People Index - P
  • Pabst. - Otto Pabst.  Ramjet expert.
  • Pace. - Frank Pace, Jr.  American Manager. (1912 July 5 - 1988 January 8). 
  • Padalka. - Gennadi Ivanovich Padalka.  Russian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1958 June 21.  386 cumulative days in space. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 386.57 days.
  • Paetz. - Robert Heinrich Karl Paetz.  Rocket engineer. (1909 August 13 - 1998 July 9).  Member of the German Rocket Team in the United States after World War II.
  • Page. - Edgar Page.  Irish Manager. Born 1935. 
  • Pailes. - William Arthur Pailes.  American Manned Spaceflight Engineer Astronaut. Born 1952 June 26.  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 4.07 days.
  • Paine. - Thomas O Paine.  American Manager. (1921 November 9 - 1992 May 4). 
  • Pak. - Zinoviy Petrovich Pak.  Russian Engineer. General Director of LNPO Soyuz 1989-1996.
  • Pakhomov. - A K Pakhomov.  Test pilot.
  • Palaoro. - Hans Rudolf Palaoro.  Rocket engineer. (1919 February 25 - 1994 July 21).  Member of the German Rocket Team in the United States after World War II.
  • Pallo. - Vladimir Vladimirovich Pallo.  Russian Engineer. Deputy Chief Designer of Chelomei Bureau Filial 1.
  • Panchenko. - Yevgeniy Ivanovich Panchenko.  Russian Military Officer. Born 1927.  Lieutenant General, First Deputy Chief of Main Directorate of NKS 1986-1987.
  • Parazynski. - Dr Scott Edward Parazynski.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1961 July 28.  Number of Flights: 5.00. Total Time: 57.65 days.
  • Parin. - Vasili Vasilyevich Parin.  Russian Scientist. (1903 March 18 - 1971 June 15).  Director of IMBP 1965-1969.
  • Parise. - Dr Ronald Anthony (Ron) Parise.  American Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1951 May 24.  Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 25.59 days.
  • Parker. - Dr Robert Alan Ridley (Bob) Parker.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1936 December 14.  Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 19.29 days.
  • Parks. - Robert J Parks.  American Manager. Born 1922. 
  • Parsons. - John "Jack" Marvel Whiteside Parsons.  American Engineer. (1914 October 2 - 1952 June 17).  Early American rocket pioneer; co-founder of Aerojet, inventor of solid rocket propellant and American inventor of the storable liquid rocket engine.
  • Parsons John. - John F Parsons.  American Manager. (1908 - 1969). 
  • Pashkov. - Georgi Nikolayevich Pashkov.  Russian Government Official. Born 1911.  Deputy Chairman of Military-Industrial Commission 1957-1970.
  • Patat. - Frederic Patat.  French Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1958 June 24. 
  • Paton. - Boris Yevgenyevich Paton.  Russian Engineer. Born 1918 November 27.  Director of Institute of Electrical Welding from 1953.
  • Patrick. - Nicholas James MacDonald Patrick.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1964 March 22.  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 12.86 days.
  • Patsayev. - Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev.  Russian Engineer Cosmonaut. (1933 June 19 - 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.
  • Patt. - Kurt Paul Erich Patt.  Rocket engineer. (1913 March 18 - 1969 April 1).  Member of the German Rocket Team in the United States after World War II.
  • Patterson. - William Howell Patterson.  American Engineer. (1917 - 1999).  Part of the Atlas management team.
  • Pauer. - Walter Pauer.  Thermodynamics expert. Born 1887.  Member of German Rocket Team in the Soviet Union after World War II.
  • Paul. - Hans Paul.  Rocket engineer. (1909 April 15 - 1980 May 5).  Member of the German Rocket Team in the United States after World War II.
  • Paup. - John W Paup.  American. (1923 January 13 - 1968 May 1). 
  • Pawelczyk. - James Anthony 'Jim' Pawelczyk.  American Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1960 September 20.  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 15.91 days.
  • Payette. - Julie Payette.  Canadian Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1963 October 20.  Engineer. Second Canadian female astronaut. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 9.80 days.
  • Payton. - Gary Eugene Payton.  American Manned Spaceflight Engineer Astronaut. Born 1948 June 20.  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 3.06 days.
  • Peery. - David J Peery.  American Engineer. Born 1914.  Influential aerospace structures engineer; proved integrity of Atlas balloon tank.
  • Pehle. - Max Pehle.  Rocket technician. Born 1913.  Member of German Rocket Team in the Soviet Union after World War II.
  • Pelczak. - Oldrich Czecho Pelczak.  Czech Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1943 November 2. 
  • Pellerin. - Charles J Pellerin, Jr.  American Manager.
  • Pepping. - Raymond Austin Pepping.  American Manager. Born 1918.  Headed the Mercury, Gemini, and Skylab programs at McDonnell Saint Louis
  • Peralta y Fabi. - Ricardo Peralta y Fabi.  Mexican Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1950 August 15. 
  • Perkin. - Richard S Perkin.  American Manager. (1906 October 17 - 1969 May 1). 
  • Perrin. - Philippe Perrin.  French Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1963 January 6.  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 13.86 days.
  • Peters. - Heinrich Peters.  Professor.
  • Petersen. - Karl Petersen.  Rocket engineer.
  • Petersen Forrest. - Forrest Silas Petersen.  American Pilot Test Pilot. (1922 May 16 - 1990 December 8). 
  • Peterson. - Dr Donald Herod (Don) Peterson.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1933 October 22.  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 5.02 days.
  • Peterson Bruce. - Bruce A Peterson.  American Pilot Test Pilot. (1933 May 23 - 2006 May 1). 
  • Petrone. - Rocco Petrone.  American Manager. (1926 March 31 - 2006 August 24). 
  • Petrov Boris. - Boris Nikolayevich Petrov.  Russian Scientist. (1913 March 11 - 1980 August 23). 
  • Petrov Georgi. - Georgi Ivanovich Petrov.  Russian Scientist. (1912 May 31 - 1987 May 17).  Director of Institute of Space Research 1965-1973.
  • Petrov V P. - Vladimir Petrovich Petrov.  Russian Engineer. Head and Chief Designer of the GSKB design bureau 1951-1963.
  • Petrovskiy. - Boris Vasilyevich Petrovskiy.  Russian Government Official. Born 1908 June 27.  Minister of Health from 1965 to 1980.
  • Petrushenko. - Aleksandr Yakovlevich Petrushenko.  Ukrainian Pilot Cosmonaut. (1942 January 1 - 1992 November 11). 
  • Pettit. - Donald Roy Pettit.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1955 April 20.  NASA astronaut to return to earth in a Russian spacecraft. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 161.05 days.
  • Petzold. - Walter Petzold.  Manager.
  • Philips Robert. - Dr Robert Ward Phillips.  American Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1929 January 21. 
  • Phillips. - John Lynch Phillips.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1951 April 15.  Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 190.91 days.
  • Phillips Samuel. - Samuel C Phillips.  American Manager. (1921 February 19 - 1990 January 31). 
  • Phoebus. - Clifford P Phoebus.  American Manager. (1910 May 11 - December 1984). 
  • Pickering. - William H Pickering.  American Manager. (1910 December 24 - 2004 March 15). 
  • Pierce. - John R Pierce.  American Manager. Born 1910. 
  • Pilyugin. - Nikolai Alekseyevich Pilyugin.  Russian Chief Designer. (1908 May 18 - 1982 August 2).  Chief Designer 1948-1982 of Nll-885 and NII AP.
  • Pilz. - Wolfgang Pilz.  Professor. (1911 - 1994).  Member of German Rocket Team in France after World War II; later worked in Egypt 1963-1963.
  • Pilz Arthur. - Arthur Pilz.  Rocket technician. Born 1912 June 8.  Member of the German Rocket Team in the Soviet Union after World War II.
  • Pisarev. - Viktor Mikhailovich Pisarev.  Russian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1941 August 15. 
  • Pitskhelauri. - Lado Vladimirovich Pitskhelauri.  Soviet Engineer Cosmonaut. Born 1932.  Was married to cosmonaut Tatiyana Kuznetsova..
  • Plathe. - Albert Plathe.  Engineer.
  • Pleshakov. - Petr Stepanovich Pleshakov.  Russian Government Official. (1922 July 13 - 1987 September 11).  Director of TsNII-108 1958-1964. Minister of Radio Industry 1974-1987.
  • Pobedonostsev. - Yuri Aleksandrovich Pobedonostsev.  Russian Engineer. (1907 February 7 - 1973 October 1).  Chief Engineer 1946-49 of Nll-88. Later Chief Engineer of Nll-125.
  • Pogue. - William Reid (Bill) Pogue.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1930 January 23.  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 84.05 days.
  • Poindexter. - Alan Goodwin Poindexter.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1961 November 5. 
  • Pokrovskiy. - Aleksei Vasilyevich Pokrovskiy.  Russian Military Officer. (1903 - 1988).  Director of Institute of Aviation and Space Medicine from the 1940s to 1959.
  • Pokrovskiy Boris. - Boris Antolyevich Pokrovskiy.  Russian Military Officer. Born 1923.  Colonel, Deputy Chief of Center for the KIK Space Tracking System for Material Support.
  • Polansky. - Mark Lewis 'Roman' Polansky.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1956 June 2.  Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 25.75 days.
  • Poletaev. - Boris Ivanovich Poletaev.  Russian Engineer. General Director and Chief Designer of KB Arsenal
  • Polishchuk. - Aleksandr Fyodorovich Polishchuk.  Russian Engineer Cosmonaut. Born 1953 October 30.  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 179.03 days.
  • Polonski. - Anatoly Borisovich Polonski.  Russian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1956. 
  • Polukhin. - Dmitri Alekseyevich Polukhin.  Russian Engineer. (1927 March 12 - 1993 September 7).  Chief Designer 1973-1993 of Chelomei design bureau Filial 1.
  • Polyakov. - Dr Valeri Vladimirovich Polyakov.  Russian Physician Cosmonaut. Born 1942 April 27.  Longest single space flight (437 days). 678 cumulative days in space. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 678.69 days.
  • Polyakov Boris. - Boris Ivanovich Polyakov.  Russian Physician Cosmonaut. Born 1938 May 10. 
  • Ponomarev. - Maksim Vladimirovich Ponomarev.  Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1980 February 20. 
  • Ponomaryov. - Yuri Anatoyevich Ponomaryov.  Russian Engineer Cosmonaut. (1932 March 24 - 2005 April 16).  Was married to astronaut Valentina Ponomaryova.
  • Ponomaryova. - Valentina Leonidovna Ponomaryova.  Ukrainian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1933 September 18.  Pilot, engineer. Was married to astronaut Yuri Ponomaryov.
  • Pontes. - Marcos Cesar Pontes.  Brazilian Pilot Astronaut. Born 1963 March 11.  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 9.89 days.
  • Popov. - Leonid Ivanovich Popov.  Ukrainian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1945 August 31.  Number of Flights: 3.00. Total Time: 200.62 days.
  • Popovich. - Pavel Romanovich Popovich.  Ukrainian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1930 October 5.  Commander of first military space station mission. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 18.69 days.
  • Popovich Marina. - Marina Lavrentrevna Vasliyevna Popovich.  Pilot. Born 1931 July 20. 
  • Poppel. - Theodor Anton Poppel.  Rocket engineer. (1918 May 27 - 1986 March 2).  Member of the German Rocket Team in the United States after World War II.
  • Porter. - Richard W Porter.  American Engineer. (1913 March 24 - 1996 October 6). 
  • Porvatkin. - Nikolai Stepanovich Porvatkin.  Russian Engineer Cosmonaut. Born 1932 April 15. 
  • Post. - Ferdinand Post.  Rocket engineer.
  • Potapov. - Dr Mikhail Georgiyevich Potapov.  Russian Physician Cosmonaut. Born 1952 October 28. 
  • Powell. - Cecil Powell.  American Pilot Test Pilot.
  • Power. - Thomas Power.  American Manager. (1905 June 18 - December 1970). 
  • Pozharskaya. - Dr Larisa Grigoryevna Pozharskaya (nee Vorobyova).  Russian Physician Cosmonaut. (1947 March 15 - 2002 February 18).  Physician.
  • Prahl. - Dr Joseph Markel Prahl.  American Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1943 March 30. 
  • Prandl. - Prandl.  Professor.
  • Prast. - J Prast.  Engineer.
  • Prasthofer. - Prasthofer.  Rocket engineer. Member of German Rocket Team in France after World War II.
  • Pravetskiy. - Vladimir Nikolayevich Pravetskiy.  Russian Government Official. Chief of Third Chief Directorate in Ministry of Health.
  • Precourt. - Charles Joseph (Charlie) Precourt.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1955 June 29.  Number of Flights: 4.00. Total Time: 38.84 days.
  • Preobrazhensky. - Vladimir Yevgenyevich Preobrazhensky.  Russian Engineer Cosmonaut. (1939 February 3 - 1993 November 25). 
  • Preyer. - Hans D Preyer.  Rocket engineer.
  • Prier. - Erich Prier.  Engineer. (1912 - 1989). 
  • Prikhodko. - Yuri Victorovich Prikhodko.  Russian Pilot Cosmonaut. (1953 November 15 - 2001 July 25). 
  • Prinz. - Dr Dianne Kasnic Prinz.  American Payload Specialist Astronaut. (1938 September 29 - 2002 October 12).  Physicist.
  • Prokopov. - Nikolai Afansyevich Prokopov.  Russian Military Officer. (1921 - 1960 October 24).  Colonel, Deputy Chief Third Directorate of GURVO in 1960.
  • Pronina. - Irina Rudolfovna Pronina.  Russian Engineer Cosmonaut. Born 1953 April 14.  Engineer.
  • Prophett. - Philip M Prophett.  American Engineer. (1917 August 30 - 1999 March 13).  Convair chief test pilot; took Atlas ICBM base activation through its most critical phase.
  • Protchenko. - Sergey Filipovich Protchenko.  Russian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1947 January 3. 
  • Prunariu. - Dumitru Dorin Prunariu.  Romanian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1952 September 27.  First Rumanian astronaut. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 7.86 days.
  • Ptolemy. - Claudius Ptolemy.  Greek Scientist. (fl.127 - 145). 
  • Puchkov. - Aleksandr Sergeyevich Puchkov.  Russian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1948 October 15. 
  • Puckett. - Allen E Puckett.  American Manager. Born 1919. 
  • Puellenberg. - Albert Puellenberg.  German Engineer. Born 1913 July 3. 
  • Pushenko. - Nikolay Alekseyevich Pushenko.  Russian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1952 August 10. 
  • Pustovyi. - Dr Yaroslav Ihorovych Pustovyi.  Ukrainian Engineer Astronaut. Born 1970 December 29. 
  • Putze Oswald. - Oswald Putze.  Rocket engineer. Born 1900 August 28.  Member of the German Rocket Team in the Soviet Union after World War II.
  • Puz. - Craig Anton Puz.  American Manned Spaceflight Engineer Astronaut. Born 1954 June 24. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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