Why, What For and How Cosmonaut Komarov Perished

That morning, the main newspapers ran huge headlines: “In orbit—‘Soyuz-1’!” TASS announced that a new Soviet spacecraft had been launched into space, piloted by a communist, V. M. Komarov. And the next day, in “Pravda,” another photo of the hero appeared—this time in a mourning frame. Died?!