Vladimir Komarov
Vladimir Mikhailovich Komarov (Russian: Владимир Михайлович Комаров; born March 16, 1927 in Moscow, † 24 April 1967 the Orenburg Oblast ) was a Soviet cosmonaut. He was the first man who died in a space mission.
From 1942 to 1949 Komarov visited the Moscow Special School of the Air Force, then the Military Aviation School Bataisk. In 1959 he graduated from the Engineering Academy of the Air Force.
In 1960 he was selected for the first cosmonaut group of the Soviet Union.
He was married to Valentina Jakovlevna Kiseljowa and had two children with her.
- 2.1 Highlights
- 2.2 Honors and Awards
Space flights
Voskhod 1
After he was 1962, the replacement for Pavel Popovich on Vostok 4, 1964, the flight Voskhod 1 on his first mission in space. As commander of space ships, he led the nickname "ruby".
Soyuz 1
On April 23, 1967, the Soyuz 1 was launched with Komarov on board. Komarov led during the flight radio talks with the then Prime Minister Kosygin and his wife Valentina. He also read out a message of greetings to the Soviet people. After a series of malfunctions of the new spaceship Komarov initiated on April 24, 1967 after eighteen orbits the landing process a. However, the parachute undeployed and Komarov was killed when hard impact of the return capsule.
Services
Special
- Virgin Flyer at Voskhod and Soyuz
- First deceased in use cosmonaut
Honors and Awards
Komarov's ashes were interred in the Kremlin Wall in Moscow.
Komarov ever received twice the awards " Hero of the Soviet Union " (October 19, 1964 and April 24, 1967 ) and the " Order of Lenin ".
The asteroid (1836 ) Komarov, who was discovered in 1971, and a crater on the moon got its name, as well as the communication ship Kosmonawt Vladimir Komarov. Also the Jagdfliegergeschwader 3 of the National People's Army of the GDR, which was stationed in Dash, the Child and Youth Sports School ( KJS ) in Cottbus and Polytechnic High Schools in Wolfen received ( circle Bitterfeld ), in Karl- Marx-Stadt (Saxony), in Hoyerswerda ( Saxony), in Bergen auf Rügen, in Leipzig, Rostock, Magdeburg, in Schwerin, in black Heide ( Brandenburg), in Stendal and in willow grove (Saxony ) and the Advanced high School in Elsterwerda the traditional name " Vladimir Mikhailovich Komarov ". The children and preschool home " W. Komarov " in Loessnitz was named after him, in Leipzig, Schwerin and Zwickau exist Komarowstraßen.