Rimantas Stankevičius
Aircraft pilot and cosmonaut
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Rimantas Antanas Stankevičius was a Lithuanian test pilot and cosmonaut in the Soviet space shuttle Buran programme. He was killed in a crash of his Su-27 fighter plane during an airshow in Salgareda. Wikipedia
Born: July 26, 1944, Marijampolė, Lithuania
Died: September 9, 1990 (age 46 years), Salgareda, Italy
Spouse: Irena Stankevičienė (m. ?–1990)