2 Comments TIL on June 29, 1971 cosmonauts Georgi Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev died in space, the first humans to do so, as the Soyuz 11 crew capsule depressurized. They had been the first crew to board Salyut 1, the first space station in orbit, spending 23 days conducting experiments. by whatilearned June 29, 2021, 2:30 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote