Cosmonaut Biography: Leonid Kizim
- ️Joachim Becker
Biographies of USSR / Russian Cosmonauts
more photos |
|
Leonid Denisovich |
|
USSR |
|
Personal data
| Birthdate: | 05.08.1941 |
| Birthplace: | Krasny Liman, Donezk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | two |
| Selection date: | 28.10.1965 |
| Selection group: | TsPK-3 |
| Position: | Test Cosmonaut (TC) |
| Status: | Ret. 13.06.1987 |
| Date of death: | 13.06.2010 |
| Place of death: | Moscow, Russian Federation |
Spaceflights
| No. | Mission | Position | Time | Duration |
| 1 | Soyuz T-3 | Commander | 27.11. - 10.12.1980 | 12d 19h 07m |
| 2 | Soyuz T-10 / Soyuz T-11 | Commander | 08.02. - 02.10.1984 | 236d 22h 49m |
| 3 | Soyuz T-15 / Mir-1 | Commander / Mir-Commander | 13.03. - 16.07.1986 | 125d 00h 00m |
| 4 | ||||
| 5 | ||||
| 6 | ||||
| 7 | ||||
| Total | 374d 17h 56m |
Backup assignments
Additional information
Graduated from Higher Air Force School, 1975; General Colonel, Soviet Air Force, Res.; test pilot and parachutist; was selected as cosmonaut on 28.10.1965 (TsPK-3); OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 11/65 - 12/67; was assigned as backup for several Soyuz T flights; later Deputy Director Satellite Control Center of Russian Ministry of Defence; since May 1995 Director Military Engineering Academy of Aeronautics and Astronautics in St. Petersburg; since 2001 retired.
| © |
Last update on March 02, 2020. |
 |