BirthFactDeath (-) Monday 24th of April 1967 57 years ago |
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Test pilot, aerospace engineer and cosmonaut Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov dies from from multiple blunt-force injuries sustained in his Soyuz 1 space craft at the age of 40 in Karabutak, Orenburg Oblast, Russia. Komarov became the first human to die in a space flight. |
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