langs: 9 октября [ru] / october 9 [en] / 9. oktober [de] / 9 octobre [fr] / 9 ottobre [it] / 9 de octubre [es]
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Leroy Gordon " Gordo " Cooper Jr. (March 6, 1927 – October 4, 2004) was an American aerospace engineer , test pilot , United States Air Force pilot , and the youngest of the seven original astronauts in Project Mercury , the first human space program of the United States. Cooper learned to fly as
#2 Leroy Chiao
Leroy Chiao (born August 28, 1960) is an American chemical engineer , retired NASA astronaut , entrepreneur, motivational speaker , and engineering consultant. [1] [3] Chiao flew on three Space Shuttle flights, and was the commander of Expedition 10 , where he lived on board the International Space
Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov ( Russian : Влади́мир Миха́йлович Комаро́в , IPA: [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ kəmɐˈrof] ; 16 March 1927 – 24 April 1967) was a Soviet test pilot , aerospace engineer, and cosmonaut. In October 1964, he commanded Voskhod 1 , the first spaceflight to carry more than one
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
Sharon Christa McAuliffe ( née Corrigan ; September 2, 1948 – January 28, 1986) was an American teacher and astronaut from Concord, New Hampshire , who was killed on the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L where she was serving as a payload specialist . [2] American teacher and astronaut (1
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
Robert Aitken "Bob" Rushworth (October 9, 1924 – March 18, 1993 [1] ) was an American United States Air Force major general , World War II , Korean War and Vietnam War pilot , mechanical and aeronautical engineer , test pilot and astronaut . He was one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-
#8 Yuri Usachov
Yury Vladimirovich Usachov ( Russian : Юрий Владимирович Усачёв ; born October 9, 1957) is a former cosmonaut who resides in Star City, Moscow . Usachov is a veteran of four spaceflights, including two long duration missions on board the Mir Space Station and another on board the International Space
The Delta Flight Museum is an aviation and corporate museum located in Atlanta, Georgia , United States , near the airline's main hub, Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport . The museum is housed in two 1940s-era Delta Air Lines aircraft hangars at Delta's headquarters, designated a Histo
The McChord Air Museum is an aviation museum located at McChord Field near Lakewood, Washington . The museum is broken up into three separate areas: the main gallery, located at the south end of McChord Field in Building 517; the Heritage Hill Airpark, which overlooks the McChord Field runway; and t
The Yankee Air Museum is an aviation museum located at Willow Run Airport in Van Buren Township, Michigan . The museum has a small fleet of flying aircraft and a collection of static display aircraft outdoors. Aviation museum in Michigan, United States Yankee Air Museum Location within Michigan Esta
#4 Aeronautics Museum of Maracay
Venezuelan Air Force's Museo Aeronáutico de Maracay (Aeronautics Museum of Maracay) is a historical aviation museum of military and civic aeronautic technology inaugurated on 10 December 1963 and located at the installations of the former Aeropuerto Nacional Florencio Gómez (the first airport in Mar
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
#1 SpaceX CRS-1
SpaceX CRS-1 , also known as SpX-1 , [8] was SpaceX's first operational cargo mission to the International Space Station , under their Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-1) contract with NASA . It was the third flight for the uncrewed Dragon cargo spacecraft , and the fourth overall flight for the co
#2 STS-2
STS-2 was the second Space Shuttle mission conducted by NASA , and the second flight of the orbiter Columbia . The mission, crewed by Joe H. Engle and Richard H. Truly , launched on November 12, 1981, and landed two days later on November 14, 1981. [1] STS-2 marked the first time that a crewed, reus
#3 OSTM/Jason-2
OSTM/Jason-2 , or Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason-2 satellite, [1] was an international Earth observation satellite altimeter joint mission for sea surface height measurements between NASA and CNES . It was the third satellite in a series started in 1992 by the NASA/CNES TOPEX/Poseidon missio
#4 USA-10
USA-10 , also known as Navstar 11 , GPS I-11 and GPS SVN-11 , was an American navigation satellite launched in 1985 as part of the Global Positioning System development programme. It was the last of eleven Block I GPS satellites to be launched. [2] USA-10 Names Navstar 11 GPS I-11 GPS SVN-11 Mission
Eutelsat 5 West B is a geostationary communications satellite . It is owned by European satellite communications company Eutelsat . It launched on October 9, 2019, at 10:17 UTC on a Proton-M rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan . [7] The satellite was built by Northrop Grumman and Airbus De
#6 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
#7 Apollo 8
Apollo 8 (December 21–27, 1968) was the first crewed spacecraft to leave low Earth orbit and the first human spaceflight to reach the Moon . The crew orbited the Moon ten times without landing, and then departed safely back to Earth . [1] [2] [3] These three astronauts — Frank Borman , James Lovell
#8 Skylab 4
Skylab 4 (also SL-4 and SLM-3 [2] ) was the third crewed Skylab mission and placed the third and final crew aboard the first American space station . Third crewed mission to Skylab Skylab 4 The final view of Skylab, from the departing mission 4 crew, with Earth in the background Operator NASA COSPAR
#9 Soyuz 25
Soyuz 25 ( Russian : Союз 25 , Union 25 ) was an October, 1977, Soviet crewed space flight, the first to the new Salyut 6 space station , which had been launched 10 days earlier. However, the mission was aborted when cosmonauts Vladimir Kovalyonok and Valery Ryumin failed to engage the docking latch
#10 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
#11 Intelsat 901
Intelsat 901 ( IS-901 ) was the first of nine new Intelsat satellites launched in June 2001 at 18° West, providing Ku-band spot beam coverage for Europe and C-band coverage for the Atlantic Ocean region. It is capable of selectable split uplink for Satellite news gathering (SNG), tailored for increa
#12 ChinaSat 9
ChinaSat 9 ( Chinese : 中星9号 ; pinyin : Zhōngxīng Jiǔhào ), [2] also known as ZX-9 , is a Chinese communications satellite . Chinese communications satellite ChinaSat 9 Names ZX-9 Mission type Communications Operator China Telecommunications Broadcast Satellite Corporation COSPAR ID 2008-028A SATCAT
#13 Explorer 27
Explorer 27 (or BE-C or Beacon Explorer-C , Beacon-C or S-66C ) was a small NASA satellite, launched in 1965, designed to conduct scientific research in the ionosphere . [2] It was powered by 4 solar panels . One goal of the mission was to study in detail the shape of the Earth by way of investigati
#14 Apollo 4
Apollo 4 (November 9, 1967), also known as SA-501 , was the uncrewed first test flight of the Saturn V launch vehicle, the rocket that eventually took astronauts to the Moon . The space vehicle was assembled in the Vehicle Assembly Building , and was the first to be launched from Kennedy Space Cente
#15 USA-96
USA-96 , also known as GPS IIA-14 , GPS II-23 and GPS SVN-34 , is an American navigation satellite which is part of the Global Positioning System . It was 14 of 19 Block IIA GPS satellites to be launched, and the last one to be retired. American navigation satellite USA-96 Names Navstar 2A-14 GPS II
#16 Explorer 22
Explorer 22 (known as S-66B pre-launch; also called BE-B or Beacon Explorer-B ) was a small NASA ionospheric research satellite launched 9 October 1964, part of NASA's Explorer Program . It was instrumented with an electrostatic probe, four radio beacons for ionospheric research, a passive laser tra
#17 Soyuz TMA-5
Soyuz TMA-5 was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle. [1] 2004 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS This article needs additional citations for verification . ( May 2008 ) Soyuz TMA-5 Soyuz TMA-5 launch Operator Roskosmos COSPAR ID 2004-040A
#18 GOES 4
GOES-4 , known as GOES-D before becoming operational, was a geostationary weather satellite which was operated by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as part of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite system. [1] Launched in 1980, it was used for weather f
#19 Venera 15
Venera 15 ( Russian : Венера-15 meaning Venus 15 ) was a spacecraft sent to Venus by the Soviet Union . This uncrewed orbiter was to map the surface of Venus using high resolution imaging systems. The spacecraft was identical to Venera 16 and based on modifications to the earlier Venera space probes
#20 Kosmos 634
Kosmos 634 ( Russian : Космос 634 meaning Cosmos 634 ), also known as DS-P1-Yu No.67 , was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1974 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 400-kilogram (880 lb) spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau , and was used as a rad