People Index - W
  • Wachtel. - Max Wachtel.  Military officer.
  • Wade. - David Wade.  American Manager. Born 1910. 
  • Wahmke. - Wahmke.  Propulsion expert. Rocket pioneer
  • Wakata. - Koichi Wakata.  Japanese Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1963 August 1.  Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 21.82 days.
  • Wakelin. - James H Wakelin, Jr.  American Manager. (1911 May 6 - 1990 December 21). 
  • Walchner. - Otto Walchner.  Professor.
  • Walheim. - Rex Joseph Walheim.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1962 October 10.  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 10.82 days.
  • Walker. - Charles David Walker.  American Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1948 August 29.  Number of Flights: 3.00. Total Time: 19.91 days.
  • Walker Charles. - Charles Walker.  American Engineer. Born 1925 May 1.  Part of Atlas management team.
  • Walker Dave. - David Mathieson (Dave) Walker.  American Pilot Astronaut. (1944 May 20 - 2001 April 23).  Number of Flights: 4.00. Total Time: 30.19 days.
  • Walker Joseph. - Joseph Albert Walker.  American Pilot Test Pilot. (1921 February 20 - 1966 June 8).  Number of Flights: 3.00. Total Time: 0.0223 days.
  • Walker Shannon. - Shannon Walker.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1965 June 4.  Astrophysicist.
  • Wallace. - Fred Wallace.  American Engineer. Born 1922 August 1.  Atlas Chief of Test Operations at Sycamore Canyon.
  • Walpot. - Heike Walpot.  German Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1960 June 19.  Physician.
  • Walter. - Dr Ulrich Hans Walter.  German Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1954 February 9.  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 9.99 days.
  • Walther. - Walther.  Rocket technician. Member of German Rocket Team in France after World War II.
  • Walz. - Carl Erwin Walz.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1955 September 6.  Number of Flights: 4.00. Total Time: 230.54 days.
  • Wang. - Dr Taylor Gun-Jin Wang.  American Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1940 June 16.  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 7.01 days.
  • Wang Fuhe. - Wang Fuhe.  Chinese Pilot Yuhangyuan.
  • Wang Fuquan. - Wang Fuquan.  Chinese Pilot Yuhangyuan. Born 1939. 
  • Wang Quanbo. - Wang Quanbo.  Chinese Pilot Yuhangyuan.
  • Wang Rongsen. - Wang Rongsen.  Chinese Pilot Yuhangyuan. Born 1934. 
  • Wang Yongzhi. - Wang Yongzhi.  Chinese Engineer. Born 1931. 
  • Wang Zhiyue. - Wang Zhiyue.  Chinese Pilot Yuhangyuan. Born 1941. 
  • Warsitz. - Erich Warsitz.  Test pilot. (1906 - 1983). 
  • Wasielewski. - Eugene W Wasielewski.  American Manager. (1913 - 1972). 
  • Waterman. - Alan T Waterman.  American Manager. (1892 - 1967). 
  • Watterson. - John Brett Watterson.  American Manned Spaceflight Engineer Astronaut. Born 1949 September 10. 
  • Weaver. - Carol Lynn Belt Weaver.  American Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1953 January 30.  Payload Specialist.
  • Webb. - James E Webb.  American Manager. (1906 October 7 - 1992 March 27). 
  • Weber. - Dr Mary Ellen Weber.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1962 August 24.  Chemist. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 18.77 days.
  • Wegenroth. - Wegenroth.  Solid fuel ramjets.
  • Wehner. - R S Wehner.  American Engineer. Born 1915. 
  • Weidner. - Hermann Joachim Weidner.  Rocket engineer. Born 1912 August 27.  Member of the German Rocket Team in the United States after World War II.
  • Weinberger. - Caspar W Weinberger.  American Manager. Born 1917. 
  • Weiss. - Helmut Weiss.  Rocket engineer. Member of German Rocket Team in France after World War II.
  • Weissenborn. - Weissenborn.  Engineer. Member of German Rocket Team in France after World War II.
  • Weitz. - Paul Joseph Weitz.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1932 July 25.  Member of first successful space station mission. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 33.05 days.
  • Wells. - H G Wells.  British Writer. (1866 - 1946). 
  • Westphas. - Westphas.  Rocket engineer.
  • Wetherbee. - James Donald 'Wexbee' Wetherbee.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1952 November 27.  Flew in space six times. Number of Flights: 6.00. Total Time: 66.43 days.
  • Wexler. - Harry Wexler.  American Manager. (1911 - 1962). 
  • Wheelock. - Douglas Harry Wheelock.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1960 May 5.  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 15.10 days.
  • Whipple. - Fred L Whipple.  American Scientist. (1906 November 5 - 2004 August 30). 
  • Whitcomb. - Gordon P Whitcomb.  British Manager. Born 1940. 
  • White. - Edward Higgins (Ed) White II.  American Pilot Astronaut. (1930 November 14 - 1967 January 27).  First American to walk in space. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 4.08 days.
  • White Alvin. - Alvin Swauger White.  American Pilot Test Pilot. (1918 December 9 - 2006 April 29). 
  • White Robert. - Robert Michael White.  American Pilot Test Pilot. Born 1924 July 6.  First person to reach space in a rocketplane. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 0.0072 days.
  • Whitehead. - Clay T Whitehead.  American Manager.
  • Whitson. - Peggy Annette Whitson.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1960 February 9.  Biochemist, first female space station commander, American record for cumulative days in space. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 375.93 days.
  • Wiegand. - Heinrich Wiegand.  Engineer.
  • Wier. - Benjamin Wier.  American Engineer. Born 1927 August 1.  Atlas-E flight test conductor and later Deputy Program Manager.
  • Wiesemann. - Walter Fritz Wiesemann.  Rocket technician. (1920 August 30 - 2000 July 11).  Member of the German Rocket Team in the United States after World War II.
  • Wiesner. - Jerome B Wiesner.  American Manager. (1915 May 30 - 1994 October 21). 
  • Wigbels. - Lyn Wigbels.  American Manager. Born 1951. 
  • Wilcutt. - Terrence Wade (Terry) Wilcutt.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1949 October 31.  Number of Flights: 4.00. Total Time: 42.00 days.
  • Williams. - Sunita Lyn 'Suni' Williams.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1965 September 9.  US Navy test pilot. Flew longest duration single female space mission. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 194.75 days.
  • Williams Bill. - Bill Alvin Williams.  American Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1942 February 9. 
  • Williams Clifton. - Clifton Curtis Williams Jr.  American Pilot Astronaut. (1932 September 26 - 1967 October 5). 
  • Williams Dave. - Dr Dafydd Rhys (Dave) Williams.  Canadian Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1954 May 16.  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 15.91 days.
  • Williams Donald. - Donald Edward Williams.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1942 February 13.  Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 11.98 days.
  • Williams Donald D. - Donald D Williams.  American Manager. (1931 - 1966 February 21). 
  • Williams Jeffrey. - Jeffrey Nels Williams.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1958 January 18.  Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 192.79 days.
  • Williams Walter. - Walter C Williams.  American Manager. (1919 July 19 - 1995 October 7). 
  • Willner. - William Willner.  American Manager.
  • Wilmore. - Barry E Wilmore.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1962 December 29. 
  • Wilson. - Stephanie Diana Wilson.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1966 September 27.  Engineer. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 27.87 days.
  • Wilson Charles. - Charles E "Electric Charlie" Wilson.  American Manager. (1886 - 1972). 
  • Wilson Charles Erwin. - Charles Erwin "Engine Charlie" Wilson.  American Manager. (1890 July 18 - 1961 September 26). 
  • Wilson Chuck. - Charles (Chuck) Wilson.  American Engineer. Born 1925 April 12.  Atlas Space Booster Program Manager
  • Winkler. - Johannes Winkler.  German Engineer. (1897 May 29 - 1947 December 27). 
  • Winskowski Henrik. - Henrik Winskowski.  Rocket engineer. Born 1906 January 1.  Member of the German Rocket Team in the Soviet Union after World War II.
  • Wirth. - Wolfgang Wirth.  Professor.
  • Wisoff. - Peter Jeffrey Kelsay 'Jeff' Wisoff.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1958 August 16.  Was married to astronaut Tammy Jernigan. Number of Flights: 4.00. Total Time: 44.34 days.
  • Withee. - Wallace W Withee.  American Engineer. Born 1913 March 1.  Member of the Atlas management team; headed test operations.
  • Wittmann. - Albin Wittmann.  Engineer. (1907 November 17 - 1988 August 16).  Member of the German Rocket Team in the United States after World War II.
  • Woerdemann. - Hugo H Woerdemann.  Engineer. (1915 February 21 - 1999 June 24).  Member of the German Rocket Team in the United States after World War II.
  • Wohlfahrt Kurt. - Kurt Wohlfahrt.  Engineer. Born 1917.  Member of German Rocket Team in the Soviet Union after World War II.
  • Wolf. - Dr David Alan Wolf.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1956 August 23.  Number of Flights: 3.00. Total Time: 152.67 days.
  • Wolff Waldemar. - Waldemar Wolff.  Ballistics expert. Born 1894.  Member of German Rocket Team in the Soviet Union after World War II.
  • Wood. - James Wayne Wood.  American Pilot Astronaut. (1924 August 9 - 1990 January 1). 
  • Wood Nigel. - Nigel Richard Wood.  British Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1949 July 21. 
  • Wood Robert. - Robert James Wood.  American Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1957 June 26. 
  • Woodward. - Neil Whitney Woodward III.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1962 July 26. 
  • Woolams. - Jack Woolams.  American Pilot Test Pilot. (1917 - 1946 December 1). 
  • Wooldridge. - Dean E Wooldridge.  American Manager. (1913 May 30 - 2006 September 20). 
  • Worden. - Alfred Merrill Worden.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1932 February 7.  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 12.30 days.
  • Woytech. - Woytech.  Rocket engineer. Member of German Rocket Team in France after World War II.
  • Wozniak. - Frank Wozniak.  American Engineer. Born 1916 March 1.  Member of Atlas engineering team.
  • Wright. - Keith Charles Wright.  American Manned Spaceflight Engineer Astronaut. Born 1947 August 31. 
  • Wright John. - John David Wright.  American Manager. Born 1905. 
  • Wu Jie. - Wu Jie.  Chinese Pilot Yuhangyuan. Born October 1963. 
  • Wueterich. - Wuterich.  Rocket engineer. Member of German Rocket Team in France after World War II.
  • Wyatt. - DeMarquis D Wyatt.  American Manager. (1919 September 6 - 1996 August 13). 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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