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{{Infobox astronaut<br />
| name = Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev<br />
| image = USSR stamp Viktor Patsayev cropped.jpg<br />
| image_size = <br />
| caption = Patsayev on a 1971 Soviet stamp <br />
| type = Cosmonaut<br />
| nationality = [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1933|6|19}}<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1971|6|30|1933|6|19}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Aktyubinsk]], [[Kazakh SSR]], [[Soviet Union]]<br />
| death_place = [[Deaths in space#Spaceflight fatalities|Outer space]]<br />
| occupation = [[Engineer]]<br />
| selection = [[List of astronauts by selection#1968|1968 USSR Civilian Specialist Group 3]]<br />
| time = 23d 18h 21m <br />
| mission = [[Soyuz 11]]<br />
| insignia = <br />
| awards = {{Hero of the Soviet Union}} {{Order of Lenin}}<br />
|}}<br />
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'''Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev''' ({{lang-ru|Ви́ктор Ива́нович Паца́ев}}; 19 June 1933{{spaced ndash}}30 June 1971)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/446790/Viktor-Ivanovich-Patsayev | title=Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev | publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica | accessdate=23 March 2014}}</ref> was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[astronaut|cosmonaut]] who flew on the [[Soyuz 11]] mission and had was part of the second crew to die during a [[Human spaceflight|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.<br />
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After a normal [[re-entry]], the capsule was opened and the crew was found dead.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://science.time.com/2013/02/01/nasas-astronaut-day-of-remembrance/slide/soyuz-11-georgi-dobrovolski/ | title=Soyuz 11: Georgi Dobrovolski, Victor Patsayev, Vladislav Volkov | publisher=Time magazine | date=31 January 2013 | accessdate=23 March 2014 | author=Kluger, Jeffrey}}</ref> It was discovered that a valve had opened just prior to leaving orbit that had allowed the capsule's atmosphere to [[Space exposure|vent away into space]], suffocating the crew.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.spacesafetymagazine.com/2013/04/28/crew-home-misfortunes-soyuz-11/ | title=The Crew That Never Came Home: The Misfortunes of Soyuz 11 | publisher=Space Safety Magazine | date=28 April 2013 | accessdate=27 March 2014}}</ref> 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.<br />
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Patsayev's ashes were inturned in the [[Kremlin Wall Necropolis|Kremlin Wall]] on the [[Red Square]] in Moscow.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EbDGMiXvdG0C&lpg=PR3&pg=PA351#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=Salyut – The First Space Station: Triumph and Tragedy | publisher=Springer | author=Ivanovich, Grujica S. | year=2008 | pages=351| isbn=9780387739731 }}</ref> He was posthumously awarded the title of [[Hero of the Soviet Union]], the [[Order of Lenin]] and the title of [[Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR]]. The lunar crater ''[[Patsaev (crater)|Patsaev]]'' and the minor planet [[1791 Patsayev]] are named for him.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.astronautix.com/astros/patsayev.htm#more | title=Patsayev | publisher=Encyclopedia Astronautica | accessdate=23 March 2014}}</ref><br />
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==Further reading==<br />
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 (author)|Colin Burgess]].<br />
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