Anatolii Levchenko

Soviet test pilot and cosmonaut (1941-1988).

Born May 21st, 1941 in Krasnokutsk.

Died August 6th, 1988 at 47 years old in Moscow (brain cancer).

Occupations
astronaut, military officer, test pilot
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel