Lev Dyomin
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| Lev Stepanovich Dyomin | |
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| Nationality | Soviet |
| Born | January 11, 1926 Moscow, Russia |
| Died | December 18, 1998 (aged 72) Zvyozdny Gorodok, Russia |
| Other occupation | Pilot |
| Rank | Colonel, Soviet Air Force[1] |
| Time in space | 2d 00h 12m[1] |
| Selection | Air Force Group 2 |
| Missions | Soyuz 15 |
Lev Stepanovich Dyomin (Russian: Лев Степанович Дёмин; January 11, 1926, in Moscow – December 18, 1998, in Zvyozdny Gorodok[1]) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 15 spaceflight in 1974. This spaceflight was intended to dock with the space station Salyut 3, but the docking failed.
Dyomin gained a doctoral degree in engineering from the Soviet Air Force Engineering Academy and the rank of Colonel in the Soviet Air Force.[1]
He only made a single spaceflight before resigning from the space programme in 1982 and taking up deep-sea research.[1]
He died of cancer in 1998.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f "Cosmonaut Bio: Lev Dyomin". spacefacts.de. http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/cosmonauts/english/dyomin_lev.htm.
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