Zenon Jankowski (born 22 November 1937) is a retired fighter pilot, colonel of the Polish People's Army and astronaut.

Zenon Jankowski was born on 22 November 1937 in the city of Poznań, Poland, into a working class family.

[1][2] In 1976, Jankowki was included in the list of ten potential candidates to become astronauts from Poland, in the Interkosmos Soviet space program.

They were: Andrzej Bugała, Henryk Hałka, Mirosław Hermaszewski, Zenon Jankowski, and Tadeusz Kuziora.

Shortly after, Andrzej Bugała was excluded from the list, with the remaining candidates continuing their tests and training, which lasted from October to November 1976.

[4] Two days later, on 27 June 1978, the mission, with Klimuk and Hermaszewski on board, had begun, with the spacecraft reaching the orbit and docking to the Salyut 6 space station.

[4][8] The history of Jankowki was depicted in 1978 documentary films Zenon Jankowski, and Wita was Polska.