Leonid Kizim
- T-10/Sojus Soyuz T-11 (1984 )
- Soyuz T -15 ( 1986)
Leonid Denisovich Kizim (Russian Леонид Денисович Кизим, scientific transliteration Leonid Denisovich Kizim; * August 5, 1941 in Krasny Lyman, Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR; † 14 June 2010) was a Soviet cosmonaut.
The test pilot and parachutist of the Soviet Air Force graduated from the Air Force Academy. After Kizim was selected on 23 October 1965, the cosmonaut training center, he graduated from November 1965 to December 1967, the cosmonauts basic training OKP. Kizim in the following years was substitute for several Soyuz missions until he started on 27 November 1980 as commander of the ninth visiting team of Salyut 6 with Soyuz T -3 into space. In 1984, he flew as commander of the third crew of Salyut 7, Salyut 7 EO -3, Soyuz T- 10th On 2 October 1984, he returned with Soyuz T -11. His stay lasted 236 days. During this time Kizim undertook six spacewalks, mainly for repairs and expansion of Salyut 7
The last time the pilot flew in 1986 as commander of the first crew of the Mir space station on Soyuz T- 15th On this mission Kizim undertook two extravehicular activities to build the lattice mast Mir and recover experiments.
After Leonid Kizim was retired from the cosmonaut corps on June 13, 1987, he was deputy director of the satellite control center of the Soviet Ministry of Defense. From May 1995 until his retirement in 2001 Leonid Kizim was Director of Military Engineering Academy of Air and Space in Saint Petersburg. Since then, he was Colonel-General of the reserve of the Russian Air Force.
Kizim was married and had two children. His daughter was born when he was in space, he saw her only when she was four months old.