Pyotr Dolgov
1920–1962Pyotr Dolgov died when his pressure suit depressurized during a high‑altitude parachute jump from a balloon on 1 November 1962.
Particulars
On 1 November 1962, Pyotr Dolgov and Major Yevgeni Nikolayevich Andreyev ascended in a Volga balloon gondola from Volsk, near Saratov, to make high‑altitude parachute jumps. Andreyev successfully completed his jump; Dolgov jumped at 28,640 metres while testing an experimental pressure suit, and the helmet visor struck the gondola, causing the suit to depressurize and killing him.
On 12 December 1962, Pyotr Dolgov was posthumously named a Hero of the Soviet Union.
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