Pavel Popovich, born October 5, 1930, went into space during the early years of the Soviet space program.
His first flight was on Vostok 4 in August 1962. It was the first time two cosmonauts were in space at the same time, in different spacecraft. Fellow cosmonaut Andriyan Nikolayev was aboard Vostok 3, having launched the day before Popovich.
His second and final flight was aboard Soyuz 14 as commander in July 1974 with Yuri Artyukhin to Salyut 3. It was also the only flight to the space station since Soyuz 15 failed to dock, and then Salyut 3 was deorbited in January 1975.
Popovich died in September 2009 after suffering a stroke.
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