The book 'Starman: The Truth Behind the Legend of Yuri Gagarin' claims that Perry Fellwock, a US National Security analyst, had intercepted Komarov's final conversations with ground control officers.Īccording to the book, just before the impact, the then Soviet premier Alexey Kosygin is heard crying and telling Komarov that his country was proud of him. He was the first confirmed human casualty in a space mission.Īccording to, Komarov's parachute allegedly malfunctioned and his final communications reportedly revealed that he 'cried in rage' at the engineers whom he blamed for the faulty spacecraft. Vladimir Komarov, a Russian cosmonaut, died during his second flight, onboard Soyuz 1, 24 April 1967, when the spacecraft crashed during its return to Earth. Popular Hollywood films like Alfonso Cuarón's 'Gravity' and Christopher Nolan's 'Interstellar' also added to the effect.Įven though technological advancements have made space missions comparatively safer, yet serious accidents do occur - as of today 18 astronauts have lost their lives in space expeditions. Indians were perhaps introduced to the dangers associated with space missions when Kalpana Chawla – the first woman astronaut of Indian-origin in space- died in a space-shuttle crash in 2003.
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