langs: 15 октября [ru] / october 15 [en] / 15. oktober [de] / 15 octobre [fr] / 15 ottobre [it] / 15 de octubre [es]
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#1 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
#2 Ed Lu
Edward Tsang " Ed " Lu ( simplified Chinese : 卢杰 ; traditional Chinese : 盧傑 ; pinyin : Lú Jié ; born July 1, 1963) is an American physicist and former NASA astronaut . He flew on two Space Shuttle flights, and made an extended stay aboard the International Space Station . [1] American physicist and
#3 Yang Liwei
Yang Liwei ( simplified Chinese : 杨利伟 ; traditional Chinese : 楊利偉 ; pinyin : Yáng Lìwěi ; lit. ' Yang Benefit-Greatness' ) (born 21 June 1965) is a major general, military pilot, and People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonaut . In October 2003, he became the first person sent into sp
#4 Jing Haipeng
Jing Haipeng ( simplified Chinese : 景海鹏 ; traditional Chinese : 景海鵬 ; pinyin : Jǐng Hǎipéng ; born 24 October 1966) is a major general of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF) in active service as a vice-commander of the 82nd Group Army . A fighter pilot in the PLA Air Force (PLAAF), he
Brigadier Roberto Vittori , OMRI (born 15 October 1964, in Viterbo ) is an Italian Air Force officer and an ESA astronaut . After graduating from the Italian Accademia Aeronautica in 1989, Vittori flew in the Italian Air Force . He then trained as a test pilot in the United States. Roberto Vittori O
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
#7 Wang Yaping
Wang Yaping ( Chinese : 王亚平 ; pinyin : Wáng Yàpíng ; born January 1980) is a Chinese military transport pilot and taikonaut . Wang was the second female taikonaut selected to the People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps , the second Chinese woman in space , and the first Chinese woman to perform a s
Mark Richard Shuttleworth (born 18 September 1973) is a South African-British entrepreneur who is the founder and CEO of Canonical , the company behind the development of the Linux-based Ubuntu operating system. [1] In 2002, Shuttleworth became the first South African to travel to space as a space t
#9 Jim Lovell
James Arthur Lovell Jr. ( / ˈ l ʌ v əl / ; born March 25, 1928) is an American retired astronaut , naval aviator , test pilot and mechanical engineer. In 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8 , he became, with Frank Borman and William Anders , one of the first three astronauts to fly to and orbi
#10 André Kuipers
André Kuipers ( Dutch: [ˈɑndreː ˈkœy̯pərs] ( listen ) ; born 5 October 1958) is a Dutch physician and ESA astronaut . He became the second Dutch citizen, third Dutch-born and fifth Dutch -speaking astronaut upon launch of Soyuz TMA-4 on 19 April 2004. Kuipers returned to Earth aboard Soyuz TMA-3 1
Vladimir Nikolayevich Dezhurov ( Russian : Влади́мир Никола́евич Дежу́ров ; born July 30, 1962) is a Russian former cosmonaut who resides in Star City, Moscow . He is a veteran of two spaceflights, to the Mir and International Space Stations. During his career, Dezhurov also conducted nine spacewalk
#12 Mikhail Tyurin
Mikhail Vladislavovich Tyurin ( Russian : Михаил Владиславович Тюрин ; born March 2, 1960) is a former Russian cosmonaut who flew several missions to the International Space Station and completed four spacewalks during his career. He was awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation for his work
#13 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
RAAF Wagga Heritage Centre (Originally known as the Wagga Wagga RAAF Museum but was officially, RAAF Museum – Wagga Annex [1] ) is a heritage centre located at the Wagga Wagga RAAF Base at Forest Hill located approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) east of Wagga Wagga , New South Wales , Australia on
#2 Wright Brothers National Memorial
Wright Brothers National Memorial , located in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina , commemorates the first successful, sustained, powered flights in a heavier-than-air machine . From 1900 to 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright came here from Dayton, Ohio , based on information from the U.S. Weather Bureau
#3 Wings of the North Air Museum
The Wings of the North Air Museum is an aviation museum formerly located at Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie, Minnesota . Aviation museum in Eden Prairie, Minnesota Wings of the North Air Museum Location within Minnesota Established February 1998 ( 1998-02 ) Location Eden Prairie, Minnesota
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
SpaceX CRS-19 , also known as SpX-19 , was a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station . [6] The mission is contracted by NASA and was flown by SpaceX on a Falcon 9 rocket. 2019 American resupply spaceflight to the ISS SpaceX CRS-19 Dragon C106.3 approaches the ISS Missi
#2 Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer ( AMS-02 ) is a particle physics experiment module that is mounted on the International Space Station (ISS). [4] The experiment is a recognized CERN experiment (RE1). [5] [6] The module is a detector that measures antimatter in cosmic rays ; this information is needed
#3 Soyuz 23
Soyuz 23 ( Russian : Союз 23 , Union 23 ) was an October, 1976, Soviet crewed space flight, the second to the Salyut 5 space station . Cosmonauts Vyacheslav Zudov and Valery Rozhdestvensky arrived at the station, but an equipment malfunction did not allow docking and the mission had to be aborted. [
#4 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
#5 OV3-1
Orbiting Vehicle 3-1 (also known as OV3-1 and OPS 1527 [3] ), launched 22 April 1966, was the first satellite in the OV3 series of the United States Air Force's Orbiting Vehicle program. The satellite measured radiation above the Earth, returning useful data for over a year. It is still in orbit as
#6 International Space Station
The International Space Station ( ISS ) is the largest modular space station currently in low Earth orbit . It is a multinational collaborative project involving five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA (Japan), ESA (Europe), and CSA (Canada). [7] [8] The own
Progress M-03M ( Russian : Прогресс М-03М ), identified by NASA as Progress 35P , was a Progress spacecraft used by the Russian Federal Space Agency to resupply the International Space Station (ISS). Progress M-03M Progress M-03M is docked to the ISS . Mission type ISS resupply Operator Roskosmos CO
#8 Shenzhou 6
Shenzhou 6 ( Chinese : 神舟六号 ; pinyin : Shénzhōu lìuhào ) was the second human spaceflight of the Chinese space program , launched on October 12, 2005 on a Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center . The Shenzhou spacecraft carried a crew of Fèi Jùnlóng (费俊龙) and Niè Hǎishèng (聂海胜
#9 Ariel 5
Ariel 5 (or UK 5) was a joint British and American space telescope dedicated to observing the sky in the X-ray band. It was launched on 15 October 1974 from the San Marco platform in the Indian Ocean and operated until 1980. It was the penultimate satellite to be launched as part of the Ariel progra
#10 IRS-P2
IRS-P2 was an Earth observation satellite launched under the National Natural Resources Management System (NNRMS) programme undertaken by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The objectives of the mission were to provide spaceborne capability to India in observing and managing natural resource
#11 Soil Moisture Active Passive
Soil Moisture Active Passive ( SMAP ) is a NASA environmental monitoring satellite launched on 31 January 2015. [2] It was one of the first Earth observation satellites developed by NASA in response to the National Research Council 's Decadal Survey. [5] [6] Soil Moisture Active Passive An artist re
#12 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
#13 GOES-18
GOES-18 (designated pre-launch as GOES-T ) is the third of the "GOES-R Series", the current generation of weather satellites operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The current and next satellites of the Series ( GOES-16 , GOES-17 , GOES-18, and GOES-U ) will extend t
#14 STS-88
STS-88 was the first Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). It was flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour , and took the first American module, the Unity node , to the station. [2] First Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station STS-88 Endeavour ' s Canadarm positio
#15 OV2-3
Orbiting Vehicle 2-3 (COSPAR ID: 1965-108A, also known as OV2-3 ), the second satellite of the second series of the United States Air Force's Orbiting Vehicle program, was an American solar astronomy, geomagnetic and particle science research satellite. Launched 22 December 1965 along with three oth
#16 Starlink
Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by SpaceX , [3] providing satellite Internet access coverage to 40 countries. It also aims for global mobile phone service after 2023. [4] SpaceX started launching Starlink satellites in 2019. As of September 2022, Starlink consists of over 3,0
#17 GOES-16
GOES-16 , formerly known as GOES-R before reaching geostationary orbit , is the first of the GOES-R series of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) operated by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). GOES-16 serves as the operational geostationary
Nauka ( Russian : Наука , IPA: [nɐˈukə] , litt. Science ), also known as the Multipurpose Laboratory Module-Upgrade ( MLM-U ; Russian : Многоцелевой лабораторный модуль, усоверше́нствованный, or МЛМ-У ) or simply Multipurpose Laboratory Module ( MLM ), is a module of the International Space Statio
#19 Shenzhou 4
Shenzhou 4 ( Chinese : 神舟四号 ) – launched on December 29, 2002 – was the fourth uncrewed launch of the Chinese Shenzhou spacecraft . Two dummy astronauts were used to test the life support systems (a live astronaut was not used until Shenzhou 5 on October 15, 2003). This article includes a list o
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