Kneeling beside him, another member of the recovery team likewise listened to the Soyuz 11 capsule, which had just landed following a record-breaking 23-day stay at the world’s first space station.

The first three-person Soyuz, Soyuz 11, in 1971, also had fatal consequences for its three crewmembers (who weren't wearing full spacesuits) after the cabin lost pressure shortly before re-entry.

All three died on the Soyuz 11 mission of Jun 1971. While Soyuz 11 ended in sadness, the vast majority of the mission progressed gloriously. Dobrovolsky, Volkov, and Patsayev lived aboard Russia's ...

Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev and Flight Engineer John Phillips left the Space Station today and moved their Soyuz spacecraft from one docking port to another. Image above: With ...

A Soyuz rocket carrying the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft lifts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Dec. 3. Credit: NASA TV Updated 5:30 p.m. Eastern with docking. WASHINGTON — Three new crewmembers are ...

Three Russian cosmonauts were assigned to the Soyuz 11 mission that launched on June 6, 1971. They broke a record at the time for the longest space flight endurance. The mission ended tragically ...

The launch took place without obvious problems and the Soyuz entered orbit eight minutes after liftoff, a relief for Russian space authorities after an automated safety system halted a launch in ...

to observe the aft end of the Soyuz where the leak occurred. This 11-meter arm did not provide conclusive data. As a result, NASA will use the 17.6-meter-long Canadarm2—also known as the space ...

Over that span, only one launch saw a major malfunction. Soyuz MS-10, which lifted off Oct. 11, 2018, experienced a booster failure that led to an emergency abort. Fortunately, the entire crew ...

A look of troubled uncertainty creased the man’s face. Kneeling beside him, another member of the recovery team likewise listened to the Soyuz 11 capsule, which had just landed following a ...