Thursday, January 11, 2018

Soyuz 15 cosmonaut Lev Dyomin born 1926



Lev Dyomin, born January 11, 1926 in Moscow, made one trip into space on Soyuz 15 in August 1974.  With fellow cosmonaut Gennadi Sarafanov, they attempted to dock with the space station Salyut 3 but were unsuccessful.  They returned to Earth two days after launch and neither went into space again.

Dyomin passed away December 18, 1998.

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