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M-13 - Rocket Engine - Japan - Solid propellants - 128,731 kgf
M-13 - Rocket Stage - Japan - Solid - 34,800 kg - See Mu-3S-1
M-1 - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/LH2 propellants - 544,118 kgf
M-23-J - Rocket Engine - Japan - Solid propellants - 53,515 kgf
M-23-Mu - Rocket Engine - Japan - Solid propellants - 53,433 kgf
M-23 - Rocket Stage - Japan - Solid - 13,100 kg - See Mu-3S-2
M-24 - Rocket Stage - Japan - Solid - 34,470 kg - See M-V-2
M-34 - Rocket Stage - Japan - Solid - 11,000 kg - See M-V-3
M-3B-J - Rocket Engine - Japan - Solid propellants - 13,469 kgf
M-3B-Mu - Rocket Engine - Japan - Solid propellants - 13,472 kgf
M-3B - Rocket Stage - Japan - Solid - 3,590 kg - See Mu-3S-3
M-42 - Spacecraft - Manned -
Rocketplane - USSR
M-44 - Spacecraft - Manned -
Rocketplane - USSR
M-48 - Spacecraft - Manned -
Spaceplane - USSR
M-71 - Spacecraft - Planetary-
Mars - USSR - See Mars M-71
M-73 - Spacecraft - Planetary-
Mars - USSR - See Mars M-73
M-SAT - Space Project - Communications -
M-Suit - Spacecraft - Manned -
Space Suits - USA
M-V-1 - Rocket Stage - Japan - Solid - 83,560 kg
M-V-2 - Rocket Stage - Japan - Solid - 34,470 kg
M-V-3 - Rocket Stage - Japan - Solid - 11,000 kg
M-V-4 - Rocket Engine - Japan - Solid propellants - 5,300 kgf
M-V-4 - Rocket Stage - Japan - Solid - 1,430 kg
M-V - Launch Vehicle - Japan
M14 - Rocket Engine - Japan - Solid propellants - 385,488 kgf
M1 - Spacecraft - Planetary-
Mars - USSR - See Mars M1
M2-F2 - Spacecraft - Manned -
Spaceplane - USA
M2-F3 - Spacecraft - Manned -
Spaceplane - USA
M24 - Rocket Engine - Japan - Solid propellants - 126,984 kgf
M33-20-4 - Rocket Engine - USA - Solid propellants - 29,164 kgf
M34 - Rocket Engine - Japan - Solid propellants - 30,000 kgf
M55/TX-55/Tu-122 - Rocket Engine - USA - Solid propellants - 80,700 kgf
M56A-1 - Rocket Engine - USA - Solid propellants - 23,300 kgf
MA-1 - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/Kerosene propellants - 77,366 kgf - See XLR-89-1
MA-2 - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/Kerosene propellants - 77,367 kgf - See XLR-89-5
MA-3 - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/Kerosene propellants - 83,870 kgf - See LR-89-5
MA-5A - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/Kerosene propellants - 106,750 kgf - See RS-56-OBA
MA-5 - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/Kerosene propellants - 96,670 kgf - See LR-89-7
MABES - Spacecraft - Technology -
- Japan
Mace - Timothy Kristian Charles Mace - British Cosmonaut - 1989 Commercial Group
Machinski - Dr Georgi Vladimirovich Machinski - Russian Cosmonaut - 1972 Physician Group
MacLean - Steven Glenwood MacLean - Canadian Astronaut - 1996 NASA Group
Macleay - Lachlan Macleay - American Astronaut - 1965 USAF MOL Group 1
MACSAT - Spacecraft - Communications -
Military - United States
Macuh Suit - Spacecraft - Manned -
Space Suits - USA
Mage 1 - Rocket Engine - France - Solid propellants - 1,978 kgf
Mage 1 - Rocket Stage - France - Solid - 369 kg
Mage 2 - Rocket Engine - France - Solid propellants - 4,638 kgf
Mage 2 - Rocket Stage - France - Solid - 530 kg
Magellan - Spacecraft - Planetary -
Venus - United States
Magilton - Gerard Edward Magilton - American Astronaut - Payload Specialist
Magion - Spacecraft - Earth -
Magnetosphere - Czech Republic
Magnetosphere Probe - Spacecraft - Earth -
Magnetosphere - USA
Magnum - Spacecraft - ELINT -
- USA
Magnus - Sandra Hall Magnus - American Astronaut - 1996 NASA Group
Magsat - Spacecraft - Earth -
Magnetosphere - USA
Magyari - Magyari Bela - Hungarian Cosmonaut - 1978 Intercosmos Group
Makarov - Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov - Russian Cosmonaut - 1966 Civilian Engineer Group
Mak - Spacecraft - Earth -
Atmosphere - USSR
Makeyev - Launch Vehicle Family
Makrushin - Valeri Grigoryevich Makrushin - Russian Cosmonaut - 1969 Civilian Engineer Group
MAKS Orbiter - Rocket Stage - Russia - Lox/Kerosene/LH2 - 18,400 kg
MAKS Tank - Rocket Stage - Russia - Lox/Kerosene/LH2 - 248,000 kg
MAKS-D - Launch Vehicle - USSR
MAKS-M - Launch Vehicle - Russia
MAKS-T - Launch Vehicle - Russia
MAKS - Spacecraft - Manned -
Spaceplane - Russia
Makshov - Makshov - Russian Cosmonaut candidate - 1965 Air Force Group (Candidate)
Maksimenko - Valery Yevgenyevich Maksimenko - Russian Cosmonaut - 1991 Buran Group
Maksimov - Sergey Nikolayevich Maksimov - Russian Cosmonaut candidate - 1984 Civilian Engineer Group (Candidate)
MAKS - Launch Vehicle - Russia
Malenchenko - Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko - Russian Cosmonaut - 1987 Air Force Group
Malerba - Franco Egidio Malerba - Italian Astronaut - Payload Specialist
Malhotra - Ravish Malhotra - Indian Cosmonaut - 1982 International Group
Malyshev - Yuri Vassilyevich Malyshev - Russian Cosmonaut - 1967 Air Force Group
Malyutka - Spacecraft - Manned -
Rocketplane - USSR
Mamontov - Mamontov - Russian Cosmonaut - 1977 Buran Group
Man-high - Spacecraft - Manned -
Balloon - USA
Manakov - Gennadi Mikhailovich Manakov - Russian Cosmonaut - 1985 Buran Group
Manarov - Musa Khiramanovich Manarov - Russian Cosmonaut - 1978 Civilian Engineer Group
Manke - John A Manke - American Test Pilot - Test Pilot (NASA)
Manned Flying System - Spacecraft - Manned-
Lunar rover - USA - See Apollo MFS
Manned Orbiting Facility - Spacecraft - -
- USA
Manned Orbiting Laboratory Suit, 1963 - Spacecraft - Manned-
Space Suits - USA - See MOL Space Suit
Manned Orbiting Laboratory - Spacecraft - Manned-
Space Station - USA - See MOL
Manned Orbiting Shuttle Escape System - Spacecraft - Manned-
Bailout - USA - See MOSES
Manned Reusable Capsule - Spacecraft - Manned-
Spacecraft - UK - See Multi-Role Recovery Capsule
Manned Vulkan-launched version - Spacecraft - Manned-
Lunar rover - Russia - See Lunokhod LEK
Mantz - Michael Ray Mantz - American Astronaut - 1982 DoD Group 2
Many Thanks! - Article: Contributors and acknowledgements.
Mapping and Survey System - Spacecraft - Manned-
Lunar orbiter - USA - See Apollo MSS
MAQSAT - Spacecraft - Technology -
- Europe
MARECS - Space Project - Communications -
Marine Observation Satellite - Spacecraft - Earth -
Seasat - Japan
Mariner 1-2 - Spacecraft - Planetary -
Venus - United States
Mariner 10 - Spacecraft - Planetary -
Mercury - United States
Mariner 3-4 - Spacecraft - Planetary -
Mars - United States
Mariner 5 - Spacecraft - Planetary -
Venus - United States
Mariner 6-7 - Spacecraft - Planetary -
Mars - United States
Mariner 8-9 - Spacecraft - Planetary -
Mars - United States
Mariner - Space Project - Planetary - Venus
Marirnin - Marirnin - Russian Cosmonaut candidate - 1965 Air Force Group (Candidate)
Marisat - Spacecraft - Communications -
- USA
Mark 1 Mod III - Spacecraft - Manned -
Space Suits - USA
Mark I ELSS - Spacecraft - Manned -
Space Suits - USA
Mark IV Model 3 Type I - Spacecraft - Manned -
Space Suits - USA
Mark IV USAF - Spacecraft - Manned-
Space Suits - USA - See A/P 22S-3
Mark Ridge-Suit - Spacecraft - Manned -
Space Suits - USA
Marquard - David M Marquard - Astronaut candidate - Payload Specialist (Candidate)
Marquardt Space Sled - Spacecraft - Manned-
Space Suits - USA - See Space Sled
Mars 1986 - Spacecraft - Manned -
Mars Expedition - Russia
Mars 1989 - Spacecraft - Manned -
Mars Expedition - Russia
Mars 1M - Spacecraft - Planetary -
Mars - USSR
Mars 2MV-1 - Spacecraft - Planetary -
Venus - USSR
Mars 2MV-2 - Spacecraft - Planetary -
Venus - USSR
Mars 2MV-3 - Spacecraft - Planetary -
Venus - USSR
Mars 2MV-4 - Spacecraft - Planetary -
Mars - USSR
Mars 3MV-4A - Spacecraft - Planetary -
Mars - USSR
Mars Climate Orbiter - Spacecraft - Planetary -
Mars - USA
Mars Direct - Spacecraft - Manned -
Mars Expedition - USA
Mars Expeditionary Complex - Spacecraft - Manned-
Mars Expedition - Russia - See Aelita-MEK
Mars Expeditions - Soviet - Article: Soviet Expeditions to the Red Planet
Mars Global Surveyor - Spacecraft - Planetary -
Mars - United States
Mars M-69 - Spacecraft - Planetary -
Mars - USSR
Mars M-71 - Spacecraft - Planetary -
Mars - USSR
Mars M-73 - Spacecraft - Planetary -
Mars - USSR
Mars M1 - Spacecraft - Planetary -
Mars - USSR
Mars Observer - Spacecraft - Planetary -
Mars - United States
Mars Pathfinder - Spacecraft - Planetary -
Mars - USA
Mars Polar Lander - Spacecraft - Planetary -
Mars - USA
Mars Surveyor - Space Project - Planetary - Mars
Mars Together - Spacecraft - Planetary -
Mars - Russia
Mars USA - Spacecraft - Manned -
Mars Expedition - USA
Marsokhod - Spacecraft - Manned -
Mars Rover - USSR
Mars - Space Project - Planetary - Mars
Martian Piloted Complex - Spacecraft - Manned-
Mars Expedition - USSR - See MPK
Martin Astrorocket - Launch Vehicle - USA
Martin Project 7969 - Spacecraft - Manned -
Spacecraft - USA
Martlet 1 - Launch Vehicle - Canada
Martlet 2G-1 - Launch Vehicle - Canada
Martlet 2G1-1 - Rocket Stage - Canada - Solid - 130 kg
Martlet 2G1-2 - Rocket Stage - Canada - Solid - 41 kg
Martlet 2G - Launch Vehicle - Canada
Martlet 2 - Launch Vehicle - Canada
Martlet 3A - Launch Vehicle - Canada
Martlet 3B - Launch Vehicle - Canada
Martlet 3D - Launch Vehicle - Canada
Martlet 3E - Launch Vehicle - Canada
Martlet 3E - Rocket Stage - Canada - Solid - 61 kg
Martlet 4-1 - Rocket Engine - Canada - Solid propellants - 6,900 kgf
Martlet 4-2 - Rocket Engine - Canada - Solid propellants - 2,100 kgf
Martlet 4-3 - Rocket Engine - Canada - Solid propellants - 550 kgf
Martlet 4A - Rocket Stage - Canada - Solid - 890 kg
Martlet 4B - Rocket Stage - Canada - Solid - 230 kg
Martlet 4C - Rocket Stage - Canada - Solid - 90 kg
Martlet 4i-1 - Rocket Stage - Canada - Solid - 655 kg
Martlet 4i-2 - Rocket Stage - Canada - Solid - 183 kg
Martlet 4i-3 - Rocket Stage - Canada - Solid - 53 kg
Martlet 4L-2 - Rocket Stage - Canada - N2O4/UDMH - 243 kg
Martlet 4L-3 - Rocket Stage - Canada - N2O4/UDMH - 58 kg
Martlet 4 - Launch Vehicle - Canada
Mashkov - Mashkov - Russian Cosmonaut candidate - 1965 Air Force Group (Candidate)
Massimino - Michael James Massimino - American Astronaut - 1996 NASA Group
Mastracchio - Richard Alan (Rick) Mastracchio - American Astronaut - 1996 NASA Group
Masum - Mohammad Dauran Ghulam Masum - Afghani Cosmonaut - 1988 International Group
Matador - Launch Vehicle - USA
Matagorda Island - Launch Site - USA
Matinchenko - Aleksandr Nikolayevich Matinchenko - Russian Cosmonaut - 1963 Air Force Group
Matthiesen - Dr David Henry Matthiesen - American Astronaut - Payload Specialist
Mattingly - Thomas Kenneth (Ken) Mattingly II - American Astronaut - 1966 NASA Group
Mavr - Spacecraft - Manned -
Mars Flyby - USSR
Max Faget: Master Builder - Article: James Oberg's tribute to the 'American Korolev'...
Mayo - Itzhak Mayo - Israeli Astronaut - Payload Specialist
MB-1 - Spacecraft - Manned -
Space Suits - USA
MB-1 - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/Kerosene propellants - 77,367 kgf - See LR-79-7
MB-3 Press Mod - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/Kerosene propellants - 77,000 kgf
MB-3-1 - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/Kerosene propellants - 77,564 kgf
MB-3-3 - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/Kerosene propellants - 88,380 kgf
MB-3-J - Rocket Engine - - Lox/Kerosene propellants - kgf - See MB-3-J
MB-3 - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/Kerosene propellants - 77,564 kgf - See MB-3-1
MB-60 - Rocket Engine - - Lox/LH2 propellants - 27,200 kgf
MBB-ATC500 - Rocket Engine - Germany - Lox/LH2 propellants - 45,000 kgf
MC-1 - Spacecraft - Manned -
Space Suits - USA
MC-2 - Spacecraft - Manned -
Space Suits - USA
MC-3A - Spacecraft - Manned -
Space Suits - USA
MC-3 - Spacecraft - Manned -
Space Suits - USA
MC-4A - Spacecraft - Manned -
Space Suits - USA
McArthur Megan - K Megan McArthur - American Astronaut - 2000 NASA Group 18
McArthur - William Surles (Bill) McArthur Jr - American Astronaut - 1990 NASA Group
McAuliffe - Sharon Christa Corrigan McAuliffe - American Astronaut - Payload Specialist
McBride - Jon Andrew McBride - American Astronaut - 1978 NASA Group
McCandless - Bruce McCandless II - American Astronaut - 1966 NASA Group
McCool - William Cameron McCool - American Astronaut - 1996 NASA Group
McCulley - Michael James McCulley - American Astronaut - 1984 NASA Group
McDivitt - James Alton (Jim) McDivitt - American Astronaut - 1962 NASA Group
McDonnell Project 7969 - Spacecraft - Manned -
Spacecraft - USA
McDonnell-Douglas - Spacecraft - Manned-
Spacecraft - USA - See Big Gemini
McElmurry - Thomas Uriel McElmurry - Astronaut candidate - 1962 NASA Group (Candidate)
McIntosh - Robert Henderson McIntosh - Astronaut candidate - 1962 NASA Group (Candidate)
McIntyre - James Smith McIntyre - Astronaut candidate - 1963 NASA Group (Candidate)
McKay Michael - Michael John McKay - Canadian Astronaut - Payload Specialist
McKay - John Barron McKay - American Test Pilot - Test Pilot (NASA)
McMonagle - Donald (Don) Ray McMonagle - American Astronaut - 1987 NASA Group
McMurtry - Thomas C McMurtry - American Test Pilot - Test Pilot (NASA)
McNair - Dr Ronald Erwin McNair - American Astronaut - 1978 NASA Group
MCO - Spacecraft - Planetary-
Mars - USA - See Mars Climate Orbiter
Me-163 - Launch Vehicle - Germany
Meade - Carl Joseph Meade - American Astronaut - 1985 NASA Group
Measat - Space Project - Communications -
Mech-K - Spacecraft - Surveillance-
Radarsat - USSR - See Almaz-T
Mech - Spacecraft - Manned-
Space Station - Russia - See Almaz
Medvedev - A A Medvedev - Russian Cosmonaut candidate - 1978 Civilian Engineer Group (Candidate)
Megsat - Spacecraft - Technology -
Communications - Italy
Melnick - Bruce Edward Melnick - American Astronaut - 1987 NASA Group
Melroy - Pamela Ann Melroy - American Astronaut - 1995 NASA Group
Melua - Arkady Ivanovich Melua - Russian Cosmonaut candidate - 1985 Academy of Sciences Group (Candidate)
Melvin - Leland (Lee) Devon Melvin - American Astronaut - 1998 NASA Group
MEMS - Spacecraft - Technology -
- Germany/USA
Mendieta Jiminez - Francisco Mendieta Jiminez - Astronaut candidate - Payload Specialist (Candidate)
Menitsky - Valeri Menitsky - Astronaut candidate - Pilot (Candidate)
Menzies - Robert Menzies - Astronaut candidate - Payload Specialist (Candidate)
Merbold - Dr Ulf Dietrich Merbold - German Astronaut - Payload Specialist / Guest Cosmonaut
Merchez - Marianne Merchez - Belgian Cosmonaut - 1992 ESA Group
Mercury 6 - Manned spaceflight - Mercury - USA
Mercury 7 - Manned spaceflight - Mercury - USA
Mercury 8 - Manned spaceflight - Mercury - USA
Mercury 9 - Manned spaceflight - Mercury - USA
Mercury ELINT - Spacecraft - ELINT -
- USA
Mercury Mark I - Spacecraft - Manned -
Spacecraft - USA
Mercury MR-3 - Manned spaceflight - Mercury - USA
Mercury MR-4 - Manned spaceflight - Mercury - USA
Mercury Space Suit - Spacecraft - Manned -
Space Suits - USA
Mercury - Spacecraft - ELINT-
- USA - See Mercury ELINT
Mercury - Space Project - Manned - Spacecraft
Merkur; VA Vozvrashchaemiy Apparat - Spacecraft - Manned-
Spacecraft - USSR - See TKS VA
Messerschmid - Dr Ernst Willi Messerschmid - German Astronaut - Payload Specialist
Metcalf - Michael W Metcalf - Astronaut candidate - Payload Specialist (Candidate)
Meteor (USA) - Spacecraft - Earth -
Weather - USA
Meteor M - Spacecraft - Earth -
Weather - USSR
Meteor-2 - Spacecraft - Earth -
Weather - USSR
Meteor-3 - Spacecraft - Earth -
Weather - USSR
Meteor-Priroda - Spacecraft - Earth -
Landsat - USSR
Meteor - Spacecraft - Earth -
Weather - USSR
Meteosat - Spacecraft - Earth -
Weather - Europe
Methia - Richard A Methia - Astronaut candidate - Payload Specialist (Candidate)
Meytarchan - Vechaslav Meytarchan - Ukrainian Cosmonaut - 1996 Ukraine Group
Michel - Dr Frank Curtis Michel - American Astronaut - 1965 NASA Group
Microlab - Spacecraft - Earth -
Atmosphere - USA
Microsat SSTL - Spacecraft - Technology -
- UK
Microsat - Spacecraft - Earth -
Magnetosphere - Argentina
Microstar - Spacecraft - Technology-
Communications - United States - See Orbcomm
Midas - Spacecraft - Early Warning -
- USA
Midcourse Space Experiment - Spacecraft - Military-
SDI - United States - See MSX
MiG 105-11 - Spacecraft - Manned -
Spaceplane - Russia
MiG-2000 - Launch Vehicle - Russia
MiG-25 - Rocket Stage - USSR - Air/Kerosene - 32,136 kg
MIGAKS - Launch Vehicle - Russia
MightySat 1 - Spacecraft - Technology -
- USA
MIHT-1 - Rocket Engine - Russia - Solid propellants - 100,000 kgf
MIHT-2 - Rocket Engine - Russia - Solid propellants - 50,000 kgf
MIHT-3 - Rocket Engine - Russia - Solid propellants - 25,000 kgf
MIHT-4 - Rocket Engine - Russia - Solid propellants - 1,000 kgf
Mikoyan 301 - Launch Vehicle - Russia
Military Strategic and Tactical Relay System - Spacecraft - Communications-
Military - United States - See Milstar
Military Struggle for Space - Article: Coming soon...
Milstar - Spacecraft - Communications -
Military - United States
Minibus - Spacecraft - Technology -
- UK
Minisat SSTL - Spacecraft - Technology -
- UK
Minisat - Spacecraft - Technology -
- USA
Minotaur - Launch Vehicle - USA
Minuteman 1A - Launch Vehicle - USA
Minuteman 2-2 - Rocket Stage - USA - Solid - 7,032 kg
Minuteman 2 - Launch Vehicle - USA
Minuteman 3 - Launch Vehicle - USA
Minuteman-1 - Rocket Stage - USA - Solid - 23,077 kg
Minuteman-2 - Rocket Stage - USA - Solid - 5,170 kg
Mir complex - Spacecraft - Manned -
Space Station - USSR
Mir Modules-FGB - Spacecraft - Manned -
Space Station - USSR
Mir-2 KB Salyut - Spacecraft - Manned -
Space Station - USSR
Mir-2 - Spacecraft - Manned -
Space Station - USSR
Mir-Shuttle Docking Module - Spacecraft - Manned -
Space Station - Russia
Mirage 4A - Rocket Stage - France - Air/Kerosene - 26,213 kg
Miranda - Spacecraft - Technology -
- UK
Mir - Spacecraft - Manned -
Space Station - Russia
Mirka - Spacecraft - Technology -
RV - Germany
Mir - Space Project - Manned - Space station
Miscellany - Launch Vehicle Family
Missile Defense Alarm System - Spacecraft - Early Warning-
- USA - See Midas
Missile - Launch Vehicle Family
Mitchell - Edgar Dean Mitchell - American Astronaut - 1966 NASA Group
MK ZPS - Spacecraft - Manned -
Space Suits - USA
MK-700 - Spacecraft - Manned -
Mars Flyby - Russia
MKBS - Spacecraft - Manned -
Space Station - Russia
MLLV-0 - Rocket Stage - USA - Solid - 1,920,200 kg
MLLV - Launch Vehicle - USA
MLLV - Rocket Stage - USA - Lox/LH2 - 5,352,400 kg
Mobile Equipment Transporter - Spacecraft - Manned-
Space Suits - USA - See Apollo MET
Mobile Lunar Laboratory - Spacecraft - Manned-
Lunar rover - USA - See Molab
Model 4 - Spacecraft - Manned -
Space Suits - USA
Modularised Space Station - Spacecraft - Manned -
Space Station - USA
Mohammed - Kyal Mohammed - Cosmonaut candidate - 1988 International Group (Candidate)
Mohmand - Abdul Ahad Mohmand - Afghani Cosmonaut - 1988 International Group
Mohri - Mamoru Mohri - Japanese Astronaut - 1985 NASDA Group
MOK - Spacecraft - Manned-
Space Station - Russia - See MKBS
Mokin - A V Mokin - Russian Cosmonaut candidate - 1978 Civilian Engineer Group (Candidate)
MOL Space Suit - Spacecraft - Manned -
Space Suits - USA
Molab - Spacecraft - Manned -
Lunar rover - USA
MOL - Spacecraft - Manned -
Space Station - USA
Molniya 8K78-0 - Rocket Stage - Russia - Lox/Kerosene - 43,400 kg
Molniya 8K78-1 - Rocket Stage - Russia - Lox/Kerosene - 100,500 kg
Molniya 8K78-2 - Rocket Stage - Russia - Lox/Kerosene - 24,300 kg
Molniya 8K78-3 - Rocket Stage - Russia - Lox/Kerosene - 5,100 kg
Molniya 8K78L - Launch Vehicle - Russia
Molniya 8K78 - Launch Vehicle - Russia
Molniya 8K78M-0 - Rocket Stage - Russia - Lox/Kerosene - 43,400 kg
Molniya 8K78M-1 - Rocket Stage - Russia - Lox/Kerosene - 100,600 kg
Molniya 8K78M-2 - Rocket Stage - Russia - Lox/Kerosene - 24,800 kg
Molniya 8K78M-3 - Rocket Stage - Russia - Lox/Kerosene - 6,660 kg
Molniya 8K78M - Launch Vehicle - Russia
Molniya M-3 - Rocket Stage - Russia - Lox/Kerosene - 4,500 kg
Molniya-1 - Spacecraft - Communications -
- USSR
Molniya-1M - Spacecraft - Communications-
- USSR - See Molniya-2
Molniya-1T - Spacecraft - Communications -
- USSR
Molniya-2 - Spacecraft - Communications -
- USSR
Molniya-2M - Spacecraft - Communications-
- USSR - See Molniya-3
Molniya-3 - Spacecraft - Communications -
- USSR
Molniya-M - Launch Vehicle - Russia - See Molniya 8K78M
Molniya-Yu - Spacecraft - Technology -
- USSR
Molniya - Launch Vehicle - Russia - See Molniya 8K78
Molniya - Space Project - Communications -
Money - Kenneth Eric Money - Canadian Astronaut - Payload Specialist
Monoblock UR-500 - Launch Vehicle - Russia
Moon projects, Soviet - Article: The failed Soviet lunar program, and the follow-on lunar base projects that came to nothing.
Moon Race - Article: Side-by-side chronology of the major events of the race to the moon.
MOOSE - Spacecraft - Manned -
Bailout - USA
MORAD - Spacecraft - Manned -
Lunar Lander - USA
Morelos - Space Project - Communications -
Morgan - Barbara Radding Morgan - American Astronaut - 1998 NASA Group
Morin - Lee Miller Emile Morin - American Astronaut - 1996 NASA Group
MORL Mars Flyby - Spacecraft - Manned -
Mars Flyby - USA
MORL - Spacecraft - Manned -
Space Station - USA
Morozov - Boris Nikolayevich Morozov - Russian Cosmonaut - 1978 Civilian Engineer Group
Morukov - Dr Boris Vladimirovich Morukov - Russian Cosmonaut - 1989 Physician Group
Moschenko - Sergey Moschenko - Russian Cosmonaut - 1997 Civilian Engineer Group
MOSES - Spacecraft - Manned -
Bailout - USA
Moshchenko - Sergey Ivanovich Moshchenko - Russian Cosmonaut - 1997 Civilian Engineer Group
Moshkin - Oleg Yuriyevich Moshkin - Russian Cosmonaut - 1997 Air Force Group
Moskalenko - Nikolai Tikhonovich Moskalenko - Russian Cosmonaut - 1976 Air Force Group
Moskalyov - Oleg Borisovich Moskalyov - Russian Cosmonaut candidate - 1964 Civilian Engineer Group (Candidate)
Mosolov - Vladimir Yemeliyanovich Mosolov - Russian Cosmonaut - 1979 Buran Group
MPEC - Spacecraft - Technology -
Military - USA
MPK - Spacecraft - Manned -
Mars Expedition - USSR
MR-103 - Rocket Engine - USA - Hydrazine propellants - 0 kgf
MR-104 - Rocket Engine - USA - Hydrazine propellants - 45 kgf
MR-106 - Rocket Engine - USA - Hydrazine propellants - 3 kgf
MR-107 - Rocket Engine - USA - Hydrazine propellants - 26 kgf
MR-111 - Rocket Engine - USA - Hydrazine propellants - 0 kgf
MR-12 - Launch Vehicle - USSR
MR-502 IMPEHT - Rocket Engine - USA - Hydrazine propellants - 0 kgf
MR-508 LPHA - Rocket Engine - USA - Hydrazine propellants - 0 kgf
MR-50 - Rocket Engine - USA - Hydrazine propellants - 2 kgf
MR-UR-100 - Launch Vehicle -
MRC - Spacecraft - Manned-
Spacecraft - UK - See Multi-Role Recovery Capsule
MRE-15/OMV - Rocket Engine - USA - Hydrazine propellants - 9 kgf
MRE-5/Compton Observatory - Rocket Engine - USA - N2O4/MMH propellants - 3 kgf
MR - Launch Vehicle - USSR
MRSV - Spacecraft - Manned -
Spacecraft - USA
MS - Space Project - Technology -
MSTI - Spacecraft - Military -
SDI - USA
MSX - Spacecraft - Military -
SDI - United States
MTI - Spacecraft - Technology -
- USA
MTKVA - Spacecraft - Manned -
Spaceplane - Russia
MTS - Spacecraft - Earth -
Micrometeoroid - USA
Mu-3S-0 - Rocket Stage - Japan - Solid - 5,100 kg
Mu-3S-1 - Rocket Stage - Japan - Solid - 34,800 kg
Mu-3S-2 - Rocket Stage - Japan - Solid - 13,100 kg
Mu-3S-3 - Rocket Stage - Japan - Solid - 3,590 kg
Mu-3S - Launch Vehicle - Japan
Mukai - Chiaki Mukai - Japanese Astronaut - 1985 NASDA Group
Mukhortov - Pavel Pavlovich Mukhortov - Russian Cosmonaut - 1990 Journalist Group
Mullane - Richard Michael (Mike) Mullane - American Astronaut - 1978 NASA Group
Multi-module orbital base - Spacecraft - Manned-
Space Station - Russia - See MKBS
Multi-Role Recovery Capsule - Spacecraft - Manned -
Spacecraft - UK
Multiple Access Communications Satellites - Spacecraft - Communications-
Military - United States - See MACSAT
Multipurpose Satellite Gals - Spacecraft - Earth -
Radarsat - Russia
Munir - Khabib Munir - Syrian Cosmonaut - 1985 International Group
Murakami - Atsuyoshi Murakami - Cosmonaut candidate - 1989 Commercial Group (Candidate)
Murashov - Anatoly Yurievich Murashov - Russian Cosmonaut candidate - 1989 Physician Group (Candidate)
Murray - Arthur 'Kit' Murray - American Test Pilot - Test Pilot (USAF)
Musabayev - Talgat Amangeldyevich Musabayev - Kazakh Cosmonaut - 1990 Kazakhstan Government Group
Muses - Space Project - Planetary - Lunar
Musgrave - Dr Franklin Story Musgrave - American Astronaut - 1967 NASA Group
Musketball - Spacecraft - Technology -
- USA
Musson - Spacecraft - Earth-
Geodetic - USSR - See Geo-IK
Mustard 1 - Rocket Stage - UK - Lox/LH2 - 141,043 kg
Mustard 2 - Rocket Stage - UK - Lox/LH2 - 142,184 kg
Mustard - Rocket Engine - UK - Lox/LH2 propellants - 220,000 kgf
Mustard - Launch Vehicle - UK
Musudan - Launch Site - North Korea
MVKS - Launch Vehicle - USSR - See VKS
MX-324 - Spacecraft - Manned -
Rocketplane - USA
MX-771 - Launch Vehicle - USA - See Matador
MX-774 - Launch Vehicle - USA
MX-776 - Launch Vehicle - USA - See Rascal
Mylar - Spacecraft - Technology -
- USA
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