Anatoly Levchenko
Anatoly Semyonovich Levchenko (Russian: Анатолий Семёнович Левченко; May 5, 1941 – August 6, 1988) was a Soviet cosmonaut.
Anatoly Semyonovich Levchenko | |
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| Born | May 9, 1941 Krasnokutsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 6 August 1988 (aged 47) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Soviet |
| Occupation | Test Pilot |
| Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union |
| Space career | |
| Cosmonaut | |
| Rank | Captain, Soviet Air Force |
Time in space | 7d 21h 58m |
| Selection | 1988 Cosmonaut Group |
| Missions | Mir LII-1 (Soyuz TM-4 / Soyuz TM-3) |
Levchenko was planned to be the back-up commander of the first Buran space shuttle flight, and in March 1987 he began extensive training for a Soyuz spaceflight, intended to give him some experience in space.[1] In December 1987, he occupied the third seat aboard the spacecraft Soyuz TM-4 to the space station Mir, and returned to Earth about a week later on Soyuz TM-3. His mission is sometimes called Mir LII-1, after the Gromov Flight Research Institute shorthand.[2] In the year following his spaceflight, Levchenko died of a brain tumor, in the Nikolay Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute in Moscow.[3]
Selected as a cosmonaut on July 12, 1980.[4] He was married with one child.[4]
Awards
He was awarded the titles of Hero of the Soviet Union and Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR and the Order of Lenin.
See also
- List of notable brain tumor patients
References
- Hendrickx, Bart; Bert Vis (2007-10-04). Energiya-Buran : The Soviet Space Shuttle. Praxis. p. 526. ISBN 0-387-69848-5.
- "Mir LII-1". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
- "Levchenko". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 20 October 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
- "Cosmonaut Biography: Anatoli Levchenko". spacefacts.de. Archived from the original on 21 December 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2010.