langs: 27 мая [ru] / may 27 [en] / 27. mai [de] / 27 mai [fr] / 27 maggio [it] / 27 de mayo [es]
days: may 24 / may 25 / may 26 / may 27 / may 28 / may 29 / may 30
#1 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
Valeri Ivanovich Tokarev ( Russian : Валерий Иванович Токарев ; born 29 October 1952) is a Russian Air Force Colonel and test cosmonaut at the Yuri A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center . Tokarev traveled to space twice, and has performed two career spacewalks , before retiring in June 2008. [1] Vale
Frank, Viscount De Winne (born 25 April 1961, in Ledeberg , Belgium) is a Belgian Air Component officer and an ESA astronaut . He is Belgium's second person in space (after Dirk Frimout ). He was the first ESA astronaut to command a space mission when he served as commander of ISS Expedition 21 . ES
Donald Herod Peterson (October 22, 1933 – May 27, 2018) was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut . Peterson was originally selected for the Air Force Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) program, but, when that was canceled, he became a NASA astronaut in September 1969. He was a missio
Julie Payette CC CMM COM CQ CD ( French pronunciation: [ʒyli pajɛt] ; born October 20, 1963) is a Canadian engineer, scientist and former astronaut who served from 2017 to 2021 as Governor General of Canada , the 29th since Canadian Confederation . [1] [2] [3] 29th governor general of Canada, fo
Kent Vernon "Rommel" Rominger (born August 7, 1956) is an American former astronaut , former NASA Chief of the Astronaut Office at Johnson Space Center , and a captain in the United States Navy . Rominger holds the Space Shuttle Orbiter flight time record with 1610 hours. [1] He joined ATK Launch Sy
Daniel Thomas Barry (born December 30, 1953) is an American engineer, scientist, television personality, and a retired NASA astronaut . He was a contestant on the CBS reality television program Survivor: Panama , as well as on BattleBots on ABC . [2] He was at Singularity University from 2009 to 201
Roman Yurievich Romanenko (Major, Russian Air Force; Russian : Роман Юрьевич Романенко ; born 9 August 1971) is a Russian retired cosmonaut at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center . He is also a politician, sitting in the State Duma since 2021 representing the Chertanovo constituency . Russian
#9 Rick Husband
Richard Douglas Husband (July 12, 1957 – February 1, 2003) was an American astronaut and fighter pilot . He traveled into space twice: as Pilot of STS-96 and Commander of STS-107 . He and the rest of the crew of STS-107 were killed when Columbia disintegrated during reentry into the Earth's atmosp
#10 Robert Thirsk
Robert Brent " Bob " Thirsk , OC OBC (born August 17, 1953) is a Canadian engineer and physician, and a former Canadian Space Agency astronaut. He holds the Canadian records for the most time spent in space (204 days 18 hours). He became an officer of the Order of Canada (OC) in 2013 and was named t
#11 James D. Halsell
James Donald Halsell Jr. (born September 29, 1956) is a retired United States Air Force officer, a former NASA astronaut . The veteran of five Space Shuttle missions pled guilty in 2021 to two counts of manslaughter and two counts of assault as a result of a motor vehicle accident in 2016. As of May
#12 Sonny Carter
Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter Jr. , M.D. (August 15, 1947 – April 5, 1991), ( Capt , USN ), was an American chemist , physician , professional soccer player, naval officer and aviator , test pilot , and NASA astronaut who flew on STS-33 . 20th-century American astronaut, chemist, and U.S. Navy office
#13 Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov ( Russian : Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Во́лков ; born 27 May 1948) is a retired Russian cosmonaut . He is a veteran of 3 space flights, including twice to the Mir Soviet space station, and is the father of cosmonaut Sergey Volkov . Soviet cosmonaut For other people nam
#1 RAF Montrose
Royal Air Force Montrose or more simply RAF Montrose is a former Royal Air Force station in Forfarshire (now more commonly called Angus ) in Scotland . It became the first operational military aerodrome to be established in the United Kingdom on 26 February 1913. [2] Military museum in Angus, Scotla
The American Airpower Museum is an aviation museum located on the former site of Republic Aviation at Republic Airport in East Farmingdale, New York . It maintains a collection of aviation artifacts and an array of aircraft spanning the many years of the aircraft factory's history. Aviation museum i
Floyd Bennett Field is an airfield in the Marine Park neighborhood of southeast Brooklyn in New York City , along the shore of Jamaica Bay . The airport originally hosted commercial and general aviation traffic before being used as a naval air station . Bennett Field is currently part of the Gateway
#1 AS-104
AS-104 was the fourth orbital test of a boilerplate Apollo spacecraft , and the second flight of the Pegasus micrometeroid detection satellite . It was launched by SA-8, the ninth Saturn I carrier rocket. Fourth orbital test of a boilerplate Apollo spacecraft, May 27, 1965 AS-104 Launch of Saturn AS
#2 OV1-4
Orbiting Vehicle 1-4 (also known as OV1-4 ), launched 30 Mar 1966, was the fourth, and second successful, satellite in the OV1 series of the United States Air Force's Orbiting Vehicle program. OV1-4 was a long-term bioscience and materials science satellite, designed to return data relevant to long-
The Leonardo Permanent Multipurpose Module ( PMM ) is a module of the International Space Station . It was flown into space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-133 on 24 February 2011 and installed on 1 March. Leonardo is primarily used for storage of spares, supplies and waste on the ISS, whi
#4 STS-96
STS-96 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Discovery , and the first shuttle flight to dock [a] at the International Space Station. [1] [2] The shuttle carried the Spacehab module in the payload, filled with cargo for station outfitting. STS-96
#5 OV1-2
Orbiting Vehicle 1-2 (also known as OV1-2 ), launched 5 October 1965, was the third, and first successful, satellite in the OV1 series of the United States Air Force's Orbiting Vehicle program. A radiation measuring satellite designed to conduct research for the planned Manned Orbital Laboratory pro
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
Eutelsat 113 West A , formerly Satmex-6 , is a geostationary communications satellite which is operated by Eutelsat . Originally built for Mexico's Satmex , it was launched in 2006. The satellite was acquired by Eutelsat in its 2014 merger with Satmex, and renamed Eutelsat 113 West A in May. [2] It
#9 Soyuz TMA-15
Soyuz TMA-15 was a crewed spaceflight to the International Space Station . Part of the Soyuz programme , it transported three members of the Expedition 20 crew to the space station. TMA-15 was the 102nd crewed flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, since Soyuz 1 in 1967. The Soyuz spacecraft remained docked
SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2 ( COTS 2 ), also known as Dragon C2+ , was the second test-flight for SpaceX 's uncrewed Cargo Dragon spacecraft. It launched in May 2012 on the third flight of the company's two-stage Falcon 9 launch vehicle. The flight was performed under a funded agreement from NASA as t
#11 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
Columbus is a science laboratory that is part of the International Space Station (ISS) and is the largest single contribution to the ISS made by the European Space Agency (ESA). ESA science observatory on the International Space Station The Columbus Module on the International Space Station Hans Sch
#13 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
#14 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
#15 Vanguard SLV-1
Vanguard SLV-1 , also called Vanguard Satellite Launch Vehicle-1 was hoped to be the second successful flight of the American Vanguard rocket following the successful launch of the Vanguard 1 satellite on rocket Vanguard TV-4 in March 1958. Failed rocket launch Vanguard SLV-1 The launch of Vanguard
#16 Ekspress-AT2
Ekspress-AT2 ( Russian : Экспресс-АT2 ) is a Russian communications satellite which was launched in March 2014. Part of the Ekspress series of geostationary communications satellites, it is owned and operated by the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC). Russian communications satellite Ek
The Unity connecting module, also known as Node 1 , is the first U.S. -built component of the International Space Station (ISS). It connects the Russian and United States segments of the station, and is where crew eat meals together. American module of the International Space Station Unity Unity as
#18 Thaicom 5
Thaicom 5 was a geostationary communications satellite operated by Thaicom . It was used to provide communications services to Asia , Africa , Middle East , Americas , Europe and Australia. [3] Thai satellite THAICOM 5 Mission type Communication Operator Thaicom COSPAR ID 2006-020B SATCAT no. 29163
#19 Soyuz 36
Soyuz 36 ( Russian : Союз 36 , Union 36 ) was a 1980 Soviet crewed space flight to the Salyut 6 space station . It was the 11th mission to and ninth successful docking at the orbiting facility. The Soyuz 36 crew were the first to visit the long-duration Soyuz 35 resident crew. [2] Soyuz 36 COSPAR ID
Eutelsat 117 West A , formerly Satmex 8 , is a geostationary communications satellite operated by Eutelsat . Previously operated by Satmex , it was launched by a Proton-M / Briz-M rocket in March 2013 to replace Satmex 5 , and is being used to provide communication services to North, Central and Sou