Tag Archives: Kolodin

Dec 19

Space Rocket History #328 – Soyuz 11 – The Replacement Crew – Dobrovolsky, Volkov, and Patsayev – Part 1

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Dobrovolsky was blond, tall, broad-shouldered, and tough. He was kind-hearted and had a contagious belly laugh. At the Air Force school, his friends nicknamed him `Odessa’, and he was proud of it. 

  • Georgy “Zhora” Dobrovolsky
  • Dobrovolsky Family
  • Col. Dobrovolsky
Dec 12

Space Rocket History #327 – Soyuz 11 – The Prime Crew

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On May 4th, 1971 the prime crew of Soyuz 11 was confirmed to be Leonov, Commander; Kubusov, Flight Engineer; and Kolodin, Research Engineer. Their assignment was to spend between 30 and 45 days on board Salyut 1.

  • Alexei Leonov – Commander
  • Valeri Kubasov – Flight Engineer
  • Pyotr Kolodin – Test Engineer