[Louis Foxwell]

I searched for Komarov’s final words but could not find them in the accounts of the crash. Do you have access to his final words?

[smokingfrog]

His last words picked up on the ground were: “This is Rubin calling. Separation beginning...” The reference was to the separation of the compartments. Then the cosmonaut’s voice got lost in background noise. Next, disaster struck: the main parachute failed to open, and the descent capsule hit the ground at tremendous speed, crumpling up and catching fire.

[Ro_Thunder]

I’d be interested, too.

/space fan

[chimera]

Those are the “official” last words. There are rumors (FWIW) of earlier transmissions between Komarov and his wife, which were something like “I love you and I love our baby.” Evidently they had a young child at home. Very heartbreaking. This all may be apocryphal. The Soviets weren't known for their openness back then.

[Forward the Light Brigade]

If the stories are true a German was the first to orbit in 1945, using an A-10 Rocket he went into sub orbital flight landing in the sea of Japan where he was picked up by the Japanese and flown home over the pole in a modified Condor plane. He was interviewed at age 90 in Der Stern magazine.