1967: Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov is killed when the parachute of his Soyuz 1 craft fails to deploy upon landing. He is the first person to die on a space mission. Komarov was an air force ...

Everyone knew the mission would fail — the technicians, the pilot and the friend who would replace him if he deserted the mission. But Soviet... Cosmonaut Crashed Into Earth 'Crying In Rage' Editor's ...

The pilot was Vladimir Komarov, a veteran of the Voskhod 1 space mission in 1964, a former Soviet air force test pilot and one of the oldest, most experienced and educated men in the Russian space ...

Editor's Note, Updated April 24, 2012: A follow-up post, with more details and a few amendments, can be found here. This is just a quick post to say thank you to the space historians who wrote in to ...

For months, Moscow had been hinting at new space spectaculars to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution. When a brand-new spacecraft called Soyuz 1 was launched into orbit ...

In January, three American astronauts, Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee, underwent a training exercise in the Apollo 1 command module. During the procedure, a spark ignited some nylon ...

Vladimir Komarov, a cosmonaut, knew he was going to die when he left Earth for space on the Soyuz 1. His friend Yuri Gagarin, the first human to reach outer space, knew Komarov would too. But Leonid ...

He's known as the first person to die during spaceflight. Forty-five years ago, cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov died when the parachutes on his Soyuz 1 space capsule failed to deploy properly after reentry ...

Back in 1967 Soviet Union, the original plan involved launching two spacecraft, Soyuz 1 and Soyuz 2, into orbit. Soyuz 1, carrying Vladimir Komarov, would launch first and wait for Soyuz 2 to arrive ...

Everyone knew the mission would fail — the technicians, the pilot and the friend who would replace him if he deserted the mission. But Soviet... Cosmonaut Crashed Into Earth 'Crying In Rage' Editor's ...