Soyuz 11
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Soyuz 11 was a Soviet crewed spaceflight in 1971 that successfully occupied the world’s first space station, Salyut 1, but ended tragically when its three cosmonauts died during reentry due to cabin depressurization.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soyuz mission
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crewed spaceflight ⓘ |
| causeOfAccident | premature opening of pressure equalization valve ⓘ |
| commander | Georgy Dobrovolsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cosmonautNationality | Soviet ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| crewDeathCause | asphyxiation ⓘ |
| crewDeathLocation | in space during reentry phase ⓘ |
| crewMember |
Georgy Dobrovolsky
NERFINISHED
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Viktor Patsayev NERFINISHED ⓘ Vladislav Volkov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewSize | 3 ⓘ |
| crewStatusAtLanding | all three cosmonauts dead ⓘ |
| dockedWith | Salyut 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dockingDate | 1971-06-07 ⓘ |
| fatalities | 3 ⓘ |
| flightEngineer | Vladislav Volkov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Soyuz 12 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| impactOnDesign | led to requirement for cosmonauts to wear pressure suits during launch and reentry ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1971-06-30 ⓘ |
| landingSite |
Kazakh SSR
NERFINISHED
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steppe of Kazakhstan ⓘ |
| landingType | capsule landing under parachute ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1971-06-06 ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Baikonur Cosmodrome
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Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1/5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Soyuz rocket NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionDuration |
23 days
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23 days 18 hours 21 minutes ⓘ |
| missionEnd | 1971-06-30 ⓘ |
| missionObjective | Occupy and conduct experiments aboard Salyut 1 ⓘ |
| missionOutcome |
crew killed during reentry
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partial failure ⓘ |
| missionStart | 1971-06-06 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
first successful occupation of a space station
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only human spaceflight accident to occur in space ⓘ |
| orbitalInclination | 51.6 degrees ⓘ |
| orbitReference | Low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| precededBy | Soyuz 10 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| program | Soyuz program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reentryAccident | cabin depressurization ⓘ |
| researchEngineer | Viktor Patsayev NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | Soviet space program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraftType | Soyuz 7K-OKS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spaceStationFirsts | first long-duration crewed stay on a space station ⓘ |
| spaceStationOccupationDuration | about 23 days ⓘ |
| spaceStationProgram | Salyut program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spaceStationVisited | Salyut 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| undockingDate | 1971-06-29 ⓘ |
| yearOfEvent | 1971 ⓘ |
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