ASTRONAUT

Mirosław Hermaszewski

1941 - 2022

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Mirosław Hermaszewski (Polish: [miˈrɔswaf xɛrmaˈʂɛfski] ; 15 September 1941 – 12 December 2022) was a Polish cosmonaut, fighter plane pilot, and Polish Air Force officer. He became the first and, at the time of his death in December 2022, only Polish national to ever go to space when he flew aboard the Soviet Soyuz 30 spacecraft in 1978. He was the 89th human to reach outer space. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mirosław Hermaszewski is the 55th most popular astronaut (down from 38th in 2019), the 276th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 224th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Ukrainian Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Mirosław Hermaszewski ranks 55 out of 556. Before him are Sergei Krikalev, Charles Duke, Don L. Lind, Valeri Kubasov, Frank Borman, and Vladislav Volkov. After him are Gordon Cooper, Ellison Onizuka, Wally Schirra, Fred Haise, Viktor Patsayev, and Michael P. Anderson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Mirosław Hermaszewski ranks 169. Before him are David Crosby, George Lakoff, Ron Brown, Takayuki Kuwata, Fabio Testi, and Gunpei Yokoi. After him are Geoff Hurst, Philippe Honoré, Raúl Ruiz, Pak Seung-zin, Richard Holbrooke, and Rached Ghannouchi. Among people deceased in 2022, Mirosław Hermaszewski ranks 124. Before him are David Trimble, Cüneyt Arkın, Jozef Tomko, Joachim Streich, Yuri Averbakh, and Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici. After him are Paul Sorvino, Mwai Kibaki, Christine McVie, Margarita Lozano, Fernando Gomes, and Nick Holonyak.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Mirosław Hermaszewski ranks 276 out of 1,365. Before him are Yaroslav Stetsko (1912), Alexander Siloti (1863), Moisei Uritsky (1873), Igor II of Kiev (1100), Dobrodeia of Kiev (1101), and Natan Sharansky (1948). After him are Igor Svyatoslavich (1151), Stephen Timoshenko (1878), Joseph Kobzon (1937), Jan Puzyna de Kosielsko (1842), Naftali Herz Imber (1856), and Viktor Bunyakovsky (1804).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Ukraine

Among astronauts born in Ukraine, Mirosław Hermaszewski ranks 3. Before him are Pavel Popovich (1930), and Georgy Dobrovolsky (1928). After him are Georgy Beregovoy (1921), Leonid Popov (1945), Vladimir Lyakhov (1941), Valentin Bondarenko (1937), Leonid Kizim (1941), Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov (1948), Georgy Shonin (1935), Vitaly Zholobov (1937), and Leonid Kadeniuk (1951).

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