Dmitri Zaikin, Early Soviet Cosmonaut Who Never Flew in Space, Dies at 81
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 - 18:30
in Astronomy & Space
Dmitri Zaikin, who in 1960 was chosen with Yuri Gagarin to be among the Soviet Union's first 20 cosmonauts but who never flew into space, died Oct. 20. He was 81.