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Georgy Timofeyevich Dobrovolsky (Russian: Георгий Тимофеевич Добровольский; 1 June 1928 – 30 June 1971) was a Soviet cosmonaut who commanded the three-man crew of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft.
Soyuz 11 (Russian: Союз 11, lit. 'Union 11') was the only crewed mission to board the world's first space station, Salyut 1. [5] [6] The crew, Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev, [7] [8] [9] arrived at the space station on 7 June 1971, and departed on 29 June 1971.
Three Soviet cosmonauts — Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patasayev — were making their descent to Earth after a record-breaking time spent aboard the Salyut 1 space station,...
Jun 25, 2024 · Georgy Timofeyevich Dobrovolsky was a Soviet cosmonaut, mission commander on the Soyuz 11 mission in which he, along with design engineer Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev and flight engineer Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov, remained in space a record 24 days. They created the first manned orbital scientific.
Jun 30, 2021 · The Soviet Union established the first experimental space station in Earth orbit in June 1971, when Soyuz 11 cosmonauts Georgi T. Dobrovolski, Vladislav N. Volkov, and Viktor I. Patsayev boarded Salyut and spent more than three weeks aboard the laboratory conducting a variety of experiments.
The tragic crew of Soyuz 11 – Georgi Dobrovolski (left), Vladislav Volkov (right) and Viktor Patsayev (background) – should be remembered as the first men to occupy a true space station and the men who established an empirical space endurance record of more than 23 days.
Georgy Timiofeyevich Dobrovolsky. 1928-1971. Soviet cosmonaut who commanded the first crew to live aboard a space station. Dobrovolsky acted as communications officer for manned Soyuz flights between 1967-69, and trained for the abortive Soviet moon landing program.
Jul 12, 1971 · Members of the recovery team raced to the apparently undamaged Soyuz 11, unfastened the hatch and swung it open to assist Cosmonauts Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Patsayev....
Jul 1, 2021 · Graduated from Air Force Military Academy, Monino, Moscow Oblast, 1961; Lieutenant Colonel, Soviet Air Force; was selected as cosmonaut on 08.01.1963 ( TsPK -2); OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 1/63 - 21.01.1965; died in the landing of Soyuz 11; a street in Kaluga, a school in Odessa and an asteroid were named after him.
Jul 23, 2018 · The three brave spacefarers who lost their lives in space were cosmonauts Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev. All three died on the Soyuz 11 mission of Jun 1971.
