Lev Demin

Lev Stepanovich Demin (Russian: ??? ?????????? ?????; born January 11 1926 in Moscow, died December 18, 1998 in Zvyozdny Gorodok) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 15 mission.

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Demin gained a doctoral degree in engineering from the Soviet Air Force Engineering Academy and the rank of Colonel in the Soviet Air Force.

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He only made a single spaceflight before resigning from the space programme in 1982 and taking up deep-sea research.

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He died of cancer in 1998.

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