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Sep 19, 2024 · Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev are the only three men who have died in space. They were all Russian cosmonauts aboard the Soyuz 11 spacecraft that launched in 1971. After reaching their destination, the Salyut 1 space station, and spending a record-setting 22 days in space, set out to return to Earth on June 29, 1971.
Sep 14, 2020 · After his discharge, he began to work for Hughes Aircraft, a major military and NASA contractor and eventually worked on space-related crafts. After nearly a decade of working for Hughes, he ...
Jan 25, 2024 · NASA’s Day of Remembrance honors the lives of two dozen people, including the crews of three space missions, as well as astronaut candidates who died in accidents.
Jan 27, 2022 · During NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Day of Remembrance Ceremony on Jan. 27, 2022, from left, Lowell Grissom, brother of Virgil “Gus” Grisson; Kathie Scobee Fulgham, daughter of Challenger Commander Francis R. Scobee; and Sheryl Chafee, daughter of Apollo 1 astronaut Roger Chafee, place a wreath in front of on-screen images of NASA astronauts who have perished in the line of duty.
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The crew of Soyuz 11 died after undocking from space station Salyut 1 after a three-week stay. A cabin vent valve construction defect caused it to open at service module separation. The recovery team found the crew dead. These three are, as of 2024, the only human fatalities in space (above 100 kilometers (330,000 ft)). [4] [5]
IncidentDateMissionDescriptionCoolant LeakDecember 2022 – January 2023Expedition 68 Soyuz MS-22On December 14, 2022, Cosmonauts Dmitry ...Uncontrolled spin of Space Station29 July 2021NASA reported an uncontrolled spin event ...Air leak in space stationAugust 2020NASA reported an air leak from the ...Launch booster failure, ballistic ...11 October 2018The crew reported feeling weightless;Jun 29, 2021 · Manning a new space station. After launching on June 6, 1971, Soyuz 11’s daylong trip to Salyut 1 proved quite uneventful, with the three cosmonauts boarding the new space station with few issues.
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May 3, 2024 · Glowing on this wall, called the Space Mirror Memorial, are 25 names — as of mid-2024 — of astronauts who have died while participating in the U.S. space program. In a sign of how much space travel is changing and moving from the public to the private sector, the most recent entry is a man named Michael Alsbury.