Nationality Soviet Role Cosmonaut Time in space 374d 17h 56m First space flight Soyuz T-3 | Selection Air Force Group 3 Other occupation Pilot Name Leonid Kizim | |
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Born August 5, 1941
Krasnyi Lyman, Donetsk Oblast, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) ( 1941-08-05 ) Rank Colonel General, Soviet Air Force Awards Order of Lenin (3)
Order of Honour
Order of Friendship Died June 14, 2010, Moscow, Russia Space missions Soyuz T-10, Soyuz T-15, Soyuz T-3 Similar People Oleg Atkov, Vladimir Solovyov, Gennadi Strekalov, Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, Rakesh Sharma | ||
Leonid Denisovich Kizim (Кизим Леонид Денисович) (August 5, 1941 – June 14, 2010) was a Soviet cosmonaut.
Kizim was born in Krasnyi Lyman, Donetsk Oblast, Soviet Union (now Lyman, Ukraine). He graduated from Higher Air Force School in 1975; and served as a test pilot in the Soviet Air Force. He was selected as a cosmonaut on October 23, 1965. Kizim flew as Commander on Soyuz T-3, Soyuz T-10 and Soyuz T-15, and also served as backup commander for Soyuz T-2. All together he spent 374 days 17 hours 56 minutes in space. On Soyuz T-15, he was part of the only crew to visit two space stations on one spaceflight (Mir and Salyut 7). He later served as Deputy Director Satellite Control-Center of the Russian Ministry of Defense; after May 1995 he was Director of the Military Engineering Academy of Aeronautics and Astronautics in St. Petersburg.
He retired on June 13, 1987, and died on June 14, 2010. Leonid Kizim was married with two children.
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