People Index - Y

  • Yablontsev. - Aleksandr Nikolaevich Yablontsev.  Russian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1955 April 3. 
  • Yakovlev. - Oleg Anatolyevich Yakovlev.  Russian Pilot Cosmonaut. (1940 December 31 - 1990 May 2). 
  • Yakovlev Nikolai. - Nikolai Dmitryevich Yakovlev.  Russian Military Officer. (1898 - 1972 May 10).  Chief of Chief Artillery Directorate 1941-1948.
  • Yamazaki. - Naoko Yamazaki (nee Sumino).  Japanese Engineer Astronaut. Born 1970 December 27.  Engineer.
  • Yang Liwei. - Yang Liwei.  Chinese Pilot Yuhangyuan. Born 1965 June 21.  First Chinese man in space. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 0.89 days.
  • Yangel. - Mikhail Kuzmich Yangel.  Russian Engineer. (1911 October 25 - 1971 October 25).  Preeminent Soviet designer of ballistic missiles and light satellites
  • Yardley. - John Finley Yardley.  American Manager. (1925 February 1 - 2001 June 26).  Headed the Mercury, Gemini, and Skylab programs at McDonnell; led development of the space shuttle through its first flight at NASA.
  • Yaroshenko. - Georgi L Yaroshenko.  Soviet Physician Cosmonaut.
  • Yashin. - Yuri Alekseyevich Yashin.  Russian Military Officer. Born 1930.  Chief of Plesetak Cosmodrome from 1975.
  • Yasinskiy. - Aleksandr Filippovich Yasinskiy.  Russian Military Officer. Born 1930.  Deputy Chief GNITs KS Space Tracking Centre for military operations 1982-1989.
  • Yastrebov. - Vladimir Dmitrevich Yastrebov.  Russian Military Officer. Born 1922.  Colonel, Chief of Ballistic Control for the TsKIK Space Tracking Centre 1965-1972.
  • Yazdovskiy. - Vladimir Ivanovich Yazdovskiy.  Russian Military Officer. Born 1913.  Deputy Director of Institute of Aviation and Space Medicine.
  • Yazdovsky. - Valeri Aleksandrovich Yazdovsky.  Russian Engineer Cosmonaut. Born 1930 June 8. 
  • Yeager. - Charles E Yeager.  American Pilot Test Pilot. Born 1923 February 13.  First person to break the sound barrier.
  • Yeakel. - Glenn Scott Yeakel.  American Manned Spaceflight Engineer Astronaut. Born 1956 May 28. 
  • Yebenov. - Profiri Yebenov.  Phantom cosmonaut.
  • Yefremov. - Gerbert Aleksandrovich Yefremov.  Russian Engineer. Born 1933 March 15.  Chief Designer, Chelomei design bureau, 1971-2000
  • Yefremova. - Yefremova.  Soviet Engineer Cosmonaut. Engineer.
  • Yegorov. - Dr Boris Borisovich Yegorov.  Russian Physician Cosmonaut. (1937 November 26 - 1994 September 12).  First physician in space. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 1.01 days.
  • Yeliseyev. - Aleksei Stanislavovich Yeliseyev.  Russian Engineer Cosmonaut. Born 1934 July 13.  Member of first crew to transfer between spacecraft. Number of Flights: 3.00. Total Time: 8.93 days.
  • Yeltsin. - Boris N Yeltsin.  Russian Manager. Born 1930. 
  • Yemelyanov. - Sergei Aleksandrovich Yemelyanov.  Russian Engineer Cosmonaut. (1951 August 3 - 1992 December 5). 
  • Yerkina. - Zhanna Dmitriyevna Yerkina.  Russian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 1939 May 6.  Pilot, Engineer.
  • Yershov. - Valentin Gavriyilovich Yershov.  Russian Scientist Cosmonaut. (1928 January 21 - 1998 February 15). 
  • Yesenkov. - Sergei Vasilyevich Yesenkov.  Russian Military Officer.
  • Yi. - Soyeon Yi.  Korean Cosmonaut. Born 1978 June 2. 
  • York. - Herbert F York.  American Manager. Born 1923. 
  • Young. - John Watts Young.  American Pilot Astronaut. Born 1930 September 24.  Only astronaut to fly Gemini, Apollo, and Shuttle. Ninth person to walk on the moon. Space speed record (11,107 m/s). Number of Flights: 6.00. Total Time: 34.82 days.
  • Young Jack. - John ("Jack") Donald Young.  American Manager. (1919 February 5 - 1988 December 22). 
  • Young Lawrence. - Lawrence Retman Young.  American Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1935 December 19. 
  • Young Robert. - Robert B Young.  American Engineer. (1917 September 23 - 1979 February 7).  Key engineer and manager at Aerojet, working there from the 1940's, responsible for the rocket engines for the Titan, the Apollo SPS, and Shuttle OMS.
  • Yu Guilin. - Yu Guilin.  Chinese Pilot Yuhangyuan.
  • Yurchikhin. - Fyodor Nikolayevich Yurchikhin.  Russian Engineer Cosmonaut. Born 1959 January 3.  Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 207.54 days.
  • Yuyukov. - Dmitri Andreyevich Yuyukov.  Russian Engineer Cosmonaut. Born 1941 February 26. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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