Flight record
3 flights on padside's record, flying from 1980 to 1982.
3Flights
200d 14hTime in space
Not recordedEVA time
0Spacewalks
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
Popov was born in Oleksandriia, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukrainian SSR. He was selected as a cosmonaut on April 27, 1970, and flew as Commander on Soyuz 35, Soyuz 40 and Soyuz T-7, logging 200 days, 14 hours, and 45 minutes in space before his retirement on June 13, 1987.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Background
- Born in
- Oleksandriia
- Education
- Gagarin Air Force Academy; Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia
- Awards
- Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"; State Prize of Ukrainian SSR in Science and Technology; Hero of the Socialist Republic of Romania; Order of the Victory of Socialism; Gold Star medal; and 20 more
From Wikidata.
Flights
- Soyuz-U | Soyuz T-7August 19, 1982 · 17:11 UTC
- Soyuz-U | Soyuz 40May 14, 1981 · 17:16 UTC
- Soyuz-U | Soyuz 35April 9, 1980 · 13:38 UTC
Expeditions
- Salyut 7 EP-21982-08-19 – 1982-08-27
- Salyut 6 EP-101981-05-14 – 1981-05-22
- Salyut 6 EO-41980-04-09 – 1980-10-11
Born 1945-08-31 · age 81