← ALL ASTRONAUTS
Leonid Kizim
IN MEMORIAM
RUSSIAN FEDERAL SPACE AGENCY (ROSCOSMOS)

Leonid Kizim

RussiaDECEASEDGovernment1980–1986
3
FLIGHTS
SPACEFLIGHTS
68
YEARS
AGE AT PASSING

Leonid Kizim is a former astronaut from Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS). 3 spaceflights.

Leonid Denisovich Kizim (Кизим Леонид Денисович) (August 5, 1941 – June 14, 2010) was a Soviet cosmonaut.

He was selected as a cosmonaut on October 23, 1965. Kizim flew as Commander on Soyuz T-3, Soyuz T-10 and Soyuz T-15, and also served as backup commander for Soyuz T-2. All together he spent 374 days 17 hours 56 minutes in space. On Soyuz T-15, he was part of the only crew to visit two space stations on one spaceflight (Mir and Salyut 7).

NationalityRussia
BornAugust 5, 1941
DiedJune 14, 2010
AgencyRussian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
TypeGovernment
StatusDeceased
First FlightNovember 27, 1980
Last FlightMarch 13, 1986