Thursday, 1 October 2009

Pioneering Soviet cosmonaut dies aged 79

Pavel Popovich, a leading figure in the pioneering generation of early cosmonauts and the fourth Soviet man to go to space, died on Wednesday at a sanatorium aged 79, space officials said.

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Pioneering_Soviet_cosmonaut_dies_aged_79_reports_999.html

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