Cosmonaut. Born in Moscow, Russia, he was aviation engineer when he was recruited to be a Soviet Cosmonaut in September 1966. He flew aboard Soyuz 7 in October 1969 and spent 23 days on Salyut 1, the world's first space station, in 1971. On June 6, 1971, he served as flight engineer on the Soyuz-11 spacecraft with Cosmonauts V. I. Patsayev and G.T. Dobrovolskiy, launched under the program of the first manned mission to the Salyut space station. During the mission, they established a new world record of duration in space flight with 23 days 18 hours 21 minutes and 43 seconds. Upon re-entry to the Earth's atmosphere the capsule depressurized and all three crew members perished. A street in Moscow is named after him and the Volkov carter on the Moon is also named in his honor.
Cosmonaut. Born in Moscow, Russia, he was aviation engineer when he was recruited to be a Soviet Cosmonaut in September 1966. He flew aboard Soyuz 7 in October 1969 and spent 23 days on Salyut 1, the world's first space station, in 1971. On June 6, 1971, he served as flight engineer on the Soyuz-11 spacecraft with Cosmonauts V. I. Patsayev and G.T. Dobrovolskiy, launched under the program of the first manned mission to the Salyut space station. During the mission, they established a new world record of duration in space flight with 23 days 18 hours 21 minutes and 43 seconds. Upon re-entry to the Earth's atmosphere the capsule depressurized and all three crew members perished. A street in Moscow is named after him and the Volkov carter on the Moon is also named in his honor.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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