US EditionTop Russian space scientist dies of mushroom poisoning
- A senior scientist with Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, died after consuming inedible mushrooms. He was the head of rocket and space systems at RSC Energia, Russia's top spacecraft manufacturer. This incident comes after a recent crash of a Russian unmanned spacecraft on the moon.
- The Russian unmanned spacecraft, Luna 25, crashed into the moon during a prelanding orbit. This was Russia's first lunar mission in 47 years.
- The scientist's family reported that he had been picking and eating mushrooms for several years without incident. However, after eating the mushrooms in question, his health rapidly deteriorated and he passed away shortly after being admitted to the hospital.
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Vitaly Melnikov, one of the most important missile experts in Russia, died of mushroom poisoning. He was 77 years old. The scientist had been the head of the “Department...
A Russian scientist involved in space research in his country lost his life after allegedly ingesting toxic mushrooms.
Top Russian space scientist dies after being ‘poisoned by mushrooms’
Professor Vitaly Melnikov was the head of the rocket and space systems department at Russia’s leading company in the space industry (Picture: East2West) One of Russia’s leading space scientists has died after he was allegedly poisoned with mushrooms. Professor Vitaly Melnikov was head of the department of rocket and space systems at RSC Energia, Moscow’s leading spacecraft manufacturer. The 77-year-old was battling illness caused by the ‘sever…
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