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Topic: Interkosmos candidate Dumitru Dediu (1942-2013)
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ColinBurgess Member Posts: 2031 From: Sydney, Australia Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 05-21-2014 07:34 PM
In researching some material on the Interkosmos program, I visited Joachim Becker's marvelous Spacefacts website and saw to my surprise a small notation that Romanian backup cosmonaut Dumitru Dediu had passed away last year. I could find no other online reference to this and asked Joachim, who said that it came to him second-hand from an obscure Russian website. Seeking confirmation I contacted Dediu's long-time friend and fellow Interkosmos candidate Dumitru Prunariu and he confirmed that Dediu had indeed passed away last year after a lengthy illness. He did not know the exact date, but said the burial took place on 11 July 2013. |
Kite Member Posts: 831 From: Northampton UK Registered: Nov 2009
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posted 05-22-2014 01:37 AM
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apolloprojeckt Member Posts: 1447 From: Arnhem, Netherlands Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 05-22-2014 01:45 AM
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randy Member Posts: 2176 From: West Jordan, Utah USA Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 05-22-2014 03:56 AM
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Marwin2 Member Posts: 139 From: Registered: Oct 2006
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posted 05-22-2014 04:19 AM
Dediu obituary published in the October 2013 issue of the Russian space news magazine Novosty Cosmonavtiki and on Russian well known space history site ASTROnote. |
Philip Member Posts: 5952 From: Brussels, Belgium Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 05-22-2014 04:39 AM
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GACspaceguy Member Posts: 2476 From: Guyton, GA Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 05-22-2014 05:17 AM
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ColinBurgess Member Posts: 2031 From: Sydney, Australia Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 05-22-2014 06:39 AM
Did either of those Russian sources give the exact date on which Dediu died? |
Delta7 Member Posts: 1505 From: Bluffton IN USA Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 05-22-2014 06:48 AM
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Lunar rock nut Member Posts: 911 From: Oklahoma city, Oklahoma U.S.A. Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 05-22-2014 07:26 AM
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cspg Member Posts: 6210 From: Geneva, Switzerland Registered: May 2006
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posted 05-22-2014 08:25 AM
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Marwin2 Member Posts: 139 From: Registered: Oct 2006
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posted 05-22-2014 08:34 AM
quote: Originally posted by ColinBurgess: Did either of those Russian sources give the exact date on which Dediu died?
Alas, no. |
SPACEFACTS Member Posts: 301 From: Germany Registered: Aug 2006
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posted 05-24-2014 01:29 AM
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Gilbert Member Posts: 1328 From: Carrollton, GA USA Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 05-26-2014 07:34 AM
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eurospace Member Posts: 2610 From: Brussels, Belgium Registered: Dec 2000
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dss65 Member Posts: 1156 From: Sandpoint, ID, USA Registered: Mar 2003
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posted 05-29-2014 07:52 PM
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