Astronauts
Many cosmonauts of the Soviet Union and modern Russia were ethnic Ukrainians or come from Ukraine. See Category:Ukrainian cosmonauts for the full list.
- Georgy Beregovoy, Soviet Cosmonaut No.12, Soviet MP in 1974—89 representing Donetsk region
- Pavel Popovich, Soviet Cosmonaut No.4, Verkhovna Rada MP in 1964—88, head of Ukrainian diaspora in Moscow
- Leonid Kadeniuk, earlier a Soviet cosmonaut, made the first manned spaceflight of the National Space Agency of Ukraine
- Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper for NASA
Read more about this topic: List Of People Born In Ukraine
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