Pavel Popovich





Full Name: Pavel Romanovich Popovich
Birthdate: October 5, 1930, Uzyn, Ukraine, USSR
Death: September 29, 2009 - Gurzuf, Ukraine
Education: Magnitogorsk Technical School
Stalingrad Military Aviation School
Air Force Aviation Training School
Military Service: Major General, Soviet Air Force
Selection: Air Force Group 1 (1960)




Vokstok 4 Soyuz 14 Salyut 3
August 11-15, 1962 July 3-19, 1974 July 3-19, 1974








A mountain range in Antarctica and a Mars-crossing asteroid (8444 Popovich) were named
after Pavel Popovich




Pavel Popovich during the Vostok 4 mission Pavel Popovich attending a spec exhibition in Yugoslavia Yuri Garagrin, Pavel Popovich, Valentina Tereshkova, and
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev at the Lenin Mausoleim.



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