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Vladislav Volkov
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Born
Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov

(1935-11-23)23 November 1935
Died 29 June 1971(1971-06-29) (aged 35)
Outer space
Nationality Soviet
Occupation Engineer
Awards Hero of the Soviet Union (twice)
Space career
Cosmonaut
Time in space
28d 17h 01m
Selection Civilian Specialist Group 2, 1966
Missions Soyuz 7, Soyuz 11

Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov (Russian: Владисла́в Никола́евич Во́лков; 23 November 1935 – 29 June 1971) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 11 missions. The second mission terminated fatally. Volkov and the two other crew members were asphyxiated on reentry, the only three people to have died in outer space.

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