langs: 7 октября [ru] / october 7 [en] / 7. oktober [de] / 7 octobre [fr] / 7 ottobre [it] / 7 de octubre [es]
days: october 4 / october 5 / october 6 / october 7 / october 8 / october 9 / october 10
#1 Kenneth Ham
Kenneth Todd "Hock" Ham (born December 12, 1964) is a retired American astronaut and a captain in the United States Navy . Ham was selected for NASA 's astronaut program in August 1998, while serving as the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet lead carrier suitability test pilot . Ham's aviator call sign is "Hock
Barry Eugene "Butch" Wilmore (born December 29, 1962) is a NASA astronaut and United States Navy test pilot . [2] He has had two spaceflights , the first of which was an 11-day Space Shuttle mission in November 2009, to the International Space Station . Wilmore was designated as pilot with five othe
Ronald "Ron" Michael Sega (also Ronald Šega ) (Ph.D.) (born December 4, 1952) is professor of systems engineering and Vice President for Energy and the Environment at the Colorado State University Research Foundation, a non-profit advocacy organization supporting CSU. [1] He is also the Vice Preside
#4 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
Karol Joseph "Bo" Bobko (born December 23, 1937), ( Col , USAF , Ret.), is an American aerospace engineer , retired U.S. Air Force officer , test pilot , and a former USAF and NASA astronaut . Bobko was the first graduate of the US Air Force Academy to travel in space. [1] Karol J. Bobko Bobko in Se
Ronald John Grabe (born June 13, 1945, in New York , New York ), ( Col , USAF , Ret.), is a former NASA astronaut. American astronaut Ronald J. Grabe Born Ronald John Grabe ( 1945-06-13 ) June 13, 1945 (age 77) New York , New York , U.S. Status Executive VP and General Manager at Orbital LSG Natio
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.
Richard Harrison Truly (born November 12, 1937) is a retired vice admiral in the United States Navy , a former fighter pilot , engineer , astronaut , and was the eighth administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) from 1989 to 1992. He was the first former astronaut to h
Scott Joseph Kelly (born February 21, 1964) is an American engineer , retired astronaut , and naval aviator . A veteran of four space flights, Kelly commanded the International Space Station (ISS) on Expeditions 26 , 45 , and 46 . American engineer, retired astronaut, and retired U.S. Navy captain F
#10 Mark Kelly
Mark Edward Kelly (born February 21, 1964) is an American politician, businessman, retired astronaut , and U.S. Navy captain serving as the junior United States senator from Arizona since December 2020. [3] A member of the Democratic Party , he was elected in the special election triggered by the de
#11 Karen Nyberg
Karen LuJean Nyberg (born October 7, 1969) is an American mechanical engineer and retired NASA astronaut . Nyberg became the 50th woman in space on her first mission in 2008. American mechanical engineer and NASA astronaut Karen L. Nyberg Born Karen LuJean Nyberg ( 1969-10-07 ) October 7, 1969 (age
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
#13 Lisa Nowak
Lisa Marie Nowak (née Caputo , born May 10, 1963) is an American aeronautical engineer , and former NASA astronaut and United States Navy captain . Nowak served as naval flight officer and test pilot in the Navy, and was selected by NASA for NASA Astronaut Group 16 in 1996, qualifying as a mission s
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Samokutyaev ( Russian : Александр Михайлович Самокутяев ; born 13 March 1970 in Penza , Russian SFSR, USSR) is a Russian politician and former cosmonaut. Samokutyaev served as a Flight Engineer for the International Space Station (ISS) long duration Expedition 27 / 28 missions
#15 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
#16 Oleg Skripochka
Oleg Ivanovich Skripochka ( Russian : Оле́г Ива́нович Скри́почка ; born 24 December 1969 in Nevinnomyssk , Stavropol Krai , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union ) is a Russian engineer and cosmonaut. In 2011 he was in space serving as an Expedition 25 / 26 crewmember. [1] Russian engineer and cosmonaut (born
Anatoly Pavlovich Artsebarsky ( Ukrainian : Анатолій Павлович Арцебарський , Russian : Анатолий Павлович Арцебарский ; born 9 September 1956) is a former Soviet cosmonaut . [1] Soviet cosmonaut This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification . ( March 2010 ) Anatoly Pav
#18 David C. Hilmers
David Carl Hilmers , M.D. (born January 28, 1950) is a former NASA astronaut who flew four Space Shuttle missions. He was born in Clinton, Iowa , but considers DeWitt, Iowa , to be his hometown. He has two grown sons. His recreational interests include playing the piano, gardening, electronics, spen
#19 Alexander Gerst
Alexander Gerst (born 3 May 1976 in Künzelsau , Baden-Württemberg ) is a German European Space Agency astronaut and geophysicist , who was selected in 2009 to take part in space training. He was part of the International Space Station Expedition 40 and 41 from May to November 2014. Gerst returned to
The U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama is a museum operated by the government of Alabama , showcasing rockets , achievements, and artifacts of the U.S. space program. Sometimes billed as "Earth's largest space museum", astronaut Owen Garriott described the place as, "a great way to le
#1 Himawari 8
Himawari 8 ( ひまわり8号 ) is a Japanese weather satellite , the 8th of the Himawari geostationary weather satellites operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency . The spacecraft was constructed by Mitsubishi Electric with assistance from Boeing , and is the first of two similar satellites to be based on
#2 USA-145
USA-145 , also known as GPS IIR-3 and GPS SVN-46 , is an American navigation satellite which forms part of the Global Positioning System . It was the third Block IIR GPS satellite to be launched, out of thirteen in the original configuration, and twenty one overall . It was built by Lockheed Martin
Sojourner is a robotic Mars rover that landed in the Ares Vallis channel in the Chryse Planitia region of the Oxia Palus quadrangle on July 4, 1997. Sojourner was operational on Mars for 92 sols (95 Earth days). It was the first wheeled vehicle to rove on a planet other than Earth and formed part of
SpaceX Crew-3 was the fourth operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft, and the third overall crewed orbital flight of the Commercial Crew Program . The mission successfully launched on 11 November 2021 at 02:03:31 UTC to the International Space Station . [4] It was the maiden flight of Crew Dr
#5 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
Soyuz TMA-01M was a Soyuz flight that transported three members of the Expedition 25 crew to the International Space Station . TMA-01M was the 107th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft , and the first flight of the modernized TMA-M series. The spacecraft remained docked to the space station during Expediti
#7 Kosmos 47
Kosmos 47 ( Russian : Космос 47 meaning Cosmos 47 ) is the designation of an uncrewed test flight of a prototype Soviet Voskhod spacecraft , the first multiple-occupant spacecraft. Launched on 6 October 1964, the successful flight paved the way for the first crewed mission, Voskhod 1 , which occurre
#8 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
Megha-Tropiques was a satellite mission to study the water cycle in the tropical atmosphere in the context of climate change. [3] A collaborative effort between Indian Space Research Organisation ( ISRO ) and French Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales ( CNES ), Megha-Tropiques was successfully deploy
#10 Kosmos 2413
Kosmos 2413 ( Russian : Космос 2413 meaning Cosmos 2413 ) is one of a set of three Russian military satellites launched in 2004 as part of the GLONASS satellite navigation system. It was launched with Kosmos 2411 and Kosmos 2412 . NORAD apparently call this satellite Kosmos 2411, and instead call Ko
#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 STS-43
STS-43 , the ninth mission for Space Shuttle Atlantis , was a nine-day mission whose primary goal was launching the TDRS-E satellite (TDRS-5). The flight also tested an advanced heatpipe radiator for potential use on the then-future space station and conducted a variety of medical and materials scie
#13 STS-51-J
STS-51-J was the 21st NASA Space Shuttle mission and the first flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis . It launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida , on 3 October 1985, carrying a payload for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), and landed at Edwards Air Force Base , California , on 7 October 1985. 1
#14 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
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
#16 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
#17 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
#18 Soyuz TMA-04M
Soyuz TMA-04M was a spaceflight to Low Earth orbit that transported three members of the Expedition 31 crew to the International Space Station (ISS), which was launched on 15 May 2012 and landed on 17 September 2012. [3] TMA-04M was the Soyuz spacecraft 's 113th flight since its initial launch in 19
#19 Progress M-35
Progress M-35 ( Russian : Прогресс M-35 ) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in July 1997 to resupply the Mir space station. Russian cargo spacecraft Progress M-35 A Progress-M spacecraft Mission type Mir resupply COSPAR ID 1997-033A SATCAT no. 24851 [1] Spacecraft
#20 Project Echo
Project Echo was the first passive communications satellite experiment. Each of the two American spacecraft, launched in 1960 and 1964, were metalized balloon satellites acting as passive reflectors of microwave signals. Communication signals were transmitted from one location on Earth and bounced o