Astronaut Who Fell From Space

Astronaut Who Fell From Space. Vladimir mikhaylovich komarov, who became known as the ‘man who fell from space’, died in april 1967 when soyuz 1, a crewed spaceflight of the soviet space program, crashed. Butch wilmore and suni williams — two veteran nasa astronauts piloting the first crewed test flight of boeing’s starliner spacecraft — have now been in space for 63 days, roughly.

Georgy dobrovolsky (center), viktor patsayev (left), and vladislav volkov (right) in the cabin of the soyuz spacecraft. First astronaut, who died in space: