Leonid Kadeniuk
Ukrainian cosmonaut (1951-2018) · Ukraine · On the map · Astronauts · Died at 67
Leonid Kostyantynovych Kadenyuk was the first astronaut of independent Ukraine to fly into outer space.
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STS-87's in-flight crew portrait, including Steven W. Lindsey; Takao Doi; Winston E. Scott; Kevin R. Kregel; Kalpana Chawla; and Kadenyuk.
Kadenyuk holds up a Brassica rapa plant growth experiment while aboard the Columbia, January 1998
Candid photograph in middeck with American pilot Steve Lindsey, January 1998
![Politician Rostyslav Talsky [uk] of the Kyiv Bukovina Society [uk] congratulating Kadenyuk as a Hero of Ukraine, 2009](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%A0.%D0%91.%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8E%D0%BA_%D0%9B.%D0%9A..jpg/1280px-%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%A0.%D0%91.%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8E%D0%BA_%D0%9B.%D0%9A..jpg)
Politician Rostyslav Talsky [uk] of the Kyiv Bukovina Society [uk] congratulating Kadenyuk as a Hero of Ukraine, 2009
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About this person
Country
Ukraine
Category
Astronauts
Type
Astronaut
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1951 to 2018 · aged 67
