Georgy Dobrovolsky
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Georgy Timofeyevich Dobrovolsky 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 asphyx
Георгий Добровольский
Salyut 1
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Salyut 1, also known as DOS-1, was the world's first space station. It was launched into low Earth orbit by the Soviet Union on April 19, 1971. The Salyut program subsequently achieved five more succe
Georgy Dobrovolsky
…June 1971) 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 opened valve. They were the first and only humans to have died in space. Dobrovolsky, Viktor…
Salyut 1 as seen from the departing Soyuz 11
Still frame from an animation of Salyut 1 with attached Soyuz.
The Soyuz 11 crew with the Salyut station in the background, in a Soviet commemorative stamp