Komarov

Vladimir Mikhailovich

USSR/CIS

International nº: 11

Russian cosm. nº: 7

Personal data:

Birthdate:	16 March 1927
Birthplace:	Moscow / RUSSIA
Marital status:	married
Children:	two
Selection date:	07 March 1960
Selection group:
Job:	Pilot
Status:	Deceased. 24 Apr 1967 Soyuz 1 parachute failure
Place of death:	Near Novoorsk / Orenburg Oblast / RUSSIA

Spaceflights:

Nº	Launch Spacecraft	Date and time of launch	Status while launch	Spacecraft of landing	Date and time of landing	Duration
1	Voskhod-1	12 Oct 1964 07:30:01 UT	Cdr	Voskhod-1	13 Oct 1964 07:47:04 UT	1d 00h 17m 03s
2	Soyuz-1	23 Apr 1967 00:35:00 UT	Cdr	Soyuz-1	24 Apr 1967 03:22:52 UT	1d 02h 47m 52s
Total duration:						2d 03h 04m 55s

Additional information

Engineer with a diploma; Colonel, Soviet Air Force; was selected as cosmonaut on 07.03.1960 (TsPK-1); OKP: 3/60 - 03.04.1961; was assigned as backup for Vostok 4; died in the landing of Soyuz 1. (Breakage of parachute system)

Ref: #16, #21 - update: 16.06.16