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Pavel Popovich. Pavel Romanovich Popovich (Russian: Па́вел Рома́нович Попо́вич, Ukrainian: Павло Романович Попович, romanized: Pavlo Romanovych Popovych; 5 October 1930 – 29 September 2009 [2][3]) was a Soviet cosmonaut. [1] Popovich was the fourth cosmonaut in space, the sixth person in orbit, the ...
Oct 1, 2024 · 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 be in space simultaneously.
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Oct 1, 2009 · Pavel Romanovich Popovich, born in 1929 in the Kiev region of what is now Ukraine, was part of a pioneering team trained to pilot the Vostok craft, the first manned vehicles the Soviets sent into ...
Apr 19, 2018 · Graduated from Military Pilot School, Grozny, 1954; graduated from Air Force Academy, Monino, 1968; Major General, Ret., and pilot, Soviet Air Force; was selected as cosmonaut on 07.03.1960 (TsPK -1); OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 3/60 - 18.01.1961; later Director of AIUS Agroresurs, Moscow; died of brain bleeding. Last update on April 19, 2018.
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- Usin, Kiev Oblast, Ukrainian SSR
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Oct 1, 2009 · Cosmonaut Pavel Popovich is shown in a still picture during his Vostok 4 mission in August 1962. (Image credit: Asif Siddiqi/NASA) The sixth man to orbit the Earth, Pavel Romanovich Popovichdied ...
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.
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Aug 14, 2016 · Death of Pavel Romanovich Popovich at Gurzuv, Krim - . Nation: Ukraine. Related Persons: Popovich. Ukrainian pilot cosmonaut 1960-1982. Commander of first military space station mission. 2 spaceflights, 18.7 days in space. Flew to orbit on Vostok 4 (1962), Soyuz 14..