People Index - G
  • Gaffney. - Dr Francis Andrew (Drew) Gaffney.  American Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1946 June 9.  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 9.09 days.
  • Gagarin. - Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin.  Russian Pilot Cosmonaut. (1934 March 9 - 1968 March 27).  First person in space. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 0.0750 days.
  • Gaidukov. - Sergei Nikolayevich Gaidukov.  Russian Navigator Cosmonaut. Born 1936 October 31. 
  • Gaidukov Lev. - Lev Mikhailovich Gaidukov.  Russian Military Officer. Born 1911 January 14.  Lieutenant General, headed group assigned to acquiring German rocket technology and engineers after World War II.
  • Galeyev. - Albert Abubakirovich Galeyev.  Russian Military Officer. Born 1940.  Director from 1988 of the Institute for Space Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Galileo. - Galileo Galilei.  Italian Scientist. (1564 - 1642). 
  • Gallay. - Mark Lazarevich Gallay.  Russian Military Officer. (1914 - 1998).  Led training at the Cosmonaut Training Centre,
  • Ganzorig. - Ganzorig Maidarjabyn.  Mongolian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1949 February 5. 
  • Garan. - Ronald J Garan, Jr.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1961 October 30. 
  • Gardian. - Gardian.  Rocket technician. Member of German Rocket Team in France after World War II.
  • Gardner. - Dale Allan Gardner.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1948 November 8.  Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 14.04 days.
  • Gardner Guy. - Guy Spencer Gardner.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1948 January 6.  Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 13.34 days.
  • Gardner Philip. - Philip T Gardner.  American Engineer. Born 1918 July 15.  Manager of test laboratories for the Atlas program.
  • Garn. - Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn.  American Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1932 October 12.  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 7.00 days.
  • Garneau. - Dr Joseph Jean-Pierre Marc Garneau.  Canadian Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1949 February 23.  First Canadian astronaut. Number of Flights: 3.00. Total Time: 29.08 days.
  • Garriott. - Dr Owen Kay Garriott.  American Scientist Astronaut. Born 1930 November 22.  Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 69.79 days.
  • Gartmann. - Heintz Gartmann.  Engineer.
  • Gasparini. - Jean-Marc Michel Daniel Gasparini.  French Research Astronaut. Born 1963 January 22. 
  • Gates. - Thomas S Gates, Jr.  American Manager. (1906 - 1983). 
  • Gavin. - Jospeh Gavin Jr.  American Manager. Grumman Vice Presidnet for Space Programs during development of the Apollo Lunar Module.
  • Gazenko. - Oleg Georgyevich Gazenko.  Russian Scientist. Born 1918 December 12.  Director of IMBP 1969-1988.
  • Geineder. - Florian Geineder.  Engineer.
  • Geissler. - Ernst Geissler.  Rocket engineer. (1915 August 3 - 1989 June 3).  Member of the German Rocket Team in the United States after World War II.
  • Gemar. - Charles Donald (Sam) Gemar.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1955 August 4.  Number of Flights: 3.00. Total Time: 24.24 days.
  • Gengelbach. - Werner Kurt Gengelbach.  Rocket engineer. Born 1912 September 29.  Member of the German Rocket Team in the United States after World War II.
  • Genin. - Abram Moiseyevich Genin.  Russian Military Officer. Born 1922 May 12.  Directorate Chief of Institute of Aviation and Space Medicine 1964-1975.
  • Genser. - Philip Genser.  American Engineer. Born 1929.  Chief marketer of the Atlas commercial space launch vehicle.
  • Gentry. - Gentry.  American Pilot Test Pilot.
  • Gerchik. - Konstantin Vasilyevich Gerchik.  Russian Military Officer. Born 1918 September 27.  Colonel-General, Commander of the RVSN Strategic Rocket Forces from August 1972 to 1979.
  • Gerhardt Bernhard. - Bernhard Gerhardt.  American Engineer. Born 1893 December 17.  Member of German Rocket Team in the Soviet Union after World War II. Kept there until 1957, the longest of any of the team members.
  • Gernhardt. - Dr Michael Landon Gernhardt.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1956 May 4.  Number of Flights: 4.00. Total Time: 43.29 days.
  • Gerrity. - Thomas Patrick Gerrity.  American Manager. (1913 December 8 - 1968 February 24).  Head of Air Force ballistic missile programs 1960-1961.
  • Gevorkyan. - Vladimir Mkrtychovich Gevorkyan.  Russian Engineer Cosmonaut. Born 1952 May 28. 
  • Gibson. - Robert Lee (Hoot) Gibson.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1946 October 30.  Was married to astronaut Rhea Seddon. Number of Flights: 5.00. Total Time: 36.18 days.
  • Gibson Edward. - Dr Edward George Gibson.  American Scientist Astronaut. Born 1936 November 8.  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 84.05 days.
  • Gidzenko. - Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko.  Ukrainian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1962 March 26.  Number of Flights: 3.00. Total Time: 329.95 days.
  • Gilruth. - Robert R Gilruth.  American Manager. (1913 October 8 - 2000 August 17). 
  • Gisel. - William G Gisel.  Manager.
  • Givens. - Edward Galen (Ed) Givens Jr.  American Pilot Astronaut. (1930 January 5 - 1967 June 6). 
  • Glazkov. - Yuri Nikolayevich Glazkov.  Russian Engineer Cosmonaut. Born 1939 October 2.  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 17.73 days.
  • Glenn. - John Herschel Glenn Jr.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1921 July 18.  First American in orbit. Oldest person in space. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 9.11 days.
  • Glennan. - T Keith Glennan.  American Manager. (1905 September 8 - 1995 April 11). 
  • Glushko. - Valentin Petrovich Glushko.  Russian Engineer. (1908 September 2 - 1989 January 10). 
  • Goddard. - Robert Goddard.  American Engineer.
  • Goddard Frank. - Frank E Goddard, Jr.  American Manager. Born 1915. 
  • Godwin. - Dr Linda Maxine Godwin.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1952 July 2.  Physicist, two spacewalks. Was married to astronaut Steven Nagel. Number of Flights: 4.00. Total Time: 38.26 days.
  • Goebbels. - Joseph Goebbels.  Politician. (1897 - 1945). 
  • Goering. - Hermann Goering.  Politician. (1893 - 1946). 
  • Goertz. - Goertz.  Rocket engineer. Member of German Rocket Team in France after World War II.
  • Goett. - Harry J Goett.  American Manager. (1910 November 14 - 2000 January 6). 
  • Goldin. - Daniel S Goldin.  American Manager. Born 1940 July 23.  NASA Administrator 1992-2001. Before that, 25 years at TRW, culminating as Vice President of the Space and Technology Group in Redondo Beach.
  • Golfetto. - Wander Almodovar Golfetto.  Brazilian Mission Specialist Astronaut.
  • Golovanov. - Yaroslav Kirillovich Golovanov.  Russian Journalist Cosmonaut. (1932 June 2 - 2003 May 21). 
  • Golovin. - Nicholas E Golovin.  American Scientist. (1912 March 18 - April 1969). 
  • Gonor. - Lev Robertovich Gonor.  Russian Government Official. (1906 - 1969 November 13).  First Director of Nll-88 1946-1950.
  • Good. - Michael T Good.  American Engineer Astronaut. Born 1962 October 13. 
  • Goodlin. - Chalmers Goodlin.  American Pilot Test Pilot. Born 1923. 
  • Gorbachev. - Mikhail S Gorbachev.  Russian Manager. Born 1931. 
  • Gorbatko. - Viktor Vassilyevich Gorbatko.  Russian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1934 December 3.  Number of Flights: 3.00. Total Time: 30.53 days.
  • Gordon. - Richard Francis (Dick) Gordon Jr.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1929 October 5.  Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 13.16 days.
  • Gordon Henry. - Henry Charles Gordon.  American Pilot Astronaut. (1925 December 23 - 1996 September 24). 
  • Goreglyad. - Leonid Ivanovich Goreglyad.  Russian Military Officer. (1915 - 1986).  General Staff representative of the Cosmonaut Training Centre
  • Gorelick. - Sarah Lee Ratley (nee Gorelick).  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1931.  Pilot. One of the Mercury 13 - never entered training.
  • Gorie. - Dominic Lee Pudwill Gorie.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1957 May 2.  Number of Flights: 3.00. Total Time: 32.88 days.
  • Gosslau. - Fritz Gosslau.  Engineer. (1898 - 1965). 
  • Gough. - Melvin N Gough.  American Manager. (1906 June 15 - 1994 March 6). 
  • Grabe. - Ronald John (Ron) Grabe.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1945 June 13.  Number of Flights: 4.00. Total Time: 26.15 days.
  • Grachev. - Grachev.  Phantom cosmonaut.
  • Graciov. - Alexis Graciov.  Phantom cosmonaut.
  • Graham. - Dr William R Graham.  American Manager.
  • Granson. - Granson (first name unknown).  Engineer.
  • Grater. - Grater.  Rocket engineer. Member of German Rocket Team in France after World War II.
  • Grau. - Dieter Grau.  Rocket engineer. Born 1913 April 24.  Member of the German Rocket Team in the United States after World War II.
  • Graveline. - Duane Edgar Graveline.  American Physician Astronaut. Born 1931 March 2. 
  • Gray. - Edward Z Gray.  American Engineer. Born 1915. 
  • Grechanik. - Aleksei Anatoyevich Grechanik.  Russian Engineer Cosmonaut. Born 1939 March 25. 
  • Grechko. - Georgi Mikhailovich Grechko.  Russian Engineer Cosmonaut. Born 1931 May 25.  Number of Flights: 3.00. Total Time: 134.86 days.
  • Grechko Andrei. - Andrei Antonovich Grechko.  Russian Military Officer. (1903 October 17 - 1976 April 26).  Deputy Minister of Defence 1967-1976.
  • Greenewalt. - Crawford H Greenewalt.  American Manager. (1902 August 16 - 1993 September 27). 
  • Greer. - Robert E Greer.  American Manager. Major General, managed completion of development of the S-II second stage of the Saturn V.
  • Gregory. - Frederick Drew (Fred) Gregory.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1941 January 7.  Number of Flights: 3.00. Total Time: 18.96 days.
  • Gregory William. - William George Gregory.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1957 May 14.  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 16.63 days.
  • Grekov. - Nikolai Sergeivich Grekov.  Russian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1950 February 15. 
  • Grevesmuehl Alfred. - Alfred Grevesmuehl.  Rocket engineer. Born 1902 August 10.  Member of the German Rocket Team in the Soviet Union after World War II.
  • Griegee. - Rudolf Griegee.  Professor.
  • Griffith. - John H Griffith.  American Pilot Test Pilot.
  • Griggs. - Stanley David Griggs.  American Pilot Astronaut. (1939 September 7 - 1989 June 17).  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 7.00 days.
  • Grigoryev. - Mikhail Grigoryevich Grigoryev.  Russian Military Officer. (1917 October 23 - 1981 November 12).  First Commander of Plesetsk 1957-1962.
  • Grishchenko. - Vitali Andreyevich Grishchenko.  Ukrainian Navigator Cosmonaut. (1942 April 26 - 1992 May 4). 
  • Grishin. - Lev Arkhipovich Grishin.  Russian Government Official. (1920 - 1960 October 24).  Deputy Chairman of GKOT 1958-1960.
  • Grissom. - Virgil Ivan (Gus) Grissom.  American Pilot Astronaut. (1926 April 3 - 1967 January 27).  Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 0.21 days.
  • Gritsenko. - Ye A Gritsenko.  Russian Engineer.
  • Groettrup. - Helmut Groettrup.  German Engineer. (1916 - 1981).  Head of German design group held in Russia
  • Gromova. - Mirya Gromova.  Phantom cosmonaut.
  • Gromushkina. - Nataliya Valerievna Gromushkina.  Russian Actor Cosmonaut. Born 1975 September 29.  Actress.
  • Gross. - Robert Ellsworth Gross.  American Manager. (1897 - 1961). 
  • Gross E. - E Gross.  Major, SS Medical Corps.
  • Gross I. - Gross.  Rocket engineer. Member of German Rocket Team in France after World War II.
  • Gruene. - Hans Gruene.  Rocket engineer. (1910 May 24 - 1980 October 23).  Member of the German Rocket Team in the United States after World War II.
  • Gruenow. - Heinrich Gruenow.  Engineer.
  • Grunow. - Heinrich Grunow.  Propulsion expert.
  • Grunsfeld. - Dr John Mace Grunsfeld.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1958 October 10.  Number of Flights: 4.00. Total Time: 45.73 days.
  • Gruzdev. - Gruzdev.  Russian Pilot Test Pilot.
  • Gubanov. - Boris Ivanovich Gubanov.  Russian Engineer. (1930 March 14 - 1999 March 18).  Leading manager at the Yangel and Korolev design bureaus, 1972-1993.
  • Gubarev. - Aleksey Aleksandrovich Gubarev.  Russian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1931 March 29.  Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 37.48 days.
  • Gubenko. - Yevgeni Stepanovich Gubenko.  Russian Engineer. Chief Designer 1950-1959 of SKB-567.
  • Guendel. - Herbert Hans Guendel.  Rocket engineer. (1914 December 12 - 1976 March 23).  Member of the German Rocket Team in the United States after World War II.
  • Guidoni. - Umberto Guidoni.  Italian Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1954 August 18.  Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 27.63 days.
  • Gulyayev. - Vladislav Ivanovich Gulyayev.  Russian Engineer Cosmonaut. (1937 May 31 - 1990 April 19). 
  • Gulyayev Rudolf. - Rudolf Alekseyevich Gulyayev.  Russian Scientist Cosmonaut. Born 1934 November 14. 
  • Gurovskiy. - Nikolai Nikolayevich Gurovskiy.  Russian Military Officer. Deputy Director of IMBP.
  • Gurragcha. - Gurragcha Jugderdemidiin.  Mongolian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1947 December 5.  First Mongolian astronaut. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 7.86 days.
  • Gusev. - Leonid Ivanovich Gusev.  Russian Engineer. Born 1922.  Director of Nll-695.
  • Gushchin. - Nikolai Ivanovich Gushchin.  Russian Engineer. From 1989 Head and Chief Designer Kolomna Mechanical Engineering Design Bureau.
  • Gustav. - Johann Gustav.  Rocket engineer. Member of the German Rocket Team in the United States after World War II.
  • Gutierrez. - Sidney (Sid) McNeil Gutierrez.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1951 June 27.  Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 20.34 days.
  • Guy. - Will C Guy.  American Engineer. Deputy to Samuel K Hoffmann at Rocketdyne from 1948-1978.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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