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Born October 5, 1930 • Ukraine
Died September 30, 2009 (aged 78) • Ukraine

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Pavel Popovich on Vostok 4
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Soviet cosmonaut
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Andriyan Nikolayev
Soviet cosmonaut
Russian cosmonaut Gennady Strekalov.
Gennady Mikhailovich Strekalov
Russian cosmonaut
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Mirosław Hermaszewski
Mirosław Hermaszewski
Polish pilot
Farkas, Bertalan
Bertalan Farkas
Hungarian pilot and cosmonaut
Jähn, Sigmund
Sigmund Jähn
East German cosmonaut
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Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya
Soviet cosmonaut
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Soviet cosmonaut
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Rakesh Sharma
Indian military pilot and cosmonaut
Soviet astronaut Valentina Tereshkova
Valentina Tereshkova
Soviet cosmonaut
Bykovsky, 1963
Valery Bykovsky
Soviet cosmonaut
Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyov.
Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyov
Soviet cosmonaut
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Gherman Stepanovich Titov
Soviet cosmonaut
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