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V-1 - Launch Vehicle - Germany
V-2 White Sands - Article: Don Estabrook's contemporary account of operating the V-2 from White Sands.
V-2 - Launch Vehicle - Germany
V-2 - Rocket Stage - Germany - Lox/Alcohol - 12,805 kg - See A-4
V-3 - Launch Vehicle - Germany
Valier-Oberth Moon Gun - Launch Vehicle - Germany
Valkov - Konstantin Anatolyevich Valkov - Russian Cosmonaut - 1997 Air Force Group
van den Berg - Dr Lodewijk van den Berg - American Astronaut - Payload Specialist
van Hoften - Dr James Dougal Adrianus (Ox) van Hoften - American Astronaut - 1978 NASA Group
Vandenberg - Launch Site - USA
Vangen - Scott Duane Vangen - American Astronaut - Payload Specialist
Vanguard 1 - Spacecraft - Technology -
- USA
Vanguard 2 - Spacecraft - Earth -
Magnetosphere - USA
Vanguard 3 - Spacecraft - Earth -
Magnetosphere - USA
Vanguard 3 - Rocket Stage - USA - Solid - 210 kg
Vanguard - Launch Vehicle Family
Vanguard - Launch Vehicle - USA
Vanguard - Space Project - Technology -
Vanguard - Rocket Stage - USA - Lox/Kerosene - 7,661 kg
Varlamov - Valentin Stepanovich Varlamov - Russian Cosmonaut - 1960 Air Force Group
Varnier - Francoise Varnier - Cosmonaut candidate - 1979 International Group (Candidate)
Vasiliyev - Vladimir Nikolayevich Vasiliyev - Russian Cosmonaut candidate - 1965 Air Force Group (Candidate)
Vasyutin - Vladimir Vladimirovich Vasyutin - Russian Cosmonaut - 1976 Air Force Group
Veach - Charles Lacy Veach - American Astronaut - 1985 NASA Group
Vega 5VK - Spacecraft - Planetary -
Venus - USSR
Vega 5VS - Spacecraft - Planetary -
Venus - USSR
Vehicle Evaluation Payload - Spacecraft - Technology-
- Japan - See VEP
Vehra - Launch Vehicle -
Veiculo Lancador de Microsatelites - Launch Vehicle - Brazil - See VLM
Veiculo Lancador de Satelites - Launch Vehicle - Brazil - See VLS
Veiculo Lancador de Satelites - Rocket Stage - Brazil - Solid - 5,664 kg - See VLS-2
Vektor - Spacecraft - Military-
Target - USSR - See Taifun-1
Vela - Spacecraft - Surveillance -
Nuclear Detection - United States
Veliky - Arnold Ivanovich Veliky - Russian Cosmonaut candidate - 1969 Civilian Enginner Group (Candidate)
Venera 1V (V-67) - Spacecraft - Planetary -
Venus - USSR
Venera 1VA - Spacecraft - Planetary -
Venus - USSR
Venera 2V (V-69) - Spacecraft - Planetary -
Venus - USSR
Venera 3MV-1A - Spacecraft - Planetary -
Venus - USSR
Venera 3MV-1 - Spacecraft - Planetary -
Venus - USSR
Venera 3MV-3 - Spacecraft - Planetary -
Venus - USSR
Venera 3MV-4 - Spacecraft - Planetary -
Venus - USSR
Venera 3V (V-70) - Spacecraft - Planetary -
Venus - USSR
Venera 3V (V-72) - Spacecraft - Planetary -
Venus - USSR
Venera 4V-1 - Spacecraft - Planetary -
Venus - USSR
Venera 4V-2 - Spacecraft - Planetary -
Venus - USSR
Venera - Space Project - Planetary - Venus
Venturestar - Launch Vehicle - USA
Venturestar - Rocket Stage - USA - Lox/LH2 - 991,000 kg
VEP - Spacecraft - Technology -
- Japan
Vergeltungswaffen-1 - Launch Vehicle - Germany - See V-1
Vergeltungswaffen-2 - Launch Vehicle - Germany - See V-2
Veronique - Launch Vehicle - USA
Vertical Takeoff Horizontal Landing - Launch Vehicle - USA - See VTOHL 45t
Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing - Launch Vehicle - USA - See VTOVL
Vertikal - Launch Vehicle - Russia
Vexin A - Rocket Engine - France - N2O4/UDMH propellants - 7,000 kgf
Vexin B - Rocket Engine - France - N2O4/UDMH propellants - 7,687 kgf
Vexin C - Rocket Engine - France - N2O4/UDMH propellants - 10,108 kgf
Vidrine - David Matthew Vidrine - American Astronaut - 1979 DoD Group 1
Vieh - Gertraud Vieh - Cosmonaut candidate - 1990 Commercial Group (Candidate)
Viehboeck - Franz Viehboeck - Austrian Cosmonaut - 1990 Commercial Group
Viking (Sweden) - Spacecraft - Earth -
Magnetosphere - Sweden
Viking 2B - Rocket Engine - France - N2O4/UDMH propellants - 73,419 kgf
Viking 2 - Rocket Engine - France - N2O4/UDMH propellants - 70,665 kgf
Viking 4B - Rocket Engine - France - N2O4/UDMH propellants - 82,087 kgf
Viking 4 - Rocket Engine - France - N2O4/UDMH propellants - 73,518 kgf
Viking 5C - Rocket Engine - France - N2O4/UDMH propellants - 76,683 kgf
Viking - Spacecraft - Planetary -
Mars - United States
Viking - Launch Vehicle - USA
Viktorenko - Aleksandr Stepanovich Viktorenko - Russian Cosmonaut - 1978 Air Force Group
Vinogradov - Pavel Vladimirovich Vinogradov - Russian Cosmonaut - 1992 Civilian Engineer Group
Virts - Terry W Virts, Jr - American Astronaut - 2000 NASA Group 18
Viso - Michel Viso - French Cosmonaut - 1985 CNES Group
Vittori - Roberto Vittori - Italian Astronaut - 1998 ESA Group
VKA Myasishchev 1957 - Spacecraft - Manned -
Spaceplane - Russia
VKA-23 Design 1 - Spacecraft - Manned -
Spaceplane - Russia
VKA-23 Design 2 - Spacecraft - Manned -
Spaceplane - Russia
VKS-D - Launch Vehicle - USSR
VKS-DM - Launch Vehicle - USSR
VKS-G - Launch Vehicle - USSR
VKS-O - Launch Vehicle - USSR
VKS-R Sled - Rocket Stage - Russia - Lox/Kerosene - 100,000 kg
VKS-R - Launch Vehicle - USSR
VKS-RTO+ZhRD - Launch Vehicle - USSR
VKS-V - Launch Vehicle - USSR
VKS-ZhRD+GPVRD - Launch Vehicle - USSR
VKS - Spacecraft - Manned -
Spaceplane - USSR
VKS - Launch Vehicle - USSR
VLM-4 - Rocket Stage - Brazil - Solid - 377 kg
VLM - Launch Vehicle - Brazil
VLS-0 - Rocket Stage - Brazil - Solid - 8,550 kg
VLS-1 - Rocket Stage - Brazil - Solid - 8,720 kg
VLS-2 - Rocket Stage - Brazil - Solid - 5,664 kg
VLS-3 - Rocket Stage - Brazil - Solid - 1,025 kg
VLS - Launch Vehicle - Brazil
VMSK-4 - Spacecraft - Manned -
Space Suits - USSR
Volk - Igor Petrovich Volk - Russian Cosmonaut - 1977 Buran Group
Volkov Aleksandr - Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov - Russian Cosmonaut - 1976 Air Force Group
Volkov Sergey - Sergey Aleksandrovich Volkov - Russian Cosmonaut - 1997 Air Force Group
Volkov - Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov - Russian Cosmonaut - 1966 Civilian Engineer Group
Volna - Launch Vehicle - Russia
Volodin - Viktor Ivanovich Volodin - Russian Cosmonaut candidate - 1965 Air Force Group (Candidate)
Voloshin - Valeri Abramovich Voloshin - Russian Cosmonaut - 1965 Air Force Group
Volynov - Boris Valentinovich Volynov - Russian Cosmonaut - 1960 Air Force Group
Von Braun Rocketplane - Spacecraft - Manned -
Rocketplane - Germany
Von Braun Station - Spacecraft - Manned -
Space Station - USA
Von Braun-1 - Rocket Engine - Germany - Nitric acid/UDMH propellants - 311,764 kgf
Von Braun-1 - Rocket Stage - Germany - Nitric acid/UDMH - 5,500,000 kg
Von Braun-2 - Rocket Engine - Germany - Nitric acid/UDMH propellants - 47,058 kgf
Von Braun-2 - Rocket Stage - Germany - Nitric acid/UDMH - 770,000 kg
Von Braun-3 - Rocket Engine - Germany - Nitric acid/UDMH propellants - 40,000 kgf
Von Braun-3 - Rocket Stage - Germany - Nitric acid/UDMH - 81,000 kg
Von Braun - Launch Vehicle - Germany
Vorobyov - Lev Vasilyevich Vorobyov - Russian Cosmonaut - 1963 Air Force Group
Voronov - Anatoli Fyodorovich Voronov - Russian Cosmonaut - 1963 Air Force Group
Voskhod 11A57-0 - Rocket Stage - Russia - Lox/Kerosene - 43,400 kg
Voskhod 11A57-1 - Rocket Stage - Russia - Lox/Kerosene - 100,500 kg
Voskhod 11A57-2 - Rocket Stage - Russia - Lox/Kerosene - 24,300 kg
Voskhod 11A57 - Launch Vehicle - Russia
Voskhod 1 - Manned spaceflight - Voskhod - USSR
Voskhod 2 - Manned spaceflight - Voskhod - USSR
Voskhod 3KD - Spacecraft - Manned -
Spacecraft - Russia
Voskhod 3KV Tether - Spacecraft - Manned -
Tether - Russia
Voskhod 3KV - Spacecraft - Manned -
Spacecraft - Russia
Voskhod - Space Project - Manned - Spacecraft
Voskresensky - Voskresensky - Russian Cosmonaut candidate - 1965 Physician Group (Candidate)
Voss Janice - Dr Janice Elaine Voss - American Astronaut - 1990 NASA Group
Voss - James Shelton (Jim) Voss - American Astronaut - 1987 NASA Group
Vostok 11A510 - Launch Vehicle - Russia
Vostok 1 - Manned spaceflight - Vostok - USSR
Vostok 1K - Spacecraft - Manned -
Spacecraft - Russia
Vostok 1KP - Spacecraft - Manned -
Spacecraft - USSR
Vostok 2 - Manned spaceflight - Vostok - USSR
Vostok 3 - Manned spaceflight - Vostok - USSR
Vostok 3KA - Spacecraft - Manned -
Spacecraft - Russia
Vostok 4 - Manned spaceflight - Vostok - USSR
Vostok 5 - Manned spaceflight - Vostok - USSR
Vostok 6 - Manned spaceflight - Vostok - USSR
Vostok 8A92-0 - Rocket Stage - Russia - Lox/Kerosene - 43,300 kg
Vostok 8A92-1 - Rocket Stage - Russia - Lox/Kerosene - 100,400 kg
Vostok 8A92-2 - Rocket Stage - Russia - Lox/Kerosene - 7,775 kg
Vostok 8A92 - Launch Vehicle - Russia
Vostok 8A92M-0 - Rocket Stage - Russia - Lox/Kerosene - 43,300 kg
Vostok 8A92M-1 - Rocket Stage - Russia - Lox/Kerosene - 101,000 kg
Vostok 8A92M-2 - Rocket Stage - Russia - Lox/Kerosene - 8,100 kg
Vostok 8A92M - Launch Vehicle - Russia
Vostok 8K72-0 - Rocket Stage - Russia - Lox/Kerosene - 43,300 kg
Vostok 8K72-1 - Rocket Stage - Russia - Lox/Kerosene - 100,400 kg
Vostok 8K72-2 - Rocket Stage - Russia - Lox/Kerosene - 7,775 kg
Vostok 8K72K-0 - Rocket Stage - Russia - Lox/Kerosene - 43,300 kg
Vostok 8K72K-1 - Rocket Stage - Russia - Lox/Kerosene - 100,400 kg
Vostok 8K72K-2 - Rocket Stage - Russia - Lox/Kerosene - 7,775 kg
Vostok 8K72K - Launch Vehicle - Russia
Vostok 8K72 - Launch Vehicle - Russia
Vostok-Zh - Spacecraft - Manned -
Spacecraft - USSR
Vostok - Launch Vehicle - Russia - See Voskhod 11A57
Vostok - Space Project - Manned - Spacecraft
Voyager 1968 - Spacecraft - Planetary -
Mars - USA
Voyager - Spacecraft - Planetary -
Outer Planets - United States
Vozovikov - Sergei Yuriyevich Vozovikov - Russian Cosmonaut - 1990 Air Force Group
VTOHL 45t - Launch Vehicle - USA
VTOHL 45t - Rocket Stage - USA - Lox/LH2 - 1,158,192 kg
VTOHL 9t - Launch Vehicle - USA
VTOHL 9t - Rocket Stage - USA - Lox/LH2 - 687,503 kg
VTOVL 150t - Rocket Stage - USA - Lox/LH2 - 4,093,761 kg
VTOVL - Launch Vehicle Family
VTOVL - Launch Vehicle - USA
Vulcain 2 - Rocket Engine - France - Lox/LH2 propellants - 132,563 kgf
Vulcain - Rocket Engine - France - Lox/LH2 propellants - 109,619 kgf
Vulkan 0 - Rocket Stage - - Lox/Kerosene - 355,000 kg
Vulkan 1 - Rocket Stage - Russia - Lox/LH2 - 800,000 kg
Vulkan Blok V - Rocket Stage - Russia - Lox/LH2 - 142,000 kg
Vulkan-launched version - Spacecraft - Manned-
Lunar Lander - Russia - See LEK
Vulkan - Launch Vehicle - Russia
Vyazovkin - Vladimir Vyazovkin - Russian Cosmonaut candidate - 1960 Air Force Group (Candidate)
Vykhod - Spacecraft - Manned-
Spacecraft - Russia - See Voskhod 3KD
Vysota - Launch Vehicle - Russia
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