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Leroy Gordon " Gordo " Cooper Jr. (March 6, 1927 – October 4, 2004) was an American aerospace engineer , test pilot , United States Air Force pilot , and the youngest of the seven original astronauts in Project Mercury , the first human space program of the United States. Cooper learned to fly as
#2 Scott Altman
Scott Douglas "Scooter" Altman (born August 15, 1959) is a retired United States Navy Captain and naval aviator , engineer , test pilot and former NASA astronaut . He is a veteran of four Space Shuttle missions. His fourth mission on STS-125 was the last servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telesco
Jay Clark Buckey, Jr. (born June 6, 1956, in New York City ) is an American physician and astronaut who flew aboard one Space Shuttle mission ( STS-90 ) as a Payload Specialist . Buckey briefly ran for the Democratic nomination to challenge New Hampshire Senator John E. Sununu , a first term Republi
Kalpana Chawla (17 March 1962 – 1 February 2003) was an Indian-born American astronaut and mechanical engineer who was the first woman of Indian origin to go to space. [3] [4] She first flew on Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997 as a mission specialist and primary robotic arm operator. American astronau
Loren James Shriver (born September 23, 1944) is a former NASA astronaut , aviator , and a retired US Air Force Colonel . [1] NASA astronaut Loren J. Shriver Born Loren James Shriver ( 1944-09-23 ) September 23, 1944 (age 78) [1] Jefferson, Iowa , U.S. Status Retired Nationality American Alma ma
Samantha Cristoforetti , OMRI ( Italian pronunciation: [saˈmanta kristofoˈretti] ; born in Milan on 26 April 1977) is an Italian European Space Agency astronaut, former Italian Air Force pilot and engineer. She holds the record for the longest uninterrupted spaceflight by a European astronaut (199
Richard Alan Searfoss (June 5, 1956 – September 29, 2018) was an American aviator who was United States Air Force colonel , NASA astronaut and test pilot . [2] Richard A. Searfoss Born ( 1956-06-05 ) June 5, 1956 Mount Clemens , Michigan , U.S. Died September 29, 2018 (2018-09-29) (aged 62) Tehach
Walter Marty Schirra Jr. ( / ʃ ɜːr ˈ ɑː / , March 12, 1923 – May 3, 2007) was an American naval aviator , test pilot , and NASA astronaut . In 1959, he became one of the original seven astronauts chosen for Project Mercury , which was the United States ' first effort to put human beings into space
Kathryn Patricia " Kay " Hire (born August 26, 1959) is a former NASA astronaut and Captain in the U.S. Navy Reserve who has flown aboard two Space Shuttle missions. NASA astronaut and Captain in the U.S. Navy Reserve Kathryn Hire Born ( 1959-08-26 ) August 26, 1959 (age 63) Mobile, Alabama , U.S.
Sultan bin Salman Al Saud ( Arabic : سلطان بن سلمان آل سعود ; Sulṭān bin Salmān Āl Suʿūd ; born 27 June 1956) is a Saudi prince and former Royal Saudi Air Force pilot who flew aboard the American STS-51-G Space Shuttle mission as a payload specialist . He is the first member of a royal family to fly
#11 Dafydd Williams
Dafydd Rhys Williams (alternately known as David Rhys Williams [2] ) OC OOnt CCFP FCFP FRCPC FRCP FRCGS (born May 16, 1954) [3] is a Canadian physician, public speaker , CEO , author and a retired CSA astronaut . [4] Williams was a mission specialist on two Space Shuttle missions. His first spacefli
#12 Kathleen Rubins
Kathleen Hallisey Rubins (born October 14, 1978) is an American microbiologist and NASA astronaut . [2] She became the 60th woman to fly in space when she launched on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) on July 7, 2016. [3] She returned to Earth in Kazakhstan on Octob
#13 Duane Graveline
Duane Edgar "Doc" Graveline (March 2, 1931 – September 5, 2016) was an American physician and NASA astronaut . He was one of the six scientists selected in 1965, in NASA's fourth group of astronauts , for the Apollo program . He was best known for being immersed in water for seven days as part of hi
#14 Bill Nelson
Clarence William Nelson II (born September 29, 1942) is an American politician and attorney serving as the administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Nelson previously served as a United States Senator from Florida from 2001 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party ,
#15 Albert Sacco
Albert Sacco Jr. (born May 3, 1949) is an American chemical engineer who flew as a Payload Specialist on the Space Shuttle Columbia on Shuttle mission STS-73 in 1995. American chemical engineer (born 1949) Albert Sacco Jr. Born ( 1949-05-03 ) 3 May 1949 (age 73) Boston , Massachusetts Nationality
Richard Michael Linnehan (born September 19, 1957) is a United States Army veterinarian and a NASA astronaut . Richard M. Linnehan Born Richard Michael Linnehan ( 1957-09-19 ) September 19, 1957 (age 64) Lowell, Massachusetts , U.S. Status Management Astronaut Nationality American Alma mater Uni
#17 Lisa Nowak
Lisa Marie Nowak (née Caputo , born May 10, 1963) is an American aeronautical engineer , and former NASA astronaut and United States Navy captain . Nowak served as naval flight officer and test pilot in the Navy, and was selected by NASA for NASA Astronaut Group 16 in 1996, qualifying as a mission s
James Anthony "Jim" Pawelczyk (born September 20, 1960) is an American researcher of physiology and Kinesiology who flew aboard the NASA STS-90 Space Shuttle mission as a Payload Specialist . James Anthony "Jim" Pawelczyk Born ( 1960-09-20 ) September 20, 1960 (age 61) Buffalo , New York Nationali
#19 Nikolai Budarin
Nikolai Mikhailovich Budarin ( Russian : Николай Михайлович Бударин ) (born April 29, 1953 in Kirya , Chuvashia ) is a retired Russian cosmonaut , a veteran of three extended space missions aboard the Mir Space Station and the International Space Station . He has also performed eight career spacewal
#20 Loral O'Hara
Loral Ashley O'Hara (born May 3, 1983) is an American engineer and NASA astronaut. US astronaut candidate Loral O'Hara Born Loral Ashley O'Hara ( 1983-05-03 ) May 3, 1983 (age 39) Houston , Texas , U.S. Status Active Alma mater University of Kansas ( BS ) Purdue University ( MS ) Space career NA
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
#2 Musée de l'air et de l'espace
The Musée de l'air et de l'espace (English: Air and Space Museum ), is a French aerospace museum , located at the south-eastern edge of Paris–Le Bourget Airport , north of Paris, and in the commune of Le Bourget . [1] It was inaugurated in 1919 after a proposal by the celebrated aeronautics engineer
#3 Virginia Museum of Transportation
The Virginia Museum of Transportation is a museum devoted to the topic of transportation located in Downtown Roanoke , Virginia , US. Transport museum in Roanoke, Virginia Virginia Museum of Transportation Location within the United States Established April 1986 ( 1986-04 ) Location Roanoke, Vir
#1 Orbiting Carbon Observatory 3
The Orbiting Carbon Observatory-3 ( OCO-3 ) is a NASA - JPL instrument designed to measure carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere . The instrument is mounted on the Japanese Experiment Module-Exposed Facility on board the International Space Station (ISS). [4] OCO-3 was scheduled to be transported to
#2 GOES 11
GOES-11 , known as GOES-L before becoming operational, is an American weather satellite , which is part of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite system. It was launched in 2000, and operated at the GOES-WEST position, providing cov
#3 Surveyor 3
Surveyor 3 was the third lander of the American uncrewed Surveyor program sent to explore the surface of the Moon in 1967. It was the first mission to carry a surface-soil sampling-scoop. American lunar lander Surveyor 3 Surveyor 3 on the Moon, photographed by Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean over two
#4 Reimei
Reimei ('Dawn') is the in-flight name for a small Japanese satellite known during development as INDEX ( INnovative-technology Demonstration Experiment ), developed in-house at JAXA both to serve as a demonstration of small-satellite technologies (particularly high-performance and high-accuracy atti
#5 Kosmos 29
Kosmos 29 ( Russian : Космос 29 meaning Cosmos 29 ) or Zenit-2 No.19 was a Soviet , a first generation, low resolution, optical film-return reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1964. A Zenit-2 spacecraft, Kosmos 29 was the seventeenth of eighty-one such satellites to be launched [3] and ha
#6 Kosmos 2446
Kosmos 2446 ( Russian : Космос 2446 meaning Cosmos 2446 ) is a Russian US-K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 2008 as part of the Russian Space Forces ' Oko programme. [5] The satellite is designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors . [2] K
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
#8 Salyut 7
Salyut 7 ( Russian : Салют-7 ; English: Salute 7 ) (a.k.a. DOS-6 , short for Durable Orbital Station [1] ) was a space station in low Earth orbit from April 1982 to February 1991. [1] It was first crewed in May 1982 with two crew via Soyuz T-5 , and last visited in June 1986, by Soyuz T-15 . [1] Var
#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 Kosmos 262
Kosmos 262 ( Russian : Космос 262 meaning Cosmos 262 ), also known as DS-U2-GF No.1 , was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1968 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 352-kilogram (776 lb) spacecraft, [1] which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau , and was used to st
#11 Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory
Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory , previously called the Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Explorer , is a NASA three-telescope space observatory for studying gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and monitoring the afterglow in X-ray, and UV/Visible light at the location of a burst. [5] It was launched on 20 November 2004, ab
#12 GOES-G
GOES-G was a weather satellite to be operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration . The satellite was designed to sense and monitor meteorological conditions from a geostationary orbit , intended to replace GOES-5 and provide continuous vertical profiles of atmospheric temperature
#13 Cassini–Huygens
Cassini–Huygens ( / k ə ˈ s iː n i ˈ h ɔɪ ɡ ən z / kə- SEE -nee HOY -gənz ), commonly called Cassini , was a space-research mission by NASA , the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to send a space probe to study the planet Saturn and its system, including its rings and n
#14 TIROS-4
TIROS 4 (also called TIROS-D and A9 ) was a spin-stabilized meteorological satellite . It was the fourth in a series of Television Infrared Observation Satellites . TIROS-4 Image of TIROS-4. Mission type Weather satellite Operator NASA Harvard designation 1962 β 1 COSPAR ID 1962-002A SATCAT no. 226
#15 NOAA-B
NOAA B was an American operational weather satellite for use in the National Operational Environmental Satellite System (NOESS) and for the support of the Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP) during 1978-1984. The satellite design provided an economical and stable Sun-synchronous platform for
#16 Ariel 2
Ariel 2 , also known as UK-C , was a British radio astronomy satellite , which was operated by the Science and Engineering Research Council as part of the Ariel programme . [2] It was built in America by Westinghouse Electric , [3] and had a mass at launch of 68 kilograms (150 lb) . [4] [5] It was
#17 Apstar 6C
Apstar 6C is a Chinese communications satellite which is operated by APT Satellite Holdings as part of the Apstar system. Chinese communications satellite Apstar 6C Mission type Communications satellite Operator APT Satellite Holdings COSPAR ID 2018-041A SATCAT no. 43450 Website Apstar 6C Start of m
#18 STS-90
STS-90 was a 1998 Space Shuttle mission flown by the Space Shuttle Columbia . The 16-day mission marked the last flight of the European Space Agency 's Spacelab laboratory module, which had first flown on Columbia on STS-9 , and was also the last daytime landing for Columbia . 1998 American crewed s
#19 Soyuz TMA-1
Soyuz TMA-1 [lower-alpha 1] , also catalogued as Soyuz TM-35 , was a 2002 Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle with a Russian-Belgian cosmonaut crew blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan . [3] This was the fifth Russian Soyuz s
#20 Galaxy 15
Galaxy 15 is an American telecommunications satellite which is owned by Intelsat . It was launched for and originally operated by PanAmSat , and was subsequently transferred to Intelsat when the two companies merged in 2006. It was originally positioned in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 133°