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Born: 16 March 1927 in Moscow, USSR. Education: Graduated from four Air Force colleges. Marital Status: Married the former Valentina Yakovlevna Kiselyova. Children: Yevgeni (21 July 1951) and Irina (10 December 1958). Experience: Vladimir Komarov was a pilot at age 15. In March 1960 he was selected as a military pilot cosmonaut. After joining the Vostok (the Soviet Union's first crewed spacecraft) training group in 1961, he was assigned to be backup pilot of Vostok 4 in 1962 and support for Vostok 5. On 12 October 1964 he served as commander of Voskhod 1 along with crewmates Doctor Boris Yegerov and engineer Konstantin Feoktistov. Voskhod 1 was the first three-person spacecraft. Because the Vostok missions all ended with the cosmonaut ejecting at about 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) and landing separate from the spacecraft, this crew also became the first to touchdown on land inside their spacecraft. The mission of Voskhod 1 lasted 1 day, 0 hours, 17 minutes, and 3 seconds. On 23 April 1967, Komarov was launched as pilot of Soyuz 1, a solo mission. On 24 April, he became the first person to die during a space mission. For more information on the mission and problems of Soyuz 1, please click here. |
