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Lev Stepanovich Dyomin (Russian: Лев Степанович Дёмин; 11 January 1926 – 18 December 1998[1]) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 15 spaceflight in 1974. This spaceflight was intended to dock with the space station Salyut 3, but the docking failed.

Lev Dyomin
Dyomin in 1974
Born	Lev Stepanovich Dyomin (1926-01-11)11 January 1926 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	18 December 1998(1998-12-18) (aged 72) Zvyozdny Gorodok, Russia
Nationality	Soviet
Occupation	Pilot
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union
Space career
Cosmonaut
Rank	Colonel, Soviet Air Force[1]
Time in space	2d 00h 12m[1]
Selection	Air Force Group 2
Missions	Soyuz 15

Biography

Dyomin was born in Moscow. He gained a doctoral degree in engineering from the Soviet Air Force Engineering Academy and the rank of Colonel in the Soviet Air Force.[1]

Aged 48 at the time of his flight on Soyuz 15, he was the oldest cosmonaut up to that point as well as the first grandfather to go into space. He remained in the program until leaving in 1982 to pursue deep-sea research. Dyomin died of cancer, in Zvyozdny Gorodok, in 1998.[1]

He was awarded:

• Hero of the Soviet Union
• Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
• Order of Lenin
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour
• Medal "For Battle Merit"
• Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"
• Order of the Banner of the People's Republic of Bulgaria

References

На других языках

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[de] Lew Stepanowitsch Djomin

Lew Stepanowitsch Djomin (russisch Лев Степанович Дёмин; * 11. Januar 1926 in Moskau, Russische SFSR; † 18. Dezember 1998 im „Sternenstädtchen“ bei Moskau) war ein sowjetischer Kosmonaut.

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- [en] Lev Dyomin

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[es] Lev Diomin

Lev Stepánovich Diomin (en ruso, Лев Степа́нович Дёмин; 11 de enero de 1926, Moscú- 18 de diciembre de 1998). Fue un cosmonauta soviético, ingeniero de vuelo de la Soyuz 15.[1]

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[fr] Lev Demine

Lev Stepanovitch Demine (en russe : Лев Степанович Дёмин) est un cosmonaute soviétique[1], né le 11 janvier 1926 et décédé le 18 décembre 1998.

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[it] Lev Stepanovič Dëmin

Lev Stepanovič Dëmin (Mosca, 11 gennaio 1926 – Zviozdni Godorok, 18 dicembre 1998) è stato un cosmonauta sovietico. Ingegnere e colonnello dell'Aeronautica Militare Sovietica, effettuò il suo unico volo spaziale nel 1974 sulla Sojuz 15.

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[ru] Дёмин, Лев Степанович

Лев Степа́нович Дёмин (11 января 1926, Москва — 18 декабря 1998, Звёздный городок Московской области) — советский космонавт, кандидат технических наук (1963), Герой Советского Союза (1974). Являлся председателем Всесоюзного общества филателистов (ВОФ; 1977—1988).

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