langs: 9 сентября [ru] / september 9 [en] / 9. september [de] / 9 septembre [fr] / 9 settembre [it] / 9 de septiembre [es]
days: september 6 / september 7 / september 8 / september 9 / september 10 / september 11 / september 12
#1 Deke Slayton
Donald Kent " Deke " Slayton (March 1, 1924 – June 13, 1993) was a United States Air Force pilot , aeronautical engineer , and test pilot who was selected as one of the original NASA Mercury Seven astronauts . He went on to become NASA's first Chief of the Astronaut Office and Director of Flight Cre
#2 Susan Helms
Susan Jane Helms (born February 26, 1958) is a retired United States Air Force lieutenant general and NASA astronaut . She was the commander, 14th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic); and commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Space at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California . [1] Lieutenant
Pavel Vladimirovich Vinogradov ( Russian : Павел Владимирович Виноградов ; born 31 August 1953 in Magadan , USSR ) is a cosmonaut and former commander of the International Space Station . As of May 2013, he has flown into space three times, aboard Mir and the International Space Station , and is one
Jerry Michael Linenger (born January 16, 1955) is a retired Captain in the United States Navy Medical Corps , and a former NASA astronaut who flew on the Space Shuttle and Space Station Mir . American astronaut This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification . ( Februar
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
Michael Edward Fossum (born December 19, 1957, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota ) is a former American astronaut , engineer , and the Chief Operating Officer of Texas A&M University at Galveston . He flew into space on board the NASA Space Shuttle missions STS-121 and STS-124 and served as a mission spe
Joseph Richard "Joe" Tanner (born January 21, 1950) is an American instructor at the University of Colorado Boulder , [2] mechanical engineer , a former naval officer and aviator , and a former NASA astronaut . [1] He was born in Danville, Illinois . He is unusual among astronauts as he did not have
#8 Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin ( / ˈ ɔː l d r ɪ n / ; born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr. ; January 20, 1930) is an American former astronaut , engineer and fighter pilot . He made three spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission. As the Lunar Module Eagle pilot on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, he and mission commander
Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer , and the first person to walk on the Moon . He was also a naval aviator , test pilot , and university professor. American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2012) For other uses, see Neil A
#10 Carl J. Meade
Carl Joseph Meade (born November 16, 1950) is a former NASA astronaut . American astronaut This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . ( Learn how and when to remove these template messages ) This biography of a living person needs additional c
#11 Mark C. Lee
Mark Charles Lee USAF Colonel, (born August 14, 1952) is a former NASA astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions. He retired from the Air Force and NASA on July 1, 2001. American astronaut This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification . ( November 2020 ) Mark
Sergey Aleksandrovich Zhukov ( Russian : Сергей Александрович Жуков ; born 9 September 1956 in Dzhezkazgan , Kazakh SSR , USSR, now Jezkazgan, Kazakhstan ) is a retired Russian cosmonaut first selected in 2003 . He retired from the cosmonaut corps before completing any spaceflights. Russian cosmonau
#13 Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper
Heidemarie Martha Stefanyshyn-Piper (born February 7, 1963) is an American Naval officer and former NASA astronaut . [2] She has achieved the rank of Captain in the United States Navy . She is also a qualified and experienced salvage officer. Her major salvage projects include de-stranding the tanke
#14 Yuri Malenchenko
Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko ( Russian : Юрий Иванович Маленченко ; born December 22, 1961) is a retired Russian cosmonaut . Malenchenko became the first person to marry in space, on 10 August 2003, when he married Ekaterina Dmitrieva, who was in Texas , while he was 240 miles (390 km) over New Zeal
#15 Lee Morin
Lee Miller Emile Morin (born September 9, 1952) is a United States Navy Captain and NASA astronaut . He flew on STS-110 in 2002. Lee Miller Emile Morin Born ( 1952-09-09 ) September 9, 1952 (age 70) Manchester, New Hampshire Nationality American Occupation Medical Doctor Space career NASA Astronau
#16 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
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova ( Russian : Валентина Владимировна Терешкова , IPA: [vɐlʲɪnʲˈtʲinə vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvnə tʲɪrʲɪʂˈkovə] ( listen ) ; born 6 March 1937) is an engineer , member of the Russian State Duma , and former Soviet cosmonaut . She is known for being the first and youngest woman i
Brent Ward Jett Jr. (born October 5, 1958), [1] ( Capt , USN , Ret.), is a retired American naval officer and aviator , test pilot , aerospace and aeronautical engineer , and NASA astronaut . [2] Brent W. Jett Jr. Born ( 1958-10-05 ) October 5, 1958 (age 63) Pontiac, Michigan , U.S. Status Retired
Daniel Christopher Burbank (born July 27, 1961) is a retired American astronaut and a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions. Burbank, a Captain in the United States Coast Guard , is the second Coast Guard astronaut after Bruce Melnick . American astronaut and a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions
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
#1 Museum of Transport and Technology
The Museum of Transport and Technology ( MOTAT ) is a science and technology museum located in Western Springs , Auckland , New Zealand. It is located close to the Western Springs Stadium , Auckland Zoo and the Western Springs Park . The museum has large collections of civilian and military aircraft
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
Vanguard TV-3 (also called Vanguard Test Vehicle-Three ), was the first attempt of the United States to launch a satellite into orbit around the Earth , after the successful Soviet launches of Sputnik 1 and Sputnik 2 . Vanguard TV-3 was a small satellite designed to test the launch capabilities of t
#2 STS-64
STS-64 was a Space Shuttle Discovery mission that was set to perform multiple experiment packages. STS-64 was launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida , on 9 September 1994, and landed back on 20 September 1994 at Edwards Air Force Base . 1994 American crewed spaceflight STS-64 Lee and Meade per
#3 Luna 2
Luna 2 ( Russian : Луна 2 ), originally named the Second Soviet Cosmic Rocket and nicknamed Lunik 2 in contemporaneous media, was the sixth of the Soviet Union 's Luna programme spacecraft launched to the Moon , E-1 No.7 . It was the first spacecraft to reach the surface of the Moon , and the first
Progress M-12M ( Russian : Прогресс М-12М ), identified by NASA as Progress 44P , was an uncrewed Progress spacecraft that was lost in a launch failure on 24 August 2011, at the start of a mission to resupply the International Space Station . It was the twelfth modernised Progress-M spacecraft to be
#5 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
#6 Voyager 2
Voyager 2 is a space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977, to study the outer planets and interstellar space beyond the Sun's heliosphere . As a part of the Voyager program , it was launched 16 days before its twin, Voyager 1 , on a trajectory that took longer to reach gas giants Jupiter and Sa
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
#8 Samos 3
Samos 3 was an American reconnaissance satellite which was lost in a launch failure in 1961. [1] It was an early electro-optical reconnaissance spacecraft, meaning that it transmitted images to receiving stations on Earth rather than returning them in a film capsule, and was to have been operated as
#9 NOAA-6
NOAA-6 , known as NOAA-A before launch, was an American operational weather satellite for use in the National Operational Environmental Satellite System (NOESS) and for the support of the Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP) during 1978-1984. The satellite design provided an economical and sta
#10 Viking program
The Viking program consisted of a pair of identical American space probes , Viking 1 and Viking 2 , which landed on Mars in 1976. [1] Each spacecraft was composed of two main parts: an orbiter designed to photograph the surface of Mars from orbit , and a lander designed to study the planet from the
#11 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
#12 Kosmos 1124
Kosmos 1124 ( Russian : Космос 1124 ) was a Soviet US-K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1979 as part of the Soviet military's Oko programme. The satellite was designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors . [2] Kosmos 1124 Mission type Earl
#13 STS-133
STS-133 ( ISS assembly flight ULF5 ) [6] was the 133rd mission in NASA 's Space Shuttle program ; during the mission, Space Shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station . It was Discovery ' s 39th and final mission. The mission launched on 24 February 2011, and landed on 9 March 201
#14 Viking 2
The Viking 2 mission was part of the American Viking program to Mars , and consisted of an orbiter and a lander essentially identical to that of the Viking 1 mission. [1] Viking 2 was operational on Mars for 1281 sols ( 1316 days ; 3 years, 221 days ). The Viking 2 lander operated on the surface
#15 Discoverer 29
Discoverer 29 , also known as Corona 9023 , was an American optical reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1961. It was the first KH-3 Corona ''' satellite, which was based on an Agena-B rocket. [1] American optical reconnaissance satellite Discoverer 29 Mission type Optical reconnaissance O
#16 Telstar
Telstar is the name of various communications satellites . The first two Telstar satellites were experimental and nearly identical. Telstar 1 launched on top of a Thor-Delta rocket on July 10, 1962. It successfully relayed through space the first television pictures, telephone calls, and telegraph i
#17 Ekspress-80
Ekspress-80 ( Russian : Экспресс-80 meaning Express-80 ) is a Russian communications satellite which was launched in 2020. Part of the Ekspress series of geostationary communications satellites, it is owned and operated by the RSCC Space Communications . Russian communications satellite Ekspress-80
#18 Amazonas 5
The Amazonas 5 is a Spanish commercial communications satellite developed by SSL and operated by Hispasat . Launched on September 11, 2017 ( 2017-09-11 ) , it has an expected service life of 15 years. Its orbit allows it to cover all of South America , [3] allowing for broadband and broadcast
#19 Progress M-16M
Progress M-16M ( Russian : Прогресс М-16М ), identified by NASA as Progress 48P , is a Progress spacecraft used by Roskosmos to resupply the International Space Station during 2012. The sixteenth Progress-M 11F615A60 spacecraft, it has the serial number 416 and was built by RKK Energia . Progress M-
#20 AsiaSat 6
AsiaSat 6 / Thaicom 7 is a geostationary communications satellite which is operated by the Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company (AsiaSat) and was launched into orbit on 7 September 2014. The satellite project was developed in cooperation between satellite operators AsiaSat and Thaicom . AsiaSat