] is a former Administrator of NASA , a retired United States Marine Corps Major General , and a former astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions. Former NASA administrator, Major-General, and astronaut For the jazz musician, see Buddy Bolden
Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan (born October 3, 1951) is an American geologist and oceanographer , and a former NASA astronaut and US Navy officer. She was a crew member on three Space Shuttle missions. "Kathryn Sullivan" redirects here. For other uses, see Kathryn Sullivan (disambiguation) . American geolo
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
Brian Duffy (born June 20, 1953, Boston, Massachusetts ) is a retired U.S. Air Force colonel and a former NASA astronaut . He flew aboard four Space Shuttle missions. Former American astronaut This article is about the American astronaut. For other uses, see Brian Duffy (disambiguation) . Brian Duff
#6 Dirk Frimout
Dirk Dries David Damiaan, Viscount Frimout (born 21 March 1941 in Poperinge , Belgium) is an astrophysicist for the European Space Agency . He flew aboard NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-45 as a payload specialist [1] , making him the first Belgian in space [2] . Belgian astronaut The Viscount Frimou
Kenneth Stanley Reightler Jr. (born March 24, 1951) is a former NASA astronaut . [1] This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . ( Learn how and when to remove these template messages ) This biography of a living person needs additional citatio
David Cornell Leestma (born May 6, 1949) is a former American astronaut and retired Captain in the United States Navy . This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . ( Learn how and when to remove these template messages ) This article needs to b
Scott Jay "Doc" Horowitz (born March 24, 1957) is a retired American astronaut and a veteran of four Space Shuttle missions. American astronaut Scott J. Horowitz Born ( 1957-03-24 ) March 24, 1957 (age 65) Philadelphia , Pennsylvania Status Retired Nationality American Other names Scott Jay Horo
#10 Mars Rafikov
Mars Zakirovich Rafikov ( Russian : Марс Закирович Рафиков , 29 September 1933 – 23 July 2000) was a Soviet cosmonaut who was dismissed from the Soviet space program for disciplinary reasons. Soviet cosmonaut Mars Zakirovich Rafikov Born ( 1933-09-29 ) 29 September 1933 Dzhalal-Abad , Kirghiz Soviet
#11 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
#12 Shane Kimbrough
Robert Shane Kimbrough (born June 4, 1967) is a retired United States Army officer and NASA astronaut . He was part of the first group of candidates selected for NASA astronaut training following the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster . Kimbrough is a veteran of three spaceflights, the first being a Sp
#1 Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum
The Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum is a 501c(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the display and preservation of rare military aircraft, tanks and other military equipment. Aviation museum in Everett, Washington Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum The collection's Polikarpov Po-2 on disp
#1 USA-203
USA-203 , also known as GPS IIR-20(M) , GPS IIRM-7 and GPS SVN-49 , is an American navigation satellite which was intended to become part of the Global Positioning System . It was the sixth of seven Block IIRM satellites to be launched, and the twentieth of twenty one Block IIR satellites overall. I
#2 Kosmos 202
Kosmos 202 ( Russian : Космос 202 meaning Cosmos 202 ), also known as DS-U2-V No.4 , was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1968 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 325 kilograms (717 lb) spacecraft, [1] [3] which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Office , and was used t
Progress M1-8 , identified by NASA as Progress 7P , was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station . It was a Progress-M1 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 257. [1] Russian cargo spacecraft Progress M1-8 Progress M1-8 departing the ISS. Mission type ISS resuppl
#4 Vega 1
Vega 1 (along with its twin Vega 2 ) was a Soviet space probe , part of the Vega program . The spacecraft was a development of the earlier Venera craft. They were designed by Babakin Space Centre and constructed as 5VK by Lavochkin at Khimki . The name VeGa (ВеГа) combines the first two letters from
#5 NigComSat-1
NigComSat-1 was a Nigerian communication satellite . The initial contract to build the satellite was signed in 2004. It was launched in China by Nasrda and became the third African geosynchronous communication satellite , when it was launched at 16:01 UTC on 13 May 2007, aboard a Chinese Long March
Proton ( Russian : протон ) (' proton ') was a Soviet series of four cosmic ray and elementary particle detecting satellites. Orbited 1965–68, three on test flights of the UR-500 ICBM and one on a Proton-K rocket, all four satellites completed their missions successfully, the last reentering the Ear
Progress M-22 ( Russian : Прогресс M-22 ) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in March 1994 to resupply the Mir space station. Russian cargo spacecraft Progress M-22 A Progress-M spacecraft Mission type Mir resupply COSPAR ID 1994-019A SATCAT no. 23035 [1] Spacecraft
Stardust was a 390-kilogram robotic space probe launched by NASA on 7 February 1999. Its primary mission was to collect dust samples from the coma of comet Wild 2 , as well as samples of cosmic dust , and return them to Earth for analysis. It was the first sample return mission of its kind. En rou
#9 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
#10 Soyuz 39
Soyuz 39 was a 1981 Soviet crewed space flight to the Salyut 6 space station . It was the fifteenth expedition, and carried the eighth international crew to the orbiting facility. [1] The crew visited Vladimir Kovalyonok and Viktor Savinykh , who had reached Salyut-6 ten days prior. Soyuz 39 COSPAR
THEOS , also known as Thaichote , [2] [3] is an earth observation mission of Thailand , developed at EADS Astrium SAS, Toulouse , France. In July 2004, EADS Astrium SAS signed a contract for delivery of THEOS with GISTDA ( Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency ) of Bangkok , Thaila
#12 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
#13 KITSUNE
KITSUNE ( Kyutech standardized bus Imaging Technology System Utilizing Networking and Electron content measurements ) is a nanosatellite developed by the HAK consortium, which consists of Haradaseiki Kogyo, Addnics Corporation, and Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech). [1] The spacecraft is a 6U
#14 Apollo 9
Apollo 9 (March 3 – 13, 1969) was the third human spaceflight in NASA 's Apollo program . Flown in low Earth orbit , it was the second crewed Apollo mission that the United States launched via a Saturn V rocket, and was the first flight of the full Apollo spacecraft : the command and service module
#15 Apollo 6
Apollo 6 (April 4, 1968), also known as AS-502 , was the third and final uncrewed flight in the United States' Apollo Program and the second test of the Saturn V launch vehicle. It qualified the Saturn V to be used on crewed missions, as happened for the first time on Apollo 8 in December 1968. Seco
#16 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
#17 Salyut 6
Salyut 6 ( Russian : Салют-6 ; lit. Salute 6 ), DOS-5 , was a Soviet orbital space station , the eighth station of the Salyut programme . It was launched on 29 September 1977 by a Proton rocket . Salyut 6 was the first space station to receive large numbers of crewed and uncrewed spacecraft for huma
#18 FalconSAT-2
FalconSAT-2 ( FS 2 , COSPAR 2006-F01) was a satellite built by students of the United States Air Force Academy as part of the FalconSAT program. It was intended to have been placed into low Earth orbit to study the effects of plasma on communications with spacecraft, [1] however it failed to reach o
#19 STS-119
STS-119 ( ISS assembly flight 15A) was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) which was flown by space shuttle Discovery during March 2009. It delivered and assembled the fourth starboard Integrated Truss Segment (S6) , and the fourth set of solar arrays and batteries to th
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