Alphabetic Index - w

Alphabetic Index - w

Wac - Sounding rocket - USA

Wac Corporal - Sounding rocket - USA - See Wac

Wachtel - Max Wachtel - German Military officer -

Wade - David Wade - American Manager -

Wagner Herbert - Herbert Wagner - German Professor -

Wahmke - Wahmke - German Propulsion expert -

Wakata - Koichi Wakata - Japanese Mission Specialist Astronaut - NASDA Group 2 - 1992, NASA Group 14 - 1992

Wake Island - Suborbital Launch Site in USA.

Wakelin - James H Wakelin, Jr - American Manager -

Walchner - Otto Walchner - German Professor -

Waldheide-Neckarsulm - IRBM Base in Germany operated by USA.

Walheim - Rex Joseph Walheim - American Mission Specialist Astronaut - NASA Group 16 - 1996

Walker - Charles David Walker - American Payload Specialist Astronaut -

Walker AFB - ICBM Base in USA.

Walker Charles - Charles Walker - American Engineer -

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 -

Walleye - Air-to-surface missile - USA

Wallops Island - Orbital Launch Site in USA.

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 Daheng - Wang Daheng - Chinese Engineer -

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 Xiji - Wang Xiji - Chinese Engineer -

Wang Yongzhi - Wang Yongzhi - Chinese Engineer -

Wang Zhiyue - Wang Zhiyue - Chinese Pilot Yuhangyuan - Shuguang Group - 1970

Warren AFB - ICBM Base in USA.

Warsitz - Erich Warsitz - German Test pilot -

Wasielewski - Eugene W Wasielewski - American Manager -

Wasp - Sounding rocket - USA

Wasp AGM-124 - Air-to-surface missile - USA

Wasserfall - Surface-to-air missile - Germany

Waterman - Alan T Waterman - American Manager -

Watterson - John Brett Watterson - American Manned Spaceflight Engineer Astronaut - DoD Group 1 - 1979

Weapon Alpha - Anti-submarine missile - USA

Weapon Alpha - Anti-submarine missile - USA

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

Weber Andrae - Andrae H Weber - German Rocket engineer -

Weber Wolfgang - Wolfgang Weber - German Military officer -

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 -

Weissenborn - Weissenborn - German Engineer -

Weitz - Paul Joseph Weitz - American Pilot Astronaut - NASA Group 5 - 1966

Wells - H G Wells - British Writer -

Westar - Space Project - Communications -

Westar - Space Project - Communications -

Westford Needles - Spacecraft - Communications - Passive - USA

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

Wheelus AFB - IRCM Base in Libya operated by USA.

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)

White Robert M - Robert M White - American Manager -

White Sands - Suborbital Launch Site in USA.

Whitehead - Clay T Whitehead - American Manager -

Whiteman AFB - ICBM Base in USA.

Whitson - Peggy Annette Whitson - American Mission Specialist Astronaut - NASA Group 16 - 1996

Why go to space? - article - If the Sun Dies

Wide Field Infrared Explorer - Spacecraft - Astronomy - Infrared - USA - See WIRE

Wiedemann Hans - Hans Johann Wiedemann - German Rocket engineer -

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

Wiley Post Suit - Spacecraft - Manned - Space Suits - USA

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 Donald D - Donald D Williams - American Manager -

Williams Jeffrey - Jeffrey Nels Williams - American Mission Specialist Astronaut - NASA Group 16 - 1996

Williams Walter - Walter C Williams - American Manager -

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 Charles Erwin - Charles Erwin "Engine Charlie" Wilson - American Manager -

Wilson Chuck - Charles (Chuck) Wilson - American Engineer -

Wind - Spacecraft - Earth - Magnetosphere - USA

Winged - Launch Vehicle Family

Winged Gemini - Spacecraft - Manned - Spaceplane - USA

Winged Saturn V - Winged orbital launch vehicle - USA

Winged Titan - Winged orbital launch vehicle - USA

Winkler - Johannes Winkler - German German Engineer -

Winskowski Henrik - Henrik Winskowski - German Rocket engineer -

Wintergerst Alfred - Alfred Wintergerst - German Engineer -

Wintergerst Erich - Erich Wintergerst - 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 -

Wohlfahrt Kurt - Kurt Wohlfahrt - German Engineer -

Wolf - Dr David Alan Wolf - Jewish American Mission Specialist Astronaut - NASA Group 13 - 1990

Wolff Waldemar - Waldemar Wolff - German Ballistics expert -

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 - Orbital launch vehicle - USA

WorldSpace - Space Project - Communications -

WorldSpace - Space Project - Communications -

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

Wright John - John David Wright - American Manager -

WS 107A-1 - Intermediate range ballistic missile - USA - See Atlas A

WS 133B - Intercontinental ballistic missile - USA - See Minuteman 2

WS 140A - Air-to-surface missile - USA - See SRAM

WS-104A - Intercontinental cruise missile - USA - See Navaho G-38

WS-199 - Anti-ballistic missile - USA - See Bold Orion

WSF - Spacecraft - Materials - - USA

WST - Spacecraft - Astronomy - Visible - USA

Wu ChengKang - Wu ChengKang - Chinese Engineer -

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 -

Wurster Carl - Carl Wurster - German Engineer -

Wurster Hermann - Hermann Wurster - German Rocket engineer -

Wuzhai - Orbital Launch Site in China. - See Taiyuan

Wyatt - DeMarquis D Wyatt - American Manager -

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