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After his retirement in 1993, Popovich lived in Moscow. [5] Popovich died in a hospital in Gurzuf where he was taken following a stroke on 29 September 2009, six days before his 79th birthday. Brain hemorrhage was cited as the cause of death. [2] [3] [8] He was buried in Moscow. [5]
Oct 1, 2009 · Here’s how it works. The sixth man to orbit the Earth, Pavel Romanovich Popovichdied Wednesday, five days before his 79th birthday. According to officials inRussia, his death came following a ...
Oct 1, 2009 · By Agence France-Presse. Sept. 30, 2009. MOSCOW (Agence France-Presse) Pavel Popovich, the fourth Soviet man to go to space, died Wednesday in Crimea. He was 79. His death, at a sanitarium, was ...
Quick Reference. (1930–2009) Soviet cosmonaut. He flew aboard Vostok 4 in August 1962, as part of the first joint space flight, with Vostok 3. The mission ended a day early because Popovich reported seeing thunderstorms over the Gulf of Mexico, forgetting that ‘thunderstorms’ was a code word for returning early because of motion sickness.
Oct 1, 2024 · Died: September 30, 2009, Gurzuf, Ukraine (aged 78) Pavel Popovich (born October 5, 1930, Uzin, Ukraine, U.S.S.R.—died September 30, 2009, Gurzuf, Ukraine) was a Soviet cosmonaut who piloted the Vostok 4 spacecraft, launched August 12, 1962. He and Andriyan G. Nikolayev, who was launched a day earlier in Vostok 3, became the first two men to ...
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Jul 17, 1994 · On Aug. 11 of that year, while astronaut Wally Schirra was being readied for flight, the Russians launched Andrian Nikolayev into space, then launched the cosmonaut Pavel Popovich the following day.
Oct 8, 2009 · Pavel Popovich, 1929-2009. On August 12, 1962, Pavel Popovich became the fourth cosmonaut to orbit the Earth, and the eighth person, and first Ukrainian, to be sent into space.
