Georgi Timofeyevich Dobrovolski (Russian: Георгий Тимофеевич Добровольский; June 1, 1928 – June 30, 1971) was a Sovietcosmonaut. Cosmonaut Georgi Dobrovolski - official portrait created before 1973. ... Cosmonaut Georgi Dobrovolski - official portrait created before 1973. ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining, and the last day of June. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... State motto (Russian): ÐÑолеÑаÑии вÑÐµÑ ÑÑÑан, ÑоединÑйÑеÑÑ! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Translated: Workers of the world, unite!) Capital Moscow Official language None; Russian (de facto) Government Federation of Socialist republics/ Communist state Area - Total - % water Largest on the planet 22,402,200 km² ?% Population - Total - Density 3rd before collapse 293,047,571 (July... U.S. Space Shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a manned maneuvering unit (MMU) outside the Challenger in 1984. ...
Dobrovolski was born in Odessa. He flew on the Soyuz 11 mission and had the unfortunate distinction of being part of the first acknowledged Soviet crew to die during a space flight. ODESSA (German Organisation der ehemaligen SS-Angehörigen; The Organization of Former SS-Members) was an alleged Nazi-German fugitive network set up towards the end of World War II by a group of SS officers, among whom Martin Bormann and Heinrich Himmler. ... Soyuz 11 was the second attempted but first successful visit to the worlds first space station, Salyut 1. ... Human spaceflight is space exploration with a human crew, and possibly passengers (in contrast to unmanned space missions, which are remotely-controlled or robotic space probes). ...
After a normal re-entry, the capsule was opened and the crew was found dead. 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. Atmospheric entry is the transition from the vacuum of space to the atmosphere of any planet or other celestial body. ...
Georgi Timofeyevich Dobrovolski (born June 1, 1928 in Odessa, died June 30, 1971) was a Sovietcosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 11 mission and had the unfortunate distinction of being part of the second crew to die during a space flight.
After a normal re-entry, the capsule was opened and the crew was found dead.
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.