Leonid Kostyantynovych Kadenyuk (Ukrainian: Леонід Костянтинович Каденюк, 28 January 1951 – 31 January 2018) [1] was the first astronaut of independent Ukraine to fly into outer space. In 1997, he flew on NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia as …

Leonid Kadenyuk (born January 28, 1951, Klishkovtsy, Ukraine, U.S.S.R. [now Klishkivtsi, Ukraine]—died January 31, 2018, Kiev, Ukraine) was a Ukrainian cosmonaut who flew on the U.S. space shuttle Columbia and was the first Ukrainian citizen in space.

NASA EXPERIENCE: Colonel Kadenyuk is one of the first NSAU Astronaut group selected in 1996 by the National Space Agency of Ukraine. In November 1996, NSAU and NASA assigned him to be one of two payload specialists for the Collaborative Ukrainian Experiment (CUE) which was flown on STS-87.

卡杰纽克（Leonid Kadeniuk）， 乌克兰 航天员。 1951年1月28日出生于乌克兰 切尔诺夫策州 的一个农村教师家庭，1995年入选乌克兰国家航天署 航天员。 1997年11月19日至12月5日，卡杰纽克在 美国航天局 “哥伦比亚”号 航天飞机 上执行 太空飞行 任务，与美国航天员一同试验 白菜 、 大豆 和 青苔 3种植物在太空的生长，研究 失重状态 对胚芽发育、 植物光合作用 、 植物激素 含量等生物特性的影响。 卡杰纽克共有5本著作，2017年出版的新书名为《太空就是使命》。 [1] …

NAME: Leonid K. Kadenyuk NSAU Astronaut PERSONAL DATA: Born January 28, 1951, in the Chernivtsi region of Ukraine. Married to Vera Kadenyuk (nee Kosolapinkova). They have two sons. He enjoys family time, running, athletics.

2023年11月20日 · On November 19, 1997, Leonid Kadeniuk, the first and currently the only astronaut of independent Ukraine, flew into space as part of the NASA mission. We recall the history of his flight in archival photos.

Leonid Kostyantynovych Kadenyuk (Ukrainian: Леонід Костянтинович Каденюк, 28 January 1951 – 31 January 2018) was a Ukrainian astronaut. He was the first astronaut of independent Ukraine .

Today, January 28, marks the 73rd anniversary of the birth of Leonid Kadeniuk, the first and only cosmonaut of independent Ukraine. His flight as part of an international expedition took place in 1997 and lasted 17 days.

2018年2月1日 · On January 31, at 67 years old, Leonid Kadeniuk, Ukraine’s first astronaut, passed away. He was accepted into NASA’s STS-87 International Mission on the Space Shuttle Columbia. Fulfilling a childhood dream, Leonid Kadeniuk got his name into the history books of Ukrainian Astronautics.

Leonid Kadeniuk was a Ukrainian astronaut known for being the first Ukrainian to travel to space. He was born on January 28, 1951, in the village of Klishkovychi in the Khotyn district of the Chernivtsi region, Ukraine.