ASTRONAUT

Viktor Patsayev

1933 - 1971

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Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev (Russian: Виктор Иванович Пацаев; 19 June 1933 – 30 June 1971) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 11 mission and was part of the third space 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Viktor Patsayev has received more than 243,066 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Viktor Patsayev is the 45th most popular astronaut (up from 54th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Kazakhstan (up from 26th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Kazakhstani Astronaut.

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  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.80

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  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Viktor Patsayev ranks 45 out of 556. Before him are Toktar Aubakirov, Vladislav Volkov, Valeri Kubasov, Yury Romanenko, John Young, and Sergei Krikalev. After him are Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, Vladimir Dzhanibekov, Ellison Onizuka, Walter Cunningham, Vladimir Shatalov, and Kalpana Chawla.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Viktor Patsayev ranks 120. Before him are Otto Barić, Maurice André, Katharine, Duchess of Kent, Michel Hidalgo, Wayne Shorter, and Cissy Houston. After him are Marcos Alonso, Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria, Américo Lopes, Peter Mansfield, Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, and Hossein Nasr. Among people deceased in 1971, Viktor Patsayev ranks 55. Before him are Ralph Bunche, Vladislav Volkov, T. V. Soong, Jo Siffert, Philippe Thys, and J. D. Bernal. After him are Dean Acheson, Royal Rife, Broncho Billy Anderson, Dita Parlo, Pedro Rodríguez, and Philo Farnsworth.

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In Kazakhstan

Among people born in Kazakhstan, Viktor Patsayev ranks 25 out of 193. Before him are Dinmukhamed Kunaev (1912), Oleg Yankovsky (1944), Toktar Aubakirov (1946), Abul Khair Khan (1693), Aliya Moldagulova (1925), and Akhmet Baitursynov (1872). After him are Alu Alkhanov (1957), Vladimir Shatalov (1927), Jambyl Jabayev (1846), Mukaghali Makatayev (1931), Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev (1823), and Ybyrai Altynsarin (1841).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Kazakhstan

Among astronauts born in Kazakhstan, Viktor Patsayev ranks 3. Before him are Aleksandr Viktorenko (1947), and Toktar Aubakirov (1946). After him are Vladimir Shatalov (1927), Talgat Musabayev (1951), and Yury Lonchakov (1965).

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