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  • WAC - Rocket Engine - USA - Nitric acid/aniline propellant
  • Wac - Sounding rocket - USA
  • Wac Corporal - Sounding rocket - USA - See Wac
  • Wachtel - Max Wachtel - German Military officer -
  • Wade - David Wade - American Manager -
  • Wahmke - Wahmke - German Propulsion expert -
  • Wakata - Koichi Wakata - Japanese Mission Specialist Astronaut - NASDA Group 2 - 1992, NASA Group 14 - 1992
  • Wakelin - James H Wakelin, Jr - American Manager -
  • Walchner - Otto Walchner - German Professor -
  • Walheim - Rex Joseph Walheim - American Mission Specialist Astronaut - NASA Group 16 - 1996
  • Walker - Charles David Walker - American Payload Specialist Astronaut -
  • Walker Cay - Suborbital Launch Site in Bahamas operated by . - See Little Carter Bay
  • Walker Dave - David Mathieson (Dave) Walker - American Pilot Astronaut - NASA Group 8 - 1978
  • Walker Joseph - Joseph Albert Walker - American Pilot Test Pilot - Man-In-Space-Soonest - 1958, Test Pilot (USAF)
  • Walker Shannon - Shannon Walker - American Mission Specialist Astronaut - NASA Group 19 - 2004
  • Wallace - Fred Wallace - American Engineer -
  • Walpot - Heike Walpot - German Pilot Cosmonaut - DLR Group 1 - 1987
  • Walter - Dr Ulrich Hans Walter - German Payload Specialist Astronaut -
  • Walther - Walther - German Rocket technician -
  • Walz - Carl Erwin Walz - American Mission Specialist Astronaut - NASA Group 13 - 1990
  • Wang - Dr Taylor Gun-Jin Wang - Chinese American Payload Specialist Astronaut -
  • Wang Fuhe - Wang Fuhe - Chinese Pilot Yuhangyuan - Shuguang Group - 1970
  • Wang Fuquan - Wang Fuquan - Chinese Pilot Yuhangyuan - Shuguang Group - 1970
  • Wang Quanbo - Wang Quanbo - Chinese Pilot Yuhangyuan - Shuguang Group - 1970
  • Wang Rongsen - Wang Rongsen - Chinese Pilot Yuhangyuan - Shuguang Group - 1970
  • Wang Zhiyue - Wang Zhiyue - Chinese Pilot Yuhangyuan - Shuguang Group - 1970
  • Warsitz - Erich Warsitz - German Test pilot -
  • Wasielewski - Eugene W Wasielewski - American Manager -
  • Wasp - Sounding rocket - USA
  • Wasserfall - Rocket Engine - Germany - Nitric acid/Tonka propellant
  • Waterman - Alan T Waterman - American Manager -
  • Watterson - John Brett Watterson - American Manned Spaceflight Engineer Astronaut - DoD Group 1 - 1979
  • Weapons Research Establishment Satellite - Spacecraft - Earth - Atmosphere - Australia - See Wresat
  • Weaver - Carol Lynn Belt Weaver - American Payload Specialist Astronaut -
  • Webb - James E Webb - American Manager -
  • Webb Space Telescope - Spacecraft - Astronomy - Visible - USA - See WST
  • Weber - Dr Mary Ellen Weber - American Mission Specialist Astronaut - NASA Group 14 - 1992
  • Wegenroth - Wegenroth - German Solid fuel ramjets -
  • Wehner - R S Wehner - American Engineer -
  • Weidner - Hermann Joachim Weidner - German Rocket engineer -
  • Weinberger - Caspar W Weinberger - American Manager -
  • Weiss - Helmut Weiss - German Rocket engineer -
  • Weitz - Paul Joseph Weitz - American Pilot Astronaut - NASA Group 5 - 1966
  • Wells - H G Wells - British Writer -
  • Westar - Space Project - Communications -
  • Westphas - Westphas - German Rocket engineer -
  • Wetherbee - James Donald 'Wexbee' Wetherbee - American Pilot Astronaut - NASA Group 10 - 1984
  • Wexler - Harry Wexler - American Manager -
  • Wheelock - Douglas Harry Wheelock - American Mission Specialist Astronaut - NASA Group 17 - 1998
  • Whipple - Fred L Whipple - American Scientist -
  • Whitcomb - Gordon P Whitcomb - British Manager -
  • White - Edward Higgins (Ed) White II - American Pilot Astronaut - NASA Group 2 - 1962
  • White Alvin - Alvin Swauger White - American Pilot Test Pilot - Man-In-Space-Soonest - 1958, Test Pilot (USAF)
  • White Cloud - Spacecraft - SIGINT - Naval reconnaisance - USA - See NOSS
  • White Robert - Robert Michael White - American Pilot Test Pilot - Man-In-Space-Soonest - 1958, Test Pilot (USAF)
  • Whitehead - Clay T Whitehead - American Manager -
  • Whitson - Peggy Annette Whitson - American Mission Specialist Astronaut - NASA Group 16 - 1996
  • Wide Field Infrared Explorer - Spacecraft - Astronomy - Infrared - USA - See WIRE
  • Wiegand - Heinrich Wiegand - German Engineer -
  • Wier - Benjamin Wier - American Engineer -
  • Wiesemann - Walter Fritz Wiesemann - German Rocket technician -
  • Wiesner - Jerome B Wiesner - American Manager -
  • Wigbels - Lyn Wigbels - American Manager -
  • Wilcutt - Terrence Wade (Terry) Wilcutt - American Pilot Astronaut - NASA Group 13 - 1990
  • Wild Fire - Spacecraft - Manned - Spacecraft - Canada
  • Williams - Sunita Lyn 'Suni' Williams - American Mission Specialist Astronaut - NASA Group 17 - 1998
  • Williams Bill - Bill Alvin Williams - American Payload Specialist Astronaut -
  • Williams Clifton - Clifton Curtis Williams Jr - American Pilot Astronaut - NASA Group 3 - 1963
  • Williams Dave - Dr Dafydd Rhys (Dave) Williams - Canadian Mission Specialist Astronaut - Canada Group 2 - 1992, NASA Group 15 - 1995
  • Williams Donald - Donald Edward Williams - American Pilot Astronaut - NASA Group 8 - 1978
  • Williams Jeffrey - Jeffrey Nels Williams - American Mission Specialist Astronaut - NASA Group 16 - 1996
  • Willner - William Willner - American Manager -
  • Wilmore - Barry E Wilmore - American Pilot Astronaut - NASA Group 18 - 2000
  • Wilson - Stephanie Diana Wilson - American Mission Specialist Astronaut - NASA Group 16 - 1996
  • Wilson Charles - Charles E "Electric Charlie" Wilson - American Manager -
  • Wilson Chuck - Charles (Chuck) Wilson - American Engineer -
  • Wind - Spacecraft - Earth - Magnetosphere - USA
  • WINDS - Spacecraft - Communications - - Japan - See Kizuna
  • Winged - Launch Vehicle Family
  • Winkler - Johannes Winkler - German German Engineer -
  • WIRE - Spacecraft - Astronomy - Infrared - USA
  • Wirth - Wolfgang Wirth - German Professor -
  • Wisoff - Peter Jeffrey Kelsay 'Jeff' Wisoff - American Mission Specialist Astronaut - NASA Group 13 - 1990
  • Withee - Wallace W Withee - American Engineer -
  • Wittmann - Albin Wittmann - German Engineer -
  • Woensdrecht - IRCM Base in Netherlands operated by USA.
  • Woerdemann - Hugo H Woerdemann - German Engineer -
  • Wolf - Dr David Alan Wolf - Jewish American Mission Specialist Astronaut - NASA Group 13 - 1990
  • Wood - James Wayne Wood - American Pilot Astronaut - USAF Dynasoar Group - 1960
  • Wood Nigel - Nigel Richard Wood - British Payload Specialist Astronaut -
  • Wood Robert - Robert James Wood - American Payload Specialist Astronaut -
  • Woodward - Neil Whitney Woodward III - American Mission Specialist Astronaut - NASA Group 17 - 1998
  • Woolams - Jack Woolams - American Pilot Test Pilot - Test Pilot (Bell)
  • Wooldridge - Dean E Wooldridge - American Manager -
  • Woomera - Orbital Launch Site in Australia.
  • Worden - Alfred Merrill Worden - American Pilot Astronaut - NASA Group 5 - 1966
  • World Circling Space Ship - rocket - See HATV
  • World Series - rocket - See Atlas
  • WorldView - Spacecraft - Surveillance - Civilian - USA
  • Woytech - Woytech - German Rocket engineer -
  • Wozniak - Frank Wozniak - American Engineer -
  • Wresat - Spacecraft - Earth - Atmosphere - Australia
  • Wright - Keith Charles Wright - American Manned Spaceflight Engineer Astronaut - DoD Group 1 - 1979
  • WS 107A-1 - Test vehicle - - See Atlas
  • WS 133B - Intercontinental ballistic missile - USA - See Minuteman
  • WS 140A - Air-to-surface missile - USA - See SRAM
  • WS-199 - Anti-ballistic missile - USA - See Bold Orion
  • WSF - Spacecraft - Materials - - USA
  • WST - Spacecraft - Astronomy - Visible - USA
  • Wu Jie - Wu Jie - Chinese Pilot Yuhangyuan - China Group - 1996, China Group 1 - 1998
  • Wueschheim - IRCM Base in Germany operated by USA.
  • Wueterich - Wuterich - German Rocket engineer -
  • Wuzhai - Orbital Launch Site in China. - See Taiyuan
  • Wyatt - DeMarquis D Wyatt - American Manager -

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