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Russian astronaut 'cried tears of rage' as body burned up while he crashed down to Earth
Starman was written by Jamie Doran and Piers Bizony just over a decade ago, and describes how the tragic events of that fateful day unfolded. According to the book, the NSA analyst Perry Fellwock, listening in from the base in Istanbul, overheard Komarov tell ground officials he knew he was about to die.Fellwock described how the Soviet high official Kosygin, who was crying, called Komarov on a video phone to tell him he was a hero.Tragically, Komarov's wife was also on the call to say her goodbyes to her husband and to talk about what she would tell their children.As he plummeted to his death, the U.S.
