Pavel Romanovich Popovich

Cosmonaut
Nationality	Soviet
Born	October 5, 1930 Kiev Oblast, Ukrainian SSR
Occupation*	Pilot
Rank	Major General, Soviet Air Force
Time spent in space	18d 16h 27m
Selection	Air Force Group 1
Mission(s)	Vostok 4, Soyuz 14
Mission insignia
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Pavel Romanovich Popovich (Russian: Павел Романович Попович, Pavel Romanovich Popovich; born October 5, 1930 in Uzyn, Kiev Oblast of Ukrainian SSR) was a Soviet cosmonaut of Ukrainian descent, arguably the first ethnic Ukrainian to fly in space. Cosmonaut Pavel Popovich This work is copyrighted. ... Motto: Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Russian: Workers of the world, unite!) Anthem(s): The Internationale (1922-1944) Hymn of the Soviet Union (1944-1991) Capital Moscow Largest city Moscow Official language(s) None; Russian de facto Government Federation of Soviet Republics  - Last President Mikhail Gorbachev  - Last Premier Ivan Silayev... October 5 is the 278th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (279th in Leap years). ... 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ... Kiev Oblast (also Kyiv Oblast, Ukrainian: ) is an oblast (province) in central Ukraine. ... State motto: Пролетарі всіх країн, єднайтеся! Official language None. ... An aviator is a person who flies aircraft for pleasure or as a profession. ... Insignia of a United States Air Force Major General German Generalmajor Insignia Major General is a military rank used in many countries. ... The Soviet Air Force, also known under the abbreviation VVS, transliterated from Russian: ВВС, Военно-воздушные силы (Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily), formed the official designation of the airforce of the Soviet Union. ... 1958 1959 1960 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1984 1985 1987 1990 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 2000 2003 2004 1958 June 25 - Man In Space Soonest - USA The first group of American astronaut candidates were selected... Vostok 4 was a mission in the Soviet space program. ... Crew Yuri Artyukhin (1) Pavel Popovich (2) Mission Parameters Mass: 6,800 kg Perigee: 195 km Apogee: 217 km Inclination: 51. ... Vostok 3 and Vostok 4 patch File links The following pages link to this file: Vostok 3 Vostok 4 Categories: Pre-1973 Soviet Union images ... October 5 is the 278th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (279th in Leap years). ... 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ... Uzyn (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Kiev Oblast (province) of Ukraine. ... Kiev Oblast (also Kyiv Oblast, Ukrainian: ) is an oblast (province) in central Ukraine. ... State motto: Пролетарі всіх країн, єднайтеся! Official language None. ... Motto: Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Russian: Workers of the world, unite!) Anthem(s): The Internationale (1922-1944) Hymn of the Soviet Union (1944-1991) Capital Moscow Largest city Moscow Official language(s) None; Russian de facto Government Federation of Soviet Republics  - Last President Mikhail Gorbachev  - Last Premier Ivan Silayev... U.S. Space Shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a manned maneuvering unit. ...

Popovich commanded two space flights, Vostok 4 and Soyuz 14. His call sign in these flights was Golden eagle (Russian: Бе́ркут). Human spaceflight is space exploration with a human crew, and possibly passengers (in contrast to unmanned space missions, which are remotely-controlled or robotic space probes). ... Vostok 4 was a mission in the Soviet space program. ... Crew Yuri Artyukhin (1) Pavel Popovich (2) Mission Parameters Mass: 6,800 kg Perigee: 195 km Apogee: 217 km Inclination: 51. ... Binomial name Aquila chrysaetos Linnaeus, 1758 The Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) is one of the best known birds of prey in the Northern Hemisphere. ...

In 1960, he was selected as one of a group of twenty air force pilots that would train as the first cosmonauts. Vostok 4 was part the first dual space flight, with Andrian Nikolayev on Vostok 3. 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Andrian Grigoryevich Nikolayev Andrian Grigoryevich Nikolayev (Chuvash: Андриян Григорьевич Николаев), (September 5, 1929–July 3, 2004) was a Soviet cosmonaut. ... Vostok 3 was a mission in the Soviet space program. ...

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. Soyuz 2 was an unpiloted spacecraft in the Soyuz family intended to perform a docking manoeuvre with Soyuz 3. ... Vladimir Komarov Vladimir Mikhailovich Komarov (Russian: Владимир Михайлович Комаров; March 16, 1927 – April 24, 1967) was a Soviet cosmonaut. ...

He retired from the space programme in 1982. In 1984 Popovich joined the Academy of Sciences newly created All-Union Investigation Committee for Anomalous Aerial Phenomena and became head of the Academy's UFO Commission. Nowadays he is the president of UFO association of Russia and the chairman of Ukrainian diaspora organisation in Russia. 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... UFO can mean: Unidentified flying object United Future Organization, a Japanese-Brazilian electronic jazz band UFO, the rock band that previously featured Michael Schenker UFO, the Gerry Anderson TV series United Farmers of Ontario, a political party that formed the government in Ontario from 1919 to 1923 U.F.O...

He met his wife Dr. Marina Popovich in 1955 and they have two daughters. Marina Popovich is a retired Soviet Air Force colonel, engineer, and legendary Soviet test pilot. She has been very outspoken about UFO reality, having written a book called UFO Glasnost (published in Germany) and given public lectures and interviews. She has mentioned over 3000 UFO sightings by Soviet military and civilian pilots. Although qualifying that her statements are not official, she says that the Soviet Air Force and KGB have fragments of five crashed UFOs in their possession. The crash sites mentioned were Tunguska (1908), Novosibirsk, Tallin/Estonia, Ordzhonikidze/Kaukasus, and Dalnegorsk (1986). Popovich said debris was analyzed and the conclusion was that it wasn't manufactured on Earth with terrestrial technology. The KGB emblem and motto: The sword and the shield KGB (transliteration of КГБ) is the Russian-language abbreviation for Committee for State Security, (Russian:  ; Komitet Gosudarstvennoj Bezopasnosti). ... Trees felled by the Tunguska blast. ... Height 611 UFO incident refers to a UFO crash claimed to happen in Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, USSR, on January 29, 1986. ...

He now has a daughter, Kristy Popovich. She is currently attending Wabash College. She enjoys nursing, drinking, and dancing.