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Cosmonaut's chilling last words in final transmission as he fell from space
Vladimir Komarov became the first human to die in a space flight
Dan Seddon
Dan Seddon
Russian cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov was allegedly struggling to operate
his spacecraft before dying on re-entry to Earth in 1967.
Although the names of original Moon-landers Neil Armstrong and Buzz
Aldrin are synonymously attached to the vast dark surrounding our
planet, Komarov also entered the explorative history books by becoming
the first human to lose his life on a spaceflight all those years ago.
A month after his 40th birthday, Komarov manned a 24-hour solo orbit of
Earth in the Soyuz 1 test flight, which completed 16 orbits before a
parachute failure caused his capsule to smash into the ground and explode.
This unfortunate 'man who fell from space' recorded one final
transmission that will chill you to the core.
Vladimir Komarov lost his life working as a cosmonaut for the Soviets
(Ullstein Bild via Getty Images)Vladimir Komarov lost his life working
as a cosmonaut for the Soviets (Ullstein Bild via Getty Images)
Vladimir Komarov lost his life working as a cosmonaut for the Soviets
(Ullstein Bild via Getty Images)
The two solar panels of the Soyuz 1 failed to fully deploy upon orbital
insertion, which consequently obscured parts of Komarov's navigation
equipment.
He needed to orient his ship to the Sun, but failed to do so after a
number of attempts.
To make matters worse, the craft was transmitting unreliable status
details and lost radio communication with the Soviets on the ground.
Later, Komarov was ordered to reorient himself using ion flow sensors,
but they failed and he didn't have enough time to manually reenter until
his 19th orbit.
He successfully re-entered Earth's atmosphere only to find that a main
braking parachute wasn't working as it should. At ridiculous speed, his
ship landed without any air resistance and killed him on impact.
Interestingly, US listening posts situated in Turkey caught Komarov's
final and furious conversation with a high-ranking official of the
Soviet Union, Alexei Kosygin, which was controversially published in the
2011 book Starman by Jamie Doran and Piers Bizony.
"This devil ship! Nothing I lay my hands on works properly!" he's said
to have cried.
Conversely, an official transcript of their devastating exchange from
the Russian State Archive claims that one of the last things Komarov
told Kosygin was: "I feel excellent, everything's in order. Thank you
for transmitting all of that. [Separation] occurred."
In Doran and Bizony's historical account, it's also suggested that the
late astronaut's ship harboured over 200 structural problems that were
known before it took off on the mission.
Komarov’s backup pilot, the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin, allegedly
argued for their mission to be postponed.
Sadly, Komarov tragically plummeted to the ground and was killed in an
explosion on 24 April, 1967.
According to reports, his charred remains resembled a ‘lump’ and only
his heel bone was recognisable.
Featured Image Credit: ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images
Topics: Space, Russia
Dan Seddon
Experts had one question after cosmonaut fell from space leaving
chilling last words in final transmissionExperts had one question after
cosmonaut fell from space leaving chilling last words in final transmission
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Published 14:08 2 Oct 2024 GMT+1
Experts had one question after cosmonaut fell from space leaving
chilling last words in final transmission
The parachute on his space craft failed to deploy and he died on impact
with the planet
Joe Harker
Joe Harker
Komarov had already successfully made it to space and back in the 1964
Voskhod 1 mission, and three years later, he was selected to command the
Soyuz 1 mission.
His backup pilot would be Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, and he
was to take the spacecraft on its first crewed flight where he would
orbit Earth numerous times.
Prior to the mission launch, Komarov and Gagarin raised a number of
concerns about the Soyuz 1, and previous uncrewed missions with the
craft had been a failure.
Vladimir Komarov was the first man to die as a result of journeying to
space. (Getty images / ullstein bild)
During his mission to space, Komarov signalled an alert that one of his
craft's solar panels had failed to deploy, while on his re-entry attempt
the Soyuz 1, his parachute failed to deploy properly.
What followed is disputed, but since the crash, experts have had one
major question they wish they could have known the answer to, which is
why Komarov didn't use the Soyuz 1's ejection system to bail out of the
plummeting spaceship.
It would seem to be the most likely course of action for someone
entombed inside a crashing craft, but if a certain version of events is
to be believed, then he might have tried it.
According to 2011 history book Starman, US listening posts in Turkey
picked up a furious conversation between the plummeting cosmonaut and
Alexei Kosygin, a high ranking official in the Soviet Union.
The book claims that Komarov shouted: "This devil ship! Nothing I lay my
hands on works properly!"
However, the official transcript of his final transmission held in the
Russian state archives paints a rather different picture.
According to the official version as his spaceship crashed back down to
Earth the cosmonaut said: "I feel excellent, everything’s in order.
Thank you for transmitting all of that. [Separation] occurred."
He is then supposed to have said 'thank you, tell everyone it happened'
before the rest of his transmission became unintelligible.
Experts wondered why he didn't eject from his craft, but there had
already been a number of failures with his spaceship. (ullstein bild via
Getty Images)
While Komarov's final transmission is a matter of some dispute, what
happened next isn't, as his Soyuz 1 craft slammed into the ground at
high speed and then exploded, leaving the man inside it a charred 'lump'
whose only remaining recognisable body part was his heel bone.
Featured Image Credit: Getty images / ullstein bild/ullstein bild via
Getty Images
Topics: Space, Science, World News, History
Once mankind had learned to put a living being into space, we then had
to figure out how to get them back down to the ground safely.
Sadly, space travel sometimes ends in tragedy, as it did in 1967, with
the Soyuz 1 mission where cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov died when his craft
slammed back down to Earth.
https://www.ladbible.com/news/science/cosmonaut-vladimir-komarov-last-words-space-074607-20250316
Cosmonaut's chilling last words in final transmission as he fell from space
Vladimir Komarov became the first human to die in a space flight
Dan Seddon
Dan Seddon
Russian cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov was allegedly struggling to operate
his spacecraft before dying on re-entry to Earth in 1967.
Although the names of original Moon-landers Neil Armstrong and Buzz
Aldrin are synonymously attached to the vast dark surrounding our
planet, Komarov also entered the explorative history books by becoming
the first human to lose his life on a spaceflight all those years ago.
A month after his 40th birthday, Komarov manned a 24-hour solo orbit of
Earth in the Soyuz 1 test flight, which completed 16 orbits before a
parachute failure caused his capsule to smash into the ground and explode.
This unfortunate 'man who fell from space' recorded one final
transmission that will chill you to the core.
Vladimir Komarov lost his life working as a cosmonaut for the Soviets
(Ullstein Bild via Getty Images)Vladimir Komarov lost his life working
as a cosmonaut for the Soviets (Ullstein Bild via Getty Images)
Vladimir Komarov lost his life working as a cosmonaut for the Soviets
(Ullstein Bild via Getty Images)
The two solar panels of the Soyuz 1 failed to fully deploy upon orbital
insertion, which consequently obscured parts of Komarov's navigation
equipment.
He needed to orient his ship to the Sun, but failed to do so after a
number of attempts.
To make matters worse, the craft was transmitting unreliable status
details and lost radio communication with the Soviets on the ground.
Later, Komarov was ordered to reorient himself using ion flow sensors,
but they failed and he didn't have enough time to manually reenter until
his 19th orbit.
He successfully re-entered Earth's atmosphere only to find that a main
braking parachute wasn't working as it should. At ridiculous speed, his
ship landed without any air resistance and killed him on impact.
Interestingly, US listening posts situated in Turkey caught Komarov's
final and furious conversation with a high-ranking official of the
Soviet Union, Alexei Kosygin, which was controversially published in the
2011 book Starman by Jamie Doran and Piers Bizony.
"This devil ship! Nothing I lay my hands on works properly!" he's said
to have cried.
Conversely, an official transcript of their devastating exchange from
the Russian State Archive claims that one of the last things Komarov
told Kosygin was: "I feel excellent, everything's in order. Thank you
for transmitting all of that. [Separation] occurred."
In Doran and Bizony's historical account, it's also suggested that the
late astronaut's ship harboured over 200 structural problems that were
known before it took off on the mission.
Komarov’s backup pilot, the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin, allegedly
argued for their mission to be postponed.
Sadly, Komarov tragically plummeted to the ground and was killed in an
explosion on 24 April, 1967.
According to reports, his charred remains resembled a ‘lump’ and only
his heel bone was recognisable.
Featured Image Credit: ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images
Topics: Space, Russia
Dan Seddon
Experts had one question after cosmonaut fell from space leaving
chilling last words in final transmissionExperts had one question after
cosmonaut fell from space leaving chilling last words in final transmission
Home> News> Science
Published 14:08 2 Oct 2024 GMT+1
Experts had one question after cosmonaut fell from space leaving
chilling last words in final transmission
The parachute on his space craft failed to deploy and he died on impact
with the planet
Joe Harker
Joe Harker
Komarov had already successfully made it to space and back in the 1964
Voskhod 1 mission, and three years later, he was selected to command the
Soyuz 1 mission.
His backup pilot would be Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, and he
was to take the spacecraft on its first crewed flight where he would
orbit Earth numerous times.
Prior to the mission launch, Komarov and Gagarin raised a number of
concerns about the Soyuz 1, and previous uncrewed missions with the
craft had been a failure.
Vladimir Komarov was the first man to die as a result of journeying to
space. (Getty images / ullstein bild)
During his mission to space, Komarov signalled an alert that one of his
craft's solar panels had failed to deploy, while on his re-entry attempt
the Soyuz 1, his parachute failed to deploy properly.
What followed is disputed, but since the crash, experts have had one
major question they wish they could have known the answer to, which is
why Komarov didn't use the Soyuz 1's ejection system to bail out of the
plummeting spaceship.
It would seem to be the most likely course of action for someone
entombed inside a crashing craft, but if a certain version of events is
to be believed, then he might have tried it.
According to 2011 history book Starman, US listening posts in Turkey
picked up a furious conversation between the plummeting cosmonaut and
Alexei Kosygin, a high ranking official in the Soviet Union.
The book claims that Komarov shouted: "This devil ship! Nothing I lay my
hands on works properly!"
However, the official transcript of his final transmission held in the
Russian state archives paints a rather different picture.
According to the official version as his spaceship crashed back down to
Earth the cosmonaut said: "I feel excellent, everything’s in order.
Thank you for transmitting all of that. [Separation] occurred."
He is then supposed to have said 'thank you, tell everyone it happened'
before the rest of his transmission became unintelligible.
Experts wondered why he didn't eject from his craft, but there had
already been a number of failures with his spaceship. (ullstein bild via
Getty Images)
While Komarov's final transmission is a matter of some dispute, what
happened next isn't, as his Soyuz 1 craft slammed into the ground at
high speed and then exploded, leaving the man inside it a charred 'lump'
whose only remaining recognisable body part was his heel bone.
Featured Image Credit: Getty images / ullstein bild/ullstein bild via
Getty Images
Topics: Space, Science, World News, History
Once mankind had learned to put a living being into space, we then had
to figure out how to get them back down to the ground safely.
Sadly, space travel sometimes ends in tragedy, as it did in 1967, with
the Soyuz 1 mission where cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov died when his craft
slammed back down to Earth.