Levchenko

Anatoli Semyonovich

USSR/CIS

International order nº: 207

Russian cosm. nº: 64

Personal data:

Birthdate:	21 May 1941
Birthplace:	Krasnokutsk / Kharkov Oblast / UKRAINE
Marital status:	married
Children:	one
Selection date:	30 Jul 1980
Job:	Pilot
Status:	Deceased 06 Aug 1988
Date of death:	06 Aug 1988 (Tumour of cerebrum)
Place of death:	Moscow / RUSSIA

Levchenko Anatoli

Spaceflights:

Nº	Launch Spacecraft	Date and time of launch	Status while launch	Spacecraft of landing	Date and time of landing	Duration
1	Soyuz-TM 4	21 Dec 1987 11:18:03 UT	AI VE-2/MIR	Soyuz-TM 3	29 Dec 1987 09:16:15 UT	7d 21h 58m 12s
Total duration:						7d 21h 58m 12s

Note: Only 9 days after lift-off Levchenko had to returned to Earth (on Souyz TM-3), where he died of a brain tumour eight monts later on 6 August 1988.

Additional information

Graduated from Air Force Engineering School and from Higher Air Force School; pilot in the Soviet Air Force; later civil test pilot in for Soviet Air Force Ministry; was selected as cosmonaut on 30.07.1980 (LII-1); OKP: 12/78 - 7/80; test pilot for the Soviet Shuttle-program; was assigned as backup for the first Buran test flight; died on the complications of a brain tumor.

Ref: #16, #21 - update: 29.04.07