nr ↓ | name ↓ | Name Source ↓ |
1550 | Tito | Named in honor of Josip Tito (1892–1980), president of Yugoslavia, the leader of Yugoslavian resista |
1671 | Chaika | The name means sea gull. This planet honors V. V. Nikolajeva-Tereshkova who was given the name the “ |
1772 | Gagarin | Named in honor of the late Yuri Gagarin {1934–1968}, the illustrious Soviet cosmonaut, and the first |
2228 | Soyuz-Apollo | Named in honor of the joint Soviet-American space flight in 1975. |
2365 | Interkosmos | Named for the eastern European organization for space exploration. (M 6649) |
2700 | Baikonur | Named for the Soviet cosmodrome, where the world’s first artificial satellite was launched just 25 y |
6469 | Armstrong | Named in honor of Neil Alden Armstrong (1930– ), U.S. astronaut, the first man to set foot on the mo |
6470 | Aldrin | Named in honor of Edwin Eugene (Buzz) Aldrin Jr. (1930– ), U.S. astronaut, the second man to set foo |
11365 | NASA | NASA is an acronym for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. This U.S. agency, formed i |
11881 | Mirstation | The Russian space station Mir, launched in 1986, remained in service for more than 15 years as a lab |
16260 | Sputnik | Sputnik is the Russian name of a series of artificial satellites, the first of which ushered in the |
51823 | Rickhusband | Rick D. Husband (1957-2003) was the commander of the space shuttle Columbia (STS-107). |
51824 | Mikeanderson | Michael P. Anderson (1959-2003) was the payload commander of the space shuttle Columbia (STS-107). |
51825 | Davidbrown | David M. Brown (1956-2003) was a mission specialist on the space shuttle Columbia (STS-107). |
51826 | Kalpanachawla | Kalpana Chawla (1961-2003) was a mission specialist on the space shuttle Columbia (STS-107). |
51827 | Laurelclark | Laurel B. Clark (1961-2003) was a mission specialist on the space shuttle Columbia (STS-107). |
51828 | Ilanramon | Ilan Ramon (1954-2003), an Israeli citizen, was a payload specialist on the space shuttle Columbia ( |
51829 | Williemccool | William C. “Willie” McCool (1961-2003) was the pilot of the space shuttle Columbia (STS-107). |
100000 | Astronautica | This minor planet is being named Astronautica to recognize the fiftieth anniversary of the start of |