Georgy Dobrovolsky

Born

June 1, 1928

Died

June 30, 1971 (aged 43)

Known as

astronaut, aircraft pilot

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 asphyxiation because of an accidentally opened valve. They were the first and only humans to have died in space.

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