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  • Ma Zizhong. - Ma Zizhong.  Chinese Pilot Yuhangyuan.
  • Mace. - Timothy Kristian Charles Mace.  British Engineer Cosmonaut. Born 1955 November 20.  Was married to the daughter of former Soviet Cosmonaut V Zholobov.
  • Machinski. - Dr Georgi Vladimirovich Machinski.  Russian Physician Cosmonaut. Born 1937 October 11. 
  • MacLean. - Steven Glenwood MacLean.  Canadian Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1954 December 14.  Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 21.67 days.
  • Macleay. - Lachlan Macleay.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1931 June 13. 
  • MacNabb. - Byron Gordon MacNabb.  American Engineer. (1910 August 4 - 1997 August 1).  Headed Convair operations at Cape Canaveral throughout development flight test of the Atlas.
  • Maetzke. - Helmut Maetzke.  Engineer.
  • Magilton. - Gerard Edward 'Jerry' Magilton.  American Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1942 May 7. 
  • Magnus. - Sandra Hall Magnus.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1964 October 30.  Engineer. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 10.83 days.
  • Magnus Kurt. - Kurt Magnus.  Professor. Born 1912.  Member of German Rocket Team in the Soviet Union after World War II.
  • Magyari. - Magyari Bela.  Hungarian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1949 August 8. 
  • Makarov. - Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov.  Russian Engineer Cosmonaut. (1933 January 6 - 2003 May 28).  Survived first manned spaceflight abort during launch. Number of Flights: 4.00. Total Time: 20.74 days.
  • Makarov A M. - Aleksandr Maksimovich Makarov.  Russian Engineer. From 1961-1986 Director of the Yuzhnoye Machinery Factory and General Director of PO Yuzhmash.
  • Makeyev. - Viktor Petrovich Makeyev.  Russian Engineer. (1924 October 25 - 1985 October 25). 
  • Makrushin. - Valeri Grigoryevich Makrushin.  Russian Engineer Cosmonaut. Born 1940 January 14. 
  • Maksim. - Yu P Maksim.  Russian Military Officer.
  • Maksimenko. - Valery Yevgenyevich Maksimenko.  Russian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1950 July 16. 
  • Maksimov. - Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Maksimov.  Russian Military Officer. (1923 August 29 - 1990 October 12).  Deputy Chief of TsKIK. Later Commander of GUKOS / UNKS 1979-1989.
  • Malenchenko. - Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko.  Ukrainian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1961 December 22.  Number of Flights: 4.00. Total Time: 514.50 days.
  • Malenkov. - Georgi Maksimiliyanovich Malenkov.  Russian Government Official. (1902 January 2 - 1988 January 23).  First Chairman of Special Committee 2 1946-1947.
  • Malerba. - Franco Egidio Malerba.  Italian Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1946 October 10.  First Italian astronaut. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 7.97 days.
  • Malhotra. - Ravish Malhotra.  Indian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1943 December 25. 
  • Malina. - Frank J Malina.  American Engineer. (1912 October 2 - November 1981). 
  • Malinovskiy. - Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovskiy.  Russian Military Officer. (1898 November 23 - 1967 March 31).  Minister of Defence 1957-1967.
  • Maloy. - Travis L Maloy.  American Engineer. (1915 August 23 - 2006 July 22).  Manager of flight test and launch operations for the Atlas.
  • Malyshev. - Yuri Vassilyevich Malyshev.  Russian Pilot Cosmonaut. (1941 August 27 - 1999 November 8).  Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 11.83 days.
  • Malyshev Vyecheslav. - Vyecheslav Aleksandrovich Malyshev.  Russian Government Official. (1902 February 16 - 1957 February 20).  Minister of Medium Machine Building 1953-1955.
  • Manakov. - Gennadi Mikhailovich Manakov.  Russian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1950 June 1.  Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 309.89 days.
  • Manarov. - Musa (Mussachi) Khiramanovich Manarov.  Russian Engineer Cosmonaut. Born 1951 March 22.  541 cumulative days in space. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 541.02 days.
  • Mandel. - Carl Heinz Mandel.  Rocket engineer. (1908 November 22 - March ).  Member of the German Rocket Team in the United States after World War II.
  • Manke. - John A Manke.  American Pilot Test Pilot. Born 1931 November 13. 
  • Manno. - Vittorio Manno.  Italian Scientist. Born 1938. 
  • Mantz. - Michael Ray Mantz.  American Manned Spaceflight Engineer Astronaut. Born 1953 February 16. 
  • Mark. - Hans Mark.  American Manager. Born 1929. 
  • Marshall. - Frank Marshall.  American Engineer. Born 1930 July 1.  Part of the Atlas management team; headed the Golden Ram program that cleared the Atlas missile for operations.
  • Marshburn. - Thomas Henry 'Tom' Marshburn.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1960 August 29. 
  • Martin. - John Martin.  Test pilot.
  • Martin Richard. - Richard Martin.  American Engineer. Born 1928 November 1.  Structural dynamicist for all versions of the Atlas.
  • Martynov. - Ivan Moiseyevich Martynov.  Russian Military Officer. Born 1921.  Major-General. Deputy Chief and Chief of the Political Units for the KIK space tracking forces in 1969-1980.
  • Massey. - Sir Harrie S W Massey.  British Engineer. Born 1908. 
  • Massimino. - Michael James Massimino.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1962 August 19.  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 10.92 days.
  • Mastracchio. - Richard Alan (Rick) Mastracchio.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1960 February 11.  Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 24.55 days.
  • Masum. - Mohammad Dauran Ghulam Masum.  Afghani Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1954 January 20. 
  • Matheis. - Fritz Matheis.  Rocket technician. Born 1916.  Member of German Rocket Team in the Soviet Union after World War II.
  • Matinchenko. - Aleksandr Nikolayevich Matinchenko.  Russian Engineer Cosmonaut. (1927 September 4 - 1999 June 18). 
  • Matthes. - Franz Matthes.  Professor. Born 1909.  Member of German Rocket Team in the Soviet Union after World War II.
  • Matthiesen. - Dr David Henry Matthiesen.  American Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1958 August 31. 
  • Mattingly. - Thomas Kenneth (Ken) Mattingly II.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1936 March 17.  Number of Flights: 3.00. Total Time: 21.19 days.
  • Maus. - Hans Hermann Maus.  Rocket engineer. (1905 September 6 - 1999 March 1).  Member of the German Rocket Team in the United States after World War II.
  • May. - Eugene F May.  American Test Pilot.
  • Maynard. - Owen Maynard.  American Engineer. (1924 - 2000). 
  • Mayo. - Itzhak Mayo.  Israeli Pilot Astronaut. Born 1954 September 14. 
  • Mazur. - Yevgeni Vasilyevich Mazur.  Russian Government Official. Deputy Minister of General Machine Building 1965-1982.
  • McArthur. - William Surles (Bill) McArthur Jr.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1951 July 26.  Number of Flights: 4.00. Total Time: 224.93 days.
  • McArthur Megan. - Katherine Megan McArthur.  American Scientist Astronaut. Born 1971 August 30.  Scientist.
  • McAuliffe. - Sharon Christa Corrigan McAuliffe.  American Payload Specialist Astronaut. (1948 September 2 - 1986 January 28).  Was to have been the first teacher in space. Died in Challenger accident. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 0.0008 days.
  • McBride. - Jon Andrew McBride.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1943 August 14.  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 8.22 days.
  • McCandless. - Bruce McCandless II.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1937 June 8.  Made first untethered space walk. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 13.02 days.
  • McCone. - John A McCone.  American Manager. (1902 January 4 - 1991 February 14). 
  • McCool. - William Cameron 'Willie' McCool.  American Pilot Astronaut. (1961 September 23 - 2003 February 1).  Perished in Columbia shuttle disintegration during re-entry. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 15.94 days.
  • McCulley. - Michael James McCulley.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1943 August 4.  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 4.99 days.
  • McDivitt. - James Alton (Jim) McDivitt.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1929 June 10.  Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 14.12 days.
  • McDonald. - Frank B McDonald.  American Manager. Born 1925. 
  • McDonnell. - James S McDonnell, Jr.  American Manager. (1899 April 1 - August 1980). 
  • McElroy. - Neil H McElroy.  American Manager. (1904 October 30 - November 1972). 
  • McKay. - John Barron McKay.  American Pilot Test Pilot. (1922 December 8 - 1975 April 15).  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 0.0083 days.
  • McKay Michael. - Michael John McKay.  Canadian Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1963 May 10. 
  • McMonagle. - Donald (Don) Ray McMonagle.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1952 May 14.  Number of Flights: 3.00. Total Time: 25.23 days.
  • McMurtry. - Thomas C McMurtry.  American Pilot Test Pilot. Born 1935 April 6. 
  • McNair. - Dr Ronald Erwin McNair.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. (1950 October 21 - 1986 January 28).  Died in Challenger accident. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 7.97 days.
  • McNamara. - Robert S McNamara.  American Manager. Born 1916. 
  • Meade. - Carl Joseph Meade.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1950 November 16.  Number of Flights: 3.00. Total Time: 29.68 days.
  • Medaris. - John Bruce Medaris.  American Manager. (1902 May 12 - 1990 July 11). 
  • Meier Otto. - Otto Meier.  Rocket engineer. Born 1918 July 24.  Member of the German Rocket Team in the Soviet Union after World War II.
  • Melnick. - Bruce Edward Melnick.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1949 December 5.  Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 12.98 days.
  • Melnikov. - Mikhail Vasilyevich Melnikov.  Russian Engineer. (1919 September 22 - 1996).  Deputy Chief Designer 1960-1974 at Korolev design bureau.
  • Melroy. - Pamela Ann Melroy.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1961 September 17.  US Air Force test pilot. Number of Flights: 3.00. Total Time: 38.84 days.
  • Melvill. - Mike Melvill.  American Pilot Test Pilot. Born 1941.  Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 0.0187 days.
  • Melvin. - Leland (Lee) Devon Melvin.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1964 February 15.  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 12.77 days.
  • Meng Senlin. - Meng Senlin.  Chinese Pilot Yuhangyuan. Born 1947. 
  • Mengel. - John T Mengel.  American Engineer. Born 1918. 
  • Menke. - Menke.  Rocket engineer. Member of German Rocket Team in France after World War II.
  • Merbold. - Dr Ulf Dietrich Merbold.  German Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1941 June 20.  Number of Flights: 3.00. Total Time: 49.90 days.
  • Merchez. - Marianne Merchez.  Belgian Engineer Cosmonaut. Born 1960 October 25.  Engineer. Was married to astronaut Maurizio Cheli.
  • Merk Ernst. - Ernst Helmut Merk.  Rocket engineer. (1911 April 1 - Deceas). 
  • Meshcheryakov. - Ivan Vasiliyevich Meshcheryakov.  Russian Military Officer. Born 1922.  Lieutenant General, Chief 50-TsNII KS military space research institute 1983-1988.
  • Messerschmid. - Dr Ernst Willi Messerschmid.  German Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1945 May 1.  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 7.03 days.
  • Metcalf-Lindenburger. - Dorothy Marie 'Dottie' Metcalf-Lindenburger.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1975 May 2.  Teacher.
  • Mettler. - Ruben F Mettler.  American Manager. (1924 February 23 - 2006 May 23). 
  • Metz. - Richard Metz.  Military officer.
  • Meytarchan. - Vyacheslav Georgyevich Meytarchan.  Ukrainian Scientist Cosmonaut. Born 1965 December 7. 
  • Michel. - Dr Frank Curtis Michel.  American Scientist Astronaut. Born 1934 June 5. 
  • Michel Josef. - Josef Martin Michel.  Rocket engineer. (3797 October 19 - 1997 June 29).  Member of the German Rocket Team in the United States after World War II.
  • Mikhailov. - Gennady Mikhailov.  Phantom cosmonaut.
  • Mikoyan. - Artem Ivanovich Mikoyan.  Russian Engineer. (1905 August 5 - 1970 December 9). 
  • Milde. - Hans Walter Milde.  Rocket engineer. (1909 July 3 - 1990 September 15). 
  • Milekhin. - Yuri Mikhailovich Milekhin.  Russian Engineer. From 1996 General Director of the Soyuz Federal Centre for Dual Technology in Dzerzhinskiy
  • Millikan. - Robert A Millikan.  American Manager. (1868 - 1953). 
  • Millinger. - Heinz Albert Millinger.  Rocket engineer. Born 1920 May 7.  Member of the German Rocket Team in the United States after World War II.
  • Minning. - Rudolf Friederich Franz Minning.  Rocket engineer. (1914 May 8 - 1998 September 11).  Member of the German Rocket Team in the United States after World War II.
  • Mishin. - Vasili Pavlovich Mishin.  Russian Engineer. Born 1917 January 18. 
  • Misurkin. - Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Misurkin.  Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1977 September 23. 
  • Mitchell. - Edgar Dean 'Ed' Mitchell.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1930 September 17.  Sixth person to walk on the moon. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 9.00 days.
  • Mitkov. - Andrei Mitkov.  Phantom cosmonaut.
  • Mittauer. - Richard T Mittauer.  American Manager. (1927 June 20 - July 1973). 
  • Mnatsakanian. - Armen Sergeyevich Mnatsakanian.  Russian Engineer. (1918 November 7 - 1992).  Chief Designer 1953-1969 of Nll-648.
  • Modarelli. - James J Modarelli.  American Manager.
  • Mogila. - Anatoliy Iosifovich Mogila.  Russian Military Officer. Born 1924.  Major-General, chief of the fourth trials directorate of 5 NIIP MO 1974-1980.
  • Mohmand. - Abdul Ahad Mohmand.  Afghani Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1959.  First Afghani astronaut. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 8.85 days.
  • Mohri. - Mamoru Mohri.  Japanese Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1948 January 29.  Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 19.17 days.
  • Mohts. - Hermann Mohts.  Engineer.
  • Moiseyev. - Yevgenity Georgeyevich Moiseyev.  Russian Military Officer. Born 1921.  Colonel, Chief of Sixth Trials Directorate of 5 NIIP MO at Baikonur, 1967-1974.
  • Money. - Kenneth Eric Money.  Canadian Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1935 January 4. 
  • Monroe. - Jack Pendleton Monroe.  American Manager. (1904 June 19 - 2006 February 21). 
  • Moore. - John R Moore.  American Manager. Born 1916. 
  • Mordovtsev. - Aleksei Filippovich Mordovtsev.  Russian Military Officer. Born 1922.  Colonel, Deputy Chief of Second Directorate of GUKOS 1970-1979.
  • Morgan. - Barbara Radding Morgan.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1951 November 28.  Teacher. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 12.75 days.
  • Morgenstern. - Oskar Morgenstern.  American Manager. (1902 January 24 - 1977 July 1). 
  • Morin. - Lee Miller Emile Morin.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1952 September 9.  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 10.82 days.
  • Morozov Viktor. - Viktor Pavlovich Morozov.  Russian Military Officer. (1918 November 1 - 1981 July 4).  Chaired the Scientific-Technical Committee of the Strategic Missile Fortes 1962-1967.
  • Morris. - Brooks Morris.  American Manager. (1913 - 1961). 
  • Morukov. - Dr Boris Vladimirovich Morukov.  Russian Physician Cosmonaut. Born 1950 October 1.  Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 11.80 days.
  • Mosch. - Mosch.  Rocket engineer. Member of German Rocket Team in France after World War II.
  • Moshchenko. - Sergey Ivanovich Moshchenko.  Russian Engineer Cosmonaut. Born 1954 January 12. 
  • Moshkin. - Oleg Yuriyevich Moshkin.  Russian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1964 April 23. 
  • Moskalenko. - Nikolai Tikhonovich Moskalenko.  Russian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1949. 
  • Moskalenko Kirill. - Kirill Semenovich Moskalenko.  Russian Military Officer. (1902 May 11 - 1985 June 17).  Commander·in-Chief of the Strategic Missile Forces 1960-1962.
  • Moskalyov. - Oleg Borisovich Moskalyov.  Soviet Scientist Cosmonaut.
  • Mosolov. - Vladimir Yemeliyanovich Mosolov.  Russian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1944 February 21. 
  • Moureu. - Henri Moureu.  Professor. Responsible for acquiring German rocket technology and German rocket experts for France after World War II
  • Mozzhorin. - Yuri Aleksandrovich Mozzhorin.  Russian Military Officer. (1920 December 28 - 1998 May 15).  Director of Nll-88 1961-1990.
  • Mrazek. - Willi Mrazek.  Rocket engineer. (1911 October 20 - 1992 February 8).  Member of the German Rocket Team in the United States after World War II.
  • Mrykin. - Aleksandr Grigoryevich Mrykin.  Russian Military Officer. (1905 August 15 - 1972 October 6).  First Deputy Commander of GURVO 1955-1965.
  • Muehlner. - Joachim Wilhelm Muehlner.  Rocket engineer. (1913 January 10 - 2004 April 13).  Member of the German Rocket Team in the United States after World War II.
  • Mueller. - George Edwin Mueller.  American Manager. Born 1918.  Headed the NASA Office of Manned Spaceflight during the Apollo program.
  • Mueller Fritz. - Fritz Mueller.  Engineer. (1907 October 27 - 2001 May 15).  Member of the German Rocket Team in the United States after World War II.
  • Mueller Hans. - Hans Mueller.  Rocket technician. (1896 - 1986).  Member of German Rocket Team in the Soviet Union after World War II.
  • Mueller Otto. - Otto Mueller.  Rocket engineer. Member of German Rocket Team in France after World War II.
  • Mueller Rudolf. - Rudolf Mueller.  Mechanics expert. Born 1898.  Member of German Rocket Team in the Soviet Union after World War II.
  • Mueller Werner. - Werner Mueller.  Mathematician. Born 1914.  Member of German Rocket Team in the Soviet Union after World War II.
  • Mukai. - Chiaki Mukai.  Japanese Medical Doctor Astronaut. Born 1952 May 6.  Surgeon, first Japanese female astronaut. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 23.65 days.
  • Mukhortov. - Pavel Pavlovich Mukhortov.  Russian Journalist Cosmonaut. Born 1966 March 11. 
  • Mullane. - Richard Michael (Mike) Mullane.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1945 September 10.  Number of Flights: 3.00. Total Time: 14.85 days.
  • Munir. - Munir Habib Habib.  Syrian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1953 September 3. 
  • Munz. - Munz.  Engineer.
  • Murray. - Arthur 'Kit' Murray.  American Pilot Test Pilot.
  • Musabayev. - Talgat Amangeldyevich Musabayev.  Kazakhstani Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1951 January 7.  Number of Flights: 3.00. Total Time: 341.41 days.
  • Musgrave. - Dr Franklin Story Musgrave.  American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1935 August 19.  Flew in space six times. Number of Flights: 6.00. Total Time: 53.42 days.
  • Muszaphar. - Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor Al Masrie.  Malaysian Physician Cosmonaut. Born 1972 July 26.  First Malaysian in space. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 10.88 days.
  • Myasishchev. - Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev.  Russian Engineer. (1902 September 28 - 1978 October 14). 
  • Myers. - Dale Dehaven Myers.  American Manager. Born 1922 January 8. 
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