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50th anniversary: The Soyuz 11 spacecraft experienced uncontrolled decompression during...
Tue, June 29, 2021
5 yr ago
In 1971, The Soyuz 11 spacecraft experienced uncontrolled decompression during preparations for reentry, killing Soviet cosmonauts Vladislav Volkov, Georgy Dobrovolsky and Viktor Patsayev,the only human deaths to have occurred in space.
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- 2026-09-25: added to 2021-06-29