langs: 29 мая [ru] / may 29 [en] / 29. mai [de] / 29 mai [fr] / 29 maggio [it] / 29 de mayo [es]
days: may 26 / may 27 / may 28 / may 29 / may 30 / may 31 / june 1
#1 Beth Moses
Beth Moses is Chief Astronaut Instructor and Interiors Program Manager for Virgin Galactic 's SpaceShipTwo program, and is a commercial astronaut , as classified by the Federal Aviation Administration . [1] She was the first woman to make a spaceflight on a commercially launched vehicle, [2] the VSS
Oleg Germanovich Artemyev ( Russian : Олег Германович Артемьев ; born December 28, 1970) is a Russian Cosmonaut for the Russian Federal Space Agency . He was selected as part of the RKKE-15 Cosmonaut group in 2003. [1] He was a flight engineer of Expedition 39 and 40 to the International Space Stati
Henry Warren Hartsfield Jr. (21 November 1933 – 17 July 2014) was a United States Air Force Colonel and NASA astronaut who logged over 480 hours in space. He was inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2006. American astronaut and test pilot Henry W. Hartsfield Jr. Born ( 1933-11-2
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
Mary Ellen Weber (born August 24, 1962) is an American executive, scientist, aviator, and a former NASA astronaut . American astronaut "Mary Weber" redirects here. For the New Jersey politician, see Mary Virginia Weber . Mary Ellen Weber Born ( 1962-08-24 ) August 24, 1962 (age 59) Cleveland, Ohio
Andrey Ivanovich Borisenko ( Russian : Андрей Иванович Борисенко ; born 17 April 1964) is a Russian cosmonaut . [1] He was selected as a cosmonaut in May 2003, and is a veteran of two long duration missions to the International Space Station . Russian cosmonaut Andrey Borisenko Born ( 1964-04-17 ) 1
Lieutenant Commander (LCDR) Mario Runco Jr. is a former United States Naval officer and NASA astronaut . He was selected as an astronaut with in 1987. [1] : 76 He flew three Space Shuttle missions, [2] performed a spacewalk on his second mission, and is now retired both from NASA [3] and the U.S
Colonel Luca Parmitano (born 27 September 1976 in Paternò , Sicily ) is an Italian astronaut in the European Astronaut Corps for the European Space Agency (ESA). He was selected as an ESA astronaut in May 2009. Parmitano is also a Colonel and test pilot for the Italian Air Force . [2] Italian engine
#9 Curtis Brown
Curtis Lee "Curt" Brown Jr. (born March 11, 1956) is a former NASA astronaut and retired United States Air Force colonel . [1] American astronaut For other people named Curtis Brown, see Curtis Brown (disambiguation) . Curtis L. Brown Jr. Born ( 1956-03-11 ) March 11, 1956 (age 66) Elizabethtown,
#10 Scott Carpenter
Malcolm Scott Carpenter (May 1, 1925 – October 10, 2013) was an American naval officer and aviator , test pilot , aeronautical engineer , astronaut , and aquanaut . He was one of the Mercury Seven astronauts selected for NASA 's Project Mercury in April 1959. Carpenter was the second American (after
#11 Wubbo Ockels
Wubbo Johannes Ockels (28 March 1946 – 18 May 2014) was a Dutch physicist and astronaut with the European Space Agency who, in 1985, became the first Dutch citizen in space when he flew on STS-61-A as a payload specialist. He later became professor of aerospace engineering at Delft University of T
Sergey Aleksandrovich Zhukov ( Russian : Сергей Александрович Жуков ; born 9 September 1956 in Dzhezkazgan , Kazakh SSR , USSR, now Jezkazgan, Kazakhstan ) is a retired Russian cosmonaut first selected in 2003 . He retired from the cosmonaut corps before completing any spaceflights. Russian cosmonau
Anatoli Alekseyevich Ivanishin ( Russian: Анатолий Алексеевич Иванишин ; born 15 January 1969) is a former Russian cosmonaut. His first visit to space was to the International Space Station on board the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft as an Expedition 29 / Expedition 30 crew member, launching in November 20
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Samokutyaev ( Russian : Александр Михайлович Самокутяев ; born 13 March 1970 in Penza , Russian SFSR, USSR) is a Russian politician and former cosmonaut. Samokutyaev served as a Flight Engineer for the International Space Station (ISS) long duration Expedition 27 / 28 missions
#15 Daniel W. Bursch
Daniel Wheeler Bursch (born July 25, 1957 [2] ) is a former NASA astronaut , and Captain of the United States Navy . He had four spaceflights , the first three of which were Space Shuttle missions lasting 10 to 11 days each. His fourth and final spaceflight was a long-duration stay aboard the Intern
#16 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
#17 Alexei Leonov
Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov [lower-alpha 1] (30 May 1934 – 11 October 2019) was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut , Air Force major general , writer, and artist. On 18 March 1965, he became the first person to conduct a spacewalk , exiting the capsule during the Voskhod 2 mission for 12 minutes and 9 sec
The John F. Kennedy Space Center ( KSC , originally known as the NASA Launch Operations Center ), located on Merritt Island , Florida , is one of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 's (NASA) ten field centers . Since December 1968, KSC has been NASA's primary launch center of human sp
#1 Cygnus NG-13
NG-13 , previously known as OA-13 , was the fourteenth flight of the Northrop Grumman robotic resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its thirteenth flight to the International Space Station (ISS) under the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-1) contract with NASA . [4] [5] The mission launched on 15 February
#2 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
#3 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
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
#5 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
#7 Explorer 28
Explorer 28 , also called IMP-C , IMP-3 and Interplanetary Monitoring Platform-3 , was a NASA satellite launched on 29 May 1965 to study space physics , and was the third spacecraft launched in the Interplanetary Monitoring Platform program. It was powered by chemical batteries and solar panels . Th
Soyuz TMA-13M was a 2014 flight to the International Space Station . It transported three members of the Expedition 40 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-13M was the 122nd flight of a Soyuz spacecraft since 1967, and the 39th Soyuz mission to the ISS. The Soyuz remained docked to the space
#9 STS-77
STS-77 was the 77th Space Shuttle mission and the 11th mission of the Space Shuttle Endeavour . [1] The mission began from launch pad 39B from Kennedy Space Center , Florida on 19 May 1996 lasting 10 days and 40 minutes and completing 161 revolutions before landing on runway 33. [2] 1996 American cr
#10 Intelsat III F-7
Intelsat III F-7 was an American communications satellite owned by Intelsat . The satellite had an estimated useful life of 5 years. Intelsat III F-7 Mission type Communications Operator Intelsat COSPAR ID 1970-032A SATCAT no. 04376 Mission duration 5 years (planned) Spacecraft properties Manufact
Tianhe ( Chinese : 天和 ; pinyin : Tiānhé ; lit. 'Harmony of the Heavens' ), [8] [9] officially the Tianhe core module ( Chinese : 天和核心舱 ), is the first module to launch of the Tiangong space station . It was launched into orbit on 29 April 2021, [1] as the first launch of the final phase of Tiangong
#12 Kosmos 2516
Kosmos 2516 ( Russian : Космос 2516 meaning Space 2516 ) is a Russian military satellite launched in 2016 as part of the GLONASS satellite navigation system. Kosmos 2516 Glonass-M satellite model Mission type Navigation Operator Russian Aerospace Defence Forces COSPAR ID 2016-032A [1] SATCAT no. 415
#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 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
#15 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
#16 Apollo 16
Apollo 16 (April 16 – 27, 1972) was the tenth crewed mission in the United States Apollo space program , administered by NASA , and the fifth and penultimate to land on the Moon . It was the second of Apollo's " J missions ", with an extended stay on the lunar surface , a focus on science, and the u
#17 Kosmos 656
Kosmos 656 ( Russian : Космос 656 meaning Cosmos 656 ) was an unmanned test of the Soyuz 7K-T , a variant of the Soyuz spacecraft . This Soyuz variant was intended for flights to the Almaz military space stations. [1] Kosmos 656 Mission type Test flight COSPAR ID 1974-036A SATCAT no. 07313 Mission d
#18 Tianzhou 2
Tianzhou 2 ( Chinese : 天 舟 二 号 ) was a mission of the Tianzhou-class unmanned cargo spacecraft . The launch took place at 29 May 2021, 12:55:29 UTC . [4] [1] The spacecraft successfully docked with the Tiangong space station later on the same day. [2] 2021 Chinese resupply spaceflight to the Tiangon
#19 International Cometary Explorer
The International Cometary Explorer ( ICE ) spacecraft (designed and launched as the International Sun-Earth Explorer-3 ( ISEE-3 ) satellite), was launched 12 August 1978, into a heliocentric orbit . It was one of three spacecraft, along with the mother/daughter pair of ISEE-1 and ISEE-2 , built for
Rassvet ( Russian : Рассвет ; lit. "first light"), also known as the Mini-Research Module 1 ( MRM-1 ; Russian : Малый исследовательский модуль , МИМ 1 ) and formerly known as the Docking Cargo Module ( DCM ), is a component of the International Space Station (ISS). The module's design is similar to