2023-09-03 10:07:00
77-year-old Vitaly Melnikov was admitted to a hospital in Moscow on August 11.
Top Russian cosmologist Prof Vitaly Melnikov dies of mushroom poisoning The Russian cosmonaut’s death comes days after the failure of Russia’s lunar mission Luna 25. 77-year-old Vitaly Melnikov was admitted to a hospital in Moscow on August 11.
Melnikov was the Chief Scientist in the Space Agency’s Probe Construction Division. Melnikov has published more than 291 scientific articles. Melnikov’s death is the latest to emerge as a series of mysterious deaths in Russia.
Earlier, after Luna-25 crashed, Russia’s senior physicist and cosmonaut Mikhail Marov was hospitalized. International media reported that the 90-year-old had serious health problems after the mission failure. Mikhail Marov, who was part of the Soviet Union’s space missions, was to end his career with the success of Luna 25.
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