Soyuz 1 (nonfiction)
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Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1 , Union 1) was a manned spaceflight of the Soviet space program. It was the first crewed flight of the Soyuz spacecraft.
Soyuz 1 launched into orbit on 23 April 1967 carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov.
The mission plan was complex, involving a rendezvous with Soyuz 2 and an exchange of crew members before returning to Earth. However, the launch of Soyuz 2 was called off due to thunderstorms.
The flight was plagued with technical issues, and Komarov was killed when the descent module crashed into the ground due to a parachute failure. This was the first in-flight fatality in the history of spaceflight.
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- Soyuz 1 @ Wikipedia