Undocking occurred at 18:28 GMT and the Soyuz 11 flew co-orbit before it retro-fired at 22:35 GMT in preparation for re-entry. They arrived at the space station on June 7th, 1971, performed a variety of duties (Patsayev became the first man to operate a telescope outside the Earth’s atmosphere when he operated the Orion 1 Space Observatory), and departed on 29 June 1971. Volkov was an aviation engineer who was involved in the development of the Vostok and Vokshod spacecraft prior to his selection as a cosmonaut, with his first flight being aboard Soyuz 7 in 1969. The Soyuz 11 crew, consisted of Georgy Dobrovolsky (commander), Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev. Soyuz 11 was the only crewed mission to board Salyut 1, the world’s first station. Finally, we also have to consider the training and tests for these missions as these were still in the pursuit of space exploration. So, we also have to include those that occur during a spaceflight mission. However, not all accidents relating to space exploration could occur officially above either line. Both of these definitions are primarily for legal and regulatory purposes as opposed to physical characteristics of the atmosphere, etc. When is something considered to have happened in space? While the edge of space is not universally adopted or accepted, NASA’s definition for the start of space is 50 miles (80km) in altitude while the Kármán line set by the international record-keeping body FAI (Fédération aéronautique internationale) defines it at 330,000 ft/ 62 miles/ 100 km above mean sea level. However, let’s start with the most basic question and then move forward. In addition, casualties that occur in the pursuit of space exploration encompass a wide array of situations and possibilities. To address the question of if anyone has died in space, we need to define space.

Deaths from space shuttle endeavor