Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Leonid Kadenyuk, first Ukranian astronaut, born 1951


Leonid Kadenyuk, born January 28, 1951, is the first astronaut from Ukraine.  He was selected for the Soviet space program to be a test pilot for the Soviet Buran program, but that didn't last.

He flew on Columbia (STS-87) as a payload specialist in November-December 1997. He did not return to space.

Asteroid 399673 Kadenyuk was named in his honor in 2004

He passed away in January 2018. .


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