langs: 1 сентября [ru] / september 1 [en] / 1. september [de] / 1er septembre [fr] / 1º settembre [it] / 1 de septiembre [es]
days: august 29 / august 30 / august 31 / september 1 / september 2 / september 3 / september 4
#1 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
#2 Elliot See
Elliot McKay See Jr. (July 23, 1927 – February 28, 1966) was an American engineer , naval aviator , test pilot and NASA astronaut . American test pilot and astronaut (1927–1966) Elliot See See in 1964 Born Elliot McKay See Jr. ( 1927-07-23 ) July 23, 1927 Dallas, Texas , U.S. Died February 28, 1966
William Reid Pogue (January 23, 1930 – March 3, 2014) was an American astronaut and pilot who served in the United States Air Force (USAF) as a fighter pilot and test pilot , and reached the rank of colonel . He was also a teacher , public speaker and author . American astronaut William R. Pogue Pog
Aidyn Akanuly Aimbetov ( Kazakh : Айдын Ақанұлы Айымбетов , Aidyn Aqanūly Aiymbetov ; Russian : Айдын Аканович Аимбетов , [1] born 27 July 1972) is a Kazakh cosmonaut . Kazakh cosmonaut Aidyn Akanuly Aimbetov Born ( 1972-07-27 ) 27 July 1972 (age 50) Kazakh SSR , Soviet Union Nationality Kazakh Oc
#5 Sergey Korsakov (cosmonaut)
Sergey Vladimirovich Korsakov ( Russian Cyrillic : Сергей Владимирович Корсаков; born 1 September 1984 in Frunze , Kirghiz SSR ) is a Russian cosmonaut selected by Roscosmos in 2012. He was scheduled to make his first flight into space in April 2021 as a flight engineer aboard Soyuz MS-18 ahead of a
#6 Frank Borman
Frank Frederick Borman II (born March 14, 1928) is a retired United States Air Force (USAF) colonel , aeronautical engineer , test pilot , businessman, and NASA astronaut . He was the commander of Apollo 8 , the first mission to fly around the Moon, and together with crewmates Jim Lovell and William
Gherman Stepanovich Titov ( Russian : Герман Степанович Титов ; 11 September 1935 – 20 September 2000) was a Soviet cosmonaut who, on 6 August 1961, [1] became the second human to orbit the Earth, aboard Vostok 2 , preceded by Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1 . He was the fourth person in space, counting su
Thomas Patten Stafford (born September 17, 1930) is an American former Air Force officer , test pilot , and NASA astronaut , and one of 24 people who flew to the Moon . He also served as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1969 to 1971. United States astronaut (born 1930) Thomas P. Stafford Stafford
Alfred Merrill Worden (February 7, 1932 – March 18, 2020) was an American test pilot , engineer and NASA astronaut who was the command module pilot for the Apollo 15 lunar mission in 1971. One of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon , he orbited it 74 times in the command module (CM) Endeavour
Christopher J. "Fergy" Ferguson (born September 1, 1961) is a Boeing commercial astronaut and a retired United States Navy Captain and NASA astronaut . He was the pilot of Space Shuttle Atlantis on his first mission to space, STS-115 , which launched on September 9, 2006 and returned to Earth on Sep
#11 William Anders
William Alison Anders (born October 17, 1933) is a retired United States Air Force (USAF) major general , former electrical engineer , nuclear engineer , NASA astronaut , and businessman. In December 1968, he was a member of the crew of Apollo 8 , the first three people to leave low Earth orbit and
#12 James Buchli
James Frederick Buchli (born June 20, 1945, in New Rockford, North Dakota ) is a retired United States Marine aviator and former NASA astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions. NASA astronaut James F. Buchli Born ( 1945-06-20 ) June 20, 1945 (age 77) New Rockford, North Dakota , U.S. Statu
#13 Roger Kanet
Roger E. Kanet (born 1936) is professor emeritus of political science and former Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (1989-1997), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and professor emeritus of political science and former Dean of the School of International Studies (1997-2000), Uni
#14 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
#15 James D. Halsell
James Donald Halsell Jr. (born September 29, 1956) is a retired United States Air Force officer, a former NASA astronaut . The veteran of five Space Shuttle missions pled guilty in 2021 to two counts of manslaughter and two counts of assault as a result of a motor vehicle accident in 2016. As of May
Steven Glenwood MacLean FRCGS (born December 14, 1954) is a Canadian astronaut . He was the President of the Canadian Space Agency , from September 1, 2008 to February 1, 2013. [1] [2] Canadian astronaut (born 1954) Steven Maclean Born ( 1954-12-14 ) December 14, 1954 (age 67) Ottawa, Ontario , Ca
#17 Matthew Dominick
Matthew Stuart Dominick (born December 7, 1981; CDR , USN ) is a US Navy test pilot and NASA astronaut. He has more than 1,600 hours of flight time in 28 aircraft, 400 carrier-arrested landings, 61 combat missions, and almost 200 flight test carrier landings. American test pilot and astronaut Matthe
The Army Flying Museum , previously known as the Museum of Army Flying , [1] is a British military aviation museum about the history of flying in the British Army . It is located beside the Army Air Corps Centre in Middle Wallop , close to Andover in Hampshire , England. Aviation museum in England T
#2 RAF Montrose
Royal Air Force Montrose or more simply RAF Montrose is a former Royal Air Force station in Forfarshire (now more commonly called Angus ) in Scotland . It became the first operational military aerodrome to be established in the United Kingdom on 26 February 1913. [2] Military museum in Angus, Scotla
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
Floyd Bennett Field is an airfield in the Marine Park neighborhood of southeast Brooklyn in New York City , along the shore of Jamaica Bay . The airport originally hosted commercial and general aviation traffic before being used as a naval air station . Bennett Field is currently part of the Gateway
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 CryoSat-2
CryoSat-2 is a European Space Agency (ESA) Earth Explorer Mission that launched on April 8th 2010. [3] CryoSat-2 is dedicated to measuring polar sea ice thickness and monitoring changes in ice sheets. [4] Its primary objective is to measure the thinning of Arctic sea ice, but has applications to oth
#2 STS-128
STS-128 ( ISS assembly flight 17A ) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) that launched on August 28, 2009. Space Shuttle Discovery carried the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo as its primary payload. Leonardo contained a collection of experiments for study
#3 Shenzhou 14
Shenzhou 14 ( Chinese : 神舟十四号 ; pinyin : Shénzhōu Shísì-hào ; lit. ' Divine Boat Number 14' ) is a Chinese spaceflight that launched on 5 June 2022 at 02:44 UTC. The flight marks the ninth crewed Chinese spaceflight and the fourteenth flight of the Shenzhou program . The spacecraft carries three Peo
Progress M-64 ( Russian : Прогресс М-64 ), identified by NASA as Progress 29P , was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station . It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 364. Progress M-64 Progress M-64 after undocking from Zarya . Mission type ISS
The Long March 4C , also known as the Chang Zheng 4C , CZ-4C and LM-4C , previously designated Long March 4B-II , is a Chinese orbital launch vehicle . It is launched from the Jiuquan , Taiyuan , and Xichang Satellite Launch Centers , and consists of 3 stages. Long March 4C vehicles have been used t
#6 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
#7 STS-8
STS-8 was the eighth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the third flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger . It launched on August 30, 1983, and landed on September 5, 1983, conducting the first night launch and night landing of the Space Shuttle program . It also carried the first African-American astron
Progress M-11M ( Russian : Прогресс М-11М ), identified by NASA as Progress 43P , is a Progress spacecraft which was launched on 21 June 2011 to resupply the International Space Station . [2] It was the eleventh Progress-M 11F615A60 spacecraft to be launched. The spacecraft is manufactured by RKK En
#9 Telstar 302
Telstar 302 was a geostationary communication satellite built by Hughes , it was located at orbital position of 85 degrees west longitude and was operated by AT&T . The satellite was based on the HS-376 platform and its life expectancy was 10 years. Telstar 302 left service on September 5, 1997. The
#10 STS-51-I
STS-51-I was the 20th mission of NASA 's Space Shuttle program and the sixth flight of Space Shuttle Discovery . During the mission, Discovery deployed three communications satellites into orbit. The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida , on August 27, 1985, and landed at Edwards Air
#11 O3b
O3b is a satellite constellation in Medium Earth orbit ( MEO ) owned and operated by SES , and designed to provide low-latency broadband connectivity to remote locations for mobile network operators and internet service providers, maritime, aviation, and government and defence. It is often referred
#12 Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite
Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite ( SWAS , also Explorer 74 and SMEX-3 ) is a NASA submillimetre astronomy satellite, and is the fourth spacecraft in the Small Explorer program (SMEX). It was launched on 6 December 1998, at 00:57:54 UTC , from Vandenberg Air Force Base aboard a Pegasus XL launc
#13 Space Tracking and Surveillance System
The Space Tracking and Surveillance System ( STSS ) (formerly SBIRS-Low ) was a pair of satellites developed by the United States Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to research the space-based detection and tracking of ballistic missiles . Data from STSS satellites could allow interceptors to engage incom
#14 Eutelsat I F-1
Eutelsat I F-1 , also known as European Communications Satellite 1 ( ECS-1 ) is a decommissioned communications satellite operated by the European Telecommunications Satellite Organisation (Eutelsat). Launched in 1983, it was operated in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 13° East, before moving
#15 Kosmos 238
Kosmos 238 ( Russian : Космос 238 meaning Cosmos 238 ) was the final test series of the Soviet Soyuz spacecraft prior to the launch of Soyuz 2 . It tested the orbital maneuvering system, reentry, descent and landing systems that had been modified and improved after the Soyuz 1 accident.
#16 NERVA
The Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application ( NERVA ) was a nuclear thermal rocket engine development program that ran for roughly two decades. Its principal objective was to "establish a technology base for nuclear rocket engine systems to be utilized in the design and development of propulsi
#17 Progress M-39
Progress M-39 ( Russian : Прогресс M-39 ) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in May 1998 to resupply the Mir space station. Russian cargo spacecraft Progress M-39 A Progress-M spacecraft Mission type Mir resupply COSPAR ID 1998-031A SATCAT no. 25340 [1] Spacecraft p
#18 FTV-1132
FTV-1132 , also known as the Corona 9042A , was an American area survey optical reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1962. It was a KH-5 Argon satellite, based on an Agena-B . [1] The satellite operated successfully, but its film capsule was lost during recovery due to a parachute failure.
#19 Pioneer 11
Pioneer 11 (also known as Pioneer G ) is a 260-kilogram (570 lb) robotic space probe launched by NASA on April 5, 1973, to study the asteroid belt , the environment around Jupiter and Saturn , solar winds , and cosmic rays . [1] It was the first probe to encounter Saturn , the second to fly throug
#20 Explorer 12
Explorer 12 , also called EPE-A or Energetic Particles Explorer-A and as S3 ), was a NASA satellite built to measure the solar wind , cosmic rays , and the Earth's magnetic field . It was the first of the S-3 series of spacecraft, which also included Explorer 12, 14, 15, and 26. [2] It was launched