- K - Spacecraft - Planetary - Mars Orbiter - Russia - See Kosmoplan
- K-1 - Submarine-launched ballistic missile - Russia - See R-21
- K10S - Rocket Engine - Japan - Solid propellant
- K150 - Rocket Engine - Japan - Solid propellant
- K150 - rocket - See Kappa
- K160 - Rocket Engine - Japan - Solid propellant
- K220 - Rocket Engine - Japan - Solid propellant
- K245 - rocket - See Kappa
- K250 - Rocket Engine - Japan - Solid propellant
- K420 - Rocket Engine - Japan - Solid propellant
- K420(1/3) - Rocket Engine - Japan - Solid propellant
- K65UP - - (Article Number) - See Kosmos 3
- Kachigan - Karl Kachigan - American Engineer -
- Kachur - Ivan Kachur - Phantom cosmonaut - Phantom Cosmonaut
- Kadena AB - IRCM Base in Japan operated by USA.
- Kadenyuk - Leonid Konstantinovich Kadenyuk - Ukrainian Pilot Cosmonaut - Air Force Group 6 - 1976, Chkalov Group 2 - 1988
- Kaguya - Spacecraft - Planetary - Lunar Orbiter - Japan
- Kaiser Wilhelm Geschuetz - Short range ballistic missile - Germany - See Paris Gun
- Kaitsat - Spacecraft - Technology - - Korea South - See Kitsat
- Kaituozhe-2A - - - See KT
- Kakehashi - Spacecraft - Communications - - Japan
- Kalashnikov - Aleksei Sergeyevich Kalashnikov - Russian Military Officer -
- Kaleri - Aleksandr Yuryevich Kaleri - Russian Engineer Cosmonaut - Energia Engineer Group 7 - 1984
- Kalmykov - Valeriy Dmitriyevich Kalmykov - Russian Government Official -
- Kamanin - Nikolai Petrovich Kamanin - Russian Military Officer -
- Kamm - Robert W Kamm - American Engineer -
- Kansk - ICBM Base in Russia.
- Kantrowitz - Arthur Kantrowitz - American Engineer -
- Kapani Tonneo - Suborbital Launch Site in Congo operated by Germany.
- Kaplan - Joseph Kaplan - American Scientist -
- Kappa - Sounding rocket - Japan
- Kappa 1 - Rocket Engine - Japan - Solid propellant
- Kappa 4 - Rocket Engine - Japan - Solid propellant
- Karas - Andrei Grigoryevich Karas - Russian Military Officer -
- Karashtin - Dr Vladimir Vladimirovich Karashtin - Russian Physician Cosmonaut - IMBP Group 5 - 1989
- Karmelava - IRBM Base in Lithuania operated by Russia.
- Karpov - Yevgeni Anatolyevich Karpov - Russian Military Officer -
- Karrask - Vladimir Konstantinovich Karrask - Russian Chief Designer -
- Kartashov - Anatoli Yakovlevich Kartashov - Russian Pilot Cosmonaut - Air Force Group 1 - 1960
- Kartukov - Ivan Ivanovich Kartukov - Russian Chief Designer -
- Kartukov LL - Rocket Engine - Russia - Solid propellant
- Kaschig - Erich Kaschig - German Rocket engineer -
- Katerinich - Mikhail Mikhailovich Katerinich - Russian Military Officer -
- Katorgin - Boris Ivanovich Katorgin - Russian Chief Designer -
- Katys - Georgiy Petrovich Katys - Russian Engineer Cosmonaut - Voskhod Group - 1964, Academy of Sciences Group 1 Supplemental - 1968
- Katyusha - Surface-to-surface missile - Russia
- Katz - Amron Harry Katz - American Scientist -
- Kauba - Kauba - German Rocket engineer -
- Kaufmann - Walther Kaufmann - German Professor -
- Kavandi - Dr Janet Lynn Kavandi - American Mission Specialist Astronaut - NASA Group 15 - 1995
- Kayser - Lutz T Kayser - German German Rocket engineer -
- KD2U-1 - Intermediate range cruise missile - USA - See Regulus 2
- KDU-1 - Intermediate range cruise drone - - See Regulus 1
- KDU-414 - Rocket Engine - Russia - Nitric acid/UDMH propellant
- KDU-426 - Rocket Engine - Russia - N2O4/UDMH propellant
- KE ASAT - Spacecraft - Military - ASAT - USA
- Keathley - William C Keathley - American Manager -
- Kehlet - Alan Bernard Kehlet - -
- Keiner - Keiner - German Rocket engineer -
- Keldysh - Mstislav Vsevolodovich Keldysh - Russian Scientist -
- Kellogg - William W Kellogg - American Scientist -
- Kelly - James McNeal (Vegas) Kelly - American Pilot Astronaut - NASA Group 16 - 1996
- Kelly Mark - Mark Edward Kelly - American Pilot Astronaut - NASA Group 16 - 1996
- Kelly Scott - Scott Joseph Kelly - American Pilot Astronaut - NASA Group 16 - 1996
- Kemper - J Kemper - German Captain, Military -
- Kemurdzhian - Rleksandr Leonovich Kemurdzhian - Russian Engineer -
- Kennan - Spacecraft - Surveillance - Military - USA - See KH-11
- Kennedy - John F Kennedy - American Manager -
- Kennedy Space Center - Orbital Launch Site in USA. - See Cape Canaveral
- Kensche - Heinz Kensche - German Test pilot -
- Kenya - Kenyan space history
- Kenyan space history - - See Kenya
- Kepler - Johannes Kepler - German Scientist -
- Kerguelen - Suborbital Launch Site in France.
- Kerimov - Kerim Aliyevich Kerimov - Russian Military Officer -
- Kershner - Robert B Kershner - American Engineer, mathematician -
- Kerwin - Dr Joseph Peter Kerwin - American Physician Astronaut - NASA Group 4 - 1965
- Kestrel - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/Kerosene propellant
- Kettler - Kettler - German Manager -
- Kety - Seymour S Kety - American Scientist -
- KEW-1 - Rocket Engine - USA - N2O4/MMH propellant
- KEW-2 - Rocket Engine - USA - N2O4/MMH propellant
- KEW-3 - Rocket Engine - USA - N2O4/MMH propellant
- KEW-4 - Rocket Engine - USA - N2O4/MMH propellant
- Keweenaw - Suborbital Launch Site in USA.
- Keyworth - George A Keyworth II - American Manager -
- KGB Dwarf - KGB Dwarf - Phantom cosmonaut - Phantom Cosmonaut
- KH-1 - Spacecraft - Surveillance - Military - USA
- Kh-101 - Air-to-surface missile - Russia - See 10Kh
- Kh-102 - Air-to-surface missile - Russia - See 10Kh
- KH-11 - Spacecraft - Surveillance - Military - USA
- KH-2 - Spacecraft - Surveillance - Military - USA
- KH-3 - Spacecraft - Surveillance - Military - USA
- KH-4 - Spacecraft - Surveillance - Military - USA
- KH-4A - Spacecraft - Surveillance - Military - USA
- KH-4B - Spacecraft - Surveillance - Military - USA
- KH-5 - Spacecraft - Surveillance - Military - USA
- KH-6 - Spacecraft - Surveillance - Military - USA
- KH-7 - Spacecraft - Surveillance - Military - USA
- KH-8 - Spacecraft - Surveillance - Military - USA
- KH-9 - Spacecraft - Surveillance - Military - USA
- Khaleed - Dr Faiz bin Khaleed - Malaysian Physician Cosmonaut -
- Khatami - IRBM Base in operated by .
- Khatulev - Vladimir Aleksandrovich Khatulev - Russian Engineer Cosmonaut - Almaz Engineer Group 3 - 1978
- Kheysa - Suborbital Launch Site in Russia.
- Khludeyev - Yevgeni Nikolayevich Khludeyev - Russian Engineer Cosmonaut - Air Force Group 3 - 1965
- Khokhlov - Nikolai Dmitriyevich Khokhlov - Russian Government Official -
- Khomyakov - Mikhail Stepanovich Khomyakov - Russian Engineer -
- Khristianovich - Sergei Aleksandrovich Khristianovich - Russian Scientist -
- Khrunichev - Mikhail Vasilyevich Khrunichev - Russian Government Official -
- Khrunov - Yevgeni Vassilyevich Khrunov - Russian Pilot Cosmonaut - Air Force Group 1 - 1960
- Khrushchev - Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev - Russian Government Official -
- KIar - KIar - German Rocket engineer -
- Kieffer - Kieffer - German Rocket engineer -
- Kiev - IRBM Base in Ukraine operated by Russia.
- Kikuchi - Ryoko Kikuchi - Japanese Journalist Cosmonaut - Japanese Commercial Group - 1989
- Killian - James R Killian, Jr, - American Manager -
- Kilrain - Susan Leigh Kilrain (nee Still) - Jewish American Pilot Astronaut - NASA Group 15 - 1995
- Kimball - Dan Able Kimball - American Manager -
- Kimbrough - Robert Shane Kimbrough - American Mission Specialist Astronaut - NASA Group 19 - 2004
- Kimotsuki - Orbital Launch Site in Japan. - See Kagoshima
- Kincheloe - Iven Carl Kincheloe - American Pilot Test Pilot - Man-In-Space-Soonest - 1958, Test Pilot (USAF)
- Kindelberger - James H 'Dutch' Kindelberger - American Engineer -
- Kindley - Suborbital Launch Site in UK.
- Kirari - Spacecraft - Communications - - Japan
- Kirillin - Vladimir Alekseyevich Kirillin - Russian Scientist -
- Kirillov - Anatoli Semenovich Kirillov - Russian Military Officer -
- Kiruna - Suborbital Launch Site in Sweden operated by Europe.
- Kiselyov Aleksandr - Dr Aleksandr Alekseyevich Kiselyov - Russian Physician Cosmonaut - Voskhod Physician Group - 1965
- Kisha Judi - rocket - See Cajun
- Kissinger - Henry A Kissinger - American Manager -
- Kisunko - Grigoriy Vasilyevich Kisunko - Russian Chief Designer -
- Kitsat - Spacecraft - Technology - - Korea South
- Kittaeryong - IRBM Base in Korea North. - See Gitdaeryung
- Kitten - Spacecraft - Manned - Spaceplane - USA
- Kitty - Sounding rocket - USA - See Arcas
- Kizim - Leonid Denissovich Kizim - Ukrainian Pilot Cosmonaut - Air Force Group 3 - 1965
- Kizlitsyn - N G Kizlitsyn - Russian Military Officer -
- Kizuna - Spacecraft - Communications - - Japan
- KK - Spacecraft - Manned - Mars Expedition - Russia
- KKO-15 - Spacecraft - Manned - Space Suits - Russia
- KKO-3 - Spacecraft - Manned - Space Suits - Russia
- KKO-5 - Spacecraft - Manned - Space Suits - Russia
- Klaus - Ernst E Klaus - German Rocket engineer -
- Kliewe - H Kliewe - German Professor -
- Klimuk - Pyotr Ilyich Klimuk - Belarusian Pilot Cosmonaut - Air Force Group 3 - 1965
- Klinger - Walter Klinger - German Rocket engineer -
- Kliper - Spacecraft - Manned - Spaceplane - Russia
- Klyushnikova - Dr Olga Nikolayevna Klyushnikova - Russian Physician Cosmonaut - Female Group - 1980
- KM-D - Rocket Engine - Japan - Solid propellant
- KM-H - Rocket Engine - Japan - Solid propellant
- Knauer - Otto Knauer - German Engineer -
- Knight - William Joseph (Pete) Knight - American Pilot Astronaut - USAF Dynasoar Group - 1960
- Knopow - Joseph J Knopow - American Engineer -
- Ko San - Ko San - Korean Korean Scientist Cosmonaut - Korean Group - 2007
- Kobalt - Spacecraft - Surveillance - Military - Russia - See Yantar-4K2
- Kodama - Spacecraft - Communications - - Japan - See DRTS
- Kodiak - Orbital Launch Site in USA.
- Koelle - Prof. Dr-Ing Heinz-Hermann Koelle - German American Rocket engineer -
- Koellner - Eberhard Koellner - German Pilot Cosmonaut - Intercosmos Group - 1976
- Koenig - Koenig - German Rocket technician -
- Koestner - Karl Koestner - German Rocket engineer -
- Kohl - Kohl - German Rocket technician -
- Kolesnikov - Gennadi Mikhailovich Kolesnikov - Russian Engineer Cosmonaut - Air Force Group 3 - 1965
- Kolibor - Spacecraft - Earth - Seismology - Russia
- Kolibri - Spacecraft - Technology - - Russia
- Kollert - Wilhelm Kollert - German Engineer -
- Kolodin - Pyotr Ivanovich Kolodin - Russian Engineer Cosmonaut - Air Force Group 2 - 1963
- Kolomiya - IRBM Base in Ukraine operated by Russia.
- Kolomiytsev - Ordinard Panteleymonovich Kolomitsev - Russian Scientist Cosmonaut - Academy of Sciences Group 1 - 1967
- Koltso - Spacecraft - Military - Target - Russia
- Koltso - Intercontinental ballistic missile - Ukraine
- Komarov - Vladimir Mikhailovich Komarov - Russian Pilot Cosmonaut - Air Force Group 1 - 1960
- Kometa - Spacecraft - Surveillance - Military - Russia - See Yantar-1KFT
- Kompas - Spacecraft - Earth - Seismology - Russia
- KOMPSAT - Spacecraft - Technology - Communications - Korea South
- KOMPSAT-2 - Spacecraft - Surveillance - Civilian - Korea South
- Kondakova - Yelena Vladimirovna Kondakova - Russian Engineer Cosmonaut - Energia Engineer Group 10 - 1989
- Kondor - Spacecraft - Communications - - Russia
- Kondratiyev Dmitry - Dmitry Yurievich Kondratiyev - Russian Pilot Cosmonaut - Air Force Group 12 - 1997
- Kononenko - Oleg Grigoryevich Kononenko - Russian Pilot Cosmonaut - Buran Group - 1978
- Kononenko O D - Oleg Dmitriyevich Kononenko - Ukrainian Pilot Cosmonaut - Energia Engineer Group 14 Supplemental - 1999
- Konopalev - Boris Mikhailovich Konopalev - Russian Engineer -
- Konopatov - Aleksandr Dmitriyevich Konopatov - Russian Chief Designer -
- Konrad - John Harrison Konrad - American Payload Specialist Astronaut -
- Konus-A - Spacecraft - Astronomy - Gamma Ray - Russia
- Konvert - Spacecraft - Communications - - Russia
- Konyukhov S P - Stanislav Nikolayevich Konyukhov - Ukrainian Chief Designer -
- Kopra - Timothy Lennart Kopra - American Engineer Astronaut - NASA Group 18 - 2000
- Koptev - Yuri N Koptev - Russian Scientist -
- Kopye-R - Intercontinental ballistic missile - Ukraine
- Korea - Korean space history
- Korea Multi-Purpose Satellite - Spacecraft - Technology - Communications - Korea South - See KOMPSAT
- Korea Sounding Rocket-I - - - See KSR
- Korea Sounding Rocket-II - - - See KSR
- Korea Sounding Rocket-III - - - See KSR
- Korea Space Launch Vehicle-I - - - See KSLV
- Korea Space Launch Vehicle-I - Orbital launch vehicle - - See KSR
- Korea Space Launch Vehicle-II - - - See KSLV
- Korea Space Launch Vehicle-III - - - See KSLV
- Korean space history - - See Korea
- Koreasat - Space Project - Communications -
- Korneyev - Ivan Ivanovich Korneyev - Russian Military Officer -
- Korniyenko - Mikhail Borisovich Korniyenko - Russian Engineer Cosmonaut - Energia Engineer Group 14 Supplemental - 1998
- Korolev - Sergei Pavlovich Korolev - Russian Engineer -
- Koroni - Suborbital Launch Site in Greece.
- Korund - Spacecraft - Communications - - Russia - See Molniya-1T
- Korzun - Valeri Grigoryevich Korzun - Russian Pilot Cosmonaut - Air Force Group 8 - 1987
- Kosberg - Semyon Ariyevich Kosberg - Russian Chief Designer -
- Kosmoplan - Spacecraft - Planetary - Mars Orbiter - Russia
- Kosmos 2 - Orbital launch vehicle - Ukraine
- Kosmos 3 - Orbital launch vehicle - Russia
- Kosters - Kosters - German Manager -
- Kostin - PaveI Ivanovich Kostin - Soviet Rocket engineer -
- Koszelak - Stanley Norbert Koszelak Jr - American Payload Specialist Astronaut -
- Kotelnikov - Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kotelnikov - Russian Engineer -
- Kotov - Oleg Valeriyevich Kotov - Russian Physician Cosmonaut - Air Force Group 11 Supplemental - 1996
- Kourou - Orbital Launch Site in France.
- Kovalyonok - Vladimir Vasilyevich Kovalyonok - Belarusian Pilot Cosmonaut - Air Force Group 4 - 1967
- Kovtunenko - Vyecheslav Mikhailovich Kovtunenko - Russian Chief Designer -
- Kozelsky - Vladimir Sergeyevich Kozelsky - Russian Pilot Cosmonaut - Air Force Group 4 - 1967
- Kozeyev - Konstantin Mirovich Kozeyev - Russian Engineer Cosmonaut - Energia Engineer Group 13 - 1996
- Kozlov - Dmitri Ilich Kozlov - Russian Engineer -
- Kozlov Frol - Frol Romanovich Kozlov - Russian Government Official -
- Kozlov Vladimir - Vladimir Ivanovich Kozlov - Russian Pilot Cosmonaut - Air Force Group 5 - 1970
- KR - Intercontinental boost-glide missile - Russia
- KR-500 - Surface-to-air missile - Russia - See R-500
- Kraehe - Kraehe - German Rocket engineer -
- Kraft - Christopher C Kraft, Jr - American Manager -
- Kramarenko - Aleksandr Yakovlevich Kramarenko - Ukrainian Pilot Cosmonaut - Air Force Group 3 - 1965
- Kramer - Kramer - German Rocket engineer -
- Kranz - Kranz - American Flight controller -
- Kravtsov - Yuri Fedorovich Kravtsov - Russian Military Officer -
- KRD-442 - Rocket Engine - Russia - N2O4/UDMH propellant
- KRD-604 - Rocket Engine - Russia - Nitric acid/Solid propellant
- KRD-61 - Rocket Engine - Russia - N2O4/UDMH propellant
- KRD-79 - Rocket Engine - Russia - N2O4/UDMH propellant
- Krechet - Spacecraft - Manned - Space Suits - Russia
- Kregel - Kevin Richard Kregel - American Pilot Astronaut - NASA Group 14 - 1992
- Kretschmer - Willi Kretschmer - German Aerodynamicist -
- Krichevsky - Sergei Vladimirovich Krichevsky - Ukrainian Pilot Cosmonaut - Air Force Group 10 - 1989
- Krieger - Robert L Krieger - American Engineer -
- Krikalyov - Sergei Konstantiovich Krikalyov - Russian Engineer Cosmonaut - Energia Engineer Group 8 - 1985
- Krikun - Yuri Yurievich Krikun - Ukrainian Journalist Cosmonaut - Journalist Group - 1990
- Kristall - Spacecraft - Manned - Space Station - Russia
- Krivoshein - Nikolai Afansyevich Krivoshein - Russian Engineer -
- Kroeger - Hermann Kroeger - German Engineer -
- Kroll - Gustav Kroll - German Rocket engineer -
- Kronogard - Suborbital Launch Site in Sweden.
- Krug - Surface-to-air missile - Russia
- Krug - Surface-to-air missile - Russia (Launch System Designation)
- Krutsch - Otto Krutsch - German Test pilot -
- Krylov - Nikolai Ivanovich Krylov - Russian Military Officer -
- Krylov Boris - Boris Nikolayevich Krylov - Russian Military Officer -
- Krylov Yuri - Yuri Nikolayevich Krylov - Russian Military Officer -
- Kryukov - Sergei Sergeyevich Kryukov - Russian Chief Designer -
- KS - Spacecraft - Military - FOBS - Russia
- KS-50 - Rocket Engine - USSR - Lox/Kerosene propellant
- KSI - Spacecraft - Manned - Logistics - Russia
- KSLV - Orbital launch vehicle - Korea South
- KSLV-I 2002 - Orbital launch vehicle - - See KSR
- KSR - Sounding rocket - Korea South
- KSR-3 - Rocket Engine - Korea South - Lox/Kerosene propellant
- KT - All-solid orbital launch vehicle - China
- KT1-3 - Rocket Engine - China - Solid propellant
- KTDU-35 - Rocket Engine - Russia - Nitric acid/UDMH propellant
- KTDU-414 - Rocket Engine - Russia - Nitric acid/UDMH propellant - See KDU-414
- KTDU-417 - Rocket Engine - Russia - N2O4/UDMH propellant
- KTDU-417 - Rocket Engine - Russia - Nitric acid/UDMH propellant
- KTDU-417-B - Rocket Engine - Russia - N2O4/UDMH propellant - See KTDU-417
- KTDU-425 - Rocket Engine - Russia - N2O4/UDMH propellant
- KTDU-425A - Rocket Engine - Russia - N2O4/UDMH propellant - See KTDU-425
- KTDU-5 - Rocket Engine - Russia - Nitric acid/Amine propellant
- KTDU-53 - Rocket Engine - Russia - Nitric acid/UDMH propellant
- KTDU-5A - Rocket Engine - Russia - Nitric acid/Amine propellant - See KTDU-5
- KTDU-66 - Rocket Engine - Russia - Nitric acid/UDMH propellant
- KTDU-80 - Rocket Engine - Russia - N2O4/UDMH propellant
- Kub - Surface-to-air missile - Russia
- Kub - Surface-to-air missile - Russia (Launch System Designation)
- Kubasov - Valeri Nikolayevich Kubasov - Russian Engineer Cosmonaut - Energia Engineer Group 1 - 1966
- Kuenzel - Walter Kuenzel - German Engineer -
- Kuers - Werner Kuers - German Rocket engineer -
- Kugno - Eduard Pavlovich Kugno - Ukrainian Engineer Cosmonaut - Air Force Group 2 - 1963
- Kuipers - Andre Kuipers - Dutch Engineer Astronaut - ESA Group 3 - 1998
- Kuklin - Anatoli Petrovich Kuklin - Russian Pilot Cosmonaut - Air Force Group 2 - 1963
- Kuleshova - Natalya Dmitriyevna Kuleshova - Russian Engineer Cosmonaut - Energia Engineer Group 6 - 1980, Female Group - 1980
- Kummersdorf - Suborbital Launch Site in Germany operated by .
- Kumulus - Sounding rocket - Germany
- Kupon - Spacecraft - Communications - - Russia
- Kurchatov - Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov - Russian Scientist -
- Kurilo - Kurilo - Soviet Engineer -
- Kursnniy - Igor Ivanovich Kursnniy - Russian Military Officer -
- Kurushin - Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kurushin - Russian Military Officer -
- Kuryer - Spacecraft - Communications - - Russia - See Konvert
- Kurzweg - Hermann H Kurzweg - German American Engineer -
- Kutakhov - Pavel Stepanovich Kutakhov - Russian Military Officer -
- Kutzscher - E Kutzscher - German Rocket engineer -
- Kuznetsov - Nikolai Dmitriyevich Kuznetsov - Russian Chief Designer -
- Kuznetsov M F - Mikhail Fedorovich Kuznetsov - Russian Military Officer -
- Kuznetsova - Tatyana Dmitryevna Pitskhelauri (nee Kuznetsova) - Russian Pilot Cosmonaut - Female Group - 1962
- Kvant - Spacecraft - Manned - Space Station - Russia
- Kvant - Spacecraft family
- Kvant - Orbital launch vehicle - Russia
- Kvant AM - Spacecraft - Manned - Space station module -
- Kvant FGB - Spacecraft - Manned - Spacecraft module -
- Kvant-2 - Spacecraft - Manned - Space Station - Russia
- Kvasova - Vera Kvasova - Soviet Engineer Cosmonaut - Female Group - 1962
- KVRB - Spacecraft - Tug - - Russia
- Kwangmyongsong - Spacecraft - Technology - Communications - Korea North
- Kyzhelnaya - Nadezda Vasilyevna Kyzhelnaya - Russian Engineer Cosmonaut - Energia Engineer Group 12 - 1994
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