Georgy Dobrovolsky

Georgy Dobrovolsky
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)
Resting placeKremlin Wall Necropolis
NationalitySoviet
OccupationPilot
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union
Order of Lenin
Space career
RankPodpolkovnik, Soviet Air Force
Time in space
23d 18h 21m
SelectionAir Force Group 2
MissionsSoyuz 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.

  1. ^ "Georgy Timofeyevich Dobrovolsky". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 23 March 2014.