Name: Patsayev, Viktor Country: Soviet Union M/F: M Number of Flights: 1

Space Flights Launch Date - Flight Up Landing Date - Flight Down
1. Soyuz 11 (Died) June 6, 1971 - Soyuz 11 June 29, 1971 - Soyuz 11

Space Flights Descriptions
Soyuz (Kontakt) 12
(Cancelled)
Proposed Crew for a flight to test the Kontakt lunar rendezvous/docking system
Soyuz (Kontakt) 12 was the passive spacecraft of the second pair of Soyuz spacecraft that were planned to test the Kontakt lunar rendezvous/docking system in Earth orbit. By April 1969, two separate docking missions were planned to follow the triple mission of Soyuz 6-Soyuz 7-Soyuz 8. Soyuz (Kontakt) 12 would have been the passive spacecraft, simulating the LK lunar lander and would have been the docking target for Soyuz (Kontakt) 11.
Soyuz 10
(2nd Backup Crew)
First mission to Salyut 1
The prime crew could not enter Salyut 1 due to a jammed hatch on Soyuz 10
1. Soyuz 11 Second mission to Salyut 1
Soyuz 11 docked with Salyut 1 from June 7, 1971 to June 29, 1971.
The crew died during reentry when an open value depressurized the descent cabin of Soyuz 11.

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Updated - March 25, 2005