Legendary cosmonaut Pavel Popovich dies in Crimea
15:07, 30 September 2009
MOSCOW. September 30. KAZINFORM Legendary cosmonaut Pavel Popovich has died at the age of 80 years in the Crimea, President of the Russian Cosmonautics Federation Vladimir Kovalenok told Itar-Tass on Wednesday, Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.
"Pavel Romanovich Popovich has died at a sanatorium in the Crimea on Wednesday. We are doing everything to bring his body to Moscow," he said, Kazinform cites Itar-Tass. See www.itar-tass.com for fll version.