Pavel Popovich, Sixth Man in Orbit, Dies at 78

Thursday, October 1, 2009 - 15:35 in Astronomy & Space

The sixth man to orbit the Earth, Pavel Romanovich Popovich died Wednesday, five days before his 79th birthday.

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