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Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev

Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev, born on June 26, 1925, in Chelishchevo, Russia, was a Soviet cosmonaut and fighter pilot. He commanded the Voskhod 2 space mission in March 1965, during which Alexei Leonov performed the first spacewalk. Belyayev had to manually control the spacecraft's re-entry due to the failure of the automatic system. He died in 1970 from peritonitis following a stomach ulcer operation.

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Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev
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Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev, born on June 26, 1925, in Chelishchevo, Russia, was a Soviet cosmonaut and fighter pilot. He commanded the Voskhod 2 space mission in March 1965, during which Alexei Leonov performed the first spacewalk. Belyayev had to manually control the spacecraft's re-entry due to the failure of the automatic system. He died in 1970 from peritonitis following a stomach ulcer operation.
Birth Date
1925-06-26
Died Date
1970-01-10
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