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Miroslaw Hermaszewski

15 Sep, 1941 in Lipniki, Reichskommissariat Ukraine

Mirosław Hermaszewski (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, the only, Polish national in space when he flew aboard the Soviet Soyuz 30 spacecraft... in 1978.[2] He was the 89th human to reach outer space.[3][4]

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