Has Anyone Died In Space
By jake parks published.
Has anyone died in space. Since the dawn of space travel a sum total of 18 astronauts cosmonauts have died during the space flight missions. The soviet space program also suffered the first and so far only deaths in space in 1971 when cosmonauts georgi dobrovolski viktor patsayev vladislav volkov died while. Monday october 7 2019.
At least four cosmonauts have died during reentry. As of 2020 update there have been 15 astronautand 4 cosmonautfatalities during spaceflight. Quite a few astronauts and cosmonauts have died while participating in their space programs.
The first human in space yuri gagarin died in a jet crash on march 27 1968 while preparing for the soyuz 3 mission. Georgi dobrovolski vladislav volkov and viktor patsayev are the only people who have died in space. Valentin bondarenko the first casualty on our road to space died from a fire that occurred while training in a low pressure chamber.
Astronauts have also died while training for space missions such as the apollo 1launch pad fire which killed an entire crew of three. There have also been some non astronaut fatalities during spaceflight related activities. There s no doubt space is an extremely dangerous place but only a handful of space travelers have actually died there.
Well if you ve ever pondered over that query then the truth is yes people have lost their lives trying to fill in the gaps about what lies in the heavens. As a general rule astronauts have trouble going up or sitting still challenger and apollo 1 while cosmonauts have to worry about getting back down.