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Right,as it is known,my Tumblr page is solely dedicated to Yuri Gagarin,but here,I must open an exception to this man named Vladimir Komarov.This man,was Yuri's best friend,and he gave his life in order to save Yuri!His ill-fated flight on Soyuz...omg,this man was brave!In his own words about going on the flight: "If I don't go,they will send Yuri.And we need to protect him."

Probably they all knew things were gonna be really bad,and the flight wouldn't be a success,but from this,to sacrificing his life for his best friend...WOW.

It is said Yuri knew the Soyuz was in no condition to make the flight,when he inspected it,and he spoke out about that.But he was not heard.After the incident,they banned Yuri from flying.As it was not bad enough having lost his best friend and feeling guilty for that,he gets banned from Flying,something which was his life.

I still say,these people had a vacuum in their skulls instead of brains.And I still believe Yuri was actually murdered.

46 years ago today (April 24, 1967) cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov was killed on landing after returning from a 1 day trip in Earth orbit. He was the first person killed during a space mission. His flight, Soyuz-1, was marred by trouble from the moment he entered orbit. Unfortunately, a lot of speculation, rumor, and outright crazy theories still characterize popular notions about this terribly tragic mission. Komarov’s death is like the JFK assassination in U.S. culture; everybody has a theory about why it happened and no one believes the official version. Actually the ‘official’ version is probably the most plausible and likely account. Basically, there were serious problems in the packing of his parachutes (both the primary and the backup chutes) and they both failed to perform properly upon deployment when the capsule was falling through the atmosphere after reentry. Without a working parachute, the capsule smashed into the Earth about 65 kilometers east of the town of Orsk, a town near the southern tip of the Ural Mountain range in southern Russia. The capsule basically flattened like a pancake and exploded upon impact (due to 30 kilograms of hydrogen peroxide which was to have been used for the actual landing but was never used). Komarov may have already been unconscious by the time of impact although we will never know exactly. There was a tape recorder on board to record the cosmonaut during reentry but the tape recorder was found completely melted. Komarov’s body was basically burned to a pulp.

Komarov was 40 years old at the time of his death and probably one of the most accomplished men in cosmonaut corps. He had already flown on the very risky Voskhod mission in 1964 and was the first cosmonaut to fly a second space mission. He was survived by his wife, Valentina, and two children Yevgeniy and Irina who were 16 and 9 at the time of their father’s death.

For a detailed account of his mission, see here [pdf].

For a recent interview with his daughter (in Russian), see here.

just before the first orbit... Yuri is pensive, what is he thinking about? Maybe about the greatest adventure of his life and of the all mankind... he is so gorgeous, when he is in his cosmic gear!

Ahah,and to think I'm waiting for my huge pinbadge to arrive.It has this photo on it.it's big,it measures 10.5 cm!!!

Indeed,I love to see him wearing his space gear!Amazingly gorgeous...What he was thinking...well,i would actually say,"whar he was feeling".Perhaps a mix of fear,determination,and anxiety,since he was going where no man had ever gone before.But also,more than anything else,he felt he was bearing a very special responsability,in exploring outer space,and the consequencies this would bring for him.Probably thinking his life would never ever be the same again.

Here,a rare and beautiful photo of sweet Yuri "trying" to read a newspaper....Hmmmm,what was he thinking,while looking at somewhere?

I wish i could have joined that crowd!! <3

Another beautiful photo edit by pageysflowers!So lovely!Thanks,sister! <3

Yuri and Zvezdochka- the doggie who made the last animal flight- just a few weeks before Yuri. I don´t know, who made this drawing, but it is simply lovely.

Indeed!!The drawing is absolutely awesome!And the dog's name is cute too!!!Lovely!!!Lucky doggggg... LOL

A great video about Yuri´s visit in Japan with a lot of totally sweet scenes- the best one is Yuri with the Geishas bringim him traditional food and him trying to eat with sticks and being so adorably clumsy! Awww.. my dear baby-boy! <3

Alright...actually today,is one of those days that i feel i would have been better off not getting out of bed!Personal problems,my girlfriend trying to help me in the very best of her possibilities,however,things still seem to go all wrong,for some reason which I'm not grasping.It seems,at this moment,that all is so beyond me!But,not everything is so bad!Having Yuri within my heart,seeing his face,I do realize there's much more to all this than problems.He makes me forget about everything.The world stops.And I realize I am much stronger than I really thought I was.I realize that life is to be lived thru the happiness but also thru the pain and sadness.I realize I can become a better person experiencing what life has to offer me,being it bad or good.In Yuri,I find my courage and strenght to fight.In Yuri,I find the wisdom to find the right path,keeping me away from what's wrong.This man was an angel in life,and is still an angel in death.If there are souls who are meant to inspire people and make them stronger,Yuri is one of them.Thank you,sir...Thank you!

Oh, just call me, baby!

Oh yeah,anytime he would want!!I wouldn't mind!!!LOL