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lostmsuyesterday at 4:30 PM2 repliesview on HN

AFAIK no one have died in space from medical issues yet. Only accidents.


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ACS_Solveryesterday at 9:39 PM

Technically there has only been one fatal accident in space, the Soyuz 11 failure which killed the crew of three. That occurred above the Karman line, all other spaceflight related fatalities were at much lower altitudes or on the ground.

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epstoday at 12:39 AM

There was one cosmonaut who died shortly after emergency return to the Earth. I think it was in the 90s, but maybe eariler.