Cosmonauts dead biography

Cosmonauts on June 30 on June 30, during the depressurization of the descent apparatus of the Soyuz ship, during the return to the Earth, Soviet cosmonauts Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Patsaev died. The conjunction of the ship with the world's first orbital station, the transition of the Soyuz crew to its board, the re-conservation of Salyut-1, the tasks performed by astronauts in the orbit made the expedition fruitful, adding several successes to the “piggy bank” of space studies by the Soviet Union.

The crew of the city of Dobrovolsky was preparing for space flight as a duplicate. In a few days, understudies replaced the astronauts of the main crew. The start of the Soyuz ship with the cosmonauts G. Dobrovolsky, V. Volkov and V. Patsayev was carried out on June 6. The crew coped with all the problems that arose on board the station, achieved high results and completed a large number of works and research in space.

But when returning to Earth, the astronauts died. The cause of a terrible disaster was the ventilation valve that opened at an altitude of about kilometers from the ground in the launched vehicle, designed to maintain a life support system on board. Its standard opening for leveling pressure inside the CA was supposed to automatically occur at an altitude of 4 kilometers from the ground.

Before the astronauts lost consciousness, they made every effort, set the problem and fought to the end, but it was not enough to eliminate it .... Field spacesuits could save the astronauts, but they were without them. After the tragedy, the space flight program was stopped for more than two years, and the Soyuz ship was finalized. After different modifications, Soyuz is still a reliable spacecraft and safely delivers Russian astronauts and foreign astronauts for work in space.

The death of Cosmonauts George Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Patsayev is the most terrible tragedy for the entire time of the Soviet-Russian astronautics. The dead crew members are posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Every year, cosmonauts and new generations of astronauts, workers of the entire space industry and people who are not involved in astronautics recall this tragic date for our country, sacredly remember the courageous and brave Soviet heroes, who are close to self-sacrifice and fidelity to their work.

They comprehended space at the cost of their life. At the site of the death of the crew, a monument of memory of the astronauts was established.