Leonid Kadeniuk

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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.