Astronaut’s harrowing last wish before he ‘melted’ as he crashed to earth

Vladimir Komarov died when a parachute malfunction caused his Soyuz 1 capsule to crash during its return to EarthVladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov tragically became known as ‘the man who fell from space’, after the catastrophic crash of a Soyuz-1 spaceflight during the Soviet space programme led to a harrowing funeral.