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Norman Earl Thagard , M.D. (born July 3, 1943), ( Capt , USMC , Ret.), is an American scientist and former U.S. Marine Corps officer and naval aviator and NASA astronaut . He is the first American to ride to space on board a Russian vehicle, and can be considered the first American cosmonaut . He di
Garrett Erin Reisman ( / ˈ r iː s m ə n / ; born February 10, 1968) is an American engineer and former NASA astronaut . He was a backup crew member for Expedition 15 and joined Expedition 16 aboard the International Space Station for a short time before becoming a member of Expedition 17 . He return
#3 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
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) [2] is a British billionaire, entrepreneur, and business magnate . [3] [4] [5] In the 1970s he founded the Virgin Group , which today controls more than 400 companies in various fields. [6] British entrepreneur and business magnate Not to be c
Ronald John Grabe (born June 13, 1945, in New York , New York ), ( Col , USAF , Ret.), is a former NASA astronaut. American astronaut Ronald J. Grabe Born Ronald John Grabe ( 1945-06-13 ) June 13, 1945 (age 77) New York , New York , U.S. Status Executive VP and General Manager at Orbital LSG Natio
Frederick Wilford Sturckow (born August 11, 1961) is an engineer , retired United States Marine Corps officer, former NASA astronaut , and commercial spacecraft pilot. Sturckow is a veteran of four Space Shuttle missions. He flew on STS-88 and STS-105 as a pilot and STS-117 and STS-128 as a commande
Charles Joseph "Charlie" Camarda (born May 8, 1952, in Queens, New York ) is an American engineer and a NASA astronaut who flew his first mission into space on board the Space Shuttle mission STS-114 . He served as Senior Advisor for Engineering Development at NASA Langley Research Center . [1] and
#8 Marc Garneau
Joseph Jean-Pierre Marc Garneau PC CC CD MP (born February 23, 1949) is a Canadian politician, retired Royal Canadian Navy officer and former astronaut who served as a Cabinet minister from 2015 to 2021. A member of the Liberal Party , Garneau was the minister of foreign affairs from January to Octo
Sarah Brightman (born 14 August 1960) [1] is an English classical crossover soprano singer, actress and dancer. British soprano (born 1960) Sarah Brightman Brightman at the World Athletics Championships in Osaka in 2007 Born ( 1960-08-14 ) 14 August 1960 (age 62) Berkhamsted , Hertfordshire , Engl
The Pima Air & Space Museum , located in Tucson , Arizona , is one of the world's largest non-government funded aerospace museums. The museum features a display of nearly 300 aircraft spread out over 80 acres (320,000 m²) on a campus occupying 127 acres (513,000 m²). It has also been the home to
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
#3 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
#4 Goddard Space Flight Center
The Goddard Space Flight Center ( GSFC ) is a major NASA space research laboratory located approximately 6.5 miles (10.5 km) northeast of Washington, D.C. in Greenbelt, Maryland , United States. Established on May 1, 1959 as NASA's first space flight center, GSFC employs approximately 10,000 civil
#5 Volandia
Volandia Park and Flight Museum is the largest Italian aeronautical museum, as well as one of the largest in Europe. Volandia displays over 100 aircraft. The museum covers an area of ca. 60,000 m 2 (645,000 sq ft ) [1] of which 20,000 m 2 (215,000 sq ft) are indoors. [2] It opened in 2010, after a 1
#1 Spektr-R
Spektr-R [6] (part of RadioAstron program) ( Russian : Спеkтр-P ) was a Russian scientific satellite with a 10 m (33 ft) radio telescope on board. It was launched on 18 July 2011 [7] on a Zenit-3F launcher from Baikonur Cosmodrome , and was designed to perform research on the structure and dynam
#2 Lunokhod 2
Lunokhod 2 ( Russian : Луноход-2 ("Moonwalker 2"), also known as Аппарат 8ЕЛ № 204 ("Device 8EL No. 204")) was the second of two unmanned lunar rovers that landed on the Moon by the Soviet Union as part of the Lunokhod programme . Second robotic Moon rover (1973) Lunokhod 2 Model of Lunokhod 2 rover
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
#4 TacSat-3
TacSat-3 is the second in a series of U.S. military experimental technology and communication satellites . It was assembled in an Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate facility at Kirtland Air Force Base , New Mexico . [2] The TacSat satellites are all designed to demonstra
Soyuz TMA-04M was a spaceflight to Low Earth orbit that transported three members of the Expedition 31 crew to the International Space Station (ISS), which was launched on 15 May 2012 and landed on 17 September 2012. [3] TMA-04M was the Soyuz spacecraft 's 113th flight since its initial launch in 19
Progress M-27M ( Russian : Прогресс М-27М ), identified by NASA as Progress 59P , was a Progress spacecraft used by Roscosmos in an unsuccessful attempt to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) in 2015. [4] Unsuccessful attempt to resupply the International Space Station Progress M-27M Miss
Progress M-27M ( Russian : Прогресс М-27М ), identified by NASA as Progress 59P , was a Progress spacecraft used by Roscosmos in an unsuccessful attempt to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) in 2015. [4] Unsuccessful attempt to resupply the International Space Station Progress M-27M Miss
Soyuz 7K-T No.39 , (also named Soyuz 18a or Soyuz 18-1 by some sources and also known as the April 5 Anomaly ) [2] : 192–3 was an unsuccessful launch of a crewed Soyuz spacecraft by the Soviet Union in 1975. The mission was expected to dock with the orbiting Salyut 4 space station , but due to a
#9 Kosmos 16
Kosmos 16 ( Russian : Космос 16 meaning Cosmos 16 ) or Zenit-2 No.10 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1963. A Zenit-2 satellite, Kosmos 16 was the tenth of eighty-one such spacecraft to be launched. [3] [4] Kosmos 16 Mission type Optical imaging reconna
#10 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
#11 OSO 3
OSO 3 ( Orbiting Solar Observatory 3 ), or Third Orbiting Solar Observatory [2] [3] (known as OSO E2 before launch) was launched on March 8, 1967, into a nearly circular orbit of mean altitude 550 km, inclined at 33° to the equatorial plane. Its on-board tape recorder failed on June 28, 1968, allo
#12 NEXTSat
NEXTSat , or Next Generation Satellite and Commodities Spacecraft ( NEXTSat/CSC ) is an American technology demonstration satellite which was operated as part of the Orbital Express programme. It was used as a target spacecraft for a demonstration of autonomous servicing and refueling operations per
#13 Soyuz TMA-09M
Soyuz TMA-09M was a Russian Soyuz mission to the International Space Station . It transported three members of the Expedition 36 crew to the space station. The Soyuz remained docked to the space station during Expeditions 36 and 37 to serve as an emergency escape vehicle. The spacecraft landed on 11
#14 STS-30
STS-30 was the 29th NASA Space Shuttle mission and the fourth mission for Space Shuttle Atlantis . It was the fourth shuttle launch since the Challenger disaster and the first shuttle mission since the disaster to have a female astronaut on board. The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center , Flo
#15 AsiaSat 3S
AsiaSat 3S , was a geosynchronous communications satellite for AsiaSat of Hong Kong to provide communications and television services all across Asia , the Middle East and Oceania . Asiasat communications satellite AsiaSat 3S Mission type Communications Operator AsiaSat COSPAR ID 1999-013A SATCAT no
Hopper was a proposed European Space Agency (ESA) orbital spaceplane and reusable launch vehicle . The Hopper was a FESTIP (Future European Space Transportation Investigations Programme) system study design. [1] 1990s European proposal of a robotic spaceplane This article needs to be updated . ( Nov
Buran ( Russian : Буран , IPA: [bʊˈran] , meaning "Snowstorm" or "Blizzard"; GRAU index serial number : 11F35 1K , construction number: 1.01 ) was the first spaceplane to be produced as part of the Soviet/Russian Buran program . Besides describing the first operational Soviet/Russian shuttle orbit
#18 GSAT-2
GSAT-2 was an experimental communication satellite built by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and launched on one of the first GSLVs . The satellite was positioned at 48 deg east longitude in the geo-stationary orbit . GSAT-2 Mission type Communications Operator ISRO COSPAR ID 2003-018A
#19 Next-generation crewed spacecraft
The next-generation crewed spacecraft ( Chinese : 新一代载人飞船 ; pinyin : xīnyīdài zàirén fēichuán ) is a type of reusable spacecraft developed and manufactured by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). The prototype of the spacecraft underwent its first uncrewed test flight on 5 May
#20 Lunar Orbiter 4
Lunar Orbiter 4 was a robotic U.S. spacecraft , part of the Lunar Orbiter Program , designed to orbit the Moon , after the three previous orbiters had completed the required needs for Apollo mapping and site selection. It was given a more general objective, to "perform a broad systematic photographi