The funeral of the first and only Ukrainian astronaut Leonid Kadeniuk, who suddenly died in Kyiv on January 31, will be held on February 2, the press service of the State Space Agency of Ukraine told Interfax-Ukraine.

"A civil funeral is planned at the club of the Cabinet of Ministers from 11:00 until 13:00. On the same day, Leonid Kostiantynovych will be buried at the Baikove cemetery in Kyiv. The farewell will begin at 2 pm," the press service said.

As reported, Kadeniuk died in Kyiv on January 31 from a heart attack while jogging in the morning along the park.

Kadeniuk is the first and to date the only cosmonaut of Ukraine, test pilot, Major General of the Air Force of Ukraine, Hero of Ukraine, who has made a flight into space.

Kadeniuk was born on January 28, 1951 in the village of Klishkivtsi in the Khotyn district of Chernivtsi region. His parents were village teachers. In 1995, Kadeniuk was selected to become a cosmonaut of the National Space Agency of Ukraine. After training at NASA between November 19 and December 5, 1997, he took part in the STS-87 mission of the United States' Space Shuttle Columbia. He performed biological experiments on plants during the flight.