#Vladimir Komarov

[thatsrightice]

The story of these two men is my Roman Empire.

Yuri Gagarin and Vladimir Komarov were highly decorated Cosmonauts, both of which made firsts in the history of space flight.

Yuri Gagarin famously became the first man in space on April 12, 1961.

Vladimir Komarov piloted Voshkod 1 on October 12, 1964 on the first space mission to carry multiple crew members. He flew again aboard Soyuz 1 on April 23, 1967, becoming the first Russian man to make two spaceflights.

Yuri Gagarin and Vladimir Komarov were close.

The Soyuz 1 was described as being “a piece of shit” and a “devil ship” as issues plagued the spacecraft throughout development and failed testing. Yuri had done everything he could to get the launch postponed, including writing a ten-page memo detailing the 203 structural problems he had discovered during inspection of the Soyuz 1. Any person who had laid eyes on the memo would be fired or demoted.

Komarov knew of these issues, but refused to step down from the missions. In March of 1987 he met with Venyamin Russayev, a then-recently-demoted KGB agent who had been assigned to "mind" Yuri Gagarin.

He met with Russayev and said, "I'm not going to make it back from this flight." Russayev asked, “Why not refuse?” Komarov answered: "If I don't make this flight, they'll send the backup pilot instead." That was Yuri Gagarin. Komarov couldn't do that to his friend. "That's Yura. And he'll die instead of me. We've got to take care of him." Komarov then burst into tears.

Yuri, nicknamed Yura by friends and family, showed up on the day of the launch “demanding to be put into a space suit,” "demanding this and this and this...", doing anything and everything he could to be the one on that spacecraft instead of Vladimir. Unfortunately, his attempts were be futile.

Soyuz 1 would launch on April 23, 1967 and faced serious issues throughout the flight. The parachutes failed to deploy during reentry and the spacecraft burned up while Vladimir screamed and cried and cursed out those responsible.

Yuri Gagarin was grounded from future space flights and denied permission to pilot military jets. This was devastating for the already deeply depressed man and everyone knew it. Even his favorite hairdresser said that “Yuri couldn't live without flying. It was his whole life. A man can't live without his trade. He can't survive.”

He eventually convinced them to let him fly, but on March 28, 1968, less than a year since Komarov’s accident, he was tragically killed during a routine-training flight aboard a MiG-15. The cause of the accident is unclear, though many speculate that the accident was an assassination on the cosmonaut as he had a falling out with several high-ranking officials following the death of his close friend.

Both Yuri Gagarin and Vladimir Komarov’s names are featured on the memorial for fallen US Astronauts and USSR Cosmonauts left on the moon by the Apollo 11 crew.

[thererisesaredstar]

Long live Soviet science! (1964)

[pavelbelyayev]

"Why is it that cosmonauts always have girls (daughters)?"

"Maybe because girls are cool."

Most of the pioneering cosmonauts were parents of girls, so here are the proud dads (and mom) and their girls! Happy International Women's Day! 👩🏻‍🚀💐💫

[cerebrodigital]

Una historia demasiado triste.

Escucha la transmisión:

[aquarian-sunchild]

I feel bad but every time I see something about cosmonauts my immediate inner reaction is 'Is that the one that got baconated?'

[arionvulgaris]

Prompt: Yuri Gagarin, Vladimir Komarov, Gherman Titov and Valery Bykovsky as tired Swedish tech startup entrepreneurs drinking beer in a pub in Lund, Sweden.

Pictures via Aitubo.

[callmeanxietygirl]

Los restos del astronauta Vladimir Komarov, el primer ser humano en morir durante una misión espacial en 1967.

#Historia #Astronomia

[supbro50000]

komarov probably took her in when he joined the eternal starland

patron saint of one-way trips and other journeys from which you can never return

[horrorhistory123]

Some images have a haunting quality that transcends their visual impact, carrying with them disturbing backstories that linger in the mind long after they're seen. These photos with creepy origins often depict moments of tragedy, horror, or the macabre, weaving narratives that evoke unease and fascination. Whether it's an innocuous scene tainted by a sinister history or a snapshot capturing a chilling event, these images with disturbing backstories tap into our primal fears and curiosity. From seemingly normal pictures with disturbing undertones to outright unsettling photographs, each image carries a tale that delves into the darker corners of human experience, leaving an indelible mark on those who encounter them.

Captured his own death: Reynaldo Dagsa killed by Arnel Buenaflor

Pile of skeleton heads, Slaughter of American Buffalo

Lipstick killer: William Heirens, Frances Brown

Human ornaments, serial killer Ed Gein

Rap of Nanjing

War neurosis, PTSD, Shell shocked soldiers of World War 1

Unknown phenomenon, The mummies of Venzone

Eerie Photographs, A Students dream

Salem UFO

Burned in space, Vladimir Komarov

Pete Spence

[bandhyukoh]

(OHHYUK Remix) IDIOTAPE - Vladimir Komarov OUT NOW!

[mudwerks]

The Remains of Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov, The man who fell from space (1967)

"In his diary, Nikolai Kamanin recorded that the Soyuz 1 capsule crashed into the ground at 30–40 metres per second (98–131 ft/s) and that the remains of Komarov's body were an irregular lump 30 centimetres (12 in) in diameter and 80 centimetres (31 in) long."

I guess his remains probably have a pretty good shelf-life.

[askthe-littlepoet]

youre creative in the medival torture way

ty!! <3

[pavelbelyayev]

Tried entering the names of some cosmonauts (Gagarin, Titov, Tereshkova, Komarov, Belyayev and Leonov) using that one Pokémon generator AI. The results were…interesting.

Also sort of a rough sequel to this.

[worker-and-soldier]

October 12th, 1964 - a historic day for the Soviet Union and its space program. The spacecraft Voskhod, meaning 'Sunrise', was launched into Earth orbit, returning on the 13th as the first multi-manned space flight - as well as being the first without spacesuits.

"The crew on board consisted of the commander, pilot, and cosmonaut Vladimir Mikhailovich Komarov, the researcher and cosmonaut Konstantin Petrovich Feoktistov, and the physician and cosmonaut Boris Borisovich Yegorov."

(Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics. “The Voskhod Three.” Google Arts & Culture)

Photo by Owen Llewellyn.

[cpvnksabm]

in his diary too

anyone else think this is a little unnervingly specific

[cerebrodigital]

Funeral de Vladimir Komarov, un astronauta que cayó del espacio en 1967. Sus compañeros observan sus restos 👇

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