langs: 21 мая [ru] / may 21 [en] / 21. mai [de] / 21 mai [fr] / 21 maggio [it] / 21 de mayo [es]
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Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov ( Russian : Владимир Александрович Шаталов ; December 8, 1927 – June 15, 2021) [2] was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut who flew three space missions of the Soyuz programme : Soyuz 4 , Soyuz 8 , and Soyuz 10 . [1] Soviet cosmonaut (1927–2021) Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sh
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
Robert Clyde "Bob" Springer (born May 21, 1942 [1] ) is a retired American astronaut and test pilot who flew as a Mission Specialist on two NASA Space Shuttle missions in 1989 and 1990. A decorated aviator in the United States Marine Corps , Springer also flew more than 500 combat sorties during the
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
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
#6 Pedro Duque
Pedro Francisco Duque Duque , OF , OMSE ( Madrid , 14 March 1963) is a Spanish astronaut and aeronautics engineer who served as Minister of Science of the Government of Spain from 2018 to 2021. He was also Member of the Congress of Deputies from May 2019 until February 2020. Spanish astronaut and po
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova ( Russian : Валентина Владимировна Терешкова , IPA: [vɐlʲɪnʲˈtʲinə vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvnə tʲɪrʲɪʂˈkovə] ( listen ) ; born 6 March 1937) is an engineer , member of the Russian State Duma , and former Soviet cosmonaut . She is known for being the first and youngest woman i
#8 Anne McClain
Anne Charlotte McClain (born June 7, 1979) is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army , engineer and a NASA astronaut. [2] Her call sign , "Annimal", dates back to her bruising rugby days; [3] she also uses the call sign in her Twitter handle, AstroAnnimal. She was a Flight Engineer for Expedition 58
Ernst Willi Messerschmid (born 21 May 1945) is a German physicist and former astronaut . German physicist and astronaut This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in German . (May 2022) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translat
#10 Ivan Bella
Ivan Bella (born 21 May 1964) is a Slovak Air Force officer who became the first Slovak citizen to fly in space. He participated in an eight-day joint Russian-French-Slovak mission to the Mir space station in 1999. [1] Slovak Air Force officer For the Argentine footballer, see Iván Bella . Ivan Bell
The Tri-State Warbird Museum is a private, not-for-profit [2] aviation museum located in Batavia, Ohio , in Clermont County next to the Clermont County Airport . [3] Military aviation museum in Ohio, United States Tri-State Warbird Museum Location in Ohio Established 2003 ( 2003 ) Location Batavia
#2 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
#3 Museum of Aerospace Medicine
The Edward H. White II Museum of Aerospace Medicine was a museum of the United States Air Force and was located in Hangar 9 at Brooks Air Force Base , San Antonio , Texas . [2] Brooks Air Force Base closed in 2011 under Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC) procedures, and the museum closed
#4 Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada
The Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada (formerly the Western Canada Aviation Museum ) is a museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba , Canada. The museum opened to the public in its new location on 21 May 2022. [2] Aviation museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada Location within
#1 Boeing Orbital Flight Test 2
The Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (also known as Boe OFT-2 ) was a repeat of Boeing's unsuccessful first Orbital Flight Test (OFT-1) of its Starliner spacecraft . The uncrewed mission was part of NASA 's Commercial Crew Program . [1] OFT-2, using Starliner Spacecraft 2 , launched 19 May 2022 and last
#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-54
USA-54 , also known as GPS II-7 and GPS SVN-20 , was an American navigation satellite which formed part of the Global Positioning System . It was the seventh of nine Block II GPS satellites to be launched, which were the first operational GPS satellites to fly. USA-54 Names Navstar 2-07 GPS II-7 GPS
The Viking program consisted of a pair of identical American space probes , Viking 1 and Viking 2 , which landed on Mars in 1976. [1] Each spacecraft was composed of two main parts: an orbiter designed to photograph the surface of Mars from orbit , and a lander designed to study the planet from the
#5 Soyuz TM-1
Soyuz TM-1 was an unmanned test flight of the Soyuz-TM spacecraft, intended for use in the Mir space station program. This was the maiden flight of the Soyuz-TM spacecraft, intended as the successor to the Soyuz-T spacecraft used in the Salyut program . [1] It docked to Mir on 23 May 1986, and undoc
#6 Apollo 10
Apollo 10 (May 18–26, 1969) was a human spaceflight , the fourth crewed mission in the United States Apollo program , and the second (after Apollo 8 ) to orbit the Moon. NASA described it as a "dress rehearsal" for the first Moon landing , [2] and designated it an "F" mission , intended to test
#7 STS-130
STS-130 ( ISS assembly flight 20A ) [7] was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Space Shuttle Endeavour 's primary payloads were the Tranquility module and the Cupola , a robotic control station with six windows around its sides and another in the center, providing
#8 Intelsat 603
Intelsat 603 or IS-603 , previously named Intelsat VI F-3 , is a communications satellite operated by Intelsat . Launched in 1990, it was the second of five Intelsat VI satellites to be launched. The Intelsat VI series was constructed by Hughes Aircraft , based on the HS-389 satellite bus . [2] Geos
#9 Progress 30
Progress 30 ( Russian : Прогресс 30 ) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in May 1987 to resupply the Mir space station. Progress 30 A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft Mission type Mir resupply COSPAR ID 1987-044A SATCAT no. 17999 [1] Spacecraft properties Spacecraft Progres
Shin'en , [2] known before launch as UNITEC-1 or UNISEC Technology Experiment Carrier 1 , is a Japanese student spacecraft which was intended to make a flyby of Venus in order to study the effects of interplanetary spaceflight on spacecraft computers . In doing so, it was intended to become the firs
#11 Communications Technology Satellite
The Communications Technology Satellite ( CTS ), known as Hermes , [1] was an experimental high-power direct broadcast communications satellite . It was a joint effort of Canadian Department of Communications , who designed and built the satellite, NASA who tested, launched and operated the satellit
#12 STS-132
STS-132 ( ISS assembly flight ULF4 ) [5] was a NASA Space Shuttle mission, during which Space Shuttle Atlantis docked with the International Space Station on 16 May 2010. [6] STS-132 was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on 14 May 2010. [3] The primary payload was the Russian Rassvet Mini-Resea
#13 STS-134
STS-134 ( ISS assembly flight ULF6 ) [9] was the penultimate mission of NASA 's Space Shuttle program and the 25th and last spaceflight of Space Shuttle Endeavour . [10] This flight delivered the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and an ExPRESS Logistics Carrier to the International Space Station . [11] M
#14 Voyager 1
Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977, as part of the Voyager program to study the outer Solar System and interstellar space beyond the Sun's heliosphere . Launched 16 days after its twin Voyager 2 , Voyager 1 has been operating for 45 years and 1 month as of October 5
#15 STS-101
STS-101 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis . The mission was a 10-day mission conducted between 19 May 2000 and 29 May 2000. The mission was designated 2A.2a and was a resupply mission to the International Space Station . STS-101 was
#16 Sputnik 40
Sputnik 40 ( Russian : Спутник 40 , French : Spoutnik 40 ), also known as Sputnik Jr , [5] PS-2 [3] and Radio Sputnik 17 ( RS-17 ), [1] was a Franco- Russian amateur radio satellite which was launched in 1997 to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the launch of Sputnik 1 , the world's first arti
#17 Intelsat 904
Intelsat 904 (or IS-904 [1] ) is a communications satellite operated by Intelsat . Intelsat 904 Mission type Communications Operator Intelsat [1] [2] COSPAR ID 2002-007A [1] SATCAT no. 27380 [1] Mission duration 13 years [1] Spacecraft properties Spacecraft type SSL-1300HL [1] Manufacturer Space Sys
#18 STS-127
STS-127 ( ISS assembly flight 2J/A ) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). [1] It was the twenty-third flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour . The primary purpose of the STS-127 mission was to deliver and install the final two components of the Japanese Experiment Mo
#19 Gemini 1
Gemini 1 was the first mission in NASA 's Gemini program . [2] An uncrewed test flight of the Gemini spacecraft, its main objectives were to test the structural integrity of the new spacecraft and modified Titan II launch vehicle . It was also the first test of the new tracking and communication sys
Crew Dragon Demo-2 (officially Crew Demo-2 , SpaceX Demo-2 , or Demonstration Mission-2 ) [lower-alpha 1] was the first crewed test flight of the Crew Dragon spacecraft. The spacecraft, named Endeavour , launched on 30 May 2020 [7] [11] [12] on a Falcon 9 booster, and carried NASA astronauts Douglas