langs: 1 октября [ru] / october 1 [en] / 1. oktober [de] / 1er octobre [fr] / 1º ottobre [it] / 1 de octubre [es]
days: september 28 / september 29 / september 30 / october 1 / october 2 / october 3 / october 4
Gregory Hammond Olsen (born April 20, 1945) is an American entrepreneur, engineer and scientist who, in October 2005, became the third private citizen to make a self-funded trip to the International Space Station with the company Space Adventures . For other people with the same name, see Greg Olsen
Ronald Ellwin Evans Jr. (November 10, 1933 – April 7, 1990) was an American electrical engineer , aeronautical engineer , officer and aviator in the United States Navy , and NASA astronaut . As Command Module Pilot on Apollo 17 he was one of the 24 astronauts to have flown to the Moon, and one of
#3 John Glenn
John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American Marine Corps aviator , engineer , astronaut , businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space, and the first American to orbit the Earth , circling it three times in 1962. Following his retirement from NASA
Gregory Carl "Ray J" Johnson (born July 30, 1954), ( Capt , USNR , Ret.), is a retired American naval officer and naval aviator , test pilot , aerospace engineer , and NASA astronaut . He spent his military career in both the regular United States Navy and the Navy Reserve . Johnson was the Pilot on
Vance DeVoe Brand (born May 9, 1931) is an American naval officer , aviator , aeronautical engineer , test pilot , and NASA astronaut . He served as command module pilot during the first U.S.-Soviet joint spaceflight in 1975, and as commander of three Space Shuttle missions . American former naval o
#6 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
Edgar Dean Mitchell (September 17, 1930 – February 4, 2016) was a United States Navy officer and aviator , test pilot , aeronautical engineer , ufologist and NASA astronaut . As the Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo 14 in 1971 he spent nine hours working on the lunar surface in the Fra Mauro Highlands
#8 Peter Wisoff
Peter Jeffrey Kelsay Wisoff (born August 16, 1958) is an American physicist and former NASA astronaut . [1] Wisoff qualified as mission specialist and flew in four Space Shuttle missions, with his first launch in 1993 and his last in 2000. American astronaut (born 1958) Peter Wisoff Born ( 1958-08-1
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
#10 Sergey Vozovikov
Sergei Yuriyevich Vozovikov (17 April 1958 – 11 July 1993) was a member of the Soviet Air Force Cosmonaut Training Group 11. His Cosmonaut training was to take place from October 1, 1991 to March 6, 1992. This was cut short when he drowned on July 11, 1993 during water recovery training in the Black
#11 Susan Helms
Susan Jane Helms (born February 26, 1958) is a retired United States Air Force lieutenant general and NASA astronaut . She was the commander, 14th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic); and commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Space at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California . [1] Lieutenant
#12 Michael Strahan
Michael T. Strahan ( / ˈ s t r eɪ h æ n / STRAY -han ; born November 21, 1971) [1] is an American television personality, journalist, and former professional American football player. He played his entire 15-year professional career as a defensive end for the New York Giants of the National Football
#13 Frank Borman
Frank Frederick Borman II (born March 14, 1928) is a retired United States Air Force (USAF) colonel , aeronautical engineer , test pilot , businessman, and NASA astronaut . He was the commander of Apollo 8 , the first mission to fly around the Moon, and together with crewmates Jim Lovell and William
Sergei Ivanovich Moshchenko (Russian Cyrillic : Сергей Иванович Мощенко; born January 12, 1954 in Naro-Fominsky District , Moscow Oblast , RSFSR ) is a retired cosmonaut . Moshchenko retired before being assigned to a spaceflight to the International Space Station . Sergei Ivanovich Moshchenko Serge
#15 Jeff Bezos
Jeffrey Preston Bezos ( / ˈ b eɪ z oʊ s / BAY -zohss ; [2] né Jorgensen ; born January 12, 1964) is an American entrepreneur, media proprietor , investor, computer engineer, and commercial astronaut . [3] [4] He is the founder, executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon . With a net
#16 Space tourism
Space tourism is human space travel for recreational purposes. [1] There are several different types of space tourism, including orbital, suborbital and lunar space tourism. Space travel for recreational purposes This article is about paying space travellers. For other commercial spacefarers, see Co
#17 Yury Lonchakov
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 )
#18 Satoshi Furukawa
Satoshi Furukawa ( 古川 聡 , Furukawa Satoshi , born April 4, 1964) is a Japanese surgeon and JAXA astronaut . Furukawa was assigned to the International Space Station as a flight engineer on long-duration missions Expedition 28 / 29 , lifting off 7 June 2011 and returning 22 November 2011. Japanese su
#19 Roberta Bondar
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
#20 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
#1 Air Zoo
The Air Zoo , founded as the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum , is an aviation museum and indoor amusement park next to the Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport in Portage , Michigan . [1] The Air Zoo holds many historical and rare aircraft, including the world's fastest air-breathing aircr
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 Anderson-Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum
The Anderson-Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum is a museum dedicated to the worldwide history, science, and art of all types of ballooning and lighter-than-air flight. It is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico , USA , and is situated just outside the grounds used for the Albuquerque In
Parafield Airport ( ICAO : YPPF ) is on the edge of the residential suburb of Parafield , South Australia , 18 km (11 mi) north of the Adelaide city centre and adjacent to the Mawson Lakes campus of the University of South Australia . It is Adelaide 's second airport and the third busiest airpor
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
Kjeller Airport ( Norwegian : Kjeller flyplass ; ICAO : ENKJ ) is a military and general aviation airport located in Kjeller in Skedsmo in Viken county , Norway. Situated in the outskirts of Lillestrøm , it is 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) east northeast of Oslo , making it the airport located
#1 Kosmos 2474
Kosmos 2474 ( Russian : Космос 2474 meaning Cosmos 2474 ) is a Russian military satellite launched in 2011 as part of the GLONASS satellite navigation system. Kosmos 2474 Mission type Navigation Operator Russian Space Forces COSPAR ID 2011-055A [1] SATCAT no. 37829 [1] Spacecraft properties Spacecra
#2 STS-122
STS-122 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS), flown by the Space Shuttle Atlantis . STS-122 marked the 24th shuttle mission to the ISS, and the 121st Space Shuttle flight overall. [4] 2008 American crewed spaceflight to the ISS STS-122 Canadarm2 takes Columbus fr
#3 Explorer 31
Explorer 31 , also called DME-A , was a NASA satellite launched as part of the Explorer program . Explorer 31 was launched on 29 November 1965 from Vandenberg Air Force Base , California , with a Thor-Agena launch vehicle. Explorer 31 was released along with the Canadian satellite Alouette 2 . [3] N
#4 Soyuz TMA-7
Soyuz TMA-7 ( Russian : Союз ТМА-7 ) was a transport mission for portions of the International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 12 crew launched October 1, 2005. The flight delivered ISS Commander William McArthur and ISS Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev to the station to replace Expedition 11 crew memb
#5 OSTM/Jason-2
OSTM/Jason-2 , or Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason-2 satellite, [1] was an international Earth observation satellite altimeter joint mission for sea surface height measurements between NASA and CNES . It was the third satellite in a series started in 1992 by the NASA/CNES TOPEX/Poseidon missio
#6 USA-64
USA-64 , also known as GPS II-9 and GPS SVN-15 , was an American navigation satellite which formed part of the Global Positioning System . It was the last of nine Block II GPS satellites to be launched, which were the first operational GPS satellites to fly. It was also the last Block II satellite t
#7 STS-68
STS-68 was a human spaceflight mission using Space Shuttle Endeavour that launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida on 30 September 1994. 1994 American crewed spaceflight STS-68 SIR-C in Endeavour ' s payload bay Names Space Transportation System -65 Mission type Radar imaging Operator NASA COSPA
Mars Global Surveyor ( MGS ) was an American robotic space probe developed by NASA 's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and launched November 1996. MGS was a global mapping mission that examined the entire planet, from the ionosphere down through the atmosphere to the surface. [2] As part of the larger Mars
#9 Nahuel 1A
Nahuel 1A was a Spacebus 2000NG satellite manufactured Dornier Satellitensysteme as prime contractor with Aérospatiale of Cannes-Mandelieu supplying the bus. It was launched on January 30, 1997 by an Ariane 44L launcher along companion GE-2 . [6] The satellite was located in the 71.8 degrees West sl
#10 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
Stardust was a 390-kilogram robotic space probe launched by NASA on 7 February 1999. Its primary mission was to collect dust samples from the coma of comet Wild 2 , as well as samples of cosmic dust , and return them to Earth for analysis. It was the first sample return mission of its kind. En rou
#12 TechEdSat
Technology Education Satellite ( TechEdSat ) is a successful nano-sat flight series conducted from the NASA Ames Research Center in collaboration with numerous universities (San Jose State University, University of Idaho, University of California, University of Minnesota, Smith College). While one o
#13 Progress M-29M
Progress M-29M ( Russian : Прогресс М-29М ), identified by NASA as Progress 61P was a Progress spaceflight by Roskosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) in 2015. It was launched on 1 October 2015, to deliver cargo to the ISS. Progress M-29M is the final vehicle in Progress-M series,
THEOS , also known as Thaichote , [2] [3] is an earth observation mission of Thailand , developed at EADS Astrium SAS, Toulouse , France. In July 2004, EADS Astrium SAS signed a contract for delivery of THEOS with GISTDA ( Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency ) of Bangkok , Thaila
#15 JCSAT-110
JCSAT-110 , also known as N-SAT 110 , JCSAT-7 , Superbird-5 and Superbird-D , is a Japanese geostationary communications satellite which was operated by JSAT Corporation and Space Communications Corporation until both companies merged into SKY Perfect JSAT Group in 2008. It is positioned in geostati
#16 Luna 11
Luna 11 (E-6LF series) was an uncrewed space mission of the Soviet Union 's Luna program . It was also called Lunik 11 . Luna 11 was launched towards the Moon from an Earth-orbiting platform and entered lunar orbit on 27 August 1966. Luna 11 stamp Mission type Lunar orbiter Operator GSMZ Lavochkin C
#17 STS-86
STS-86 was a Space Shuttle Atlantis mission to the Mir space station. This was the last Atlantis mission before it was taken out of service temporarily for maintenance and upgrades, including the glass cockpit . 1997 American crewed spaceflight to Mir This article includes a list of references , rel
#18 USA-94
USA-94 , also known as GPS IIA-13 , GPS II-22 and GPS SVN-35 , was an American navigation satellite which formed part of the Global Positioning System . It was the thirteenth of nineteen Block IIA GPS satellites to be launched. USA-94 Names Navstar 2A-13 GPS IIA-13 GPS II-22 GPS SVN-35 Mission type
Exploration Flight Test-1 or EFT-1 (previously known as Orion Flight Test 1 or OFT-1 ) was the first test flight of the crew module portion of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle . Without a crew, it was launched on December 5, 2014, at 12:05 UTC (7:05 am EST ), by a Delta IV Heavy rocket from Sp
#20 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,