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Charles Lacy Veach (September 18, 1944 – October 3, 1995) was a USAF fighter pilot and NASA astronaut . This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . ( Learn how and when to remove these template messages ) This article needs additional citations
Michel Ange-Charles Tognini (born 30 September 1949 in Vincennes, France ) is a French test pilot , engineer , brigadier general in the French Air Force , and a former CNES and ESA astronaut who served from 1 January 2005 to 1 November 2011 as head of the European Astronaut Centre of the European Sp
Bjarni Valdimar Tryggvason (September 21, 1945 – April 5, 2022) was an Icelandic-born Canadian engineer and a NRC / CSA astronaut . He served as a Payload Specialist on Space Shuttle mission STS-85 in 1997, a 12-day mission to study changes in the Earth's atmosphere . Icelandic-Canadian astronaut (1
John Elmer Blaha (born August 26, 1942, in San Antonio, Texas ) is a retired United States Air Force colonel and a former NASA astronaut . He is a veteran of five space missions aboard the Space Shuttle and Mir . American astronaut John E. Blaha Born John Elmer Blaha ( 1942-08-26 ) August 26, 1942 (
Michael Allen Baker (born October 27, 1953) is a retired captain in the United States Navy , former NASA astronaut , and the International Space Station Program Manager for International and Crew Operations, at NASA's Johnson Space Center . He is responsible for the coordination of program operation
Akihiko Hoshide ( 星出 彰彦 , Hoshide Akihiko , born December 28, 1968) is a Japanese engineer , JAXA astronaut , and former Commander of the International Space Station . On August 30, 2012, Hoshide became the third Japanese astronaut to walk in space. [1] Japanese engineer and JAXA astronaut Akihiko H
Thomas Patten Stafford (born September 17, 1930) is an American former Air Force officer , test pilot , and NASA astronaut , and one of 24 people who flew to the Moon . He also served as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1969 to 1971. United States astronaut (born 1930) Thomas P. Stafford Stafford
Yury Valentinovich Lonchakov ( Russian: Юрий Валентинович Лончаков ; born 4 March 1965) is a Russian former cosmonaut and a veteran of three space missions . [1] He has spent 200 days in space and has conducted two career spacewalks. Russian cosmonaut Yury Valentinovich Lonchakov Born ( 1965-03-04 )
Roberta Lynn Bondar CC OOnt FRCPC FRSC ( / ˈ b ɒ n d ər / ; born December 4, 1945) is a Canadian astronaut, neurologist and consultant. She is Canada's first female astronaut and the first neurologist in space. After more than a decade as head of an international space medicine research team collabo
#10 Neil Armstrong
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
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
#12 Jim Wetherbee
James Donald "Wxb" Wetherbee (born November 27, 1952) ( Capt , USN , Ret.), is a retired United States Navy officer and aviator , test pilot , aerospace engineer , and NASA astronaut . He is a veteran of six Space Shuttle missions and is the only American to have commanded five spaceflight missions.
#13 Toyohiro Akiyama
Toyohiro Akiyama ( 秋山 豊寛 , Akiyama Toyohiro , born 22 July 1942) is a retired Japanese TV journalist and professor at Kyoto University of Art and Design . In December 1990, he spent seven days aboard the Mir space station. [4] He became the first person of Japanese nationality to fly in space, [5] a
#14 Jan Davis
Nancy Jan Davis ( née Smotherman ; born November 1, 1953) is a former American astronaut . A veteran of three space flights, Davis logged over 673 hours in space. She is now retired from NASA . [1] [2] American engineer and astronaut For those of a similar name, see Janet Davies (disambiguation) .
#15 Jack R. Lousma
Jack Robert Lousma (born February 29, 1936) is an American astronaut , aeronautical engineer , retired United States Marine Corps officer , former naval aviator , NASA astronaut , and politician. He was a member of the second crew, Skylab-3 , on the Skylab space station in 1973. In 1982, he commande
#16 William Shepherd
William McMichael "Bill" Shepherd (born July 26, 1949), ( Capt , USN , Ret.), is an American former Navy SEAL , aerospace , ocean , and mechanical engineer , and NASA astronaut , who served as Commander of Expedition 1 , [1] the first crew on the International Space Station . He is a recipient of th
Steven Glenwood MacLean FRCGS (born December 14, 1954) is a Canadian astronaut . He was the President of the Canadian Space Agency , from September 1, 2008 to February 1, 2013. [1] [2] Canadian astronaut (born 1954) Steven Maclean Born ( 1954-12-14 ) December 14, 1954 (age 67) Ottawa, Ontario , Ca
The Hong Kong Space Museum is an astronomy and space science museum located in Tsim Sha Tsui , Hong Kong . Opened on 8 October 1980, it is managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong Government . [1] The building is notable for its hemispherical shape, which contains a p
USS Midway (CVB/CVA/CV-41) is an aircraft carrier , formerly of the United States Navy , the lead ship of her class . Commissioned 8 days after the end of World War II, Midway was the largest ship in the world until 1955, as well as the first U.S. aircraft carrier too big to transit the Panama Canal
#3 Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum
The Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum , the largest aviation museum in Illinois , [ citation needed ] occupied part of the grounds of the decommissioned Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul, Illinois . It and the base were named for Octave Chanute , railroad engineer and aviation pioneer. The museum was
#1 Luna 2
Luna 2 ( Russian : Луна 2 ), originally named the Second Soviet Cosmic Rocket and nicknamed Lunik 2 in contemporaneous media, was the sixth of the Soviet Union 's Luna programme spacecraft launched to the Moon , E-1 No.7 . It was the first spacecraft to reach the surface of the Moon , and the first
#2 INSAT-1D
INSAT-1D was 4th and the concluding multipurpose geostationary satellite of the INSAT-1 (first-generation seven-year responsibility for the operation of the INSAT space segment. [7] INSAT-1D (Full name: Indian National Satellite - 1D) Mission type Communications , Cloud Observation Operator INSAT CO
SpaceX CRS-13 , also known as SpX-13 , was a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station launched on 15 December 2017. [2] The mission was contracted by NASA and is flown by SpaceX . It was the second mission to successfully reuse a Dragon capsule, previously flown on CRS-
#4 Superbird-C2
Superbird-C2 , known as Superbird-7 before launch, is a geostationary communications satellite operated by JSAT Corporation and designed and manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric on the DS2000 satellite bus . [3] [4] It had a launch weight of 4,820 kg (10,630 lb) , a 15-year design life and was th
Mercury-Scout 1 , or MS-1 , was a United States spacecraft intended to test tracking stations for Project Mercury flights. [1] [2] It grew out of a May 5, 1961 NASA proposal to use Scout rockets to launch small satellites to evaluate the worldwide Mercury Tracking Network in preparation for manned o
#6 USA-212
USA-212 [1] was the first flight of the Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle 1 ( X-37B OTV-1 ), an American robotic vertical-takeoff, horizontal-landing (VTHL) spaceplane . It was launched aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral on 22 April 2010, and operated in low Earth orbit . Its designation i
#7 STS-133
STS-133 ( ISS assembly flight ULF5 ) [6] was the 133rd mission in NASA 's Space Shuttle program ; during the mission, Space Shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station . It was Discovery ' s 39th and final mission. The mission launched on 24 February 2011, and landed on 9 March 201
#8 Luna 19
Luna 19 (a.k.a. Lunik 19 ) (E-8-LS series), was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program . Luna 19 extended the systematic study of lunar gravitational fields and location of mascons (mass concentrations). It also studied the lunar radiation environment, the gamma-active lunar surface, and the
#9 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
#10 CoRoT
CoRoT (French: Co nvection, Ro tation et T ransits planétaires ; English: Co nvection, Ro tation and planetary T ransits) was a space telescope mission which operated from 2006 to 2013. The mission's two objectives were to search for extrasolar planets with short orbital periods, particularly those
#11 STS-120
STS-120 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) that launched on 23 October 2007 from the Kennedy Space Center , Florida. [5] The mission is also referred to as ISS-10A by the ISS program. STS-120 delivered the Harmony module and reconfigured a portion of the station in
#12 Astra 2D
Astra 2D is one of the Astra communications satellites owned and operated by Société Européenne des Satellites (SES), and located at 28.2° East in the geostationary orbit until June 2015. It is a Hughes Space and Communications HS-376HP satellite bus , and was launched from the Centre Spatial Guyana
#13 STS-58
STS-58 was a NASA mission flown by Space Shuttle Columbia launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida , on 18 October 1993. The missions was primarily devoted to experiments concerning the physiological effects in space . This was the first in-flight use of the "Portable In-flight Landing Operation
#14 Mariner 4
Mariner 4 (together with Mariner 3 known as Mariner-Mars 1964 ) was the fourth in a series of spacecraft intended for planetary exploration in a flyby mode. It was designed to conduct closeup scientific observations of Mars and to transmit these observations to Earth . Launched on November 28, 1964,
#15 Progress M1-3
Progress M1-3 , identified by NASA as Progress 1P , was the first Progress spacecraft to visit the International Space Station . It was a Progress-M1 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 251. [1] Russian cargo spacecraft Progress M1-3 Progress M1-3 docked with the ISS, seen from STS-106 . Mi
ASTRO-C , renamed Ginga (Japanese for 'galaxy'), was an X-ray astronomy satellite launched from the Kagoshima Space Center on 5 February 1987 using M-3SII launch vehicle. The primary instrument for observations was the Large Area Counter (LAC). Ginga was the third Japanese X-ray astronomy mission, f
#17 Kounotori 8
Kounotori 8 ( こうのとり8号機 ) , also known as HTV-8 was the 8th flight of the H-II Transfer Vehicle , a robotic cargo spacecraft to resupply the International Space Station . It was launched on 24 September 2019, 16:05:05 UTC. [8] 2019 Japanese resupply spaceflight to the ISS Kounotori 8 H-II Transfer Ve
#18 IRAS
The Infrared Astronomical Satellite ( Dutch : Infrarood Astronomische Satelliet ) ( IRAS ) was the first space telescope to perform a survey of the entire night sky at infrared wavelengths . [6] Launched on 25 January 1983, [2] its mission lasted ten months. [7] The telescope was a joint project of
#19 Surveyor 5
Surveyor 5 was the fifth lunar lander of the American uncrewed Surveyor program sent to explore the surface of the Moon . Surveyor 5 landed on Mare Tranquillitatis in 1967. A total of 19,118 images were transmitted to Earth. [2] Surveyor 5 Surveyor model on Earth Mission type Lunar lander Operator N
#20 Xatcobeo
Xatcobeo , originally known as Dieste , is a project to build the first Galician artificial satellite [4] developed by Agrupación Estratéxica Aeroespacial (currently Alén Space ) of the University of Vigo and leadered by Fernando Aguado [5] in collaboration with the Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aer