March 16, 2018 Professor Nadezhda Armash and Dmitry Bezzubov, professor of the Department of Economic, Air and Space Law of the Educational and Scientific Law Institute took part in the evening-requiem dedicated to the memory of Hero of Ukraine, the first cosmonaut of independent Ukraine Leonid Kadenyuk.
The event took place in the Column Hall of the Kyiv City State Administration with the participation of the Chairman of the State Space Agency of Ukraine Petra Degtyarenko, the Chairman of the Board of the Ukrainian Youth Aerospace Association Sozvezdie Oleg Petrov, the People's Deputy of Ukraine Sergey Taruta, close colleagues and friends of the famous cosmonaut. Leonid Kadenyuk was trained for space flight in NASA on the US space shuttle as a payload specialist. In 1995, he joined the group of cosmonauts of the National Space Agency of Ukraine. From November 19 to December 5, 1997, made a space flight on the US Columbia Columbia (STS-87) space mission. He took part in the development and testing of aerospace systems, in their sketch and prototyping. The memory of the outstanding cosmonaut, who has always entered the history of space exploration, will always live in the hearts of citizens of Ukraine. Future experts in the field of space law will adequately continue the development of Ukraine as a space power.