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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Kostyantynovych and the family name is Kadenyuk.
Leonid Kadeniuk
Леонід Каденюк
Born
(1951-01-28)28 January 1951
Klishkivtsi, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died
31 January 2018(2018-01-31) (aged 67)
Kyiv, Ukraine
Nationality
Ukrainian
Occupation
Test pilot
Awards
Hero of Ukraine
Space career
Soviet / Ukrainian astronaut
Rank
Major general, UAF
Time in space
15d 16h 34 m
Selection
1976 Air Force Group 6
Missions
STS-87
Mission insignia
Leonid Kostyantynovych Kadeniuk (Ukrainian: Леонід Костянтинович Каденюк, 28 January 1951 – 31 January 2018)[1] was the first astronaut of independent Ukraine to fly into outer space. He flew on NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997 as part of the international mission STS-87.[2] Kadenyuk held the rank of major general in the Ukrainian Air Force. He was Deputy of Ukraine of the 4th convocation, People's Ambassador of Ukraine, Hero of Ukraine, President of the Aerospace Society of Ukraine, Adviser to the Prime Minister of Ukraine and Chairman of the State Space Agency of Ukraine, Honorary Doctor of Chernivtsi National University.
^"Помер космонавт Леонід Каденюк". BBC (in Ukrainian). 31 January 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
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