1971, Soyuz 11 launched to space station, Salyut 1

1971, The only crewed mission “Soyuz 11” to space station, Salyut 1

On this day June 06, 1971, Soyuz 11 (Russian: Союз 11, Union 11) was the only crewed mission to board the world’s first space station, Salyut 1. The Soyuz 7K-OKS spacecraft was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in central Kazakh SSR.

The crew, Georgy Dobrovolsky (Commander), Vladislav Volkov (Flight Engineer), and Viktor Patsayev (Test Engineer), arrived at the space station on 7 June 1971 and departed on 29 June.

The original prime crew was for Soyuz 11 consisted of Alexei Leonov, Valeri Kubasov and Pyotr Kolodin. The mission was ended in disaster. When the crew capsule depressurized during preparations for reentry, killing the three-man crew. The three crew members of Soyuz 11 are the only humans known to have died in space.

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Reference

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_11