Pavel Popovich

Pavel Romanovich Popovich (Russian: ????? ????????? ???????, Pavel Romanovi? Popovi?; born October 5, 1930 in Uzin) was a Cosmonaut who commanded two space flights, Vostok 4 and Soyuz 14. His call sign in these flights was Golden eagle (Russian: ???????). He was the first Ukrainian cosmonaut.

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Russian - October 5 - 1930 - Uzin - Cosmonaut - Space flights - Vostok 4 - Soyuz 14 - Golden eagle

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In 1960, he was selected as one of a group of twenty air force pilots that would train as the first cosmonauts.

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He was originally selected to command the Soyuz 2 mission, but following the accident that killed Vladimir Komarov, that mission was launched without a crew.

Related Topics:
Soyuz 2 - Vladimir Komarov

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He retired from the space programme in 1982.

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