Leonid Kadeniuk, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Leonid Kadeniuk

Ukrainian cosmonaut

Date of Birth: 28-Jan-1951

Place of Birth: Klischkiwzi, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 31-Jan-2018

Profession: astronaut, military personnel, engineer, politician, test pilot, biologist

Nationality: Ukraine

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Leonid Kostyantynovych Kadenyuk (Ukrainian: ?????? ????????????? ???????, 28 January 1951 – 31 January 2018) was the first astronaut of independent Ukraine.
He flew on NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997 as part of the international mission STS-87.
Kadenyuk held the rank of Major General in the Ukrainian Air Force.