Viktor Patsayev

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Viktor Patsayev
Виктор Пацаев
1968 USSR Civilian Specialist Group 3
Missions	Soyuz 11

Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev (

); he became the first man to operate a telescope outside the Earth's atmosphere.

After a normal

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.

Patsayev's ashes were interred in the

Further reading

An account of Patsayev's life and space career appears in the 2003 book Fallen Astronauts: Heroes Who Died Reaching for the Moon by Colin Burgess.

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