Soyuz 11

Soyuz 11 was the second attempted but first successful visit to the world's first space station, Salyut 1. The Soyuz spacecraft was launched on June 6, 1971, from Baikonur Cosmodrome in central Kazakh SSR with cosmonauts Vladislav Volkov, Georgi Dobrovolski and Viktor Patsayev on-board.

Crew

• Georgi Dobrovolski (1)
• Viktor Patsayev (1)
• Vladislav Volkov (2)

(1) number of spaceflights each crew member has completed, including this mission.

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The prime crew for Soyuz 11 consisted of Valeri Kubasov, Alexei Leonov and Pyotr Kolodin. A medical X-ray examination four days before launch suggested that Kubasov might have tuberculosis, and per mission rules the crew were replaced with their back-up. For Dobrovolski and Patsayev this was to be their first and only space mission.

Related Topics:
Valeri Kubasov - Alexei Leonov - Pyotr Kolodin - X-ray - Tuberculosis

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