Today, on August 31, 2021, he celebrates his birthday twice the hero of the Soviet Union, the pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR Leonid Ivanovich Popov.
The first space flight Leonid Popov made from April 9 to October 11, 1980 as the commander of the Soyuz-35 spacecraft under the program of the main expedition on the Salyut-6 orbital station, along with Valery Rumyn. During this time, four expeditions visits visited the station, three of which are international crews with the participation of Cosmonauts of Hungary, Vietnam, Cuba. In space L. Popov and V. Ryumin held 184 days.
For the second time, Leonid Popov went to orbit on May 14, 1981 as the commander of the Soyuz-40 transport ship, along with a citizen of the Republic of Romania, Dumitru Prunearu. On May 22, 1981, the crew after the 7-day flight was safely returned to the ground.
The third space flight Leonid Ivanovich was made from 19 to 27 August 1982 as the commander of the Soyuz T-7 spacecraft together with Alexander Silver and Svetlana Savitskaya. The flight lasted 7 days.
Roskosmos State Corporation Guide, Cosmonaut Training Center named after Yu.A. Gagarin, the cosmonaut detachment and employees of the CPC congratulate twice Hero of the Soviet Union, the cosmonaut of the USSR Leonid Ivanovich Popova happy birthday and wish him good health, happiness and well-being!