Soyuz 11 with cosmonauts Dobrovolsky, Volkov, and Patsayev, the first crew to occupy a space station after docking with Salyut 1 for a record 23-day stay. All three died during reentry when a pressure-equalization valve opened and the cabin depressurized.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.6 T
- Flight
- 19th
- of 32 Soyuz 11A511 flights
- Date and time
- 6 June 1971, 04:55 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz 11A511
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Human Exploration
- International designator
- 1971-053
- Launches in 1971
- 57th of 133
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