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MAP astronaut group, 1980

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Requirement: test pilots for Buran spaceplane

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Volk Ukrainian test pilot cosmonaut 1977-1996.
Levchenko Ukrainian test pilot cosmonaut 1977-1988. Graduated from Chernigov Higher Air Force School, 1964. Buran test pilot; cosmonaut training December 1978 - July 1980. Later a civil test pilot for the Soviet Air Force Ministry. Died of a brain tumor in Moscow.
Stankevicius Lithuanian test pilot cosmonaut, 1977-1990. Buran Test Pilot, died in crash of a Su-27 fighter at an air show at Treviso, Italy.
Shchukin Belarusian test pilot cosmonaut, 1977-1988.