Having lost the race to the Moon, the Soviet space program decided to go in a different direction. If they couldn’t be first on the moon, then they could take the lead in the area of endurance in space and the development of space stations.

In 1971 they launched the world’s first space station, and the crew of three cosmonauts who inhabited the station set the record for the longest time in space.

Their accomplishments in space, however, were overshadowed by what happened on their return to Earth.

Learn more about Soyuz 11 and the only humans to have ever died in space on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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