Cosmonaut Leonid Kizim, Who Visited 2 Space Stations in 1 Mission, Dies

Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 06:00 in Astronomy & Space

Soviet cosmonaut Leonid Kizim, who in 1986 commanded the only mission in history to visit two space stations in one flight - which also marked the first crewed flight to Mir - died Monday, according to Russia's Federal Space Agency. He was 68.

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