Georgy Dobrovolsky
- Birth Date:
- 01.06.1928
- Death date:
- 29.06.1971
- Extra names:
- Georgi Dobrowolski, Gieorgij Dobrowolski, Георгий Добровольский
- Categories:
- Astronaut, Hero of the Soviet Union, Officer, Pilot
- Cemetery:
- Set cemetery
Georgiy Timofeyevich Dobrovolsky (Russian: Гео́ргий Тимофе́евич Доброво́льский; June 1, 1928 – June 30, 1971) was a Soviet cosmonaut who died in outer space.
Dobrovolsky, Viktor Patsayev and Vladislav Volkov flew on the Soyuz 11 mission and had the unfortunate distinction to be the second Soviet crew to die during a space flight (after Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov in Soyuz 1).
After a normal re-entry, the capsule was opened and the crew was found dead. It was discovered that a valve had opened just prior to leaving orbit that had allowed the capsule's atmosphere to vent away into space, suffocating the crew.
Dobrovolsky's ashes were placed in an urn in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis on the Red Square in Moscow. He was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, the Order of Lenin and the title of Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR.
Source: wikipedia.org
| Title | From | To | Images | Languages | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan | en, ru |
| Relation name | Relation type | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Gieorgij Grieczko | Coworker | |
| 2 |  | Alexei Leonov | Familiar |
29.06.1971 | Trzej kosmonauci zginęli podczas powrotu na Ziemię kapsuły radzieckiego statku kosmicznego Sojuz 11
Sojuz 11 (kod wywoławczy Янтарь – Jantar) – radziecka misja kosmiczna, druga planowana wizyta na pierwszej stacji kosmicznej świata, Salut 1. Pojazd, z kosmonautami Wołkowem, Dobrowolskim i Pacajewem na pokładzie, wystrzelono z kazachskiego kosmodromu Bajkonur 6 czerwca 1971. Załoga przebywała na stacji 22 dni, lecz podczas powrotu na Ziemię, 29 czerwca 1971, wszyscy trzej członkowie załogi zginęli.