Georgi Dobrovolski
Soviet cosmonaut
Died when: 43 years 29 days (516 months)Star Sign: Gemini
Georgy Timofeyevich Dobrovolsky (Russian: ???´???? ??????´???? ???????´??????; 1 June 1928 – 29 June 1971) was a Soviet cosmonaut who commanded the three-man crew of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft.They became the world's first space station crew aboard Salyut 1, but died of asphyxiation because of an accidentally opened valve.
They were the first and only humans to have died in space.
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