| NASA Center: |
Headquarters |
|---|
| Image # : |
pavelpopovich |
|---|
| Date : |
08/1962
|
|---|
|
Title
Cosmonaut Pavel Popovich During Vostok 4 Flight
Full Description
Cosmonaut Pavel Popovich is shown in a still picture during his
Vostok 4 mission on August 12 to 15, 1962. Vostok 4 launched 1
day after Vostok 3. The goal of Vostok 3/4 was to have the two
spacecraft pass closely by each other while in orbit to prepare
for long-range plans of a rendezvous in space. While in space
the cosmonauts in the two spacecraft never saw each other,
Keywords
Pavel Popovich Vostok 3 Vostok 4 Cosmonaut
Subject Category
Soviet People-Cosmonauts, Soviet-Spacecraft
Reference Numbers
- Center:
HQ
- Center Number:
pavelpopovich
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2002-000172
Source Information
- Original Source: DIGITAL
- Source/Capture Information: Asif Siddiqi
| Resolution | Format | Width
(Pixels) | Height
(Pixels) | Size
(KBytes) |
Thumbnail |
JPEG |
45 |
34 |
4 |
Small |
JPEG |
320 |
240 |
52 |
Medium |
JPEG |
750 |
562 |
297 |
Large |
JPEG |
1500 |
1124 |
1,329 |
Publication Information
Image from the files of Asif Siddiqi. Image and caption from
Challenge to Apollo: The Soviet Union and the Space Race, 1945-
1974 (NASA SP-2000-4408) by Asif A. Siddiqi.
Please note that the image number assigned to this image is not
an official NASA number. It is for GRIN database purposes only.
Other relevant NASA Web sites:
• NASA Headquarters
• NASA History Office
• NASA Image eXchange (NIX)
• NASA Multimedia Gallery
• NASA Human Spaceflight
Updated October 31, 2002
• History Questions: NASA History Office
• Responsible NASA Official: Steve Garber
• Author: Michael Hahn. Editor: Dwayne A. Day
• Curator & Technical Questions: Erin Needham
• NASA's Privacy Statement
|
