Flight record
first and only flightFirst and only flight year 1997.
1Flight
15d 16hTime in space
Not recordedEVA time
0Spacewalks
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
Leonid Kostyantynovych Kadenyuk (Ukrainian: Леонід Костянтинович Каденюк, 28 January 1951 – 31 January 2018) was the first astronaut of independent Ukraine. He flew on NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997 as part of the international mission STS-87.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Background
- Born in
- Klishkivtsi
- Education
- Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center; Moscow Aviation Institute
- Awards
- Hero of Ukraine, Order of the Gold Star; Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"; Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"; Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"; Medal "For Impeccable Service", 1st class; and 9 more
From Wikidata.
Flights
- Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-87November 19, 1997
Born 1951-01-28 · died 2018-01-31, aged 67