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Vladimir Mikhailovich Komarov (Russian
language|Russian: Владимир
Михайлович Комаров; March 16,
1927 – April 24, 1967) was a Soviet Union|Soviet
astronaut|cosmonaut. He was the first human to die
during a space mission, on Soyuz 1.

He was born in Moscow, USSR (now Russia).

He was selected to become a cosmonaut in 1960 with
the first cosmonaut group.  After being the backup
for Pavel Popovich on Vostok 4, his first
spaceflight was with the Voskhod 1 mission. On his
second flight, Soyuz 1, he was killed during a
return, when the spacecraft crashed due to failure
of the parachute.

Just before impact, the then premier Alexey
Kosygin|Kosygin told Komarov his country was proud
of him. An American National Security Agency|NSA
listening post in Istanbul noted Komarov's reply
was inaudible
http://www.svengrahn.pp.se/histind/Soyuz1Land/Soya
naly.htm#NSA%20intercepts%20from, though
persistent rumors stated that Komarov died cursing
the spacecraft designers and flight controllers.

Vladimir Komarov went on to be awarded the Hero of
the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin; each one
twice. His ashes rest in the Kremlin wall
alongside those of other Soviet luminaries.

Komarov was married to Valentina Yakovlevna
Kiselyova and had two children, Yevgeni and Irina.

The asteroid 1836 Komarov, discovered in 1971 is
named in his honour. 

Among others the Vladimir M. Komarov Astronautical
Rocketry Club (ARK) in Ljubljana also bears his
name from 1969.

== External links ==

* http://www2.arnes.si/~ljarkvmk5/ ARK Vladimir M.
Komarov
* http://www.astronautix.com/astros/komarov.htm
Komarov - detailed biography at
http://www.astronautix.com Encyclopedia
Astronautica

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