Anatoli Levchenko
Anatoli Levchenko was a government astronaut from Russia, affiliated with ROSCOSMOS.
During their career, Anatoli Levchenko flew on 1 spaceflight, logging 7 days, 21 hours, 58 minutes, 12 seconds in space.
Anatoli Semyonovich Levchenko (Russian: Анатолий Семёнович Левченко; May 5, 1941 – August 6, 1988) was a Soviet cosmonaut.
Levchenko was planned to be the back-up commander of the first Buran space shuttle flight, and in March 1987 he began extensive training for a Soyuz spaceflight, intended to give him some experience in space. In December 1987, he occupied the third seat aboard the spacecraft Soyuz TM-4 to the space station Mir, and returned to Earth about a week later on Soyuz TM-3. His mission is sometimes called Mir LII-1, after the Gromov Flight Research Institute shorthand. In the year following his spaceflight, Levchenko died of a brain tumor, in the Nikolay Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute in Moscow.
Career Statistics
| Date of Birth | 05/05/1941 |
|---|---|
| Date of Death | 08/06/1988 |
| Status | Deceased |
| First Flight | 12/21/1987 |
| Last Flight | 12/21/1987 |
| In Space | No |
| Time in Space | 7 days, 21 hours, 58 minutes, 12 seconds |
| Landings | 1 |
Spaceflights by Anatoli Levchenko
Explore the 1 spaceflight Anatoli Levchenko participated in during their astronaut career, including mission details, launch vehicles, and destinations.