Soyuz 1 memorial (crash site) | monument, aircraft crash site

Russia / Orenburg / Adamovka /
 monument, aircraft crash site
Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1) was a manned spaceflight of the Soviet space program. Launched into orbit on 23 April 1967 carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov, Soyuz 1 was the first crewed flight of the Soyuz spacecraft. 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.
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_1
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Coordinates:   51°21'42"N   59°33'44"E
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