Video: 'SOYUS 1 CRASH: The last words of the Cosmonaut Komarov, April 24, 1967'

(Monday, April 24, 1967, 03:22:52 UTC; during the Cold War) — Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov, 40, became the first person to be killed during a spaceflight today when the parachute of his space capsule Soyuz 1 failed during re-entry.