Cosmonaut Biography: Vladimir Komarov (original) (raw)

Engineer with a diploma; Colonel, Soviet Air Force; was selected as cosmonaut on 07.03.1960 (TsPK-1);OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 3/60 - 03.04.1961; was assigned as backup forVostok 4; died in the landing ofSoyuz 1; in honor of his life and work a lunar crater, the asteroid 1836 and the military pilot school in Yeisk were named after him.