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NASA astronauts who died on duty are memorialized at the Space Mirror Memorial at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Merritt Island, Florida. Cosmonauts who died on duty under the Soviet Union were generally honored by burial at the Kremlin Wall Necropolis in Moscow. No Soviet or Russian cosmonauts have died during spaceflight since 1971.
A Viktor Mikhaylovich Afanasyev — Soyuz TM-11, Soyuz TM-18, Soyuz TM-29, Soyuz TM-33 / 32 Vladimir Aksyonov (1935–2024) — Soyuz 22, Soyuz T-2 Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov — Soyuz T-9, Soyuz TM-3 Ivan Anikeyev (1933–1992) — Expelled from Vostok program; no flights. Oleg Artemyev * — Soyuz TMA-12M, Soyuz MS-08, Soyuz MS-21 Anatoly Artsebarsky * — Soyuz TM-12 Yuri Artyukhin ...
The Lost Cosmonauts or Phantom Cosmonauts are subjects of a conspiracy theory, which alleges that Soviet and Russian space authorities have concealed the deaths of some cosmonauts in outer space. Proponents of the Lost Cosmonauts theory argue that the Soviet Union attempted to launch human spaceflights before Yuri Gagarin 's first spaceflight ...
Until the Soviets finally disclosed what had really happened, Berry theorised that the crew had died from inhaling toxic substances. [17] A film that was later declassified showed support crews attempting cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on the cosmonauts. [21] [c] Until autopsy, they were not known to have died because of a capsule ...
The last surviving member of this group was Joe Engle; he died in 2024. 1958. June 25 – Man in Space Soonest (USA) ... May 11 – TsPK–11 Cosmonaut Group ...
The Soviet cosmonauts died when their Soyuz 11 spacecraft depressurized during preparations for re-entry. They are the only reported human deaths outside the Earth's atmosphere. [162] [163] John Dimmer 5 July 1974
A 59-year-old Russian cosmonaut has become the first person to spend 1,000 days in space, Russian space agency Roscosmos said Wednesday. Oleg Kononenko achieved the milestone on Tuesday, having ...
Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov [a] (30 May 1934 – 11 October 2019) was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut, Air Force major general, writer, and artist.On 18 March 1965, he became the first person to conduct a spacewalk, exiting the capsule during the Voskhod 2 mission for 12 minutes and 9 seconds.