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Soyuz 3 was the first manned launch of a Soyuz spacecraft since the accident that killed cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov on Soyuz 1.
Soyuz 3 and Fighter Plane Papercrafts | Papercraft Paradise | PaperCrafts | Paper Models | Card Models Michael James 2008
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Komarov was an air force colonel with an engineering background when selected to become a member of the original cosmonaut class in 1960.
April 24, 1967: Last Day in the Life of Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov 2007
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The case is complicated by the fact, acknowledged by both men, that Komarov initially took money from Kuznetsov to write a favorable article about the businessman.
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At what point Komarov realized he was doomed remains unclear.
April 24, 1967: Last Day in the Life of Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov 2007
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Komarov says that he also accepted a 30 percent discount at Kuznetsov's club for an operation on his nose, broken in 1998 by a man enraged by one of his articles.
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A West German intercept later handed over to the Russians picked up a distraught Komarov using the word "killed" in reference to himself.
April 24, 1967: Last Day in the Life of Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov 2007
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Komarov says he believes Kuznetsov ordered the attack.
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Komarov was posthumously awarded the Order of Lenin and named a Hero of the Soviet Union.
April 24, 1967: Last Day in the Life of Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov 2007
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"There are no white knights here," Komarov says, acknowledging that he augments his $120 monthly salary with about $70 each month in outside payments for writing news articles "to order."
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Afterward they brought two ladies up—one was Mrs. Gagarin and the other Mrs. Vladimir Komarov.
First Man James R. Hansen 2005
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