NK (Zhelaznyakov and Samshutdinov) are reporting the death of

Anatoliy Kartashov, a member of the 1960 'Gagarin cadre' of

cosmonaut candidates, who was medically disqualified the following year.

"Left team after being overstressed in centrifuge training", sources say.



Born Aug 25, 1932, he continued serving in Air force units until

1985, when he went to work as a test pilot for the Antonov

Aircraft Bureau in Kiev. He died there December 11 after "a

severe and prolonged illness".



The promise of spaceflight teased him briefly, but then he

went on with his life and his flying, and I hope he was not overly

tormented by 'what-might-have-beens'. RIP, comrade.



Bio data (already updated with death!)

http://www.spacefacts.de/english/bio_cosm.htm



May 2005 photo (by Aleksandr Glushko)

http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/c...res/519kar.jpg