Leonid Kadenyuk
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Leonid Kostyantynovych Kadenyuk was the first astronaut of independent Ukraine to fly into outer space.
Leonid Kadenyuk
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
The State Space Agency of Ukraine is the Ukrainian government agency responsible for space policy and programs. It was formed on 29 February 1992, and was based on the Soviet space program infrastruct
Leonid Kadenyuk
…major general in the Ukrainian Air Force. He was Deputy of Ukraine of the 4th convocation, adviser to the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Chairman of the State Space Agency of Ukraine, and Honorary Doctor of Chernivtsi National University. From 2015 until his death, he served as president of the Aerospace Society of Ukraine…
Sergei Korolev (left) and Valentin Glushko (right) on a 2007 Ukrainian stamp
Zenit-2 rocket ready for launch
Zenit-3SLB
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