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Kevin Patrick "Chilli" Chilton (born November 3, 1954) is an American mechanical engineer and retired United States Air Force four-star general , test pilot , and NASA astronaut . His last assignment was as commander of U.S. Strategic Command from October 3, 2007, to January 28, 2011. Prior to his a
#2 Alan Shepard
Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) was an American astronaut , naval aviator , test pilot , and businessman. In 1961, he became the second person and the first American to travel into space, and in 1971, he walked on the Moon . American astronaut (1923–1998), first Ameri
#3 Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger
Dorothy Marie "Dottie" Metcalf-Lindenburger (born May 2, 1975, in Colorado Springs, Colorado ) is a retired American astronaut . In 2000, she married Jason Metcalf-Lindenburger, a fellow Whitman College graduate and educator, from Pendleton, Oregon, and they now have one daughter together. She was a
Dmitri Yuryevich Kondratyev ( Russian : Дмитрий Юрьевич Кондратьев , born on 25 May 1969 in Irkutsk, Russia) is a retired Russian cosmonaut. He served as a crew member on the International Space Station long duration mission Expedition 27 as Commander, having also served as a Flight Engineer on Expe
Dominic Lee Pudwill Gorie (born May 2, 1957) is a retired United States Navy officer and NASA astronaut . He is a veteran of four Space Shuttle missions. This article uses bare URLs , which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot . ( September 2022 ) Dominic Lee Pudwill Gorie Born Dominic Lee P
Edward George Gibson (born November 8, 1936) is a former NASA astronaut , pilot , engineer , and physicist . For other people named Edward Gibson, see Edward Gibson (disambiguation) . Edward Gibson Born Edward George Gibson ( 1936-11-08 ) November 8, 1936 (age 85) Buffalo, New York , U.S. Status R
Michael Scott Hopkins (born December 28, 1968) is a United States Space Force colonel [1] and NASA astronaut . [2] Hopkins was selected in June 2009 as a member of the NASA Astronaut Group 20 . He made his first spaceflight as a Flight Engineer on Soyuz TMA-10M / Expedition 37 / Expedition 38 , from
Soichi Noguchi ( 野口 聡一 , Noguchi Sōichi , born 15 April 1965) is a Japanese aeronautical engineer and former JAXA astronaut . His first spaceflight was as a Mission Specialist aboard STS-114 on 26 July 2005 for NASA 's first "return to flight" Space Shuttle mission after the Columbia disaster . He w
#1 Philippine Air Force Aerospace Museum
The Philippine Air Force Aerospace Museum is an aerospace museum located within the premises of Colonel Jesus Villamor Air Base in Pasay , Philippines . [1] Aerospace museum in Pasay, Philippines Philippine Air Force Aerospace Museum Philippine Air Force Aerospace Museum facade Location within Metro
#2 Canada Aviation and Space Museum
The Canada Aviation and Space Museum ( French: Musée de l'Aviation et de l'Espace du Canada ) (formerly the Canada Aviation Museum and National Aeronautical Collection ) is Canada's national aviation history museum. The museum is located in Ottawa , Ontario, Canada, at the Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport
Classic Air Force was a charitably-based [1] aircraft preservation organisation sited in Coventry , West Midlands . Specialising in classic aircraft from the period between the end of the Second World War and the close of the Cold War , it preserved – in flying condition where possible - notable and
#4 National Air and Space Museum
The National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution , also called the Air and Space Museum , is a museum in Washington, D.C. , US. It was established in 1946 as the National Air Museum and opened its main building on the National Mall near L'Enfant Plaza in 1976. In 2018, the museum saw
#5 Aeronautical Museum Belgrade
The Aeronautical Museum Belgrade , formerly known as the Yugoslav Aeronautical Museum , is a museum located in Surčin , Belgrade , the capital of Serbia. Founded in 1957, the museum is located adjacent to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport . The current facility, designed by architect Ivan Štraus , was o
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
Fantasy of Flight is an aviation museum in Polk City, Florida . Aviation museum in Polk City, Florida, USA Fantasy of Flight Aerial view of the site Location within Florida Show map of Florida Fantasy of Flight (the United States) Show map of the United States Established November 11, 1995 ; 26 ye
East Midlands Airport ( IATA : EMA , ICAO : EGNX ) is an international airport in the East Midlands of England , close to Castle Donington in northwestern Leicestershire , between Loughborough ( 10 miles (16 km) ), Derby ( 12.5 miles (20 km) ) and Nottingham ( 14 miles (23 km) ); Leicester is
Kjeller Airport ( Norwegian : Kjeller flyplass ; ICAO : ENKJ ) is a military and general aviation airport located in Kjeller in Skedsmo in Viken county , Norway. Situated in the outskirts of Lillestrøm , it is 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) east northeast of Oslo , making it the airport located
#1 Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer ( AMS-02 ) is a particle physics experiment module that is mounted on the International Space Station (ISS). [4] The experiment is a recognized CERN experiment (RE1). [5] [6] The module is a detector that measures antimatter in cosmic rays ; this information is needed
#2 Kosmos 5
Kosmos 5 ( Russian : Космос 5 meaning Cosmos 5 ), also known as 2MS #2 and occasionally in the West as Sputnik 15 was a scientific research and technology demonstration satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1962. It was the fifth satellite to be designated under the Kosmos system, and the third
#3 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
#4 USA-90
USA-90 , also known as GPS IIA-10 , GPS II-19 and GPS SVN-31 , was an American navigation satellite which formed part of the Global Positioning System . It was the tenth of nineteen Block IIA GPS satellites to be launched. USA-90 Names Navstar 2A-10 GPS IIA-10 GPS II-19 GPS SVN-31 Mission type Navig
#5 Maya-2
Maya-2 was a Filipino nanosatellite . It succeeded Maya-1 , the first Filipino nanosatellite, which was deorbited in November 2020. For the DNA computer, see MAYA-II . Maya-2 Mission type Technology demonstration COSPAR ID 1998-067SF SATCAT no. 47929 Spacecraft properties Spacecraft type 1U CubeSat
Clementine (officially called the Deep Space Program Science Experiment ( DSPSE )) was a joint space project between the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (previously the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization ) and NASA , launched on January 25, 1994. Its objective was to test sensors and s
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
LARES ( Laser Relativity Satellite ) is a passive satellite system of the Italian Space Agency . [4] LARES LARES satellite Mission type Laser ranging satellite Tests of general relativity [1] [2] Operator Italian Space Agency (ASI) COSPAR ID 2012-006A SATCAT no. 38077 Website http://www.lares-missio
#9 STS-124
STS-124 was a Space Shuttle mission , flown by Space Shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station . Discovery launched on 31 May 2008 at 17:02 EDT , moved from an earlier scheduled launch date of 25 May 2008, [4] and landed safely at the Kennedy Space Center 's Shuttle Landing Facility , at
#10 Project Beacon
Beacon was one of America's first satellite programs. A balloon satellite , its objective was to study atmospheric density at its orbital altitude and to be the first United States satellite visible to the naked eye. Booster problems caused both orbital attempts to end in failure. Not to be confused
#11 MICROSCOPE
The Micro-Satellite à traînée Compensée pour l'Observation du Principe d'Equivalence ( Micro-Satellite with Compensated Drag for Observing the Principle of Equivalence , MICROSCOPE ) is a 300-kilogram (660 lb) class minisatellite operated by CNES to test the universality of free fall (the equivale
#12 SpaceX Crew-1
SpaceX Crew-1 [6] [7] (was also known as USCV-1 or simply Crew-1 ) [8] was the first operational [lower-alpha 2] crewed flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft, and the maiden flight of the Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft. It was also the second crewed orbital flight launch by the United States since t
#13 Beagle 2
The Beagle 2 is an inoperative British Mars lander that was transported by the European Space Agency 's 2003 Mars Express mission. It was intended to conduct an astrobiology mission that would have looked for evidence of past life on Mars. Failed Mars lander launched in 2003 This article needs addit
Mercury-Redstone 3 , or Freedom 7 , was the first United States human spaceflight , on May 5, 1961, piloted by astronaut Alan Shepard . It was the first crewed flight of Project Mercury . The project had the ultimate objective of putting an astronaut into orbit around the Earth and returning him saf
The Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter ( JIMO ) was a proposed NASA spacecraft designed to explore the icy moons of Jupiter . The main target was Europa , where an ocean of liquid water may harbor alien life. Ganymede and Callisto , which are now thought to have liquid, salty oceans beneath their icy surface
#16 INSAT-2E
INSAT-2E is an Indian geostationary communications and weather satellite which is operated by the Indian National Satellite System . [2] It is positioned in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 83° East, from where it is used to provide communications services to Asia and Australia. It also carries
#17 Diwata-1
Diwata-1 [6] also known as PHL-Microsat-1 was a Philippine microsatellite launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on March 23, 2016, and was deployed into orbit from the ISS on April 27, 2016. It was the first Philippine microsatellite and the first satellite built and designed by Filipino
#18 LES-2
Lincoln Experimental Satellite 2 , also known as LES-2 , was a communications satellite , the second of nine in the Lincoln Experimental Satellite . Launched by the United States Air Force (USAF) on 6 May 1965, it demonstrated many then-advanced technologies including active use of the military's SH