Cosmonaut Biography: Nikolai Moskalenko (original) (raw)

Graduated from Military Fighter Pilot School in Yeisk, 1970; Lieutenant Colonel, pilot and test pilot, Soviet Air Force Res.; was selected as cosmonaut on 01.12.1978 (TsPK-6);OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 23.08.1976 - 30.01.1979; later he served again as pilot in the Air Force; on 05.02.1990 he was involved in an air-collision and was demoted; died after long illness.