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Vladislav Volkov | |
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| Владислав Волков | |
 Volkov in 1969 | |
| Born | (1935-11-23)23 November 1935 Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Died | 30 June 1971(1971-06-30) (aged 35) |
| Resting place | Kremlin Wall Necropolis |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union (twice) |
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| Cosmonaut | |
Time in space | 28d 17h 01m |
| Selection | Civilian Specialist Group 2, 1966 |
| Missions | Soyuz 7,Soyuz 11 |
Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov (Russian:Владислав Николаевич Волков; 23 November 1935 – 30 June 1971) was a Sovietcosmonaut who flew on theSoyuz 7 andSoyuz 11 missions. The second missionterminated fatally.[1][2] Volkov and the two other crew members wereasphyxiated on reentry, the only three people to have died in outer space.
Volkov graduated from theMoscow Aviation Institute in 1959.[3] As an aviation engineer at Korolyov Design Bureau, he was involved in the development of the Vostok and Voskhod spacecraft prior to his selection as a cosmonaut. He flew aboard Soyuz 7 in 1969.
Volkov, on his second space mission in 1971, was assigned to Soyuz 11 along withGeorgy Dobrovolsky andViktor Patsayev. The three cosmonauts on this flight spent 23 days onSalyut 1, the world's first space station. After three relatively placid weeks in orbit, however, Soyuz 11 became the second Sovietspace flight to terminate fatally, afterSoyuz 1.
After a normalre-entry, the Soyuz 11 capsule was opened and the corpses of the three crew members were found inside.[4] It was discovered that a valve had opened just before leaving orbit that had allowed the capsule's atmosphere tovent away into space, causing Volkov and his two flight companions to suffer fatalhypoxia as their cabin descended toward the Earth's atmosphere.[5]
Vladislav Volkov was decorated twice as theHero of the Soviet Union (first on 22 October 1969 and posthumously on 30 June 1971). He was also awarded the twoOrders of Lenin and the title ofPilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR.[1] His ashes were interred in theKremlin Wall onRed Square in Moscow.[6]
The lunar craterVolkov and the minor planet1790 Volkov are named in his honor. A street in Moscow is named after him.
The "Yeniseyles" Soviet research/survey ship was renamed "Kosmonavt Vladislav Volkov" in his honor in 1974.[7]
A tomato variety from Ukraine was named Cosmonaut Volkov in his memory by his friend the space scientist and gardener Mikhailovich Maslov.[8]
Volkov is anhonorary citizen ofKaluga andKirov.[2]
1973 to 2015, the Pilotcosmonaut-Volkov-Award (later Volkov-Cup) was given for the best sports acrobatics since 2016 called Zolotov-Cup; while alive, Volkov became the first chairman of the Soviet Society of Sportsacrobatics in 1970.[9]
InRussia in Space, Brian Harvey described a fleet of communication vessels or "comships", used to track Soviet space missions. The fleet included a ship known as theVladislav Volkov, built during the 1970s. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, several of the fleet's ships were either sold to other governments, or left idle in harbor.[10]
An account of Volkov's life and space career appears in the 2003 bookFallen Astronauts: Heroes Who Died Reaching for the Moon byColin Burgess.
In the 1999 filmVirus, an alien intelligence infects the research vessel "Akademic Vladislav Volkov" 's computer system via a space transmission. TheUSNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg (T-AGM-10) was redecorated for the film.
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