Apollo 1
Virgil Grissom
Ed White II
Roger Chaffee
White's Medal of Honor
Chaffee's Medal of Honor

Soyuz 1
Vladimir Komarov

Soyuz 11
Georgi Dobrovolsky
Viktor Patsayev
Vladislav Volkov

Challenger STS-51L
Francis Scobee
Michael Smith
Ellison Onizuka
Ronald McNair
Judith Resnik
Gregory Jarvis
S. Christa McAuliffe
President Reagan's Speech
Memorial Service

Columbia STS-107
Rick Husband
William McCool
David Brown
Kalpana Chawla
Michael Anderson
Laurel Clark
Ilan Ramon
Photos
President Bush's Speech
Memorial Service

Other
Valentine Bondarenko
Ed Givens
Honorable Mention
Credits
About the Author

Born: 1 June 1928 in Odessa, USSR.

Education: Air Force School, Air Force Academy.

Marital Status: Married.

Children: Two.

Experience: Georgi Dobrovolsky was selected on 10 January 1963 as a military pilot cosmonaut.  In 1967 he joined the Lunar Training Group.  He later served as backup commander of Soyuz 10.

On 6 June 1971 he as launched as commander of Soyuz 11 along with crewmates Vladislav Volkov (flight engineer) and Viktor Patsayev (research engineer).  They became the first crew of the world's first space station, Salyut 1.  After a 23 day mission the crew was killed during preparations for re-entry.