Hungary

1908 January 15

• Birth of Edward Teller - . Nation: Hungary, USA. Related Persons: Teller. Jewish Hungarian-American physicist, American Father of the H-Bomb. A dedicated cold warrior. Founded Livermore laboratory, convinced Reagan to proceed with 'Star Wars' using nuclear-bomb-pumped x-ray laser..

1948 September 10

• Birth of Charles 'Karoly' Simonyi - . Nation: Hungary, USA. Related Persons: Simonyi. Hungarian-American computer scientist, space tourist cosmonaut 2006-2007. Inventor of the Macintosh/Windows visual interface. 2 spaceflights, 26.6 days in space. Flew to orbit on Soyuz TMA-10 (2007), Soyuz TMA-14..

1949 August 2

• Birth of Farkas Bertalan 'Bertsi' - . Nation: Hungary. Related Persons: Farkas. Hungarian pilot cosmonaut 1978-1980. First Hungarian to fly in space. 1 spaceflight, 7.9 days in space. Flew to orbit on Soyuz 36 (1980)..

1949 August 8

• Birth of Magyari Bela - . Nation: Hungary. Related Persons: Magyari. Hungarian pilot cosmonaut, 1978-1980. Graduated from Gyorgy Kilian military pilot school, 1969. Graduated from Budapest Technical University, 1986. Aeronautical engineer and pilot, Hungarian Air Force. Involved in space research work..

2003 September 9

• Death of Edward Teller - . Nation: Hungary, USA. Related Persons: Teller. Jewish Hungarian-American physicist, American Father of the H-Bomb. A dedicated cold warrior. Founded Livermore laboratory, convinced Reagan to proceed with 'Star Wars' using nuclear-bomb-pumped x-ray laser..

2012 February 13

10:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Kourou. Launch Complex: Kourou ELV. Launch Vehicle: Vega.

• MaSat-1 - . Mass: 1.00 kg (2.20 lb). Nation: Hungary. Class: Technology. Type: Technology satellite. Spacecraft: Cubesat. Decay Date: 2015-01-16 . USAF Sat Cat: 38079 . COSPAR: 2012-006C. Apogee: 1,385 km (860 mi). Perigee: 305 km (189 mi). Inclination: 69.50 deg. Period: 101.80 min. Student 1U cubesat from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. Technological demonstration. Successful. First Hungarian satellite.