The Story of the Man Who Regrets Going to Space!

Many important events took place in the 1960s, when the space race between the Soviets and America was at its peak. The astronauts and cosmonauts who played a role in the space race of both countries managed to write their names in the history books. Although one of them, Russian cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov, was one of them, his story was different and sadder than the others.

Komarov made a test flight with the Soyuz 1 spacecraft in 1967, after he turned 40.

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Everything was going well until Komarov completed 16 orbits and began to return to Earth. While trying to return to Earth, Komarov's capsule crashed badly into the ground due to a parachute failure. Komarov lost his life as a result of the impact and thus became the first person to die in space.

Komarov, who went down in history as the first person to die in space, was deeply saddened by the words he said in his final moments.

From left to right Yuri Gagarin, Yevgeni Hrunov, Vladimir Komarov, Aleksei Yelisyev and Valeri Bikovsky — Soldan sağa Yuri Gagarin, Yevgeni Hrunov, Vladimir Komarov, Aleksei Yelisyev ve Valeri Bikovski

He Didn't Have Enough Time To Survive!

Komarov was going to turn Soyuz 1 towards the Sun, but despite telling him many times, he never did it, he couldn't! Moreover, the signals Soyuz 1 sent to the crew contained unreliable things. In fact, after a while, the communication between Soyuz 1 and Earth was completely lost. Then he gave Komarov the order to return to Earth using the ion flow sensors. However, even though Komarov tried, he still couldn't. Worst of all, Komarov didn't have enough time to manually control the system and survive. Komarov, who somehow managed to enter the Earth's atmosphere, realized at that point that the parachute wasn't working as it should.

Komarov's Last Moments Before Boarding Soyuz 1

As Soyuz 1 sped toward the Earth, there was nothing he could do to slow down v. Komarov could not get out of that spaceship.

The last speech Komarov made before his spaceship crashed coincidentally got stuck in one of the bases used by the United States in Türkiye.

During the fall he was shouting, "This ship is a devil! Nothing I touch works properly!" However, this conversation was presented as if it never happened and the file in the Russian State Archives reads, "I feel great, everything is fine. Thank you for telling me all this. The separation has taken place."

It was known in advance that the spacecraft had problems, so much so that it was suggested that the flight of Soyuz 1 should be postponed, but it was not taken into consideration in any way.

Although Komarov's last words are still debated today, he tragically fell from space to Earth and lost his life when his spaceship crashed on April 24, 1967.