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People Index - A
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- Abbey. - George Washington Sherman Abbey. American Manager. Born 1932 August 21. Headed NASA Houston space shuttle operations and astronaut selection for three decades; focus of tremendous staff unhappiness and demoralization.
- Abbott. - Ira H Abbott. American Engineer. (1906 July 18 - 1988 November 3). NASA Director 1959-1962.
- Abrahamson. - James Alan Abrahamson. American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1933 May 19. Director of the Strategic Defense Initiative
- Abramov Anatoli. - Anatoli Petrovich Abramov. Russian Engineer. (1919 - 1998 August 15). Deputy Chief Designer 1966-1980 of Korolev design bureau.
- Acaba. - Joseph Michael Acaba. American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1967 May 17.
- Ackley. - Robert N (Bob) Ackley. American Engineer. (1908 January 18 - 1972 April 14). Head of Atlas missile testing in the earliest part of the program
- Acton. - Dr Loren Wilber Acton. American Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1936 March 7. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 7.95 days.
- Adamchuk. - Nadezhda Ivanyeva Adamchuk. Ukrainian Scientist Cosmonaut. Born 1970 October 4. Botanist.
- Adams. - Michael James 'Mike' Adams. American Pilot Astronaut. (1930 May 5 - 1967 November 15). Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 0.0034 days.
- Adamson. - James (Jim) Craig Adamson. American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1946 March 3. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 13.93 days.
- Adasko. - Vladimir Iosifiyanovich Adasko. Russian Engineer. (1933 - 1963). Talented engineer of electro-mechanical systems. Director of VNIIEM, All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Electromechanics in 1991-1993.
- Afanasyev. - Viktor Mikhailovich Afanasyev. Russian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1948 December 31. 555 cumulative days in space. Number of Flights: 4.00. Total Time: 555.77 days.
- Afanasyev Sergei. - Sergei Aleksandrovich Afanasyev. Russian Government Official. Born 1918 August 30. First Minister of General Machine Building, in charge of the Soviet ballistic rocket and space industries, from 1965-1983.
- Agadzhanov. - Pavel Artemyevich Agadzhanov. Russian Military Officer. Born 1923 May 21. Deputy Chief for Scientific Research at Central KIK Tracking Centre, 1957-1971.
- Agaltsov. - Fillip Aleksandrovich Agaltsov. Russian Military Officer. (1900 January 8 - 1980). Air Force Deputy Commander-in-Chief 1958-1962.
- Agnew. - Spiro T Agnew. American Manager. (1918 November 9 - 1996 September 17). Vice President of the United States, 1968-1973.
- Aimbetov. - Aydyn Akanovich Aimbetov. Kazakh Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1972 July 27.
- Akbar. - Taufik Akbar. Indonesian Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1951 January 8.
- Akers. - Thomas (Tom) Dale Akers. American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1951 May 20. Number of Flights: 4.00. Total Time: 33.95 days.
- Akiyama. - Tohiro Akiyama. Japanese Journalist Cosmonaut. Born 1942 July 22. First Japanese to fly in space. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 7.91 days.
- Aksyonov. - Valdimir Viktorovich Aksyonov. Russian Engineer Cosmonaut. Born 1935 February 1. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 11.84 days.
- Aksyutin. - Boris Rodionovich Aksyutin. Russian Engineer. Head and Chief Designer of the Central Design Bureau for Heavy Machine Industry, TsKB TM, 1977-1988.
- Akunin. - Vyacheslav Glebunivich Akunin. Russian Military Officer. (1928 - 1997). Lieutenant General, Deputy Commander of Logistics for the Soviet Space Forces 1981-1986.
- Al-Bassam. - Abdul Moshin Hamad Al-Bassam. Saudi Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1948 December 12.
- Al-Saud. - Sultan Salman Abdel-aziz Al-Saud. Saudi Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1956 June 27. First Arab in space. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 7.07 days.
- Albring. - Werner Albring. Rocket engineer. Born 1914. Member of German Rocket Team in the Soviet Union after World War II.
- Aldrich. - Rick Aldrich. American Engineer Test Pilot.
- Aldridge. - Edward Cleveland 'Pete' Aldridge Jr. American Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1938 August 18.
- Aldrin. - Edwin Eugene (Buzz) Aldrin Jr. American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1930 January 20. Second person on the moon. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 12.08 days.
- Aleksandrov. - Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov. Russian Engineer Cosmonaut. Born 1943 February 20. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 309.75 days.
- Aleksandrov Aleksandr. - Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov. Bulgarian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1951 December 1. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 9.84 days.
- Aleksandrov Anatoliy. - Anatoliy Petrovich Aleksandrov. Russian Scientist. (1903 February 13 - 1994 February 3). President, Academy of Sciences, 1980-1986.
- Alekseyev. - Vladimir Borisovich Alekseyev. Russian Engineer Cosmonaut. Born 1933 August 19.
- Alekseyev Eduard. - Eduard Vikotorovich Alekseyev. Russian Military Officer. Born 1935. Chief of 50 TsNII KS (50th Central Scientific Research Institute for Space Systems of the Space Forces) from 1988 to 1992.
- Alekseyev Nikolai. - Nikolai Nikolayevich Alekseyev. Russian Military Officer. (1914 - 1980 November 12). Marshal of Communications Forces, 1970; Deputy Minister of Defence for Armaments 1970-1980.
- Alekseyev Semyon. - Semyon Mikhailovich Alekseyev. Russian Engineer. Born 1909. Chief Designer 1952-1973 of OKB Zvezda.
- Aliyev. - Ravshanbek Aliyev. Kyrgyzstani Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1962.
- Allen. - Joseph Percival 'Joe' Allen IV. American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1937 June 27. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 13.08 days.
- Allen Andy. - Andrew (Andy) Michael Allen. American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1955 August 4. Number of Flights: 3.00. Total Time: 37.68 days.
- Allison. - Rhea Hurrle Woltman (nee Allison). American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1928. School teacher and pilot. One of the Mercury 13 - never entered training.
- Alpaidze. - Galaktion Yeliseyevich Alpaidze. Russian Military Officer. Born 1916. Lieutenant General, Chief of the Plesetsk launch centre, 1963-1975.
- Altman. - Scott Douglas Altman. American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1959 August 15. Number of Flights: 3.00. Total Time: 38.63 days.
- Amelkina. - Dr Galina Vasilyevna Amelkina. Russian Physician Cosmonaut. Born 1954 May 22. Physician.
- Ames. - Milton B Ames, Jr. American Engineer. (1913 September 21 - 1992 February 21). NASA Director 1960-1972.
- Ames Charles. - Charles Stuart (Charlie) Ames. American Engineer. (1915 June 28 - 1988 November 9). Project Engineer in the MX-774 and early Atlas programs
- Ananoff. - Alexandre Ananoff. Writer. Leading populiser of spaceflight in France and driving force behind the founding of the IAF.
- Anders. - William Alison (Bill) Anders. American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1933 October 17. Member of first crew to orbit the moon. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 6.13 days.
- Anderson. - Michael Phillip Anderson. American Mission Specialist Astronaut. (1959 December 25 - 2003 February 1). Perished in Columbia shuttle disintegration during re-entry. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 24.77 days.
- Anderson Clayton. - Clayton Conrad Anderson. American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1959 February 23. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 151.77 days.
- Anderson Lloyd. - Lloyd Lynn Anderson Jr. American Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1952 February 28.
- Anderson Robert. - Robert Anderson. American Engineer. President of Rockwell International during development of the space shuttle.
- Andre-Deshays. - Claudie Haignere (nee Andre-Deshays). French Engineer Cosmonaut. Born 1957 May 13. Biologist, first French female astronaut. Was married to astronaut Jean-PIerre Haignere. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 25.60 days.
- Andreas. - Gunter Andreas. Test pilot.
- Andreyev. - Boris Dmitriyevich Andreyev. Russian Engineer Cosmonaut. Born 1940 October 6.
- Andropov Dmitri. - Dmitri Grigoryevich Andropov. Russian Military Officer. Born 1932. Chief of the Directorate for the Main Direction of Forces of NKS Space Forces from 1987 to 1989.
- Andryushkov. - Aleksandr Stepanovich Andryushkov. Russian Journalist Cosmonaut. Born 1947 October 6.
- Angele. - Wilhelm Angele. Rocket engineer. (1905 February 8 - 1996 August 22). Member of the German Rocket Team in the United States after World War II.
- Anikeyev. - Ivan Nikolayevich Anikeyev. Russian Pilot Cosmonaut. (1933 February 12 - 1992 August 20).
- Anisimov. - Dmitri Ivanovich Anisimov. Russian Military Officer. Born 1931. Major-General, Deputy Chief of 53-NIIP-MO for research, test, and scientific work 1974-1985.
- Anokhin. - Sergei Nikolayevich Anokhin. Russian Engineer Cosmonaut. (1910 April 1 - 1986 April 15).
- Ansari. - Anousheh Ansari. American Engineer Cosmonaut. Born 1966 September 12. First female space tourist. First Iranian in space. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 10.88 days.
- Anshakov. - Gennadiy Petrovich Anshakov. Russian Engineer. Born 1937. Designer of automated information systems for spacecraft, General Designer at TsKB Progress.
- Antonelli. - Dominic Anthony 'Tony' Antonelli. American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1967 August 23.
- Apel. - Erich Apel. Engineer. (1917 - 1965). Member of German Rocket Team in the Soviet Union after World War II.
- Apt. - Dr Jerome J (Jay) Apt. American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1949 April 28. Number of Flights: 4.00. Total Time: 35.30 days.
- Apt Milburn. - Milburn Apt. American Pilot Test Pilot. (1924 - 1956 September 27).
- Archambault. - Lee Joseph Archambault. American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1960 August 25. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 13.84 days.
- Ardenne. - Manfred Baron von Ardenne. Professor. (1907 - 1997).
- Armor. - James Burton Armor Jr. American Manned Spaceflight Engineer Astronaut. Born 1950 September 25.
- Armstrong. - Neil Alden Armstrong. American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1930 August 5. First person to step onto the moon. Member of first crew to dock in space. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 8.58 days.
- Arnold. - Henry H (Hap) Arnold. American Manager. (1886 June 25 - 1950 January 15). Commander of the Army Air Forces in World War II
- Arnold Ricky. - Richard Rorbert 'Ricky' Arnold II. American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1963 November 26.
- Artemyev. - Oleg Germanovich Artemyev. Engineer Cosmonaut. Born 1970 December 28.
- Artsebarsky. - Anatoli Pavlovich Artsebarsky. Russian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1956 September 9. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 144.64 days.
- Artyukhin. - Yuri Petrovich Artyukhin. Russian Engineer Cosmonaut. (1930 June 2 - 1998 August 4). Member of first military space station mission. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 15.73 days.
- Arzamazov. - Dr Gherman Semyonovich Arzamazov. Russian Physician Cosmonaut. Born 1946 March 9.
- Ashby. - Jeffrey Shears 'Bones' Ashby. American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1954 June 16. Number of Flights: 3.00. Total Time: 27.68 days.
- Asimov. - Isaac Asimov. American Writer. (1920 January 2 - 1992 April 6). Writer of science fiction and popular science.
- Atkov. - Dr Oleg Yuryevich Atkov. Russian Physician Cosmonaut. Born 1949 May 9. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 236.95 days.
- Atwood. - W Leland 'Lee' Atwood. American Manager. (1904 October 26 - 1999 March 5). Chief Engineer at North American Aviation from 1948-1971. Supervised development of the P-51, Navaho, F-86, X-15, XB-70, Apollo, Space Shuttle...
- Aubakirov. - Toktar Ongarbaevich Aubakirov. Kazakhstani Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1946 July 17. First Kazakh astronaut. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 7.93 days.
- Aufderhaar. - Grant Clifford Aufderhaar. American Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1948 August 20.
- Augustine. - Norman R Augustine. American Manager. Born 1935 July 27. Chairman and CEO of the Martin Marietta Corporation in the 1980s.
- Aulehner. - Sebastian Aulehner. Engineer. Born 1918.
- Avdeyev. - Sergei Vasilyevich Avdeyev. Russian Engineer Cosmonaut. Born 1956. Record total time (747 days) spent in space until record beaten in 2005. Ten spacewalks. Number of Flights: 3.00. Total Time: 747.59 days.
- Avduyevskiy. - Vsevolod Sergeyevich Avduyevskiy. Russian Scientist. Born 1920 July 28. First Deputy Director of TsNIIMash 1973-1987.
- Axster. - Herbert Felix Axster. Rocket engineer. (1899 November 3 - 1991 May 25). Member of the German Rocket Team in the United States after World War II.
- Axthelm. - Walter von Axthelm. Military officer. Born 1907.
- Aymakhanov. - Mukhtar Rabatovich Aymakhanov. Kazakh Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1967 January 1.
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