Georgi Dobrovolski

Georgi Timofeyevich Dobrovolski (Russian: ??????? ?????????? ?????????????; June 1, 1928 ? June 30, 1971) was a Soviet cosmonaut.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

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.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

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.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Russian: Russian can mean:...

June 1: June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining....

1928: 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar)....