Georgy Dobrovolsky

Soviet cosmonaut (1928–1971)

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Георгий Добровольский

Born

Georgy Timofeyevich Dobrovolsky

(1928-06-01)1 June 1928

Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

Died30 June 1971(1971-06-30) (aged 43)

Soyuz 11, Outer space

Resting placeKremlin Wall NecropolisNationalitySovietOccupationPilotAwardsHero of the Soviet Union
Order of LeninSpace careerRankPodpolkovnik, Soviet Air Force

Time in space

23d 18h 21mSelectionAir Force Group 2MissionsSoyuz 11

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 opened valve. They were the first and only humans to have died in space.

Biography

Dobrovolsky, Viktor Patsayev and Vladislav Volkov flew on the Soyuz 11 mission and were the world's third crew to die during a space flight.

After a normal re-entry, the capsule was opened and the crew was found dead.^[2] It was discovered that a valve had opened just prior to leaving orbit that had allowed the capsule's atmosphere to vent away into space, suffocating the crew.^[3]

Dobrovolsky's ashes were placed in an urn in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis on Red Square in Moscow.^[4] Among the pallbearers were Alexei Leonov (who had been the prime-crew commander scheduled to launch on Soyuz 11), Vladimir Shatalov, Andriyan Nikolayev, and American astronaut Thomas P. Stafford.^[4] Dobrovolsky was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, the Order of Lenin, and the title of Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR.

References

^ "Georgy Timofeyevich Dobrovolsky". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
^ Kluger, Jeffrey (31 January 2013). "Soyuz 11: Georgi Dobrovolski, Victor Patsayev, Vladislav Volkov". Time magazine. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
^ "The Crew That Never Came Home: The Misfortunes of Soyuz 11". Space Safety Magazine. 28 April 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
^ ^a ^b Ivanovich, Grujica S. (2008). Salyut – The First Space Station: Triumph and Tragedy. Springer. p. 285. ISBN 9780387739731.