Mitkov, Andrei
Person · Russia
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Russian phantom cosmonaut. In 1959 Italian news reported a series of cosmonaut deaths on suborbital flights, among these Mitkov. No historical evidence ever emerged of any Soviet suborbital flights.
In December 1959, the Italian news agency Continentale reported that a series of cosmonaut deaths on suborbital flights had been revealed by a high-ranking Czech communist. Among these were Mitkov, said to have perished in 1959. No other evidence of Soviet suborbital manned flights ever came to light.
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- Phantom Cosmonaut
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- Russia
Chronology
1 event
1959 January 1
- Death of Andrei Mitkov. - . Related Persons: Mitkov. Russian phantom cosmonaut. In 1959 Italian news reported a series of cosmonaut deaths on suborbital flights, among these Mitkov. No historical evidence ever emerged of any Soviet suborbital flights..