
Vladimir Komarov’s remains in an open casket
His spaceflight on Soyuz 1 made him the first cosmonaut to fly into outer space more than once, and he became the first human to die during a spaceflight—when the Soyuz 1 space capsule crashed after re-entry on April 24, 1967.
Woah. Read the article link too, it’s good to learn.
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