
Pavlo Popovych — the first Ukrainian cosmonaut
1981, 26 min
State Enterprise "Ukrainian Studio of Television Films "Ukrtelefilm"", 1981.
The TV film "To the Stars. From the Notes of a Cosmonaut" is dedicated to the first Ukrainian cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union Pavlo Popovych.
On the video: landscapes of space, excerpts from television programs about space on republican television; a speech by cosmonaut Pavlo Popovych to students; a story about the astronaut's flight experience based on Popovych's autobiography; preparatory centers for aviation and space research, various plans.
Commented by Soviet cosmonaut, Major General of Aviation Pavlo Popovych.
The film is dubbed in russian.
Reference: Pavlo Popovych is the first Ukrainian cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Major General of Aviation. He made two space flights: in 1962 on the Vostok-4 spacecraft - the world's first group flight of two manned spacecraft, during which he performed the first song in space ("I look at the sky and I think a thought"), and in 1974 on the Soyuz-14 with docking with the Salyut-3 orbital station.