Independent Ukraine’s first astronaut in space, Leonid Kadenyuk, 67

PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Leonid Kadenyuk, a former military pilot who became the first and only Ukrainian astronaut to fly on a U.S. spacecraft, died in Kyiv on January 31. He was 67. According to various media reports, he suddenly took ill while jogging, as was his usual routine, in a park in the Ukrainian capital. … Continue reading Independent Ukraine’s first astronaut in space, Leonid Kadenyuk, 67