Today, January 28, marks the 73rd anniversary of the birth of Leonid Kadeniuk, the first and only cosmonaut of independent Ukraine. His flight as part of an international expedition took place in 1997 and lasted 17 days.
January 28, 2021, marks the 70th anniversary of the birth of the first astronaut of independent Ukraine - Leonid Kostyantynovych Kadenyuk. Unfortunately, he did not live to see his anniversary.
Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute paid the tribute to the memory of Ukrainian cosmonaut Leonid Kadeniuk. In the main building of the university installed a bas-relief with a portrait of the first astronaut of independent Ukraine.
Roundtable took place on November 22 in the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. It was dedicated to the 22nd anniversary of the beginning STS-87 mission (from 19.11 to 05.12.1997), during which the flight on the spaceship of the first independent Ukrainian cosmonaut Leonid Kadeniuk was held
The Museum of Space was opened in Bukovyna, where the first cosmonaut of independent Ukraine Leonid Kadeniuk was born. The collective of the State Polytechnic Museum under Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute strongly supported the idea of opening the museum.
The Memorial Day of the first cosmonaut of independent Ukraine, Hero of Ukraine, Major-General of Aviation, People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 4th convocation Leonid Kadeniuk was celebrated on March 13 at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.
This year is the 25th anniversary of the founding of the National Space Agency of Ukraine and 20 years of space flight of the first astronaut of independent Ukraine Leonid Kadeniuk within the programme of Ukrainian-American mission STS-87.
On March 12 it was held the meeting of the NTUU “KPI” Supervisory Board.
Students of Faculty of Aircraft and Space Systems of NTUU “KPI” celebrated their professional holiday in a special way this year.
On April the 1st the first astronaut of independent Ukraine, a Ukrainian Hero and a Major General Leonid Kostiantynovych Kadeniuk gained a diploma and the degree of Honorary Doctor of Aircraft and Space Systems Faculty of National Technical University of Ukraine "Kyiv Polytechnic Institute".
