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Georgy Timofeyevich Dobrovolsky
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Born June 1, 1928 • Odesa • Ukraine
Died June 29, 1971 (aged 43) • outer space
Pavel Popovich on Vostok 4
Pavel Popovich
Soviet cosmonaut
Russian cosmonaut Gennady Strekalov.
Gennady Mikhailovich Strekalov
Russian cosmonaut
Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov
Soviet cosmonaut
Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev
Soviet cosmonaut
Mirosław Hermaszewski
Mirosław Hermaszewski
Polish pilot
Farkas, Bertalan
Bertalan Farkas
Hungarian pilot and cosmonaut
Jähn, Sigmund
Sigmund Jähn
East German cosmonaut
Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya
Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya
Soviet cosmonaut
Pyotr Klimuk
Pyotr Klimuk
Soviet cosmonaut
Sharma, Rakesh
Rakesh Sharma
Indian military pilot and cosmonaut
Andriyan Nikolayev
Andriyan Nikolayev
Soviet cosmonaut
Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyov.
Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyov
Soviet cosmonaut
Kubasov, Valery
Valery Kubasov
Russian cosmonaut
Valery Polyakov
Valery Vladimirovich Polyakov
Soviet cosmonaut
cosmonaut; Voskhod I
Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov
Soviet cosmonaut
Peake, Tim
Tim Peake
British astronaut and military officer
Aleksandr Volkov
Russian pilot and cosmonaut
Yi So-Yeon; Volkov, Sergey; and Kononenko, Oleg
Sergey Volkov
Russian pilot and cosmonaut
Scott Kelly
American astronaut
Pedro Duque
Spanish aeronautical engineer and astronaut

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