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Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov
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Born March 16, 1927 • Moscow • Russia
Died April 24, 1967 (aged 40) • Kazakhstan • (Anniversary in 3 days)

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cosmonaut; Voskhod I
Sergei Korolev and Voskhod 1 crew
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Andriyan Nikolayev
Andriyan Nikolayev
Soviet cosmonaut
Russian cosmonaut Gennady Strekalov.
Gennady Mikhailovich Strekalov
Russian cosmonaut
Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyov.
Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyov
Soviet cosmonaut
Konstantin Feoktistov
Konstantin Feoktistov
Russian cosmonaut
Kubasov, Valery
Valery Kubasov
Russian cosmonaut
Valery Polyakov
Valery Vladimirovich Polyakov
Soviet cosmonaut
Aleksei Leonov
Aleksei Leonov
Soviet cosmonaut
cosmonaut; Voskhod I
Boris Borisovich Yegorov
Soviet physician
Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov
Soviet cosmonaut
Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev
Soviet cosmonaut
Yi So-Yeon; Volkov, Sergey; and Kononenko, Oleg
Sergey Volkov
Russian pilot and cosmonaut
Sergey Konstantinovich Krikalyov.
Sergey Konstantinovich Krikalyov
Russian cosmonaut
Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya
Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya
Soviet cosmonaut
Pavel Popovich on Vostok 4
Pavel Popovich
Soviet cosmonaut
Yelena Kondakova.
Yelena Kondakova
Russian cosmonaut
Pavel Belyayev
Pavel Belyayev
Soviet cosmonaut
Georgy Timofeyevich Dobrovolsky
Soviet cosmonaut
Valentina Tereshkova
Valentina Tereshkova
Soviet cosmonaut
Bykovsky, 1963
Valery Bykovsky
Soviet cosmonaut
Yuri Gagarin and Sergei Korolev
Sergei Korolev
Soviet scientist

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