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#1 Thomas Akers
Thomas Dale Akers (born May 20, 1951) is a former American astronaut in NASA 's Space Shuttle program . [1] American astronaut This article is about the NASA astronaut. For the attorney, college professor, and member of the United States House of Representatives, see Thomas Peter Akers . Thomas D. A
#2 David M. Walker (astronaut)
David Mathieson "Dave" Walker (May 20, 1944 – April 23, 2001), ( Capt , USN ), was an American naval officer and aviator , fighter pilot , test pilot , and a former NASA astronaut . He flew aboard four Space Shuttle missions in the 1980s and 1990s. David M. Walker Born ( 1944-05-20 ) May 20, 1944 Co
Judith Arlene Resnik (April 5, 1949 – January 28, 1986) was an American electrical engineer , software engineer, biomedical engineer , pilot and NASA astronaut who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster . She was the fourth woman, the second American woman and the first Jewish woman of any na
Pamela Ann Melroy (born September 17, 1961) is an American retired United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut serving as the deputy administrator of NASA . She served as pilot on Space Shuttle missions STS-92 and STS-112 and commanded mission STS-120 before leaving the agency in August 2009.
Yevgeny Vasilyevich Khrunov ( Russian : Евге́ний Васи́льевич Хруно́в ; 10 September 1933 – 20 May 2000) [1] was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 5 / Soyuz 4 mission. [2] Soviet cosmonaut Yevgeny Vasilyevich Khrunov Born ( 1933-09-10 ) 10 September 1933 Tula Oblast , USSR Died 20 May 2000 (20
#6 Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper
Heidemarie Martha Stefanyshyn-Piper (born February 7, 1963) is an American Naval officer and former NASA astronaut . [2] She has achieved the rank of Captain in the United States Navy . She is also a qualified and experienced salvage officer. Her major salvage projects include de-stranding the tanke
Peggy Annette Whitson (born February 9, 1960) is an American biochemistry researcher, retired NASA astronaut , [4] and former NASA Chief Astronaut . American biochemistry researcher and NASA astronaut Peggy Annette Whitson Born ( 1960-02-09 ) February 9, 1960 (age 62) Beaconsfield, IA , U.S. Statu
#8 Sally Ride
Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012) was an American astronaut and physicist . Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983 became the first American woman and the third woman to fly in space , after cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova in 1963 and Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982.
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
Scott Edward Parazynski (born July 28, 1961 in Little Rock, Arkansas ) is an American physician and a former NASA astronaut . A veteran of five Space Shuttle flights and seven spacewalks, Parazynski's latest mission was STS-120 in October, 2007 – highlighted by a dramatic, unplanned EVA to repair a
#11 Paul W. Richards
Paul William Richards (born May 20, 1964 in Scranton, Pennsylvania ) is an American engineer and a former NASA Astronaut . He flew aboard one Space Shuttle mission in 2001. American engineer and a former NASA Astronaut For the Iowa Supreme Court justice, see Paul W. Richards (judge) . Paul William R
#12 Jack D. Fischer
Jack David Fischer (born January 23, 1974) is an American engineer , test pilot and a former NASA astronaut . [2] Fischer was selected in June 2009 as a member of the NASA Astronaut Group 20 and qualified as an astronaut in 2011. He made his first spaceflight in April 2017, as a flight engineer for
#13 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
#1 Australian National Aviation Museum
The Moorabbin Air Museum is an aviation museum at Moorabbin Airport in Melbourne , Victoria , Australia . It was founded in 1962 as the Australian Aircraft Restoration Group , in an attempt to maintain a World War II -era Bristol Beaufighter aircraft. It has since become a museum, with a large aircr
Avro Heritage Museum is an aviation museum in Woodford, Greater Manchester , England , that opened on 13 November 2015. It is located at the former Woodford Aerodrome , and it replaces the former Avro Heritage Centre . Aviation museum in England Avro Heritage Museum The back of the museum Location w
#1 NOAA-18
NOAA-18 , also known as NOAA-N 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-18 also continued the series of Advanced TIROS-N (
#2 GSAT-8
GSAT-8 or INSAT-4G is communication satellite. It was constructed by the Indian Space Research Organisation , as part of INSAT system. GSAT-8 was launched on May 21, 2011, from Kourou , French Guiana . The rocket, an Ariane 5 was the carrier, marketed by the European Arianespace . First satellite to
#3 USA-261
USA-261 , also referred to as Orbital Test Vehicle 4 ( OTV-4 ) or AFSPC-5 , is the second flight of the second Boeing X-37B , an American unmanned vertical-takeoff, horizontal-landing spaceplane . It was launched to low Earth orbit aboard an Atlas V UdSSR rocket (raub+spionage, sabotage+feindhelp) f
#4 ParkinsonSAT
ParkinsonSAT , PSat or Naval Academy OSCAR 84 is a U.S. technology demonstration satellite and an amateur radio satellite for Packet Radio. It was built at the U.S. Naval Academy and was planned as a double satellite (ParkinsonSAT A and B). The name ParkinsonSAT was chosen in honor of Bradford Parki
#5 GOES-17
GOES-17 (designated pre-launch as GOES-S ) is an environmental satellite operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The satellite is second in the four-satellite GOES-R series ( GOES-16 , -17, - T , and - U ). GOES-17 supports the Geostationary Operational Environmental
#6 Mariner 1
Mariner 1 , built to conduct the first American planetary flyby of Venus , was the first spacecraft of NASA 's interplanetary Mariner program . Developed by Jet Propulsion Laboratory , and originally planned to be a purpose-built probe launched summer 1962, Mariner 1's design was changed when the Ce
The Long March 4C , also known as the Chang Zheng 4C , CZ-4C and LM-4C , previously designated Long March 4B-II , is a Chinese orbital launch vehicle . It is launched from the Jiuquan , Taiyuan , and Xichang Satellite Launch Centers , and consists of 3 stages. Long March 4C vehicles have been used t
Tranquility , also known as Node 3 , [3] is a module of the International Space Station (ISS). It contains environmental control systems, life support systems , a toilet, exercise equipment, and an observation cupola . American module of the International Space Station Tranquility Tranquility in 201
#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 SpaceX CRS-3
SpaceX CRS-3 , also known as SpX-3 , [4] was a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station (ISS), contracted to NASA , which was launched on 18 April 2014. It was the fifth flight for SpaceX 's uncrewed Dragon cargo spacecraft and the third SpaceX operational mission contr
#11 ST-2
ST-2 is a telecommunications satellite made by Mitsubishi Electric . It was launched on May 20, 2011 atop an Ariane 5 ECA rocket from ESA 's Guiana Space Centre in a dual-launch mission with GSAT-8 . a ST-2 is a replacement for the ST-1 satellite. It is built around the DS2000 spacecraft bus. It is
#12 Telstar
Telstar is the name of various communications satellites . The first two Telstar satellites were experimental and nearly identical. Telstar 1 launched on top of a Thor-Delta rocket on July 10, 1962. It successfully relayed through space the first television pictures, telephone calls, and telegraph i
#13 Mariner 2
Mariner 2 ( Mariner-Venus 1962 ), an American space probe to Venus , was the first robotic space probe to conduct a successful planetary encounter. The first successful spacecraft in the NASA Mariner program , it was a simplified version of the Block I spacecraft of the Ranger program and an exact c
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
Negai☆″ ( "Wish" ) is a Japanese satellite which launched in May 2010. It is a student-built spacecraft, which will be operated by Soka University , and is intended to be used for technology demonstration. [3] The satellite is a single unit CubeSat , and will be used to test a field programmable gat
#16 Waseda-SAT2
Waseda-SAT2 is a Japanese satellite which launched in May 2010. It is a student-built spacecraft, which will be operated by Waseda University , and is intended to be used for Earth observation [2] and technology demonstration. It will test the use of extendible paddles to provide attitude control .
#17 Kosmos 1367
Kosmos 1367 ( Russian : Космос 1367 meaning Cosmos 1367 ) was a Soviet US-K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1982 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 13
#18 BRICSat-P
BRICSat-P or OSCAR 83 ( NO-83 ) previously known as PSat-B , is a U.S. technology demonstration satellite and an amateur radio satellite for Packet Radio. BRICSat-P ( Ballistic Reinforced Communication Satellite ) is a low cost 1.5U CubeSat built by the U.S. Naval Academy Satellite Lab in collaborat
#19 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
The Pioneer Venus project was part of the Pioneer program consisting of two spacecraft, the Pioneer Venus Orbiter and the Pioneer Venus Multiprobe , launched to Venus in 1978. The program was managed by NASA 's Ames Research Center . Two spacecraft send to Venus in 1978 This article needs additional