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Donn Fulton Eisele (June 23, 1930 – December 2, 1987) ( Colonel USAF ) was a United States Air Force officer , test pilot , and later a NASA astronaut . He occupied the command module pilot seat during the flight of Apollo 7 in 1968. After retiring from both NASA and the Air Force in 1972, he became
Valery Ilyich Rozhdestvensky (Russian: Валерий Ильич Рождественский; 13 February 1939 – 31 August 2011) was a Soviet cosmonaut . Soviet cosmonaut Valery Ilyich Rozhdestvensky Born ( 1939-02-13 ) 13 February 1939 Leningrad , Soviet Union Died 31 August 2011 (2011-08-31) (aged 72) Nationality Soviet
#3 Yuri Glazkov
Yury Nikolayevich Glazkov ( Russian : Ю́рий Никола́евич Глазко́в ; 2 October 1939 – 9 December 2008) [1] [2] was a Soviet Air Force officer and a cosmonaut . Glazkov held the rank of major general in the Russian Air Force . Yuri Nikolayevich Glazkov Born ( 1939-10-02 ) October 2, 1939 Moscow , USSR
Douglas Harry "Wheels" Wheelock (born May 5, 1960) is an American engineer and astronaut . He has flown in space twice, logging 178 days on the Space Shuttle , International Space Station , and Russian Soyuz . On July 12, 2011, Wheelock announced that he would be returning to active duty with the Un
#5 Lance Bass
James Lance Bass [3] ( / b æ s / ; born May 4, 1979) [4] is an American singer, dancer, actor, film, and television producer. He grew up in Mississippi and rose to fame as the bass singer for the American pop boy band NSYNC . NSYNC's success led Bass to work in film and television. He starred in the
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
Daniel M. Tani (born February 1, 1961) is an American engineer and retired NASA astronaut . He was born in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania , but considers Lombard, Illinois , to be his hometown. [1] American engineer and NASA astronaut Daniel M. Tani Tani in 2001 Born ( 1961-02-01 ) February 1, 1961 (age
Gennady Ivanovich Padalka ( Russian : Гeннадий Иванович Падалка ; born 21 June 1958 in Krasnodar , Soviet Union ) is a Russian Air Force officer and a Roscosmos cosmonaut . Padalka currently holds the world record for the most time spent in space , at 879 days. [1] [2] [3] He worked on both Mir and
Pamela Ann Melroy (born September 17, 1961) is an American retired United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut serving as the deputy administrator of NASA . She served as pilot on Space Shuttle missions STS-92 and STS-112 and commanded mission STS-120 before leaving the agency in August 2009.
Johanna Maislinger (born 23 October 1985) is an Austrian aviator and engineer, currently employed by with the German cargo carrier Aerologic . Since 2010 she has flown Boeing 777-200F freighters, initially as a Senior First Officer and as a Captain since 2018. She achieved wider media prominence in
#11 Michael Fincke
Edward Michael " Mike "/" Spanky " Fincke [1] (born March 14, 1967) is an American astronaut who formerly held the American record for the most time in space (381.6 days). His record was broken by Scott Kelly on October 16, 2015. United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut E. Michael Fincke F
#12 Paolo Nespoli
Major Paolo Angelo Nespoli (born 6 April 1957) is an Italian astronaut and engineer of the European Space Agency (ESA). In 2007, he first traveled into space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery as a mission specialist of STS-120 . In December 2010 he again traveled into space aboard the Soyuz TMA-20
#13 Stephanie Wilson
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
#14 Leonid Kizim
Leonid Denisovich Kizim ( Russian : Леонид Денисович Кизим ; 5 August 1941 – 14 June 2010) was a Soviet cosmonaut . Soviet cosmonaut This article needs additional citations for verification . ( January 2010 ) Leonid Denisovich Kizim Born ( 1941-08-05 ) August 5, 1941 Krasnyi Lyman , Donetsk Oblast ,
#15 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
#16 Richard Garriott
Richard Allen Garriott de Cayeux ( né Garriott ; born July 4, 1961) is an American video game developer , entrepreneur and private astronaut. Although both his parents were American, he maintains dual British and American citizenship by birth. [1] American video game developer and entrepreneur (born
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
#18 Vyacheslav Zudov
Vyacheslav Dmitriyevich Zudov ( Russian : Вячесла́в Дми́триевич Зу́дов , born 8 January 1942) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut . Soviet cosmonaut Vyacheslav Zudov Vyacheslav Zudov (left) and Valery Rozhdestvensky on a 1977 Soviet stamp Born ( 1942-01-08 ) 8 January 1942 (age 80) Bor , Russian SFSR ,
#19 Oleg Novitsky
Oleg Viktorovich Novitskiy ( Russian : Олег Викторович Новицкий ; born October 12, 1971 in Chervyen , Belarus ) is a former Lieutenant Colonel in the Russian Air Force who logged over 700 hours of flight time and was awarded for bravery. He is currently serving as a Russian cosmonaut with Roscosmos
William Cameron "Willie" McCool (September 23, 1961 – February 1, 2003) ( Cmdr , USN ) was an American naval officer and aviator , test pilot , aeronautical engineer , and NASA astronaut , who was the pilot of Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS-107 . He and the rest of the crew of STS-107 were kille
Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keāhole [3] ( IATA : KOA , ICAO : PHKO , FAA LID : KOA ) is the busiest airport on the Island of Hawai ʻ i . It is located in Kalaoa CDP , Hawai ʻ i County , Hawai ʻ i , United States, [4] near the town of Kailua-Kona . The airport serves leeward (wester
Wallops Flight Facility ( WFF ) ( IATA : WAL , ICAO : KWAL , FAA LID : WAL ) is a rocket launch site on Wallops Island on the Eastern Shore of Virginia , United States , just east of the Delmarva Peninsula and approximately 100 miles (160 km) north-northeast of Norfolk . The facility is operated b
The Lone Star Flight Museum , located in Houston, Texas , is an aerospace museum that displays more than 24 historically significant aircraft, [4] and many artifacts related to the history of flight. The museum's collection is rare because most of the aircraft are flyable. Located at Ellington Airpo
#4 Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is the visitor center at NASA 's Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida . It features exhibits and displays, historic spacecraft and memorabilia, shows, two IMAX theaters, and a range of bus tours of the spaceport. The "Space Shuttle Atlantis " exhib
Vanguard TV-5 , also called Vanguard Test Vehicle-Five , was a failed flight of the American Vanguard rocket following the successful launch of Vanguard 1 on Vanguard TV-4. Vanguard TV-5 launched on 29 April 1958 at 02:53:00 GMT , from Launch Complex 18A at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station . The
#2 CAPE-2
CAPE-2 (Cajun Advanced Picosatellite Experiment 2) , or Louisiana-OSCAR 75 , was an American amateur miniaturized satellite developed by students at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette . [3] CAPE-2 Mission type Technology Operator University of Louisiana at Lafayette COSPAR ID 2013-064C SATCAT
#3 STS-126
STS-126 was the one hundred and twenty-fourth NASA Space Shuttle mission, and twenty-second orbital flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour (OV-105) to the International Space Station (ISS). [5] The purpose of the mission, referred to as ULF2 by the ISS program, was to deliver equipment and supplies t
#4 SSBS S1
The SSBS was a series of French military medium-range ballistic missiles . SSBS Function Experimental Manufacturer SEREB Country of origin France Cost per launch ??? franc Cost per year 1965–1993 Size Height 15.10 metres (49.5 ft) Diameter 1.50 metres (59 in) Mass 25,000 kilograms (55,000 lb)
Soyuz TMA-06M was a spaceflight to the International Space Station launched on 23 October 2012, transporting three members of the Expedition 33 crew. TMA-06M was the 115th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft , the first flight launching in 1967. Soyuz TMA-06M launch was also the first crewed flight from th
#6 Explorer 4
Explorer 4 was an American satellite launched on 26 July 1958. It was instrumented by Dr. James van Allen 's group. The Department of Defense 's Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) had initially planned two satellites for the purposes of studying the Van Allen radiation belts and the effects of
#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 Viking 2
The Viking 2 mission was part of the American Viking program to Mars , and consisted of an orbiter and a lander essentially identical to that of the Viking 1 mission. [1] Viking 2 was operational on Mars for 1281 sols ( 1316 days ; 3 years, 221 days ). The Viking 2 lander operated on the surface
#9 Zond 3
Zond 3 was a 1965 space probe which performed a flyby of the Moon ' s far side, [3] taking a number of quality photographs for its time. It was a member of the Soviet Zond program while also being part of the Mars 3MV project. It was unrelated to Zond spacecraft designed for manned circumlunar missi
#10 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
#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 Apollo 9
Apollo 9 (March 3 – 13, 1969) was the third human spaceflight in NASA 's Apollo program . Flown in low Earth orbit , it was the second crewed Apollo mission that the United States launched via a Saturn V rocket, and was the first flight of the full Apollo spacecraft : the command and service module
#13 USA-87
USA-87 , also known as GPS IIA-8 , GPS II-17 and GPS SVN-29 , was an American navigation satellite which formed part of the Global Positioning System . It was the eighth of nineteen Block IIA GPS satellites to be launched. American navigation satellite This article is about the satellite. For the bo
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
#15 Explorer 50
Explorer 50 , also known as IMP-J or IMP-8 , was a NASA satellite launched to study the magnetosphere . It was the eighth and last in a series of the Interplanetary Monitoring Platform . [4] NASA satellite of the Explorer program Explorer 50 Explorer 50 (IMP-8) satellite Names IMP-J IMP-8 Interplane
#16 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
SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2 ( COTS 2 ), also known as Dragon C2+ , was the second test-flight for SpaceX 's uncrewed Cargo Dragon spacecraft. It launched in May 2012 on the third flight of the company's two-stage Falcon 9 launch vehicle. The flight was performed under a funded agreement from NASA as t
#18 Cygnus OA-5
OA-5 , previously known as Orbital-5 , was the seventh planned flight of the Orbital Sciences' uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its sixth flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA . [13] [14] The mission launched on 17 October 2016 at
#19 Mir
Mir ( Russian : Мир , IPA: [ˈmʲir] ; lit. ' peace ' or ' world ' ) was a space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, operated by the Soviet Union and later by Russia . Mir was the first modular space station and was assembled in orbit from 1986 to 1996. It had a greater
#20 Satélite de Coleta de Dados
Satélite de Coleta de Dados ( SCD , Portuguese for "Data-Collecting Satellite") is a series of satellites developed in Brazil.