Popovich

Pavel Romanovich

USSR/CIS


International order n°: 6

Russian cosm. n°: 4


Personal data:

Birthdate:  05.10.1930
Birthplace:  Usin / Kiev Oblast / UKRAINE
Marital status:  married
Children:  two
Selection date:  07.03.1960
Job:  Pilot
Status:  Ret. 26.01.1982

 

Spaceflights:

Ord.
num.
Startup
spacecraft
Date and
time of
launch (UT)
Status
while
launch
Spacecraft
of landing
Date and
time of
landing (UT)
Duration
1 Vostok-4 08h.02m.
Aug 12, 1962
Plt Vostok-4 06h.59m.
Aug 15, 1962
2d.22h.56m.
2 Soyuz-14 18h.51m.08s.
Jul 03, 1974
Cdr
PE-1/SLT3
Soyuz-14 12h.21m.36s.
Jul 19, 1974
15d.17h.30m.28s.
Total duration: 18d.16h.27m.11s.

Backup assignments:

No. Mission Description
1  Soyuz VI Flight 1  Planned first space flight of the Soyuz VI combat spacecraft. The program was cancelled in 1968.
2  Soyuz 7K-L1 Flight 3  Planned third Soviet circumlunar space flight. Cancelled after the success of Apollo 8 orbiting the Moon, and problems with the L1 launcher.
3  Soyuz (Almaz 1) 12  Proposed Prime crew for the first mission to the Almaz (Salyut 2) space station. Cancelled after the loss of control of the first Almaz station.

Additional information

Graduated from Air Force Academy; Major General and pilot, Soviet Air Forces; was selected as cosmonaut on 07.03.1960 (TsPK-1); OKP: 3/60 - 18.01.1961; later Director of AIUS , Moscow.

Ref: #16, #21, #219 - update: 06.08.07