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V(1D) - Surface-to-air missile - Russia - See S-75 V-1 - Launch Vehicle Family V-1 - Short range cruise missile - Germany V-1000 - Rocket Engine - Russia - Solid propellant V-1000 - Anti-ballistic missile - Russia V-11A - Suborbital launch vehicle - - See R-11 V-2 - Launch Vehicle Family V-2 - Short range ballistic missile - Germany V-2 Battery 444 - IRBM Base in operated by . V-2 Battery 485 - IRBM Base in operated by . V-2 Battery 836 - IRBM Base in operated by . V-2 Battery SS Abt 500 - IRBM Base in operated by . V-2 Gruppe Nord - IRBM Base in Germany operated by . V-2 Gruppe Sued - IRBM Base in Germany operated by . V-2 VTOHL - Spacecraft - Manned - Spaceplane - China V-2 VTOHL - Winged orbital launch vehicle - China V-3 - Short range ballistic missile - Germany V-300 - Surface-to-air missile - Russia - See S-25 V-400 - Surface-to-air missile - Russia - See Dal V-420 - Surface-to-air missile - - See Dal V-500 - Surface-to-air missile - - See Dal V-500 - - - See S-300 V-5A - - - See R-5 V-5V - - - See R-5 V-750 - Surface-to-air missile - Russia - See S-75 V-750M - - - See S-75 V-753 - - - See S-75 V-753 - rocket - See S-75 V-758 - Surface-to-air missile - Russia - See 22D V-825 - Anti-ballistic missile - Russia - See S-225 V-860 - Surface-to-air missile - Russia - See S-200 V-860P - - - See S-200 V-860P - rocket - See S-200 V-860PV - - - See S-200 V-860PV - rocket - See S-200 V-870 - - - See S-200 V-870 - rocket - See S-200 V-880 - - - See S-200 V-880 - rocket - See S-200 V-880E - - - See S-200 V-880E - rocket - See S-200 V-880M - - - See S-200 V-880M - rocket - See S-200 V-880N - - - See S-200 V-880N - rocket - See S-200 Valga - IRBM Base in Estonia operated by Russia. Valier - Max Valier - German German Engineer - Valier - Test rocket - Germany Valier-Oberth Moon Gun - Gun-launched orbital launch vehicle - Germany Valkov - Konstantin Anatolyevich Valkov - Russian Pilot Cosmonaut - Air Force Group 12 - 1997 Van Allen - James A Van Allen - American Scientist - van den Berg - Dr Lodewijk van den Berg - American Payload Specialist Astronaut - van Hoften - Dr James Dougal Adrianus (Ox) van Hoften - American Mission Specialist Astronaut - NASA Group 8 - 1978 Van Horn - William L Van Horn - Mangaer - Vance - Cyrus R Vance - American Manager - Vandal - Surface-to-air drone - - See Talos Vandenberg - Orbital Launch Site in USA. Vandenberg Hoyt - Hoyt S Vandenberg - American Manager - Vandersee - Fritz Vandersee - German Rocket engineer - Vangen - Scott Duane Vangen - American Payload Specialist Astronaut - Vanguard - Orbital launch vehicle - USA Vanguard - Space Project - Technology - Vanguard 1 - Spacecraft - Technology - - USA Vanguard 2 - Spacecraft - Earth - Magnetosphere - USA Vanguard 3 - Spacecraft - Earth - Magnetosphere - USA Variant B - rocket - See D-6 Variant S - rocket - See D-6 Varlamov - Valentin Stepanovich Varlamov - Russian Pilot Cosmonaut - Air Force Group 1 - 1960 Vasilyev - Anatoli Alekeseyevich Vasilyev - Russian Military Officer - Vasyutin - Vladimir Vladimirovich Vasyutin - Russian Pilot Cosmonaut - Air Force Group 6 - 1976 VE - Test vehicle - France VE 10 - - - See VE VE10A - - - See VE VE110 - - - See VE VE121 - - - See Diamant VE210 - - - See Diamant VE231 - - - See Diamant Veach - Charles Lacy Veach - American Mission Specialist Astronaut - NASA Group 10 - 1984 Vega - Rocket Engine - France - Solid propellant Vega - - (Launch System Designation) - See S-200 Vega - All-solid orbital launch vehicle - Italy Vega 5VK - Spacecraft - Planetary - Venus - Russia Vega 5VS - Spacecraft - Planetary - Venus - Russia Vega SAM - Surface-to-air missile - France Vega Statoreacteur - rocket - See Vega SAM Vega-M  - - (Launch System Designation) - See S-200 Vehicle Evaluation Payload - Spacecraft - Technology - - Japan - See VEP Vehra - Air-launched rocketplane - France Veiculo Lancador de Microsatelites - - - See VLS Veiculo Lancador de Satelites - All-solid orbital launch vehicle - Brazil - See VLS Vektor - Spacecraft - Military - Target - Ukraine - See Taifun-1 Vela - Spacecraft - Surveillance - Nuclear Detection - USA Vela - Rocket Engine - Australia - Solid propellant Venera - Space Project - Planetary - Venus Venera 1V (V-67) - Spacecraft - Planetary - Venus - Russia Venera 1VA - Spacecraft - Planetary - Venus - Russia Venera 2V (V-69) - Spacecraft - Planetary - Venus - Russia Venera 3MV-1 - Spacecraft - Planetary - Venus - Russia Venera 3MV-1A - Spacecraft - Planetary - Venus - Russia Venera 3MV-3 - Spacecraft - Planetary - Venus - Russia Venera 3MV-4 - Spacecraft - Planetary - Venus - Russia Venera 3V (V-70) - Spacecraft - Planetary - Venus - Russia Venera 3V (V-72) - Spacecraft - Planetary - Venus - Russia Venera 4V-1 - Spacecraft - Planetary - Venus - Russia Venera 4V-2 - Spacecraft - Planetary - Venus - Russia Venturestar - Spacecraft - Manned - Spaceplane - USA Venturestar - Winged orbital launch vehicle - USA Venus - Rocket Engine - France - Solid propellant Venus Express - Spacecraft - Planetary - Venus - EU VEP - Spacecraft - Technology - - Japan VERAS - Spacecraft - Manned - Spaceplane - France Vergeltungswaffen-1 - Short range cruise missile - Germany - See V-1 Vergeltungswaffen-2 - Short range ballistic missile - Germany - See V-2 Verne - Jules Verne - French Writer - Vernon - Suborbital Launch Site in France operated by . Vernov - Sergei Nikolayevich Vernov - Russian Scientist - Vero P2 - Rocket Engine - France - Solid propellant Vero P6 - Rocket Engine - France - Solid propellant Veronique - Rocket Engine - France - Solid propellant Veronique - Sounding rocket - France Veronique 61 - Rocket Engine - France - Nitric acid/Turpentine propellant Veronique AGI - Rocket Engine - France - Nitric acid/Turpentine propellant Vershinin - Konstantin Andreyevich Vershinin - Russian Military Officer - Vertical Takeoff Horizontal Landing - Winged orbital launch vehicle - USA - See VTOHL 45t Vertical Takeoff Horizontal Landing - Winged orbital launch vehicle - USA - See VTOHL 9t Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing - SSTO orbital launch vehicle - USA - See VTOVL Vertikal - - - See Kosmos 3 Vertikal - - - See R-5 Vertikal' K65UP - - - See Kosmos 3 Vertikal-4 - rocket - See Kosmos 3 Vesta - Rocket Engine - France - Nitic acid/Turpentine propellant Vesta - rocket - See Veronique Vetoshkin - Sergei Ivanovich Vetoshkin - Russian Government Official - Vetrino - IRBM Base in Belarus operated by Russia. Vexin - Rocket Engine - France - N2O4/UDMH propellant Vicecomodoro Marambio Station - Suborbital Launch Site in Antarctica operated by . - See Marambio Victory - John F Victory - American Manager - Vidrine - David Matthew Vidrine - American Manned Spaceflight Engineer Astronaut - DoD Group 1 - 1979 Viebach - Fritz Viebach - German Rocket technician - Viehboeck - Franz Artur Viehboeck - Austrian Engineer Cosmonaut - Austrian Commercial Group - 1989 Vietnam - Vietnamese space history Vietnamese space history - - See Vietnam Vik - Suborbital Launch Site in Iceland operated by . Viking - Spacecraft - Planetary - Mars Lander - USA Viking - Rocket Engine - France - N2O4/UDMH propellant Viking - Sounding rocket - USA Viking (Sweden) - Spacecraft - Earth - Magnetosphere - Sweden Viking Model I - Sounding rocket - USA - See Viking Viking Model II - - - See Viking Viktorenko - Aleksandr Stepanovich Viktorenko - Russian Pilot Cosmonaut - Air Force Group 7 - 1978 Villa Reynolds - Suborbital Launch Site in Argentina. Vilter - Hans-Albert Vilter - German Rocket technician - Vinci - Rocket Engine - France/Germany - Lox/LH2 propellant Vinogradov - Pavel Vladimirovich Vinogradov - Russian Engineer Cosmonaut - Energia Engineer Group 11 - 1992 Vinogradov Aleksandr - Aleksandr Pavlovich Vinogradov - Russian Scientist - Vinzant - Allen Vinzant - American Engineer - Viper - Rocket Engine - USA - Solid propellant Viper - Sounding rocket - USA Virts - Terry Wayne Virts Jr - American Pilot Astronaut - NASA Group 18 - 2000 Viso - Michel Yves Viso - French Biologist Cosmonaut - CNES Group - 1985 Viste - Norman Duane Viste - American Engineer - Vitka - Vladimir Andreyevich Vitka - Russian Engineer - Vitruk - Andrei Avksentyevich Vitruk - Russian Military Officer - Vittori - Roberto Vittori - Italian Mission Specialist Astronaut - NASA Group 17 - 1998 VKA Myasishchev 1957 - Spacecraft - Manned - Spaceplane - Russia VKA-23 Design 1 - Spacecraft - Manned - Spaceplane - Russia VKA-23 Design 2 - Spacecraft - Manned - Spaceplane - Russia VKK - Spacecraft - Manned - Spaceplane - Russia VKS - Spacecraft - Manned - Spaceplane - Russia VKS - Winged orbital launch vehicle - Russia Vladimirskiy - Sergei Mikhailovich Vladimirskiy - Russian Government Official - VLM - rocket - See VLS VLS - All-solid orbital launch vehicle - Brazil VMSK-4 - Spacecraft - Manned - Space Suits - Russia Voevoda - - - See R-36M Vogt - Richard Vogt - German Missile designer - Voigt - Voigt - German Rocket engineer - Volk - Igor Petrovich Volk - Ukrainian Pilot Cosmonaut - Buran Group - 1978, MAP Group 1 - 1981 Volkhov - - - See S-75 Volkhov-M - - - See S-75 Volkov - Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov - Russian Engineer Cosmonaut - Energia Engineer Group 1 - 1966 Volkov Aleksandr - Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov - Ukrainian Pilot Cosmonaut - Air Force Group 6 - 1976 Volkov Sergey - Sergey Aleksandrovich Volkov - Ukrainian Pilot Cosmonaut - Air Force Group 12 - 1997 Volna - - - See R-29 Volna SLV - Intercontinental ballistic orbital launch vehicle - - See R-29 Voloshin - Valeri Abramovich Voloshin - Russian Pilot Cosmonaut - Air Force Group 3 - 1965 Volynkin - Yuvenaliy Mikhailovich Volynkin - Russian Military Officer - Volynov - Boris Valentinovich Volynov - Jewish Russian Pilot Cosmonaut - Air Force Group 1 - 1960 Von Braun - Wernher Von Braun - German American Engineer - Von Braun - Launch Vehicle Family Von Braun 1948 - Winged orbital launch vehicle - Germany Von Braun 1952 - Winged orbital launch vehicle - Germany Von Braun 1956 - Winged orbital launch vehicle - Germany Von Braun Cargo Ship - Spacecraft - Manned - Mars Orbiter - USA Von Braun Landing Boat - Spacecraft - Manned - Mars Lander - USA Von Braun Lunar Lander - Spacecraft - Manned - Lunar Lander - USA Von Braun Magnus - Freiherr Magnus von Braun - German Rocket engineer - Von Braun Mars Expedition - 1952 - Spacecraft - Manned - Mars Expedition - USA Von Braun Mars Expedition - 1956 - Spacecraft - Manned - Mars Expedition - USA Von Braun Mars Expedition - 1969 - Spacecraft - Manned - Mars Expedition - USA Von Braun Passenger Ship - Spacecraft - Manned - Mars Orbiter - USA Von Braun Rocketplane - Spacecraft - Manned - Rocketplane - Germany Von Braun Station - Spacecraft - Manned - Space Station - USA Von Braun-1 - Rocket Engine - Germany - Nitric acid/UDMH propellant Von Braun-2 - Rocket Engine - Germany - Nitric acid/UDMH propellant Von Braun-3 - Rocket Engine - Germany - Nitric acid/UDMH propellant Von Doepp - Phillip Von Doepp - German Rocket engineer - von Karman - Theodore von Karman - American Scientist - Von Radinger - Von Radinger - German Rocket engineer - Vorobyov - Lev Vasilyevich Vorobyov - Russian Pilot Cosmonaut - Air Force Group 2 - 1963 Voronin - Grigoriy Ivanovich Voronin - Russian Engineer - Voronov - Anatoli Fyodorovich Voronov - Russian Navigator Cosmonaut - Air Force Group 2 - 1963 Voronov Nikolai - Nikolai Nikolayevich Voronov - Russian Military Officer - Vortex - Spacecraft - SIGINT - - USA - See Chalet Voskhod - Spacecraft - Manned - Spacecraft - Russia Voskhod - Space Project - Manned - Spacecraft Voskhod 1 - Manned spaceflight - Voskhod program Voskhod 11A57 - rocket - See Soyuz Voskhod 2 - Manned spaceflight - Voskhod program Voskhod 3 - Manned spaceflight - Voskhod program (Cancelled flight) Voskhod 4 - Manned spaceflight - Voskhod program (Cancelled flight) Voskhod 5 - Manned spaceflight - Voskhod program (Cancelled flight) Voskhod 6 - Manned spaceflight - Voskhod program (Cancelled flight) Voskhod Group - 1964 - Cosmonaut training group Voskhod KDU - Spacecraft - Manned - Spacecraft Module - Voskhod Physician Group - 1965 - Cosmonaut training group Voskhod PO - Spacecraft - Manned - Spacecraft Module - Voskhod SA - Spacecraft - Manned - Spacecraft Module - Voskresenskiy - Leonid Aleksandrovich Voskresenskiy - Russian Engineer - Voskresensky - Voskresensky - Soviet Physician Cosmonaut - Voskhod Physician Group - 1965 Voss - James Shelton (Jim) Voss - American Mission Specialist Astronaut - NASA Group 12 - 1987 Voss Janice - Dr Janice Elaine Voss - American Mission Specialist Astronaut - NASA Group 13 - 1990 Voss Werner - Werner Voss - German Engineer - Vostochniy - Orbital Launch Site in Russia. Vostok - Spacecraft - Manned - Spacecraft - Russia Vostok - Spacecraft family Vostok - - - See Soyuz Vostok - Space Project - Manned - Spacecraft Vostok 1 - Manned spaceflight - Vostok program Vostok 10 - Manned spaceflight - Vostok program (Cancelled flight) Vostok 11 - Manned spaceflight - Vostok program (Cancelled flight) Vostok 11A510 - rocket - See Soyuz Vostok 12 - Manned spaceflight - Vostok program (Cancelled flight) Vostok 13 - Manned spaceflight - Vostok program (Cancelled flight) Vostok 2 - Spacecraft - Surveillance - Military - Russia - See Zenit-2 Vostok 2 - Manned spaceflight - Vostok program Vostok 3 - Manned spaceflight - Vostok program Vostok 4 - Spacecraft - Surveillance - Military - Russia - See Zenit-4 Vostok 4 - Manned spaceflight - Vostok program Vostok 5 - Manned spaceflight - Vostok program Vostok 6 - Manned spaceflight - Vostok program Vostok 6A - Manned spaceflight - Vostok program (Cancelled flight) Vostok 7 - Manned spaceflight - Vostok program (Cancelled flight) Vostok 8 - Manned spaceflight - Vostok program (Cancelled flight) Vostok 8A92 - rocket - See Soyuz Vostok 8A92M - rocket - See Soyuz Vostok 8K72 - rocket - See Soyuz Vostok 8K72K - rocket - See Soyuz Vostok 9 - Manned spaceflight - Vostok program (Cancelled flight) Vostok PO - Spacecraft - Manned - Spacecraft Module - Vostok SA - Spacecraft - Manned - Spacecraft Module - Vostok-2 - Spacecraft - Manned - Spacecraft - Russia - See Vostok-Zh Vostok-L 8K72 - - - See Soyuz Vostok-Zh - Spacecraft - Manned - Spacecraft - Russia Votintsev - Yuri Vsevolodovich Votintsev - Russian Military Officer - Vowe - Theo Vowe - German Engineer - Voyager - Spacecraft - Planetary - Outer Planets - USA Voyager 1973 - Spacecraft - Planetary - Mars Lander - USA Vozbrashchaemaya ballisticheskaya kapsula - Spacecraft - Manned - Spacecraft Module - - See Progress M VBK Voznyuk - Vasili Ivanovich Voznyuk - Russian Military Officer - Vozovikov - Sergei Yuriyevich Vozovikov - Russian Pilot Cosmonaut - Air Force Group 11 - 1990 Vozvrashchaemiy apparat - Spacecraft - Manned - Spacecraft Module - - See LK-1 VA Vozvrashchaemiy apparat - Spacecraft - Manned - Spacecraft Module - - See TKS VA Vozvrashchaemiy apparat - Spacecraft - Manned - Spacecraft Module - - See Zarya VA VS-30 - rocket - See Sonda VS-30/Orion - rocket - See Sonda VS-40 - Sounding rocket - - See VLS VSB-30 - rocket - See Sonda VSOP - Spacecraft - Astronomy - Radio - Japan - See Haruka VTOHL 45t - Winged orbital launch vehicle - USA VTOHL 9t - Winged orbital launch vehicle - USA VTOVL - Launch Vehicle Family VTOVL - SSTO orbital launch vehicle - USA Vulcain - Rocket Engine - France - Lox/LH2 propellant Vulkan - rocket - See Energia Vulkan Engineering Group - 1968 - Cosmonaut training group Vulkan-launched version - Spacecraft - Manned - Lunar Habitat - Russia - See LZhM Vulkan-launched version - Spacecraft - Manned - Lunar Habitat - Russia - See LZM Vykhod - Spacecraft - Manned - Spacecraft - Russia - See Voskhod Vysota - - - See R-29 Vysota - Intercontinental ballistic suborbital launch vehicle - - See R-29 Vysota - Submarine-launched ballistic missile - Russia - See R-29 Vzletnaya stuplen - Spacecraft - Manned - Spacecraft Module - - See LEK VS Vzletnaya stuplen - Spacecraft - Manned - Spacecraft Module - - See LK Energia VS Contact us with any corrections, additions, or comments. 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