Lev Dyomin | |
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![]() Dyomin in 1974 | |
Born | Lev Stepanovich Dyomin 11 January 1926 |
Died | 18 December 1998 | (aged 72)
Nationality | Soviet |
Occupation | Pilot |
Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union |
Space career | |
Cosmonaut | |
Rank | Colonel, Soviet Air Force[1] |
Time in space | 2d 00h 12m[1] |
Selection | Air Force Group 2 |
Missions | Soyuz 15 |
Lev Stepanovich Dyomin (Russian: Лев Степанович Дёмин; 11 January 1926 – 18 December 1998[1]) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 15 spaceflight in 1974. This spaceflight was intended to dock with the space station Salyut 3, but the docking failed.