Astronauts

Meet the exceptional people that have ventured into space.


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Konstantin Kozeyev
Russian

Konstantin Mirovich Kozeyev (Russian: Константин Мирович Козеев) is a retired Russian cosmonaut. He flew as Flight Engineer on Soyuz TM-33 in 2001.

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Maksim Surayev
Russian

Maksim Viktorovich Surayev (Russian: Максим Викторович Сураев, born May 24, 1972) is a retired Russian cosmonaut and politician. From December 1997 …

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Mikhail Kornienko
Russian

Mikhail Borisovich Kornienko (Михаил Борисович Корниенко; born 15 April 1960) is a Russian cosmonaut. Kornienko served as a flight engineer on the In…

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Mikhail Tyurin
Russian

Mikhail Vladislavovich Tyurin (Russian: Михаил Владиславович Тюрин) (born March 2, 1960) is a former Russian cosmonaut who flew several missions to t…

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Musa Manarov
Russian

Musa Khiramanovich Manarov (Russian: Муса Хираманович Манаров; born March 22, 1951 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR) is a former cosmonaut who spent 541 days …

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Nikolai Budarin
Russian

Nikolai Mikhailovich Budarin (Russian: Николай Михайлович Бударин) (born April 29, 1953 in Kirya, Chuvashia) is a retired Russian cosmonaut, a vetera…

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Nikolai Tikhonov
Russian

Nikolay Vladimirovich Tikhonov (Russian: Николай В. Тихонов) was born May 23, 1982. He is a former Russian cosmonaut, selected in 2006. He was sel…

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Oleg Atkov
Russian

Oleg Yur'yevich At'kov (Russian: Оле́г Ю́рьевич Атько́в; born 9 May 1949) is a Russian cardiologist and former Soviet cosmonaut. With a doctorate from t…

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Oleg Kotov
Russian

Oleg Valeriyevich Kotov (Russian: Олег Валериевич Котов) was born on October 27, 1965, in Simferopol, Crimean oblast in the Ukrainian SSR. After a ca…

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Long March 2D
Success
13 hours, 55 minutes ago
Shijian 19
Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Shijian 19 is a Chinese recoverable satellite for hoisting various scientific experiments in microgravity. Unlike previous similar Chinese satelli…


H-IIA
Success
1 day, 19 hours ago
IGS Radar 8
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1 - Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

The IGS Radar 8 is a Japanese radar reconnaissance satellite. The satellite is operated by the Cabinet Satellite Information Center. The satellite se…


Falcon 9
Success
2 days, 20 hours ago
Starlink Group 9-8
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 20 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Kinetica 1
Success
3 days ago
5 satellites
Launch Area 130 - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Carried 5 satellites to Sun-synchronous orbit: * Zhongke-01/02 * Jilin-1 SAR-01A * Yunyao-21/22


Smart Dragon 3
Success
3 days, 21 hours ago
8 satellites
Haiyang Spaceport - Sea Launch

Carried 8 satellites to a 500 km Sun-synchronous orbit: * Tianyi-41 * Luojia 4-01 * Fudan-1 * Tianyan-15 * Jitianxing A-01 * Xingshidai-15/21…


Electron
Success
1 week ago
Kinéis Killed the RadIoT Star (Kinéis 6-10)
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A - Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Second batch of five satellites for the French Kinéis IoT constellation designed to operate with 25 nanosatellites of 30 kg each.


Falcon 9
Success
1 week ago
Starlink Group 9-17
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 20 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Kuaizhou
Success
1 week ago
Tianqi 29-32
Mobile Launcher Pad - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

4 small satellites for LEO Internet of Things (IoT) communication purposes.


Long March 2D
Success
1 week ago
Jilin-1 Wideband 02B-01 to 06
Launch Complex 9 - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Earth observation satellites for the Jilin-1 commercial Earth observation satellites constellation.


Long March 3B/YZ-1
Success
1 week, 1 day ago
Beidou-3 M25 & M27
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

These two satellites will be used to provide global navigation coverage as part of the Chinese Beidou (Compass) satellite navigation system.