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· 1968 · cited 9,461x
- Climbing the Density Functional Ladder: Nonempirical Meta–Generalized Gradient Approximation Designed for Molecules and Solids
· 2003 · cited 6,580x
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· 2006 · cited 6,565x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1933-06-19 ) 19 June 1933, Aktyubinsk , Kazakh ASSR , Soviet Union
- Died
- 30 June 1971 (1971-06-30) (aged 38), Outer Space
- Resting place
- Kremlin Wall Necropolis
- Occupation
- Engineer
- Awards
- Hero of the Soviet Union
- Time in space
- 23d 18h 21m
- Selection
- 1968 USSR Civilian Specialist Group 3
- Missions
- Soyuz 11
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Encyclopedic overview
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. 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Viktor Patsayev” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.