- 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).
- Walheim. - Rex Joseph Walheim. American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1962 October 10. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 23.59 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 Rongsen. - Wang Rongsen. Chinese Pilot Yuhangyuan. Born 1934.
- 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.
- 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).
- 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 and female record for cumulative days in space, female record for number of spacewalks. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 376.72 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. 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: 2.00. Total Time: 28.66 days.
- Williams Donald. - Donald Edward Williams. American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1942 February 13. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 11.98 days.
- 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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