Pavel Popovich Status: Deceased 10/5/1930 – 9/29/2009 Nationality: Ukrainian Type: Government Agency: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) Pavel Romanovich Popovich (October 5, 1930 – September 29, 2009) was a Soviet cosmonaut. He was the fourth cosmonaut in space, the sixth person in orbit, and the eighth person in space.