Lev Dyomin

Lev Dyomin
Dyomin in 1974
Born
Lev Stepanovich Dyomin

(1926-01-11)11 January 1926
Died18 December 1998(1998-12-18) (aged 72)
NationalitySoviet
OccupationPilot
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union
Space career
Cosmonaut
RankColonel, Soviet Air Force[1]
Time in space
2d 00h 12m[1]
SelectionAir Force Group 2
MissionsSoyuz 15

Lev Stepanovich Dyomin (Russian: Лев Степанович Дёмин; 11 January 1926 – 18 December 1998[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.

  1. ^ a b c "Cosmonaut Bio: Lev Dyomin". spacefacts.de.