Valentin Vasiliyevich Bondarenko (Ukrainian: Валентин Васильович Бондаренко Russian: Валентин Васильевич Бондаренко 16 February 1937 – 23 March 1961) was a Soviet fighter pilot who trained to become a cosmonaut. He died during a training accident in Moscow Soviet Union in 1961. A crater on the Moon’s far side is named after him.
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