Biography of Vladimir Mikhailovich Komarov
Komarov, Vladimir Mikhailovich (16.03.1927 – 24.04.1967) was born March 16, 1927 in Moscow. In 1945 he graduated from the Moscow Air Force special school. After the special school he entered the aviation school initial training and then in Bataisk Military Aviation School name of AK Serov, who graduated in 1949. He served as a fighter pilot in the parts of the Air Forces of the USSR in the North Caucasus and the Carpathian region. In 1959 he graduated from the Air Force Academy named after NE Zhukovsky.
In 1960 he was enrolled in cosmonaut (1960 Air Force Group number 1). Trained to fly aboard the Vostok and Voskhod. He was the backup commander of the Vostok-4 "(12-15 August 1962). 12-13 October 1964 made a space flight as commander of the world's first bench Voskhod-1 ". The flight lasted 1 day 17 min 3 sec.
Trained to fly in ships such as "Union" on the lunar program of the USSR. 23-24 April 1967 made his second space flight as commander of the Soyuz-1 ". The flight lasted 1 night 2 hours and 47 minutes 52 seconds.
Tragically died April 24, 1967 upon return of the Soyuz-1 "from outer space (torsion sling parachute led to the catastrophe ship). During two flights into space blew 2 days 3 hours 4 minutes 55 seconds. Twice Hero of the Soviet Union. He was awarded the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Star and medals. Hero of Labor of Vietnam. He was awarded a gold medal Tsiolkovsky Academy of Sciences of the USSR and the medal de Laveaux (FAI). The International Committee for Aeronautics and Space Missions awarded the Order of "Wind Rose" with a diamond. He was elected an honorary citizen of Kaluga (Russia) and Nanterre (France). Name Komarova named a crater on the Moon and the asteroid (1836 Komarov).