Popov

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Popov

Leonid Ivanovich Popov Status: Inactive. Trained as: Cosmonaut. Profession: Pilot. Sex: Male. Marital Status: Married. Children: Two. Birth Date: 31 August 1945. Birth City: Aleksandrya. Birth State: Kirovograd. Birth Country: Ukraine. Nationality: Russian. Affiliation: Soviet Air Force. Group: 1970 Air Force Group. Detachment: TsPK-5. Date Selected: 27 April 1970. Date Departed: 13 June 1987. Number of Flights: 3. Total Time: 200.62 days. Comments: Call sign: Dnepr (Dnieper).

Flight Log

Soyuz 22 - - 1976 Sep 15 - Assignment: Support Crew. Flight details: Soyuz 22.
Surplus Soyuz ASTP spacecraft modified with a multi-spectral camera manufactured by Carl Zeiss-Jena in place of the universal docking apparatus. Eight days were spent photographing the earth. Tested and perfected scientific-technical methods and devices for studying the geological characteristics of the earth's surface from outer space for economic purposes. Recovered September 23, 1976 7:42 GMT. Landed 150 km NW Tselinograd.
Soyuz 32 - - 1979 Feb 25 - Assignment: Backup Crew. Flight details: Soyuz 32.
Manned two crew. Docked with Salyut 6. Transported a team consisting of V A Lyakhov and V V Ryumin to the Salyut-6 space station to conduct scientific investigations and experiments and repair work. Recovered June 15, 1979 16:18 GMT. Returned unmanned.
Soyuz 35 - - 1980 Apr 9 - Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight Time: 184.84 days. Flight details: Soyuz 35.
Manned two crew. Docked with Salyut 6. Carried crew comprising L I Popov and V V Ryumin to the Salyut-6 station to carry out scientific and technical research and experiments. Returned crew of Soyuz 36 to Earth. Recovered June 3, 1980 15:07 GMT. Landed 140 km SE Dzehezkazgan.
Soyuz 40 - - 1981 May 14 - Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight Time: 7.86 days. Flight details: Soyuz 40.
Manned two crew. Docked with Salyut 6. Transported to the Salyut-6 orbital station the ninth international crew under the INTERCOSMOS programme, comprising L I Popov (USSR), and D. Prunariu (Romania), to conduct scientific research and experiments. Recovered May 22, 1981 13:58 GMT.
Soyuz T-7 - - 1982 Aug 19 - Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight Time: 7.91 days. Flight details: Soyuz T-7.
Docked with Salyut 7. Carried Svetlana Savitskaya, Leonid Popov, Alexander Serebrov to Salyut 7 to conduct scientific and technical research and experiments; returned crew of Soyuz T-5 to Earth. Recovered December 10, 1982 19:03 GMT. Landed 118 km E Dzhezkazgan.
Soyuz T-13 - - 1985 Jun 6 - Assignment: Backup Crew. Flight details: Soyuz T-13.
Docked with Salyut 7. Delivered to the Salyut-7 orbital station a crew consisting of flight commander V A Dzhanibekov and flight engineer V P Savinykh to carry out emergency repairs to inert Salyut 7 station and to conduct scientific and technical research and experiments. Returned crew of Soyuz T-14 to Earth. Recovered September 26, 1985 9:52 GMT.

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