launched fromRussia

Soyuz 1

Name: Soyuz 1
Start: 1967-04-23T00:35:00Z
Location: Baikonur

Failure

APR 23196700:35:00 UTC

Manned orbital flight, 1 cosmonaut, Vladimir Komarov.

Parachute failure during descent resulted in loss of crew.

Manned orbital flight, 1 cosmonaut, Vladimir Komarov.

Parachute failure during descent resulted in loss of crew.

LIFTOFF

APR 23 1967

00:35:00 UTC

Failure

launched from Pad 1/5 Baikonur

aboard Soyuz 7K-OK (A) U15000-04 into LEO

Payload

Crew

Ascending

Descending

planned to dock with Soyuz 2A

returned to Earth Apr 24, 1967

Docking and the second ship's launch were cancelled after Soyuz 1's failures — an undeployed solar panel and attitude-control trouble.