Oleg Makarov, the Soviet cosmonaut and spacecraft designer who has died aged 70, survived the only occasion on which either the Russians or the Americans had to fire their emergency escape system ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Oleg Makarov, the Soviet cosmonaut and spacecraft designer who has died aged 70, survived the only occasion on which either the ...

Oleg Grigorievich Makarov, cosmonaut: born Udomlya, Soviet Union 6 January 1933; married (two sons); died Moscow 29 May 2003. Although he was shortlisted for a mission to the Moon and completed ...

Oleg Makarov, a Soviet-era cosmonaut who survived a harrowing launch accident in which the booster rocket carrying his space capsule exploded after liftoff, has died of a heart attack at his home ...