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Roger Bruce Chaffee ( / ˈ tʃ æ f iː / ; February 15, 1935 – January 27, 1967) was an American naval officer , aviator and aeronautical engineer who was a NASA astronaut in the Apollo program . American astronaut, naval aviator and aeronautical engineer Roger B. Chaffee Chaffee in 1964 Born Roger Bru
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 (
Captain Donald Edward Williams (February 13, 1942 – February 23, 2016) was an American naval officer and aviator , test pilot , mechanical engineer and NASA astronaut . He logged a total of 287 hours and 35 minutes in space . For other people named Donald Williams, see Donald Williams (disambiguatio
#4 Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin ( / ˈ ɔː l d r ɪ n / ; born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr. ; January 20, 1930) is an American former astronaut , engineer and fighter pilot . He made three spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission. As the Lunar Module Eagle pilot on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, he and mission commander
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
#6 Jessica Meir
Jessica Ulrika Meir ( IPA : / m ɪər / ; meer ; born ( 1977-07-01 ) July 1, 1977 ) is an American-Swedish NASA astronaut, marine biologist, and physiologist. She was previously an assistant professor of anesthesia at Harvard Medical School , Massachusetts General Hospital , Boston , following postdoc
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
Christina Hammock Koch ( / k oʊ k / KOHK ; born January 29, 1979) is an American engineer and NASA astronaut of the class of 2013. [1] [2] She received Bachelor of Science degrees in electrical engineering and physics and a Master of Science in electrical engineering at North Carolina State Universi
Stephanie Diana Wilson (born September 27, 1966) is an American engineer and a NASA astronaut . She flew to space onboard three Space Shuttle missions, and is the second African American woman to go into space, after Mae Jemison . As of 2021 , [update] her 42 days in space are the most of any female
#10 Rhea Seddon
Margaret Rhea Seddon (born November 8, 1947) is an American surgeon and retired NASA astronaut . After being selected as part of the first group of astronauts to include women in 1978, she flew on three Space Shuttle flights: as mission specialist on STS-51-D and STS-40 , and as payload commander fo
David Alexander Wolf (born August 23, 1956) is an American astronaut, medical doctor and electrical engineer . [1] Wolf has been to space four times. Three of his spaceflights were short-duration Space Shuttle missions, the first of which was STS-58 in 1993, and his most recent spaceflight was STS-1
#12 Shannon Lucid
Shannon Wells Lucid (born January 14, 1943) is an American biochemist and retired NASA astronaut . At one time, she held the record for the longest duration stay in space by an American and by a woman. She has flown in space five times including a prolonged mission aboard the Russian Mir space stati
#13 Piers Sellers
Piers John Sellers OBE (11 April 1955 – 23 December 2016) was a British-American meteorologist , NASA astronaut [1] and Director of the Earth Science Division at NASA/GSFC . He was a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions. Sellers attended Cranbrook School , Cranbrook, Kent , United Kingdom, until
#14 Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin [lower-alpha 1] (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space . Travelling in the Vostok 1 capsule, Gagarin completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. By achieving this major milestone in the Space
Michael James "Mike" McCulley (born August 4, 1943), ( Capt , USN , Ret.), is a retired American naval officer and aviator , test pilot , metallurgical engineer , and former NASA astronaut , and was the first submariner in space . This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss t
#16 Aleksandr Kaleri
Aleksandr "Sasha" Yuriyevich Kaleri ( Russian : Александр Юрьевич Калери ; born in Jūrmala , Latvia on 13 May 1956) is a Russian cosmonaut and veteran of extended stays on the Mir Space Station and the International Space Station (ISS). Kaleri has most recently been in space aboard the ISS serving a
Fyodor Nikolayevich Yurchikhin ( Russian : Фёдор Николаевич Юрчихин, Greek : Θεόδωρος Γιουρτσίχιν του Νικόλαου; born 3 January 1959 ) is a Russian cosmonaut of Greek descent, engineer and RSC Energia test-pilot who has flown on five spaceflights . His first spaceflight was a 10-day Space Shuttle mis
#18 Ellen S. Baker
Ellen Louise Shulman Baker , M.D. , M.P.H. (born April 27, 1953 [1] ) is an American physician and a former NASA astronaut . Baker serves as Chief of the Education/Medical Branch of the NASA Astronaut Office. [ citation needed ] American physician and astronaut This article includes a list of genera
#19 Clifton Williams
Clifton Curtis Williams Jr. (September 26, 1932 – October 5, 1967), was an American naval aviator , test pilot , mechanical engineer , major in the United States Marine Corps , and NASA astronaut , who was killed in a plane crash; he never went into space . The crash was caused by a mechanical failu
Museu Aeroespacial is a national aviation museum located in the West Side of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in the Administrative Region of Realengo. The place is known as "the Brazilian Aviation cradle". [1] Aviation museum in Campo dos Afonsos, Brazil Museu Aeroespacial Established 18 October 1976 Locatio
The Temora Aviation Museum is an Australian aviation museum located in Temora, New South Wales . The Museum was established in late 1999, based on the collection of warbird aircraft owned by David Lowy . Lowy remains the President and Founder of the Museum, which is overseen by a four-member Governi
Progress M-19 ( Russian : Прогресс M-19 ) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in 1993 to resupply the Mir space station. Russian uncrewed cargo spacecraft Progress M-19 A Progress-M spacecraft Mission type Mir resupply COSPAR ID 1993-052A SATCAT no. 22745 [1] Spacecr
#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 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
#4 Soyuz 8
Soyuz 8 ( Russian : Союз 8 , Union 8 ) was part of an October, 1969, joint mission with Soyuz 6 and Soyuz 7 that saw three Soyuz spacecraft in orbit together at the same time, carrying a total of seven cosmonauts . Crewed flight of the Soyuz programme This article is about a 1969 spaceflight. For th
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
#6 BILSAT-1
BILSAT-1 (formerly just BILSAT ) was an earth observation satellite designed and developed by TÜBİTAK Space Technologies Research Institute (TÜBİTAK UZAY) and produced in Turkey as part of the Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC) project in the context of a show-how program led by DMC Internation
#7 Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer
Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer ( FUSE , Explorer 77 , and MIDEX-0 ) represented the next generation, high-orbit, ultraviolet space observatory covering the wavelength range of 90.5–119.5 nanometre (nm) of the NASA operated by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory . FUSE was
The Hubble Space Telescope (often referred to as HST or Hubble ) is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation. It was not the first space telescope , but it is one of the largest and most versatile, renowned both as a vital research tool and as a publi
#9 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
#10 Soyuz 29
Soyuz 29 ( Russian : Союз 29 , Union 29 ) was a 1978 crewed Soviet space mission to the Salyut 6 space station. [2] It was the fifth mission, the fourth successful docking, and the second long-duration crew for the orbiting station. Commander Vladimir Kovalyonok and flight engineer Aleksandr Ivanche
#11 GOES 14
GOES-14 , known as GOES-O prior to reaching its operational orbit, is an American weather satellite , which is part of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) system. The spacecraft was built by Boeing and is based on t
#12 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
#13 Venera 4
Venera 4 ( Russian : Венера-4 , lit. ' Venus-4 ' ), also designated 4V-1 No.310 , was a probe in the Soviet Venera program for the exploration of Venus . The probe comprised a lander , designed to enter the Venusian atmosphere and parachute to the surface, and a carrier/ flyby spacecraft, which ca
#14 XMM-Newton
XMM-Newton , also known as the High Throughput X-ray Spectroscopy Mission and the X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission , is an X-ray space observatory launched by the European Space Agency in December 1999 on an Ariane 5 rocket. It is the second cornerstone mission of ESA's Horizon 2000 programme. Named after
#15 Voyager 1
Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977, as part of the Voyager program to study the outer Solar System and interstellar space beyond the Sun's heliosphere . Launched 16 days after its twin Voyager 2 , Voyager 1 has been operating for 45 years and 1 month as of October 5
#16 Discoverer 15
Discoverer 15 , also known as Corona 9010 , [1] : 236 was a spy satellite used in the Corona program managed by Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the Department of Defense and the United States Air Force . Launched on 13 September 1960, the satellite took reconnaissance photos of the S
Galileo was an American robotic space probe that studied the planet Jupiter and its moons , as well as the asteroids Gaspra and Ida . Named after the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei , it consisted of an orbiter and an entry probe. It was delivered into Earth orbit on October 18, 1989 by Space Shu
Hermes was a proposed spaceplane designed by the French Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES) in 1975, and later by the European Space Agency (ESA). It was superficially similar to the American Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar and the larger Space Shuttle . Cancelled French crewed spaceplane concept from 1
#19 Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer
The Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer ( GOCE ) was the first of ESA 's Living Planet Programme satellites intended to map in unprecedented detail the Earth's gravity field . The spacecraft's primary instrumentation was a highly sensitive gravity gradiometer consisting of thre
#20 Luna 3
Luna 3 , or E-2A No.1 ( Russian : Луна 3 ) was a Soviet spacecraft launched in 1959 as part of the Luna programme . It was the first mission to photograph the far side of the Moon and the third Soviet space probe to be sent to the neighborhood of the Moon . [6] Though it returned rather poor picture