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Valentin Bondarenko, Soviet aviator and cosmonaut (died 1961)

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Valentin Bondarenko

Soviet fighter pilot and cosmonaut candidate (1937–1961)

Valentin Vasilyevich Bondarenko was a Soviet fighter pilot selected in 1960 for training as a cosmonaut. He died as the result of burns sustained in a fire during a 15-day low-pressure endurance experiment in Moscow. The Soviet government concealed the death, along with…
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February 16

Day of the year

February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 318 days remain until the end of the year.
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