Background
Kadenyuk, Leonid K. was born on January 28, 1951 in Chernivtsi region, Ukraine.
Kadenyuk, Leonid K. was born on January 28, 1951 in Chernivtsi region, Ukraine.
Graduate pilot-engineer, Chernihiv Higher Aviation School, Ukraine, 1971. Graduate test pilot, State Science Research Institute of Russian Air Forces Center, 1977. Graduate, Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, 1978.
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Moscow Aviation Institute, 1989.
Trainee Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Cosmonaut Team Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Star City, Russia, since 1976, test cosmonaut, pilot multiple usage space system group, 1978—1983. Test pilot GLIC VVS Russia Russian Air Force, 1984—1988. Commander Ukrainian space crew, 1990—1996.
Science investigator Ukrainian-American experiment in space biology Institute Botany, National Academy of Sciences Ukraine, Kiev, 1996. Member astronaut group National Space Agency of Ukraine, since 1996. Prime payload specialist STS-87 Columbia National Space Agency Ukraine, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1997.
Chairman State Committee on SU-275M cockpit design, 1985.
Married Vera Kosolapinkova. 2 children.