Biographies of Astronaut and Cosmonaut Candidates

Lysenko

Aleksandr Lysenko

Лысенко

Aleksandr Ivanovich

Александр Иванович

USSR

USSR

Personal data

Birthdate:  22.06.1945
Birthplace:  Leningrad / Russian SFSR
Marital status:  
Children:  
Selection date:  01.01.1977
Position:  Test Cosmonaut (TC)
Status:  died 03.06.1977
Day of death:  03.06.1977
Place of death:  Ramenskoye, near Moscow

Additional information

Captain, test pilot 3rd class, was 1970-1972 at the time of his military service in Egyt; 1977 for LII as "cosmonaut-aspirant" selected, but not confirmed by GMVK; on 03.06.1977 deceased in an air crash with a MiG-23 UB together with Mamontov.

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