Vladislav Volkov

Born

November 23, 1935

Died

June 30, 1971 (aged 35)

Known as

astronaut, engineer, writer

Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 11 missions. The second mission terminated fatally. Volkov and the two other crew members were asphyxiated on reentry, the only three people to have died in outer space.

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