Soyuz 11
Soyuz 11 was the only crewed mission to board the world's first space station, Salyut 1. The crew – Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev – arrived at the space station on 7 June 1971, and departed on 29 June 1971. The mission ended in disaster when the crew capsule depressurised during preparations for re-entry, killing the three-person crew. The crew members of Soyuz 11 are the only humans to have died in space.
- Program
- Soyuz programme
- Launch
- Jun 6, 1971
- Return
- Jun 30, 1971
- Duration
- 24 days
- Outcome
- Fatal
Crew
- 🇸🇺 Georgy Dobrovolsky —
- 🇸🇺 Viktor Patsayev —
- 🇸🇺 Vladislav Volkov —
- 🇸🇺 Aleksei Gubarev — · backup
- 🇸🇺 Vitaly Sevastyanov — · backup