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P 11 - Spacecraft - Technology - - USA
P 21 - Spacecraft - Technology - Military - USA
P 35-1 - Spacecraft - Technology - Military - USA
P 35-2 - Spacecraft - Technology - Military - USA
P 35-3 - Spacecraft - Technology - Military - USA
P 35-4 - Spacecraft - Technology - Military - USA
P 35-5 - Spacecraft - Technology - Military - USA
P 72 - Spacecraft - Technology - Military - USA
P 76 - Spacecraft - Technology - Communications - USA
P 90 - Spacecraft - Technology- - United States - See APEX
P-14 - Spacecraft - Solar - - USA
P-4 - Rocket Stage - France - Solid - 4,500 kg - See Diamant B-2
P-6 - Rocket Stage - France - Solid - 703 kg - See Diamant-3
P-7 - Rocket Engine - - N2O4/Aerozine-50 propellants - kgf - See P-7
P230 - Rocket Engine - France - Lox/LH2 propellants - 660,000 kgf
P4-1 Booster - Rocket Engine - - Lox/Kerosene propellants - 249 kgf
P4-1 Sustainer - Rocket Engine - - Lox/Kerosene propellants - 48 kgf
P4-1 - Rocket Engine - - Lox/Kerosene propellants - 48 kgf - See P4-1 Sustainer
P4 - Rocket Engine - France - Solid propellants - 18,000 kgf
P6 - Rocket Engine - France - Solid propellants - 3,000 kgf
P8E-9 - Rocket Engine - - Nitric acid/UDMH propellants - kgf
P9.5 - Rocket Engine - France - Solid propellants - 70,360 kgf
P9.5 - Rocket Stage - France - Solid - 12,560 kg - See Ariane 4P
PAC - Spacecraft - Technology - - USA
Padalka - Gennadi Ivanovich Padalka - Russian Cosmonaut - 1989 Air Force Group
PAET - Spacecraft - Technology - Military - USA
Pageos - Spacecraft - Earth - Geodetic - USA
Pailes - William Arthur Pailes - American Astronaut - 1982 DoD Group 2
Palapa - Space Project - Communications -
Palmachim - Launch Site - Israel
PAM-D2 - Rocket Stage - USA - Solid - 3,697 kg
PAM-D - Rocket Stage - USA - Solid - 2,141 kg
PAM-S - Rocket Stage - USA - Solid - 2,182 kg
PAMS - Spacecraft - Technology - - USA
Panamsat - Space Project - Communications -
Paracone - Spacecraft - Manned - Bailout - USA
Parazynski - Dr Scott Edward Parazynski - American Astronaut - 1992 NASA Group
Paris Gun - Launch Vehicle - Germany
Parise - Dr Ronald Anthony (Ron) Parise - American Astronaut - Payload Specialist
Park - Chan-Wook Park - Cosmonaut candidate - 1995 Commercial Group (Candidate)
Parker - Dr Robert Alan Ridley (Bob) Parker - American Astronaut - 1967 NASA Group
Parsons - Robert King Parsons - Astronaut candidate - 1963 NASA Group (Candidate)
Parus - Spacecraft - Navigation - - USSR
Passive Aerodynamically Stabilized Magnetically Damped Satellite - Spacecraft - Technology- - USA - See PAMS
Patat - Frederic Patat - French Astronaut - Payload Specialist
Patchett - Bruce E Patchett - Astronaut candidate - Payload Specialist (Candidate)
Pathfinder - Launch Vehicle - USA
Pathfinder - Rocket Stage - USA - Lox/Kerosene - 100,000 kg
Patrick - Nicholas James MacDonald Patrick - American Astronaut - 1998 NASA Group
Patsayev - Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev - Russian Cosmonaut - 1968 Civilian Engineer Group
Pawelczyk - Dr James Anthony Pawelczyk - American Astronaut - Payload Specialist
Payette - Julie Payette - Canadian Astronaut - 1996 NASA Group
Payload Launch Vehicle - Launch Vehicle - USA
Payton - Gary Eugene Payton - American Astronaut - 1979 DoD Group 1
PC-2 - Launch Vehicle - Iraq - See Babylon Gun
PDP - Spacecraft - Earth - Magnetosphere - USA
Peacekeeper 1 - Rocket Engine - USA - Solid propellants - 224,796 kgf
Peackeeper-1 - Rocket Engine - USA - Solid propellants - 224,796 kgf
Peenemuende - Launch Site - Germany
Pegasus Tanks - Rocket Stage - USA - Lox/LH2 - 20,000 kg
Pegasus VTOVL - Launch Vehicle - USA
Pegasus VTOVL - Rocket Stage - USA - Lox/LH2 - 1,250,000 kg
Pegasus XL-1 - Rocket Engine - USA - Solid propellants - 60,062 kgf
Pegasus XL-1 - Rocket Stage - USA - Solid - 17,934 kg
Pegasus XL-2 - Rocket Engine - USA - Solid propellants - 15,653 kgf
Pegasus XL-2 - Rocket Stage - USA - Solid - 4,331 kg
Pegasus XL - Launch Vehicle - USA
Pegasus-1 - Rocket Engine - USA - Solid propellants - 49,447 kgf
Pegasus-1 - Rocket Stage - USA - Solid - 14,020 kg
Pegasus-2 - Rocket Engine - USA - Solid propellants - 12,053 kgf
Pegasus-2 - Rocket Stage - USA - Solid - 3,370 kg
Pegasus-3 - Rocket Engine - USA - Solid propellants - 3,525 kgf
Pegasus-3 - Rocket Stage - USA - Solid - 985 kg
Pegasus-4 - Rocket Stage - USA - Hydrazine - 90 kg
Pegasus - Spacecraft - Earth - Micrometeoroid - USA
Pegasus - Launch Vehicle Family
Pegasus - Launch Vehicle - USA
Pegsat - Spacecraft - Earth - Magnetosphere - USA
Pelczak - Oldrich Pelczak - Czechoslovakian Cosmonaut - 1976 Intercosmos Group
Pelican - Launch Vehicle - USA
Penguin - Spacecraft - Manned - Space Suits - USSR
Peole - Spacecraft - Communications - - France
Peralta y Fabi - Ricardo Peralta y Fabi - Mexican Astronaut - Payload Specialist
Percheron - Launch Vehicle - USA
Perrin - Philippe Perrin - French Astronaut - 1996 NASA Group
Pershing - Launch Vehicle - USA
Personal Rescue Enclosure - Spacecraft - Manned- Bailout - USA - See Rescue Ball
Petersen Forrest - Forrest Silas Petersen - American Test Pilot - Test Pilot (USAF)
Peterson Bruce - Bruce A Peterson - American Test Pilot - Test Pilot (NASA)
Peterson N - N Paul Peterson - Astronaut candidate - Payload Specialist (Candidate)
Peterson - Dr Donald Herod (Don) Peterson - American Astronaut - 1967 USAF MOL Group 3
Petrenko - Vladimir Yegorovich Petrenko - Russian Cosmonaut candidate - 1972 Civilian Engineer Group (Candidate)
Petrov Nikolay - Nikolay Konstantinovich Petrov - Russian Cosmonaut candidate - 1978 Civilian Engineer Group (Candidate)
Petrov - Yuri Grigorievich Petrov - Russian Cosmonaut candidate - 1969 Civilian Enginner Group (Candidate)
Petrushenko - Aleksandr Yakovlevich Petrushenko - Russian Cosmonaut - 1965 Air Force Group
Pettit - Donald Roy Pettit - American Astronaut - 1996 NASA Group
PF N204/Alumizine-1925k - Rocket Engine - USA - N2O4/Alumizine propellants - 1,924,600 kgf
PF N204/Alumizine-2300k - Rocket Engine - USA - N2O4/Alumizine propellants - 2,300,800 kgf
PF N204/UDMH-2165k - Rocket Engine - USA - N2O4/UDMH propellants - 2,165,100 kgf
PF N204/UDMH-2912k - Rocket Engine - USA - N2O4/UDMH propellants - 2,911,600 kgf
PF RP-1 - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/Kerosene propellants - 2,070,700 kgf
PFS - Spacecraft - Planetary - Lunar - USA
PGRTV - Spacecraft - Technology - RV - USA
PHAFO - Spacecraft - Manned - Space Suits - USA
PHANTOMS OF SPACE - Part 1 - Article: James Oberg's classic debunking of all those 'dead cosmonaut' stories.
PHANTOMS OF SPACE - Part 2 - Article: James Oberg's classic debunking of all those 'dead cosmonaut' stories.
Philips - Dr Robert Ward Philips - American Astronaut - Payload Specialist
Phillips - John Lynch Phillips - American Astronaut - 1996 NASA Group
Pickett - Robert L Pickett - Astronaut candidate - Payload Specialist (Candidate)
Pilot - Spacecraft - Technology - - USA
Piloted Gliding Spacecraft - Spacecraft - Manned- Spaceplane - Russia - See PKA
Pion - Spacecraft - Earth - Atmosphere - USSR
Pioneer 0-1-2 - Spacecraft - Planetary - Lunar - United States
Pioneer 10-11 - Spacecraft - Planetary - Outer Planets - United States
Pioneer 12 - Spacecraft - Planetary - Venus - United States
Pioneer 13 - Spacecraft - Planetary - Venus - United States
Pioneer 3-4 - Spacecraft - Planetary - Lunar - United States
Pioneer 5 - Spacecraft - Solar - - United States
Pioneer 6-7-8-9-E - Spacecraft - Solar - - United States
Pioneer P 3 - Spacecraft - Planetary - Lunar - USA
Pioneer - Space Project - Planetary - Lunar
Pisarev - Viktor Mikhailovich Pisarev - Russian Cosmonaut - 1967 Air Force Group
Pitskhelauri - Vladimir Pitskhelauri - Russian Cosmonaut candidate - 1965 Air Force Group (Candidate)
Pitzhelauri - Pitzhelauri - Russian Cosmonaut candidate - 1965 Air Force Group (Candidate)
PIX - Spacecraft - Technology - - USA
PKA - Spacecraft - Manned - Spaceplane - Russia
Planet-B - Spacecraft - Planetary - Mars - Japan
Planetary Mission Module - Spacecraft - Manned - Mars Expedition - USA
Planetary Probes - Article: The conquest of the solar system - by robots that serve as extensions of our senses in hostile environments....
Plasma Diagnostics Package - Spacecraft - Earth- Magnetosphere - USA - See PDP
Plasma-A - Spacecraft - Technology - Ion engine - USSR
Plesetsk - Launch Site - Russia
Pletser - Vladimir Pletser - Astronaut candidate - Payload Specialist (Candidate)
Plug-Nozzle J-2 - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/LH2 propellants - 700,000 kgf
Plug-Nozzle Pegasus - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/LH2 propellants - 2,440,000 kgf
Plug-Nozzle Rombus - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/LH2 propellants - 10,400,000 kgf
Plug-Nozzle SASSTO - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/LH2 propellants - 160,600 kgf
Plug-Nozzle SERV - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/LH2 propellants - 3,261,105 kgf
Plug-Nozzle SSME - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/LH2 propellants - 380,221 kgf
PLV - Launch Vehicle - USA - See Payload Launch Vehicle
PMG - Spacecraft - Technology - Tether - USA
Pobeda - Launch Vehicle - Russia - See R-5M
POGS - Spacecraft - Technology - - USA
Pogue - William Reid (Bill) Pogue - American Astronaut - 1966 NASA Group
Poindexter - Alan Goodwin Poindexter - American Astronaut - 1998 NASA Group
Point Mugu - Launch Site - USA
Polansky - Mark Lewis Polansky - American Astronaut - 1996 NASA Group
Polar Beacon Experiment & Auroral Research - Spacecraft - Earth- Magnetosphere - United States - See Polar Bear
Polar Bear - Spacecraft - Earth - Magnetosphere - United States
Polar Platform - Spacecraft - - - USA
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle - Launch Vehicle - India - See PSLV
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle - Rocket Stage - India - N2O4/UDMH - 45,800 kg - See PSLV-2
Polar - Spacecraft - Earth - Magnetosphere - United States
Polaris A-1 - Launch Vehicle -
Polaris A-2 - Launch Vehicle - USA
Polaris - Launch Vehicle - USA
Polishchuk - Aleksandr Fyodorovich Polishchuk - Russian Cosmonaut - 1989 Civilian Engineer Group
Polonski - Anatoly Borisovich Polonski - Russian Cosmonaut - 1991 Buran Group
Polyakov Boris - Boris Ivanovich Polyakov - Russian Cosmonaut - 1964 Voskhod Group
Polyakov N - N Polyakov - Russian Cosmonaut candidate - 1965 Air Force Group (Candidate)
Polyakov - Dr Valeri Vladimirovich Polyakov - Russian Cosmonaut - 1972 Physician Group
Polyblock UR-500 - Launch Vehicle - Russia
Polyot 11A59 - Launch Vehicle - Russia
Polyot-1 - Spacecraft - Military - ASAT - USSR
Polyot-2 - Spacecraft - Military - ASAT - USSR
Polyot - Launch Vehicle - Russia - See Polyot 11A59
Polyus - Spacecraft - Military - ASAT - USSR
Ponomaryova - Valentina Leonidovna Ponomaryova - Russian Cosmonaut - 1962 Female Group
Ponomaryov - Yuri Anatoyevich Ponomaryov - Russian Cosmonaut - 1972 Civilian Engineer Group
Pontes - Marcos Cesar Pontes - Brazil Astronaut - 1998 NASA Group
Popov - Leonid Ivanovich Popov - Russian Cosmonaut - 1970 Air Force Group
Popovich - Pavel Romanovich Popovich - Russian Cosmonaut - 1960 Air Force Group
Porvatkin - Nikolai Stepanovich Porvatkin - Russian Cosmonaut - 1967 Air Force Group
Poseidon C3 - Launch Vehicle -
Poseidon C4 - Launch Vehicle -
Poseidon D5 - Launch Vehicle -
Potapov - Dr Mikhail Georgiyevich Potapov - Russian Cosmonaut - 1978 Physician Group
Potok - Spacecraft - Communications - Military - USSR
Powell - Powell - American Test Pilot - Test Pilot (NASA)
Power Tower Space Station - 1984 - Spacecraft - - - USA
Pozharskaya - Dr Larisa Grigoryevna Pozharskaya - Russian Cosmonaut - 1980 Female Group
Prahl - Dr Joseph Markel Prahl - American Astronaut - Payload Specialist
PRD-15 - Rocket Engine - Russia - Solid propellants - 40,000 kgf
PRD-19M - Rocket Engine - Russia - Solid propellants - kgf
PRD-22 - Rocket Engine - Russia - Solid propellants - 400 kgf
PRD-36 - Rocket Engine - Russia - Solid propellants - kgf
PRD-52 - Rocket Engine - Russia - Solid propellants - 80,000 kgf
PRD-61 - Rocket Engine - Russia - Solid propellants - kgf
PRD-70 - Rocket Engine - Russia - Solid propellants - kgf
Precourt - Charles Joseph (Charlie) Precourt - American Astronaut - 1990 NASA Group
PRE - Spacecraft - Manned- Bailout - USA - See Rescue Ball
Preobrazhensky - Vladimir Yevgenyevich Preobrazhensky - Russian Cosmonaut - 1965 Air Force Group
Press Fed 1000k - Rocket Engine - USA - N2O4/UDMH propellants - 998,639 kgf
Press Fed 200k - Rocket Engine - USA - N2O4/UDMH propellants - 206,803 kgf
Press Fed 25k - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/Kerosene propellants - 25,000 kgf
Press Fed 5748k - Rocket Engine - USA - N2O4/UDMH propellants - 5,748,000 kgf
Press Fed - Rocket Engine - USA - N2O4/MMH propellants - 1,814 kgf
Priboy/Surf - Launch Vehicle - Russia
Prikhodko - Yuri Victorovich Prikhodko - Russian Cosmonaut - 1989 Buran Group
Prime - Spacecraft - Manned - Spaceplane - USA
Prinz - Dr Dianne Kasnic Prinz - American Astronaut - Payload Specialist
Priroda - Spacecraft - Manned - Space Station - Russia
Private - Launch Vehicle - USA
Probe - Spacecraft - Earth - Magnetosphere - USA
Prognoz-2 - Spacecraft - Early Warning - - USSR
Prognoz-M - Spacecraft - Earth - Magnetosphere - USSR
Prognoz - Spacecraft - Earth - Magnetosphere - USSR
Program 437 - Spacecraft - Military - ASAT - USA
Program 505 - Spacecraft - Military - ASAT - USA
Program 922 - Spacecraft - Military - ASAT - USA
Progress M1 - Spacecraft - Manned - Logistics - Russia
Progress M2 - Spacecraft - Manned - Logistics - USSR
Progress M - Spacecraft - Manned - Logistics - Russia
Progress - Spacecraft - Manned - Logistics - Russia
Project 7969 - Spacecraft - Manned - Spacecraft - USA
Project 921-1 - Spacecraft - Manned- Spacecraft - China - See Shenzhou
Project 921-1 - Rocket Stage - China - Lox/Kerosene - 306,000 kg
Project 921-2 - Spacecraft - Manned - Station - China
Project 921-2 - Rocket Stage - China - Lox/LH2 - 57,000 kg
Project 921-3 - Spacecraft - Manned - Spaceplane - China
Project 921 - Launch Vehicle - China
Project Deimos - Spacecraft - Manned - Mars Expedition - USA
Project Gemini AMU Space Suit, 1966 - Spacecraft - Manned- Space Suits - USA - See G4C AMU
Project Horizon - Chapter 1 - Article: The project summary of the US Army's 1959 plan to place a military base on the moon by 1965!
Project Horizon - Chapter 2 - Article: This is the best part, with all the pictures - the project summary of the US Army's 1959 plan to place a military base on the moon by 1965!
Project Horizon - Chapter 3 - Article: The project summary of the US Army's 1959 plan to place a military base on the moon by 1965!
Project Mer - Spacecraft - Manned - Spacecraft - USA
Project Orion: Its Life, Death, and Possible Rebirth - Article: 20,000 tonne Mars Expeditions Using Atom Bomb Propulsion - We could have sent whole cities there by 1970 - the classic web article, by Michael Flora
Pronina - Irina Rudolfovna Pronina - Russian Cosmonaut - 1980 Female Group
Prospector - Spacecraft - Planetary - Lunar - USA
Prospero - Spacecraft - Earth - Micrometeoroid - UK
Prostakishin - G P Prostakishin - Russian Cosmonaut candidate - 1965 Physician Group (Candidate)
Protchenko - Sergey Filipovich Protchenko - Russian Cosmonaut - 1976 Air Force Group
Proton / Block D-1 - Launch Vehicle - Russia - See Proton 8K82K / 11S824M
Proton / Block D-2 - Launch Vehicle - Russia - See Proton 8K82K / 11S824F
Proton / Block D - Launch Vehicle - Russia - See Proton 8K82K / 11S824
Proton / Block DM-2 - Launch Vehicle - Russia - See Proton 8K82K / 11S861
Proton / Block DM-2M - Launch Vehicle - Russia - See Proton 8K82K / 11S861-01
Proton / Block DM-5 - Launch Vehicle - Russia - See Proton 8K82K / 17S40
Proton / Block DM1 - Launch Vehicle - Russia - See Proton 8K82K / DM1
Proton / Block DM2 - Launch Vehicle - Russia - See Proton 8K82K / DM2
Proton / Block DM3 - Launch Vehicle - Russia - See Proton 8K82K / DM3
Proton / Block DM4 - Launch Vehicle - Russia - See Proton 8K82K / DM4
Proton / Block DM - Launch Vehicle - Russia - See Proton 8K82K / 11S86
Proton 11S824F - Rocket Stage - Russia - Lox/Kerosene - 16,900 kg
Proton 11S824M - Rocket Stage - Russia - Lox/Kerosene - 14,000 kg
Proton 11S824 - Rocket Stage - Russia - Lox/Kerosene - 13,360 kg
Proton 11S861-01 - Rocket Stage - Russia - Lox/Kerosene - 18,650 kg
Proton 11S861 - Rocket Stage - Russia - Lox/Kerosene - 17,300 kg
Proton 11S86 - Rocket Stage - Russia - Lox/Kerosene - 17,550 kg
Proton 17S40 - Rocket Stage - Russia - Lox/Kerosene - 14,600 kg
Proton 2 - Launch Vehicle - Russia - See Proton 8K82
Proton 3 - Launch Vehicle - Russia - See Proton 8K82K
Proton 8K82K / 11S824F - Launch Vehicle - Russia
Proton 8K82K / 11S824 - Launch Vehicle - Russia
Proton 8K82K / 11S824M - Launch Vehicle - Russia
Proton 8K82K / 11S861-01 - Launch Vehicle - Russia
Proton 8K82K / 11S861 - Launch Vehicle - Russia
Proton 8K82K / 11S86 - Launch Vehicle - Russia
Proton 8K82K / 17S40 - Launch Vehicle - Russia
Proton 8K82K / DM1 - Launch Vehicle - Russia
Proton 8K82K / DM2 - Launch Vehicle - Russia
Proton 8K82K / DM3 - Launch Vehicle - Russia
Proton 8K82K / DM4 - Launch Vehicle - Russia
Proton 8K82K - Launch Vehicle - Russia
Proton 8K82KM - Launch Vehicle - Russia
Proton 8K82 - Launch Vehicle - Russia
Proton K-1 - Rocket Stage - Russia - N2O4/UDMH - 450,510 kg
Proton K-2 - Rocket Stage - Russia - N2O4/UDMH - 167,828 kg
Proton K-3 - Rocket Stage - Russia - N2O4/UDMH - 50,747 kg
Proton K-4H - Rocket Stage - Russia - LF2/Ammonia - 21,700 kg
Proton KM-1 - Rocket Stage - Russia - N2O4/UDMH - 450,400 kg
Proton KM-3 - Rocket Stage - Russia - N2O4/UDMH - 50,300 kg
Proton KM-4 Briz M - Rocket Stage - Russia - N2O4/UDMH - 22,170 kg
Proton KM-4 - Rocket Stage - Russia - Lox/LH2 - 19,500 kg
Proton KM - Launch Vehicle - Russia - See Proton 8K82KM
Proton-2 - Rocket Stage - Russia - N2O4/UDMH - 134,900 kg
Proton - Space Project - Astronomy -
Prunariu - Dumitru Dorin Prunariu - Rumanian Cosmonaut - 1978 Intercosmos Group
PS Model - Spacecraft - Communications - Amateur Radio - USSR
PS-1 - Spacecraft - Technology- - USSR - See Sputnik 1
PS-2 - Spacecraft - Biology- - USSR - See Sputnik 2
PSLV-0 - Rocket Stage - India - Solid - 10,930 kg
PSLV-1 - Rocket Engine - India - Solid propellants - 495,590 kgf
PSLV-1 - Rocket Stage - India - Solid - 168,200 kg
PSLV-2 - Rocket Stage - India - N2O4/UDMH - 45,800 kg
PSLV-3 - Rocket Engine - India - Solid propellants - 33,519 kgf
PSLV-3 - Rocket Stage - India - Solid - 8,400 kg
PSLV-4 - Rocket Engine - India - N2O4/MMH propellants - 714 kgf
PSLV-4 - Rocket Stage - India - N2O4/MMH - 2,920 kg
PSLV - Launch Vehicle - India
Puchkov - Aleksandr Sergeyevich Puchkov - Russian Cosmonaut - 1991 Buran Group
Pushenko - Nikolay Alekseyevich Pushenko - Russian Cosmonaut - 1991 Buran Group
Pustovyi - Dr Yaroslav Ihorovych Pustovyi - Ukrainian Astronaut - Payload Specialist
Puz - Craig Anton Puz - American Astronaut - 1982 DoD Group 2
PW 1000000 lb LH2 - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/LH2 propellants - 454,500 kgf
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