The astronaut that burned to death was Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov who died in a fiery crash during the reentry of his Soyuz 1 spacecraft on April 24, 1967.
He was the first person to die during a space mission and the crash was attributed to multiple failures with the spacecraft's parachute system and other critical components.
A fire broke out upon impact and resulted in Komarov's death.
Other astronauts who also burned to death were Gus Grissom who died in a tragic Apollo 1 fire along with Edward White and Roger Chaffee in the command module that the fire swept through on January 27th 1967.
The three astronauts that burned up were Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee.
Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee died in the Apollo 1 fire and perished during a launch pad test on January 27th 1967.
A fire broke out in the command module and is how they perished in the fire.
Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee died in the fire that is also known as the Apollo 1 tragedy.
The Apollo 1 tragedy fire erupted in the command module and was fueled by the pure oxygen environment and the flammable material inside the command module.
The tragic event led to significant changes in NASA's safety protocols and their spacecraft design.
The Apollo 1 tragedy occurred on January 27th 1967 and occurred at the Launch Pad 34 at Cape Kennedy which is now Cape Canaveral.
The first crewed Apollo mission, designated Apollo/Saturn 204 which was later renamed Apollo 1.
Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom was the Commander.
Edward H. White II was the senior pilot.
And Roger B. Chaffee was the pilot.
A short circuit sparked the fire in the command module, which was filled with a pure oxygen atmosphere.
The fire caused the deaths of all three of the astronauts due to asphyxiation from the toxic gas inhalation.