langs: 6 сентября [ru] / september 6 [en] / 6. september [de] / 6 septembre [fr] / 6 settembre [it] / 6 de septiembre [es]
days: september 3 / september 4 / september 5 / september 6 / september 7 / september 8 / september 9
#1 Fei Junlong
Major general Fei Junlong ( simplified Chinese : 费俊龙 ; traditional Chinese : 費俊龍 ; pinyin : Fèi Jùnlóng ; born 5 May 1965) is a Chinese military pilot and an taikonaut . He flew on the second crewed spaceflight of the Shenzhou program . In this Chinese name , the family name is Fei . Fei Junlong Fei
Abdul Ahad Momand ( Pashto : عبدالاحد مومند ; born 1959) is a Afghan-German and former Afghan Air Force aviator who became the first, and currently only, Afghan citizen to journey to outer space. Afghan cosmonaut (born 1959) Abdul Ahad Momand Born 1959 (age 62 – 63) Sardeh Band , Andar , Ghazni ,
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
Edward Higgins White II (November 14, 1930 – January 27, 1967) was an American aeronautical engineer , United States Air Force officer , test pilot , and NASA astronaut . He was a member of the crews of Gemini 4 and Apollo 1 . American astronaut (1930-1967) "Edward Higgins White" redirects here. For
#5 Carl E. Walz
Carl Erwin Walz (Colonel, USAF, Ret.) (born 6 September 1955) is a retired NASA astronaut currently working for Orbital Sciences Corporation's Advanced Programs Group as vice president for Human Space Flight Operations. Walz was formerly assigned to the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate at NAS
#6 Jeffrey Williams (astronaut)
Jeffrey Nels Williams (born January 18, 1958) is a retired United States Army officer and a NASA astronaut . He is a veteran of four space flights and formerly held the American record for most days spent in space, which was surpassed in April 2017 by his colleague Peggy Whitson . [1] He still holds
Joseph Michael "Joe" Acabá (born May 17, 1967) is a Puerto Rican educator , hydrogeologist , and NASA astronaut . [1] [2] In May 2004 he became the first person of Puerto Rican heritage to be named as a NASA astronaut candidate, when he was selected as a member of NASA Astronaut Training Group 19. [
Bryan Daniel O'Connor (born September 6, 1946) is a retired United States Marine Corps Colonel and former NASA astronaut . [1] He was inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2008. [2] For other people with the same name, see Brian O'Connor (disambiguation) . This article has multip
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
#2 Arizona Commemorative Air Force Museum
The Arizona Commemorative Air Force Museum , a.k.a. Airbase Arizona Aircraft Museum , was established in 1978, in Falcon Field in Mesa, Arizona . It is the 10th unit of the Commemorative Air Force and the home of one of the largest Commemorative Air Force units in the world. On exhibit are World War
#1 INSAT-1A
INSAT-1A was an Indian communications satellite which formed part of the Indian National Satellite System . Launched in 1982, it was operated in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 74° east. [3] Following a series of failures, the satellite was abandoned in September 1982, less than 6 months int
#2 STS-115
STS-115 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis . It was the first assembly mission to the ISS after the Columbia disaster , following the two successful Return to Flight missions, STS-114 and STS-121 . STS-115 launched from LC-39B at the
#3 Luna 18
Luna 18 , part of the Ye-8-5 series, was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program . Luna 18 Mission type Lunar sample return COSPAR ID 1971-073A SATCAT no. 5448 Mission duration 9 days (launch day to day of last contact) Spacecraft properties Bus Ye-8-5 Manufacturer GSMZ Lavochkin Launch mass 5
The Magellan spacecraft was a 1,035-kilogram (2,282 lb) robotic space probe launched by NASA of the United States, on May 4, 1989, to map the surface of Venus by using synthetic-aperture radar and to measure the planetary gravitational field . NASA mission to map the surface of Venus via robotic p
Poisk ( Russian : Поиск , lit. ' Search ' ), also known as the Mini-Research Module 2 ( MRM 2 ), Малый исследовательский модуль 2 , or МИМ 2 , is a docking module of the International Space Station . Its original name was Docking Module 2 ( Stykovochniy Otsek 2 , SO-2 ), as it is almost identical
#6 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
Proton ( Russian : протон ) (' proton ') was a Soviet series of four cosmic ray and elementary particle detecting satellites. Orbited 1965–68, three on test flights of the UR-500 ICBM and one on a Proton-K rocket, all four satellites completed their missions successfully, the last reentering the Ear
#8 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
#9 Intelsat 7
Intelsat 7 , formerly PAS-7 , was a communications satellite operated by Intelsat which spent most of its operational life serving the Europe , Africa , Middle East , Asia market from a longitude of 18° West. Communications satellite This article needs additional citations for verification . ( April
#10 Eutelsat 4A
Eutelsat 4A , previously Eurobird 4A and Eutelsat W1 [1] is a French communications satellite which is operated by Eutelsat . It was constructed by Astrium is based on the Eurostar-2000+ satellite bus . Its launch was contracted by Arianespace , using an Ariane 4 44P-3 carrier rocket. The launch occ
#11 Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3
Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 ( Korean : 광명성 3호 ; Hanja : 光明星3號 ; lit. Bright Star-3 [2] or Lode Star-3 [3] ) was a North Korean Earth observation satellite which, according to the DPRK , was for weather forecast purposes, and whose launch was widely portrayed in the West to be a veiled ballistic missile t
#12 GOES-18
GOES-18 (designated pre-launch as GOES-T ) is the third of the "GOES-R Series", the current generation of weather satellites operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The current and next satellites of the Series ( GOES-16 , GOES-17 , GOES-18, and GOES-U ) will extend t
#13 Kosmos 291
Kosmos 291 ( Russian : Космос 291 meaning Cosmos 291 ), was a satellite which was used as a target for tests of anti-satellite weapons . It was launched by the Soviet Union in September 1969 as part of the Istrebitel Sputnikov programme. Kosmos 291 Mission type ASAT target COSPAR ID 1969-066A SATCAT
#14 EchoStar III
EchoStar III is a communications satellite operated by EchoStar . Launched in 1997 it was operated in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 61.5 degrees west for 12 years. EchoStar III Mission type Communications Operator EchoStar COSPAR ID 1997-059A SATCAT no. 25004 Mission duration 12 years Spac
#15 Yamal -102
Yamal-102 ( Russian : Ямал-102 ) was a geostationary communications satellite operated by Gazkom and built by RSC Energia . [1] It was, along with Yamal-101 the first communications satellite of the Yamal programme and the first iteration of the USP Bus . [2] [3] It was a 1,360 kg (3,000 lb) sat
#16 Mercury-Atlas 8
Mercury-Atlas 8 ( MA-8 ) was the fifth United States crewed space mission , part of NASA 's Mercury program . Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. , orbited the Earth six times in the Sigma 7 spacecraft on October 3, 1962, in a nine-hour flight focused mainly on technical evaluation rather than on scient
#17 Progress M-06M
Progress M-06M ( Russian : Прогресс М-06М ), identified by NASA as Progress 38P , is a Russian Progress spacecraft which was launched in June 2010 to resupply the International Space Station . It was the 38th Progress to dock with the space station and the third of year 2010. Progress M-06M Progress
#18 Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2
Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 ( Korean : 광명성 2호 , meaning Bright Star-2 [1] or Lode Star-2 [2] ) was a satellite launched by North Korea on April 5, 2009. North Korean satellite Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 Kwangmyongsong-2 as it would have looked in orbit in a 2009 computer graphic video Mission type Communication /Technol
#19 JCSAT-RA
JCSAT-RA , previously known as JCSAT-12 , [2] is a Japanese geostationary communications satellite , which is operated by SKY Perfect JSAT Group . JCSAT-RA Mission type Communication Operator SKY Perfect JSAT Group COSPAR ID 2009-044A SATCAT no. 35755 Mission duration 15 years Spacecraft properties
#20 Korabl-Sputnik 1
Korabl-Sputnik 1 [3] ( Russian : Корабль Спутник 1 meaning Vessel Satellite 1 ), also known as Sputnik 4 in the West, [2] was the first test flight of the Soviet Vostok programme , and the first Vostok spacecraft . It was launched on May 15, 1960. Though Korabl-Sputnik 1 was unmanned, it was a precu