langs: 29 октября [ru] / october 29 [en] / 29. oktober [de] / 29 octobre [fr] / 29 ottobre [it] / 29 de octubre [es]
days: october 26 / october 27 / october 28 / october 29 / october 30 / october 31 / november 1
#1 Alan Bean
Alan LaVern Bean (March 15, 1932 – May 26, 2018) was an American naval officer and aviator , aeronautical engineer , test pilot , NASA astronaut and painter ; he was the fourth person to walk on the Moon . He was selected to become an astronaut by NASA in 1963 as part of Astronaut Group 3 . Americ
#2 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
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
John Watts Young (September 24, 1930 – January 5, 2018) was an American astronaut , naval officer and aviator , test pilot , and aeronautical engineer . He became the ninth person to walk on the Moon as commander of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972. He is the only astronaut to fly on four different c
Eileen Marie Collins (born November 19, 1956) is a retired NASA astronaut and United States Air Force (USAF) colonel . A former flight instructor and test pilot , Collins was the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle and the first to command a Space Shuttle mission. American astronaut and pilot (bo
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) [2] is a British billionaire, entrepreneur, and business magnate . [3] [4] [5] In the 1970s he founded the Virgin Group , which today controls more than 400 companies in various fields. [6] British entrepreneur and business magnate Not to be c
#7 Curtis Brown
Curtis Lee "Curt" Brown Jr. (born March 11, 1956) is a former NASA astronaut and retired United States Air Force colonel . [1] American astronaut For other people named Curtis Brown, see Curtis Brown (disambiguation) . Curtis L. Brown Jr. Born ( 1956-03-11 ) March 11, 1956 (age 66) Elizabethtown,
#8 Chiaki Mukai
Chiaki Mukai ( 向井 千秋 , Mukai Chiaki , born May 6, 1952) is a Japanese physician and JAXA astronaut. [2] She was the first Japanese woman in space, the first Japanese citizen to have two spaceflights , and the first Asian woman in space. [1] Both were Space Shuttle missions; her first was STS-65 aboa
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
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
#11 Bill Bridgeman
William Barton Bridgeman (June 25, 1916 – September 29, 1968) was an American test pilot who broke aviation records while working for the Douglas Aircraft Company , testing experimental aircraft. In July 1951, the United States Navy announced the D-558-II Skyrocket piloted by Bridgeman had "attained
#12 Pyotr Dubrov
Pyotr Valerievich Dubrov ( Russian : Пётр Валерьевич Дубров ; born 30 January 1978) is a Russian engineer and cosmonaut selected by Roscosmos in 2012. Russian engineer and cosmonaut This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification . ( March 2010 ) Pyotr Dubrov Born ( 197
Richard Francis Gordon Jr. (October 5, 1929 – November 6, 2017) was an American naval officer and aviator , test pilot , and NASA astronaut , and an American football executive. He was one of 24 people to have flown to the Moon , as the command module pilot of the 1969 Apollo 12 mission, which orb
#14 Steven Lindsey
Steven Wayne Lindsey (born August 24, 1960) is a retired U.S. Air Force officer and NASA astronaut . Lindsey served as Chief of the NASA Astronaut Office from September 2006 until October 2009. [2] American astronaut This article is about the American astronaut. For the Maine politician, see Stephen
Scott Edward Parazynski (born July 28, 1961 in Little Rock, Arkansas ) is an American physician and a former NASA astronaut . A veteran of five Space Shuttle flights and seven spacewalks, Parazynski's latest mission was STS-120 in October, 2007 – highlighted by a dramatic, unplanned EVA to repair a
Milton Orville Thompson (May 4, 1926 – August 6, 1993), ( Lt Cmdr , USNR ), better known as Milt Thompson , was an American naval officer , aviator , engineer , and NASA research pilot. He was one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15 , an experimental spaceplane jointly operated by the
#17 Ulf Merbold
Ulf Dietrich Merbold (born June 20, 1941) is a German physicist and astronaut who flew to space three times, becoming the first West-German citizen in space and the first non-American to fly on a NASA spacecraft. Merbold flew on two Space Shuttle missions and on a Russian mission to the space statio
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
#2 United States Astronaut Hall of Fame
The United States Astronaut Hall of Fame , located inside the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Heroes & Legends building on Merritt Island, Florida , honors American astronauts and features the world's largest collection of their personal memorabilia, focusing on those astronauts who have been i
East Midlands Airport ( IATA : EMA , ICAO : EGNX ) is an international airport in the East Midlands of England , close to Castle Donington in northwestern Leicestershire , between Loughborough ( 10 miles (16 km) ), Derby ( 12.5 miles (20 km) ) and Nottingham ( 14 miles (23 km) ); Leicester is
The Indiana Aviation Museum was an aviation museum located in Valparaiso, Indiana , at the Porter County Regional Airport . Incorporated on September 28, 2000, the museum was permanently closed October 29, 2010. The museum was open from May through October, and featured displays of working military
#5 Canadian Air and Space Conservancy
The Canadian Air and Space Conservancy (formerly the Toronto Aerospace Museum and the Canadian Air and Space Museum ) was an aviation museum that was located in Toronto , Ontario , featuring artifacts, exhibits and stories illustrating a century of Canadian aviation heritage and achievements. The mu
#1 GOES 15
GOES-15 , previously known as GOES-P , is an American weather satellite , which forms part of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) system operated by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration . The spacecraft was constructed by Boeing , and is the last of three
Progress M-25M ( Russian : Прогресс М-25М ), identified by NASA as Progress 57P , is a Progress spacecraft used by Roskosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) during 2014. [4] Progress M-25M was launched on a six-hours rendezvous profile towards the ISS. The 25th Progress-M 11F615A60
The Crew Return Vehicle ( CRV ), sometimes referred to as the Assured Crew Return Vehicle ( ACRV ), was a proposed dedicated lifeboat or escape module for the International Space Station (ISS). A number of different vehicles and designs were considered over two decades – with several flying as devel
#4 STS-129
STS-129 ( ISS assembly flight ULF3 ) [2] was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Atlantis was launched on November 16, 2009 at 14:28 EST , [3] [4] and landed at 09:44 EST on November 27, 2009 on runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center 's Shuttle Landing Facility. It
#5 Nilesat 101
Nilesat 101 is an Egyptian owned geosynchronous communications satellite that was decommissioned in February 2013. Egyptian communication satellite Nilesat 101 Mission type Communications Operator Nilesat COSPAR ID 1998-024A SATCAT no. 25311 Mission duration 18 years Spacecraft properties Bus Euro
#6 Kosmos 440
Kosmos 440 ( Russian : Космос 440 meaning Cosmos 440 ), also known as DS-P1-I No.10 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1971 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. [1] Kosmos 440 Mission type ABM radar ta
#7 Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite-2
The Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite-2 ( GOSAT-2 ), also known as Ibuki-2 ( Japanese : いぶき2号 , Hepburn : Ibuki nigō ) , is an Earth observation satellite dedicated to greenhouse gas monitoring . It is a successor of Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT). The GOSAT-2 was developed as a joi
#8 STS-95
STS-95 was a Space Shuttle mission launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida on 29 October 1998, using the orbiter Discovery . It was the 25th flight of Discovery and the 92nd mission flown since the start of the Space Shuttle program in April 1981. It was a highly publicized mission due to forme
#9 Ranger 6
Ranger 6 was a lunar probe in the NASA Ranger program , a series of robotic spacecraft of the early and mid-1960s to obtain the first close-up images of the Moon's surface. It was launched on January 30, 1964 and was designed to transmit high-resolution photographs of the lunar terrain during the fi
The Asteroid Redirect Mission ( ARM ), also known as the Asteroid Retrieval and Utilization ( ARU ) mission and the Asteroid Initiative , was a space mission proposed by NASA in 2013. The Asteroid Retrieval Robotic Mission (ARRM) spacecraft would rendezvous with a large near-Earth asteroid and use r
#11 Yahsat 1A
Yahsat 1A is a communications satellite constructed by EADS Astrium and Thales Alenia Space for Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat). It was launched in April 2011 from Arianespace 's Guiana Space Centre in Kourou French Guiana in a dual payload launch with Intelsat New Dawn atop an Aria
#12 GOES-17
GOES-17 (designated pre-launch as GOES-S ) is an environmental satellite operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The satellite is second in the four-satellite GOES-R series ( GOES-16 , -17, - T , and - U ). GOES-17 supports the Geostationary Operational Environmental
#13 Ekspress-AM1
Ekspress-AM1 ( Russian : Экспресс-АМ1 , meaning Express-AM1 ) is a Russian domestic communications satellite . It belongs to the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) based in Moscow , Russia. To provide of communications services (digital television, telephony, videoconferencing, data tra
#14 Astra 2G
Astra 2G is one of the Astra communications satellites owned and operated by SES , launched to the Astra 28.2°E orbital position on 27 December 2014, at 21:37:49 UTC from Baikonur Cosmodrome . [2] Astra 2G Names Eutelsat 28G Mission type Communications Operator SES COSPAR ID 2014-089A SATCAT no. 403
#15 Nilesat 201
Nilesat 201 , is an Egyptian communications satellite , which was launched on 4 August 2010. [3] [4] Egyptian communications satellite Nilesat 201 Mission type Communications Operator Nilesat COSPAR ID 2010-037A SATCAT no. 36830 Mission duration 15 years Spacecraft properties Bus Spacebus 4000B2 M
#16 Soyuz TM-31
Soyuz TM-31 was the first Soyuz spaceflight to dock with the International Space Station (ISS). [1] The spacecraft carried the members of Expedition 1 , the first long-duration ISS crew. It was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 07:52 UT on October 31, 2000, by a Soyuz-U rocket. Firs
#17 ST-2
ST-2 is a telecommunications satellite made by Mitsubishi Electric . It was launched on May 20, 2011 atop an Ariane 5 ECA rocket from ESA 's Guiana Space Centre in a dual-launch mission with GSAT-8 . a ST-2 is a replacement for the ST-1 satellite. It is built around the DS2000 spacecraft bus. It is
#18 Mars 2MV-4 No.1
Mars 2MV-4 No.1 [1] [2] also known as Sputnik 22 in the West, was a Soviet spacecraft, which was launched in 1962 as part of the Mars programme , and was intended to make a flyby of Mars , [3] and transmit images of the planet back to Earth. [4] Due to a problem with the rocket which launched it, it
#19 Mercury-Atlas 5
Mercury-Atlas 5 was an American spaceflight of the Mercury program . It was launched on November 29, 1961, with Enos , a chimpanzee , aboard. The craft orbited the Earth twice and splashed down about 200 miles (320 km) south of Bermuda , and Enos became the first primate from the United States and
#20 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