Valentin Bondarenko
Russian - (RFSA)
Lost In Training
Date of Birth: Feb. 16, 1937
Date of Death: March 23, 1961
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.
Spaceflight Record
No spaceflights found for Valentin Bondarenko.
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