ASTRONAUT

Vladimir Komarov

1927 - 1967

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Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov (Russian: Владимир Михайлович Комаров, IPA: [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ kəmɐˈrof]; 16 March 1927 – 24 April 1967) was a Soviet test pilot, aerospace engineer, and cosmonaut. In October 1964, he commanded Voskhod 1, the first spaceflight to carry more than one crew member. He became the first Soviet cosmonaut to fly in space twice when he was selected as the solo pilot of Soyuz 1, its first crewed test flight. A parachute failure caused his Soyuz capsule to crash into the ground after re-entry on 24 April 1967, making him the first human to die in a space flight. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vladimir Komarov is the 12th most popular astronaut (down from 8th in 2019), the 117th most popular biography from Russia (down from 108th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Russian Astronaut.

Vladimir Komarov was a Soviet cosmonaut who was killed during the mission Soyuz 1.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Vladimir Komarov ranks 12 out of 556. Before him are Gene Cernan, Pete Conrad, John Young, William Anders, Buzz Aldrin, and Ed White. After him are Thomas P. Stafford, Ronald Evans, Michael J. Smith, Alexei Leonov, Richard F. Gordon Jr., and Alan Shepard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Vladimir Komarov ranks 15. Before him are F. Sherwood Rowland, Peter Falk, Roger Moore, Samuel P. Huntington, Kim Young-sam, and Robert Shaw. After him are Turgut Özal, Mstislav Rostropovich, Ram Narayan, Sidney Poitier, Antônio Carlos Jobim, and Angelo Sodano. Among people deceased in 1967, Vladimir Komarov ranks 13. Before him are John Nance Garner, Albert Lutuli, Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, Ed White, Spencer Tracy, and Mohammad Mosaddegh. After him are Edward Hopper, Zoltán Kodály, Mir Osman Ali Khan, Clement Attlee, Claude Rains, and Ilse Koch.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vladimir Komarov ranks 117 out of 3,761. Before him are Svetlana Alliluyeva (1926), Mikhail Lermontov (1814), Mikhail Tukhachevsky (1893), Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961), Grigory Potemkin (1739), and Anatoly Karpov (1951). After him are Ivan VI of Russia (1740), Olga of Kiev (890), Nikolai Lobachevsky (1792), Mikhail Sholokhov (1905), Feodor III of Russia (1661), and Dzhokhar Dudayev (1944).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Russia

Among astronauts born in Russia, Vladimir Komarov ranks 3. Before him are Yuri Gagarin (1934), and Valentina Tereshkova (1937). After him are Alexei Leonov (1934), Gherman Titov (1935), Svetlana Savitskaya (1948), Andriyan Nikolayev (1929), Valery Bykovsky (1934), Valeri Polyakov (1942), Sergei Krikalev (1958), Valeri Kubasov (1935), and Vladislav Volkov (1935).

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