Station

Star system
Power
-
Station distance
138 Ls
Landing pad
Large
Station type
Starport (Orbis)

Station services
Commodity marketOutfittingRearmRefuelRepairShipyard

Black marketContactsFleet carrier administrationFleet carrier servicesFleet carrier vendorInterstellar factorsMaterial traderPower contactRedemption officeSearch and rescueTechnology brokerUniversal CartographicsVendorsWorkshop

BartenderConcourseCrew loungeFrontline SolutionsMissionsPioneer SuppliesTuningVista Genomics


Economy
Industrial
Wealth
Wealthy
Population
Very large population
Government
Patronage
Allegiance
Empire
Minor faction

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23 Oct 2024, 1:21pm
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23 Oct 2024, 1:21pm
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Galpedia

Viktor Patsayev

Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev (Russian: Ви́ктор Ива́нович Паца́ев; 19 June 1933 – 30 June 1971) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 11 mission and had the unfortunate distinction of being part of the second crew to die during a space flight. On board the space station Salyut 1 he operated the Orion 1 Space Observatory (see Orion 1 and Orion 2 Space Observatories), he became the first man to operate a telescope outside the Earth’s atmosphere.

After a normal re-entry, the capsule was opened and the crew was found dead. It was discovered that a valve had opened just prior to leaving orbit that had allowed the capsule's atmosphere to vent away into space, suffocating the crew. One of Patsayev's hands was found to be bruised, and he may have been trying to shut the valve manually at the time he lost consciousness.



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