Valentin Bondarenko

• Status: Lost In Training
• In Space: No
• Date of Birth: 02/16/1937
• Date of Death: 03/23/1961

Valentin Bondarenko, a Russian astronaut affiliated with the government agency Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS), embarked on 0 space flights and engaging in 0 spacewalks during his/her career as an astronaut.

Valentin Vasiliyevich Bondarenko (Ukrainian: Валентин Васильович Бондаренко, Russian: Валентин Васильевич Бондаренко; 16 February 1937 – 23 March 1961) was a Soviet fighter pilot selected in 1960 for training as a cosmonaut. He died as the result of burns sustained in a fire during a 15-day low-pressure endurance experiment in Moscow. The government concealed the death, along with Bondarenko’s membership in the cosmonaut corps, until 1980. A crater on the Moon’s far side is named after him.