People Index - V
  • Valier. - Max Valier.  German Engineer. (1895 February 9 - 1930 May 17). 
  • Valkov. - Konstantin Anatolyevich Valkov.  Russian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1971 November 11. 
  • Van Allen. - James A Van Allen.  American Scientist. (1914 September 7 - 2006 August 9). 
  • van den Berg. - Dr Lodewijk van den Berg.  American Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1932 March 24.  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 7.01 days.
  • van Hoften. - Dr James Dougal Adrianus (Ox) van Hoften.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1944 June 11.  Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 14.08 days.
  • Van Horn. - William L Van Horn.  Mangaer. (1931 May 24 - 1997 November 12).  Program Director for the Atlas Weapon System.
  • Vance. - Cyrus R Vance.  American Manager. Born 1917. 
  • Vandenberg Hoyt. - Hoyt S Vandenberg.  American Manager. (1899 - 1954 April 2). 
  • Vandersee. - Fritz Vandersee.  Rocket engineer. (1918 June 22 - 1975 March 1).  Member of the German Rocket Team in the United States after World War II.
  • Vangen. - Scott Duane Vangen.  American Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1959 December 12. 
  • Varlamov. - Valentin Stepanovich Varlamov.  Russian Pilot Cosmonaut. (1934 August 15 - 1980 October 2). 
  • Vasilyev. - Anatoli Alekeseyevich Vasilyev.  Russian Military Officer. (1921 November 28 - 1973 November 12).  Commander of GURVO 1964-1967.
  • Vasyutin. - Vladimir Vladimirovich Vasyutin.  Russian Pilot Cosmonaut. (1952 March 8 - 2002 July 20).  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 64.91 days.
  • Veach. - Charles Lacy Veach.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. (1944 September 18 - 1995 October 3).  Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 18.18 days.
  • Verne. - Jules Verne.  French Writer. (1828 - 1905). 
  • Vernov. - Sergei Nikolayevich Vernov.  Russian Scientist. (1910 July 11 - 1982 September 26).  Director of NII-Yash of Moscow State University 1960-1982.
  • Vershinin. - Konstantin Andreyevich Vershinin.  Russian Military Officer. (1900 June 3 - 1973 December 30).  Commander of Air Force 1957-1969.
  • Vetoshkin. - Sergei Ivanovich Vetoshkin.  Russian Government Official. (1905 September 25 - 1991 July 19).  First Deputy Chairman of Military-industrial Commission 1958-1965.
  • Victory. - John F Victory.  American Manager. (1893 - 1975). 
  • Vidrine. - David Matthew Vidrine.  American Manned Spaceflight Engineer Astronaut. Born 1943 November 21. 
  • Viebach. - Fritz Viebach.  Rocket technician. (1907 - 1961).  Member of German Rocket Team in the Soviet Union after World War II.
  • Viehboeck. - Franz Artur Viehboeck.  Austrian Engineer Cosmonaut. Born 1960 August 24.  First Austrian astronaut. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 7.93 days.
  • Viktorenko. - Aleksandr Stepanovich Viktorenko.  Russian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1947 March 29.  489 cumulative days in space. Number of Flights: 4.00. Total Time: 489.07 days.
  • Vilter. - Hans-Albert Vilter.  Rocket technician. Member of German Rocket Team in the Soviet Union after World War II.
  • Vinogradov. - Pavel Vladimirovich Vinogradov.  Russian Engineer Cosmonaut. Born 1953 August 31.  380 cumulative days in space. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 380.68 days.
  • Vinogradov Aleksandr. - Aleksandr Pavlovich Vinogradov.  Russian Scientist. (1895 August 21 - 1975).  Director of Institute of Chemical and Analytical Chemistry.
  • Vinzant. - Allen Vinzant.  American Engineer. Born 1931 September 1.  Chief engineer for interfacing the Centaur upper stage with the Titan 4 launch vehicle.
  • Virts. - Terry Wayne Virts Jr.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1967 December 1. 
  • Viso. - Michel Yves Viso.  French Biologist Cosmonaut. Born 1951 June 16. 
  • Viste. - Norman Duane Viste.  American Engineer. Born 1939 September 24.  Chief Engineer for Atlas III and V
  • Vitka. - Vladimir Andreyevich Vitka.  Russian Engineer. (1901 November 19 - 1989 January 10).  First Deputy Chief Designer 1954-1961 of Glushko design bureau.
  • Vitruk. - Andrei Avksentyevich Vitruk.  Russian Military Officer. (1906 - 1987).  Major General, Chief of KIK Space Tracking Network 1956-1959.
  • Vittori. - Roberto Vittori.  Italian Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1964 October 15.  Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 19.78 days.
  • Vladimirskiy. - Sergei Mikhailovich Vladimirskiy.  Russian Government Official. Deputy Minister of Radio-Technical Industries 1954-1979.
  • Vogt. - Richard Vogt.  Missile designer. (1894 - 1979). 
  • Voigt. - Voigt.  Rocket engineer. Member of German Rocket Team in France after World War II.
  • Volk. - Igor Petrovich Volk.  Ukrainian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1937 April 12.  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 11.80 days.
  • Volkov. - Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov.  Russian Engineer Cosmonaut. (1935 November 23 - 1971 June 30).  Member of first crew to stay aboard a space station, however perished during landing. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 28.71 days.
  • Volkov Aleksandr. - Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov.  Ukrainian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1948 April 27.  Father of cosmonaut Sergei Volkov. 391 cumulative days in space. Number of Flights: 3.00. Total Time: 391.50 days.
  • Volkov Sergey. - Sergey Aleksandrovich Volkov.  Ukrainian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1973 April 1.  Son of cosmonaut Aleksandr Volkov.
  • Voloshin. - Valeri Abramovich Voloshin.  Russian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1942 April 24. 
  • Volynkin. - Yuvenaliy Mikhailovich Volynkin.  Russian Military Officer. Born 1907 February 7.  Director of Institute of Aviation and Space Medicine 1960-1969.
  • Volynov. - Boris Valentinovich Volynov.  Russian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1934 December 18.  Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 52.30 days.
  • Von Braun. - Wernher Von Braun.  American Engineer. (1912 March 23 - 1977 June 16).  Leader of the German Rocket Team that developed the world's first ballistic missile, and later the Saturn rockets that took America to the moon.
  • Von Braun Magnus. - Freiherr Magnus von Braun.  Rocket engineer. (1919 May 10 - 2003 June 21).  Member of the German Rocket Team in the United States after World War II.
  • Von Doepp. - Phillip Von Doepp.  Rocket engineer. (1885 May 8 - 1967 October 15). 
  • von Karman. - Theodore von Karman.  American Scientist. (1881 - 1963). 
  • Vorobyov. - Lev Vasilyevich Vorobyov.  Russian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1931 February 24. 
  • Voronin. - Grigoriy Ivanovich Voronin.  Russian Engineer. (1906 December 21 - 1987).  Chief Designer 1939-1985 of OKB-124.
  • Voronov. - Anatoli Fyodorovich Voronov.  Russian Navigator Cosmonaut. (1930 June 11 - 1993 October 31). 
  • Voronov Nikolai. - Nikolai Nikolayevich Voronov.  Russian Military Officer. (1899 - 1968 February 28).  Commander of Artillery forces 1941-1950.
  • Voskresenskiy. - Leonid Aleksandrovich Voskresenskiy.  Russian Engineer. (1913 July 14 - 1965 December 15).  Deputy Chief Designer 1953-1964 of Korolev design bureau.
  • Voskresensky. - Voskresensky.  Soviet Physician Cosmonaut.
  • Voss. - James Shelton (Jim) Voss.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1949 March 3.  Number of Flights: 5.00. Total Time: 202.23 days.
  • Voss Janice. - Dr Janice Elaine Voss.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1956 October 8.  Engineer, tied for female record for number of space missions. Number of Flights: 5.00. Total Time: 49.16 days.
  • Voss Werner. - Werner Voss.  Engineer. (1913 June 25 - 1993 July 1).  Member of the German Rocket Team in the United States after World War II.
  • Votintsev. - Yuri Vsevolodovich Votintsev.  Russian Military Officer. Born 1919.  First Commander of PRO/PKO forces 1967-1985.
  • Vowe. - Theo Vowe.  Engineer. (1904 June 25 - 1989 June 7).  Member of the German Rocket Team in the United States after World War II.
  • Voznyuk. - Vasili Ivanovich Voznyuk.  Russian Military Officer. (1907 - 1976 September 12).  Commander of Kapustin Yar from 1946 to 1973.
  • Vozovikov. - Sergei Yuriyevich Vozovikov.  Russian Pilot Cosmonaut. (1958 April 17 - 1993 July 11). 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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