- Lev Dyomin
Infobox Astronaut
name =Lev Stepanovich Dyomin
type =Cosmonaut
nationality =Soviet
date_birth =January 11 1926
place_birth =Moscow ,Russia
date_death =December 18 ,1998
place_death =Zvyozdny Gorodok ,Russia
occupation =Pilot
rank =Colonel ,Soviet Air Force
selection =Air Force Group 2
time =2d 00h 12m
mission =Soyuz 15
insignia =|Lev Stepanovich Dyomin (Russian: Лев Степанович Дёмин; born
January 11 ,1926 , inMoscow , diedDecember 18 ,1998 , inZvyozdny Gorodok ) was a Sovietcosmonaut who flew on theSoyuz 15 mission.Dyomin gained a doctoral degree in engineering from the Soviet Air Force Engineering Academy and the rank of Colonel in the Soviet Air Force.
He only made a single spaceflight before resigning from the space programme in 1982 and taking up deep-sea research.
He died of cancer in 1998.
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