Russian cosmonauts became the only people to die in space after spending 23 days orbiting Earth
Soviet Russia's Soyuz 11 cosmonauts Georgi Dobrovolski, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev died on their return to Earth ...
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Secrets of new space race from dark death speech to astronauts who can't walk
On March 18, 1965, cosmonaut Alexei Leonov made history ... And in 1971, all three of the Soviet’s Soyuz mission crew died when their capsule depressurised before re-entry, as they travelled ...
Who else has been stuck in space? A short history of long spaceflights
Here's a look at some others who found themselves stuck in space — by choice or not — along with some cool spaceflight ...
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Who else has been stuck in space? A short history of long spaceflights
Russian cosmonaut ... Polyakov died in 2022 at age 80. NASA astronaut Frank Rubio saw his mission doubled in length — from 6 months to 12 months — after his assigned Russian Soyuz capsule ...
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Who else has been stuck in space? A short history of long spaceflights
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio saw his mission doubled in length — from 6 months to 12 months — after his assigned Russian Soyuz capsule ... Russian cosmonaut Valery Polyakov spent 14 ½ months ...