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Soyuz 11 (Russian: Союз 11, lit. 'Union 11') was the only crewed mission to board the world's first space station , Salyut 1 . [ a ] [ 5 ] The crew, Georgy Dobrovolsky , Vladislav Volkov , and Viktor Patsayev , [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] arrived at the space station on 7 June 1971, and departed on 29 June 1971.
Soyuz 11 Georgy Dobrovolsky Viktor Patsayev Vladislav Volkov: The crew of Soyuz 11 died after undocking from space station Salyut 1 after a three-week stay. A cabin vent valve construction defect caused it to open at service module separation. The recovery team found the crew dead.
Georgy Timofeyevich Dobrovolsky (Russian: Георгий Тимофеевич Добровольский; 1 June 1928 – 30 June 1971) [1] was a Soviet cosmonaut who commanded the three-man crew of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft. They became the world's first space station crew aboard Salyut 1, but died of asphyxiation because of an accidentally ...
The Soyuz 11 crew died of asphyxia caused by a valve failure just before reentry, making them the only humans to have died above the Kármán line. Following the deaths, the mission of Salyut 1 was terminated, and the station reentered Earth's atmosphere, burning up on October 11, 1971.
The Soyuz 11 crew died of asphyxia caused by a valve failure just before reentry, making them the only humans to have died above the Kármán line. Following the deaths, the mission of Salyut 1 was terminated, and the station reentered Earth's atmosphere, burning up on October 11, 1971.
Three crew members are safe after their ... Oleg Novitskiy and spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus were expected to lift off aboard a Roscosmos Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft at 9:21 a ...
Soyuz 11: Soyuz 7K-OKS 11F615A8 #32: 6 June 1971: 30 June 1971: Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, Viktor Patsayev (Crew died during reentry due to depressurization of landing module) Salyut 1: Failure — Kosmos 496: Soyuz 7K-T 11F615A8 #33A: 26 June 1972: 2 July 1972: None: Success — Kosmos 573: Soyuz 7K-T 11F615A8 #36: 15 June 1973: 17 ...
Ken Mattingly, an astronaut who is best remembered for his efforts on the ground that helped bring the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft safely back to Earth, has died, NASA announced. “We lost one ...