Viktor Patsayev

(1933-1971)

Soviet cosmonaut

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Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev (Russian: Ви́ктор Ива́нович Паца́ев; 19 June 1933 – 30 June 1971) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 11 mission and had the unfortunate distinction of being part of the second crew to die during a space flight. On board the space station Salyut 1 he operated the Orion 1 Space Observatory (see Orion 1 and Orion 2 Space Observatories), he became the first man to operate a telescope outside the Earth’s atmosphere.

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Born	Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev 19 June 1933 Aktobe, Kazakhstan
Died	30 June 1971 (aged 38) Karaganda, Kazakhstan
Zodiac	Gemini
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Georgy Dobrovolsky · Friend · 1928-1971 · Soviet cosmonaut edit info

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