People Index - D
  • Dadieu. - Armin Dadieu.  Rocket expert.
  • Dahm. - Werner Dahm.  Rocket engineer. Member of the German Rocket Team in the United States after World War II.
  • Dailey. - John R Dailey.  American Manager.
  • Dana. - William Harvey 'Bill' Dana.  American Pilot Test Pilot. Born 1930 November 3.  Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 0.0140 days.
  • Danchik. - Robert J Danchik.  Engineer. Born 1933. 
  • Dannenberg. - Konrad Dannenberg.  Engineer. Born 1912 August 5.  Member of the German Rocket Team in the United States after World War II.
  • Darevskiy. - Sergei Grigoryevich Darevskiy.  Russian Engineer. Chief Designer 1965-1975 of Special OKB of Gromov LII.
  • Daus. - Daus.  Engineer.
  • Davies. - Merton E Davies.  American Scientist. (1917 September 13 - 2001 April 17). 
  • Davis. - Dr Nancy Jan Davis.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1953 November 1.  Engineer, was married to astronaut Mark Lee, part of first married couple to fly in space together. Number of Flights: 3.00. Total Time: 28.09 days.
  • Day. - Melvin Sherman Day.  American Manager. (1923 July 29 - 1986 July 1). 
  • De Beek. - Gerd Wilhelm De Beek.  Rocket engineer. (1904 July 13 - 1989 December 2).  Member of the German Rocket Team in the United States after World War II.
  • de Bergerac. - Cyrano de Bergerac.  French Writer. (1619 - 1655). 
  • De Winne. - Frank De Winne.  Belgian Physician Astronaut. Born 1961 April 25.  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 10.87 days.
  • DeArmond. - Frank Maxton DeArmond.  American Manned Spaceflight Engineer Astronaut. Born 1954 November 27. 
  • Debus. - Kurt Heinrich Debus.  American Manager. (1908 November 29 - 1983 October 4).  Director of Launch Operations during the Apollo program; member of the German Rocket Team in the United States after World War II.
  • Dediu. - Dumitru Dediu.  Romanian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1942 May 12. 
  • Dedkov. - Anatoli Ivanovich Dedkov.  Belarusian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1944 July 24. 
  • DeFrance. - Smith J DeFrance.  American Engineer. (1896 January 19 - 1985 May 6). 
  • Degenkolb. - Gerd Degenkolb.  Phantom cosmonaut.
  • Degtyarov. - Dr Vladimir Aleksandrovich Degtyarov.  Russian Physician Cosmonaut. Born 1932 April 4. 
  • DeLucas. - Dr Lawrence (Larry) James DeLucas.  American Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1950 July 11.  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 13.81 days.
  • Dementiev. - Petr Vasilyevich Dementiev.  Russian Government Official. (1907 January 24 - 1977 May 14).  Minister of Aviation Industry 1953-1977.
  • Demin. - Lev Stepanovich Demin.  Russian Engineer Cosmonaut. (1926 January 11 - 1998 December 18).  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 2.01 days.
  • Dempsey. - James Raymon Dempsey.  American Manager. Born October 1921.  Headed development of the Atlas missile at Convair.
  • Demyanenko. - Anatoly Pavlovich Demyanenko.  Soviet Engineer Cosmonaut. (1942 - 1971). 
  • Denner. - Denner.  Major in the Army.
  • Denver. - John Denver.  American. (1943 December 31 - 1997 October 12).  Pop singer who sought to fly into space before his death in an air crash.
  • Deppe. - Hans Deppe.  Rocket engineer. Member of the German Rocket Team in the United States after World War II.
  • Detroye. - Jeffrey Eliot Detroye.  American Manned Spaceflight Engineer Astronaut. Born 1955 January 14. 
  • Dettmering. - Wilhelm Heinrich Dettmering.  Professor. Born 1912. 
  • Deucker. - Deucker.  Rocket technician. Member of German Rocket Team in France after World War II.
  • Deutch. - John Deutch.  American Manager. Born 1938. 
  • Dezhurov. - Vladimir Nikolayevich Dezhurov.  Russian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1962 July 30.  Made nine spacewalks. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 244.23 days.
  • Dhom. - Friedrich Dhom.  Rocket engineer. (1909 January 1 - 1988 September 18).  Member of the German Rocket Team in the United States after World War II.
  • Dietrich. - Jan Dietrich.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1926.  Pilot. One of the Mercury 13 - never entered training.
  • Dietrich Marion. - Marion Dietrich.  American Pilot Astronaut. (1926 - December 1974).  Pilot. One of the Mercury 13 - never entered training.
  • Digges. - Thomas Digges.  British Scientist. (1576 - 1576). 
  • Disney. - Walt Disney.  American Artist. (1901 - 1966). 
  • Dittmar. - Heinrich Dittmar.  Test pilot.
  • Dixon. - Thomas F Dixon.  American Engineer. Born 1926. 
  • Dmitriev. - Igor Fedorovich Dmitriev.  Russian Government Official. Born 1909.  First Deputy Chief, Central Committee Defence Industries Department, 1965-1981.
  • Dmitriev Pavel. - Pavel Pavlovich Dmitriev.  Russian Military Officer. Born 1924.  Director of Russian Institute for Radio Navigation and Timing, 1969-1984.
  • Dobrick. - Werner Dobrick.  Rocket engineer. Member of the German Rocket Team in the United States after World War II.
  • Dobrokvashina. - Dr Yelena Ivanovna Dobrokvashina.  Russian Physician Cosmonaut. Born 1947 October 8.  Physician.
  • Dobrovolsky. - Georgi Timofeyevich Dobrovolsky.  Russian Pilot Cosmonaut. (1928 June 1 - 1971 June 30).  Member of first crew to stay aboard a space station, however perished during landing. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 23.77 days.
  • Doi. - Dr Takao Doi.  Japanese Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1954 September 18.  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 15.69 days.
  • Dokhov. - Mikhail Tutovich Dokhov.  Russian Military Officer. Born 1932.  Chief of Centre for Automated Systems at GNITs MO Space Tracking Centre 1982-1990.
  • Dolgopolov. - Gennadi Aleksandrovich Dolgopolov.  Russian Engineer Cosmonaut. Born 1935 November 14. 
  • Dolgov. - Piotr Dolgov.  Phantom cosmonaut.
  • Dolgov Aleksey. - Aleksey Mikhailovich Dolgov.  Russian Military Officer. Born 1930.  Major General, served in key positions at Kapustin Yar, Baikonur, and the defence industry.
  • Dollhopf. - Dollhopf.  Rocket engineer. Member of German Rocket Team in France after World War II.
  • Domrachev. - Aleksandr Vasiliyevich Domrachev.  Russian Government Official. (1906 October 1 - 1961 January 26).  First Chairman of GKOT 1951-1958.
  • Donovan. - Allen Frances Donovan.  American Engineer. Born 1914. 
  • Doolittle. - James H Doolittle.  American Manager. (1896 December 14 - 1993 September 27). 
  • Dore. - Frank J Dore.  American Engineer. Born 1924 December 14.  Atlas engineering manager.
  • Dorman. - Bernhardt L Dorman.  American Engineer. (1907 July 30 - 1999 March 27).  Key Aerojet employee, 1943-1972.
  • Dornberger. - Gen Dr.-Ing E h Walter Robert Dornberger.  American Manager. (1895 - 1980). 
  • Dorofeyev. - Boris Arkadyevich Dorofeyev.  Russian Engineer. (1927 November 25 - 1999 July 9).  Deputy Chief Designer of Korolev design bureau. Chief Designer for N1 rocket 1972-1974.
  • Dragun. - Dmitri Konstantinovich Dragun.  Russian Engineer. From 1996 General Director and General Designer OKB Vympel.
  • Draper. - Charles Stark Draper.  American Engineer. (1901 October 2 - 1987 July 1).  Pioneered development of inertial navigation systems in the United States and designed the Apollo navigation system.
  • Drawe. - Gerhardt Drawe.  Rocket engineer. (1910 November 5 - 1996 June 15).  Member of the German Rocket Team in the United States after World War II.
  • Drew. - Benjamin Alvin Drew.  American Engineer Astronaut. Born 1962 November 5.  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 12.75 days.
  • Drew Russell. - Russell C Drew.  American Scientist. Born 1931. 
  • Drews Erich. - Erich Drews.  Coppersmith. Born 1912 March 6.  Member of the German Rocket Team in the Soviet Union after World War II.
  • Drobov. - Serfaim Alekseyevich Drobov.  Russian Military Officer. (1908 - 1995).  Lieutenant-General, leading Soviet scientist in area of space communications.
  • Druzhinin. - Mikhail Ivanovich Druzhinin.  Russian Military Officer. (1920 - 1996).  Colonel-General, Head of the Political Section at Baikonur 1963-1969.
  • Dryden. - Hugh L Dryden.  American Manager. (1898 - 1965). 
  • Du Jincheng. - Du Jincheng.  Chinese Pilot Yuhangyuan. Born 1949. 
  • Dubovik. - A F Dubovik.  Russian Military Officer.
  • DuBridge. - Lee A DuBridge.  American Scientist. (1901 September 21 - 1994 January 23). 
  • Duerr. - Friedrich Duerr.  Rocket engineer. (1909 January 26 - 2000 December 20).  Member of the German Rocket Team in the United States after World War II.
  • Duffy. - Brian J Duffy.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1953 June 20.  Number of Flights: 4.00. Total Time: 40.73 days.
  • Duke. - Charles Moss (Charlie) Duke Jr.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1935 October 3.  Tenth person to walk on the moon. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 11.08 days.
  • Dulles. - Allen W Dulles.  American Manager. (1888 - 1959). 
  • Dunbar. - Dr Bonnie Jeanne Dunbar.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1949 March 3.  Engineer, tied for female record for number of space missions. Was married to astronaut Ronald Sega. Number of Flights: 5.00. Total Time: 50.35 days.
  • Dunlap. - Dr Alexander William Dunlap.  American Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1960 July 15. 
  • Dunn. - Louis G Dunn.  American Scientist. (1908 November 4 - August 1979).  At Ramo-Woolridge headed oversight of development of the Thor, Titan, Atlas, and Minuteman missiles for the USAF
  • Duque. - Pedro Francisco Duque.  Spanish Engineer Cosmonaut. Born 1963 March 14.  First Spanish astronaut. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 18.78 days.
  • Durant. - Frederick C Durant III.  American Scientist. Born 1916. 
  • Durrance. - Dr Samuel (Sam) Thornton Durrance.  American Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1943 September 17.  Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 25.59 days.
  • Dutton. - James Patrick Dutton Jr.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1968 November 20. 
  • Dzhanibekov. - Vladimir Aleksandrovich Dzhanibekov.  Russian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1942 May 13.  Number of Flights: 5.00. Total Time: 145.67 days.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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