Have any astronauts or cosmonauts died in space?
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When I lived on the Space Coast I overheard gossip that one or more cosmonauts died in space.
Is there any truth to this?
I’m not asking about deaths from those disasters like Challenger, Columbia, or Apollo 1. I'm asking about death out in actual space.
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When I lived on the Space Coast I overheard gossip that one or more cosmonauts died in space.
Is there any truth to this?
I’m not asking about deaths from those disasters like Challenger, Columbia, or Apollo 1. I'm asking about death out in actual space.
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It is not clear what area you asking. Death from natural causes like for example heart attack ? As far as I know, no such deaths are being recorded, because cosmonauts/astronauts are thoroughly screened for their health.
– rs.29
23 hours ago
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It's pretty clear what he's asking. At least to me.
– Italian Philosopher
23 hours ago
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Why not Columbia?
– edc65
9 hours ago
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@edc65 The boundary of space, called the Karman line, is generally drawn at 100 km, although the USAF draws it at 50 mi (80 km). Columbia was destroyed on re-entry at about 60 km altitude, while Challenger was destroyed on ascent at 15 km and even the forward momentum of the cabin did not carry it higher than 20 km. Neither were in space by either definition.
– Iwillnotexist Idonotexist
8 hours ago
@rs.29 I don't see why you think there would be a distinction. Has there been ANY death (natural or otherwise) beyond the border of space? Can't get any clearer than that.
– user32121
2 hours ago
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When I lived on the Space Coast I overheard gossip that one or more cosmonauts died in space.
Is there any truth to this?
I’m not asking about deaths from those disasters like Challenger, Columbia, or Apollo 1. I'm asking about death out in actual space.
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When I lived on the Space Coast I overheard gossip that one or more cosmonauts died in space.
Is there any truth to this?
I’m not asking about deaths from those disasters like Challenger, Columbia, or Apollo 1. I'm asking about death out in actual space.
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It is not clear what area you asking. Death from natural causes like for example heart attack ? As far as I know, no such deaths are being recorded, because cosmonauts/astronauts are thoroughly screened for their health.
– rs.29
23 hours ago
27
It's pretty clear what he's asking. At least to me.
– Italian Philosopher
23 hours ago
1
Why not Columbia?
– edc65
9 hours ago
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@edc65 The boundary of space, called the Karman line, is generally drawn at 100 km, although the USAF draws it at 50 mi (80 km). Columbia was destroyed on re-entry at about 60 km altitude, while Challenger was destroyed on ascent at 15 km and even the forward momentum of the cabin did not carry it higher than 20 km. Neither were in space by either definition.
– Iwillnotexist Idonotexist
8 hours ago
@rs.29 I don't see why you think there would be a distinction. Has there been ANY death (natural or otherwise) beyond the border of space? Can't get any clearer than that.
– user32121
2 hours ago
add a comment |
1
It is not clear what area you asking. Death from natural causes like for example heart attack ? As far as I know, no such deaths are being recorded, because cosmonauts/astronauts are thoroughly screened for their health.
– rs.29
23 hours ago
27
It's pretty clear what he's asking. At least to me.
– Italian Philosopher
23 hours ago
1
Why not Columbia?
– edc65
9 hours ago
4
@edc65 The boundary of space, called the Karman line, is generally drawn at 100 km, although the USAF draws it at 50 mi (80 km). Columbia was destroyed on re-entry at about 60 km altitude, while Challenger was destroyed on ascent at 15 km and even the forward momentum of the cabin did not carry it higher than 20 km. Neither were in space by either definition.
– Iwillnotexist Idonotexist
8 hours ago
@rs.29 I don't see why you think there would be a distinction. Has there been ANY death (natural or otherwise) beyond the border of space? Can't get any clearer than that.
– user32121
2 hours ago
1
1
It is not clear what area you asking. Death from natural causes like for example heart attack ? As far as I know, no such deaths are being recorded, because cosmonauts/astronauts are thoroughly screened for their health.
– rs.29
23 hours ago
It is not clear what area you asking. Death from natural causes like for example heart attack ? As far as I know, no such deaths are being recorded, because cosmonauts/astronauts are thoroughly screened for their health.
– rs.29
23 hours ago
27
27
It's pretty clear what he's asking. At least to me.
– Italian Philosopher
23 hours ago
It's pretty clear what he's asking. At least to me.
– Italian Philosopher
23 hours ago
1
1
Why not Columbia?
– edc65
9 hours ago
Why not Columbia?
– edc65
9 hours ago
4
4
@edc65 The boundary of space, called the Karman line, is generally drawn at 100 km, although the USAF draws it at 50 mi (80 km). Columbia was destroyed on re-entry at about 60 km altitude, while Challenger was destroyed on ascent at 15 km and even the forward momentum of the cabin did not carry it higher than 20 km. Neither were in space by either definition.
– Iwillnotexist Idonotexist
8 hours ago
@edc65 The boundary of space, called the Karman line, is generally drawn at 100 km, although the USAF draws it at 50 mi (80 km). Columbia was destroyed on re-entry at about 60 km altitude, while Challenger was destroyed on ascent at 15 km and even the forward momentum of the cabin did not carry it higher than 20 km. Neither were in space by either definition.
– Iwillnotexist Idonotexist
8 hours ago
@rs.29 I don't see why you think there would be a distinction. Has there been ANY death (natural or otherwise) beyond the border of space? Can't get any clearer than that.
– user32121
2 hours ago
@rs.29 I don't see why you think there would be a distinction. Has there been ANY death (natural or otherwise) beyond the border of space? Can't get any clearer than that.
– user32121
2 hours ago
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Yes, the three crew members of Soyuz 11: Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev.
On 29 June 1971, their spacecraft undocked from Salyut 1, the first space station, to return to Earth. In the process, however, a breathing ventilation valve between the Soyuz's orbital and descent modules was accidentally loosened. This caused a fatal decompression at ~168km above earth's surface, killing all three cosmonauts within a matter of minutes.
They remain the only humans known to have died in outer space (conventionally defined to begin at 100km above sea level).
answered 23 hours ago
Semaphore♦Semaphore
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Though to be honest "a matter of minutes" could make them to be actually dead only below the 100km point (I'm sorry if my English is weird enough to not express it politely). Either way, taking the Q literally: yes, formally they were yet in space at ~168km, but in the "spirit" of the Q: do we count "died while landing" as "died in space"? I wonder what the OP actually had in mind.
– seven-phases-max
20 hours ago
13
@seven-phases-max It's not so much "die while landing" as it is they passed away and then autopilot landed them. The cosmonauts spent over 11 minutes in vacuum, so in all likelihood perished well before exiting space - the NASA article states that the valve in question failed 723 seconds after retrofire, but the module did not re-enter the Earth's atmosphere until 1640 seconds. I am unsure know how long exactly they could've survived, but this article states their hearts stopped within 110 seconds.
– Semaphore♦
20 hours ago
2
Damn... did the landing craft have recordings, something like a blackbox, or is there more info, like communication recordings? Such a death is one of the worst i can imagine, especially because they were the first and probably had no idea what exactly will happen - by the way, wikipedia speaks of 40 seconds until cardiac arrest, and "fatality" within seconds
– Flying Thunder
17 hours ago
2
@seven-phases-max my question was edited for brevity. If you check out the edit history, I make it more clear I mean while in orbit of earth or beyond. However, there is also the needless detail, so I kept the edit.
– NonCreature0714
15 hours ago
2
@seven-phases-max They died due to exposure to an extreme natural vacuum. I think that would count as "dying in space". (Also, their death was qualitatively different then what is caused by uncontrolled decompression in aircraft.)
– PyRulez
3 hours ago
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The only astronauts who have ever died in space are the crew of Soyuz 11: Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev. This took place in 1971. Perhaps that you are thinking about the legend of the lost cosmonauts.
answered 23 hours ago
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Hmmm. I'll admit I had heard a variant of that legend myself (and bought it. Silly me)
– T.E.D.♦
16 hours ago
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Yes, the three crew members of Soyuz 11: Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev.
On 29 June 1971, their spacecraft undocked from Salyut 1, the first space station, to return to Earth. In the process, however, a breathing ventilation valve between the Soyuz's orbital and descent modules was accidentally loosened. This caused a fatal decompression at ~168km above earth's surface, killing all three cosmonauts within a matter of minutes.
They remain the only humans known to have died in outer space (conventionally defined to begin at 100km above sea level).
answered 23 hours ago
Semaphore♦Semaphore
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Though to be honest "a matter of minutes" could make them to be actually dead only below the 100km point (I'm sorry if my English is weird enough to not express it politely). Either way, taking the Q literally: yes, formally they were yet in space at ~168km, but in the "spirit" of the Q: do we count "died while landing" as "died in space"? I wonder what the OP actually had in mind.
– seven-phases-max
20 hours ago
13
@seven-phases-max It's not so much "die while landing" as it is they passed away and then autopilot landed them. The cosmonauts spent over 11 minutes in vacuum, so in all likelihood perished well before exiting space - the NASA article states that the valve in question failed 723 seconds after retrofire, but the module did not re-enter the Earth's atmosphere until 1640 seconds. I am unsure know how long exactly they could've survived, but this article states their hearts stopped within 110 seconds.
– Semaphore♦
20 hours ago
2
Damn... did the landing craft have recordings, something like a blackbox, or is there more info, like communication recordings? Such a death is one of the worst i can imagine, especially because they were the first and probably had no idea what exactly will happen - by the way, wikipedia speaks of 40 seconds until cardiac arrest, and "fatality" within seconds
– Flying Thunder
17 hours ago
2
@seven-phases-max my question was edited for brevity. If you check out the edit history, I make it more clear I mean while in orbit of earth or beyond. However, there is also the needless detail, so I kept the edit.
– NonCreature0714
15 hours ago
2
@seven-phases-max They died due to exposure to an extreme natural vacuum. I think that would count as "dying in space". (Also, their death was qualitatively different then what is caused by uncontrolled decompression in aircraft.)
– PyRulez
3 hours ago
add a comment |
57
Yes, the three crew members of Soyuz 11: Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev.
On 29 June 1971, their spacecraft undocked from Salyut 1, the first space station, to return to Earth. In the process, however, a breathing ventilation valve between the Soyuz's orbital and descent modules was accidentally loosened. This caused a fatal decompression at ~168km above earth's surface, killing all three cosmonauts within a matter of minutes.
They remain the only humans known to have died in outer space (conventionally defined to begin at 100km above sea level).
answered 23 hours ago
Semaphore♦Semaphore
76.2k14287331
3
Though to be honest "a matter of minutes" could make them to be actually dead only below the 100km point (I'm sorry if my English is weird enough to not express it politely). Either way, taking the Q literally: yes, formally they were yet in space at ~168km, but in the "spirit" of the Q: do we count "died while landing" as "died in space"? I wonder what the OP actually had in mind.
– seven-phases-max
20 hours ago
13
@seven-phases-max It's not so much "die while landing" as it is they passed away and then autopilot landed them. The cosmonauts spent over 11 minutes in vacuum, so in all likelihood perished well before exiting space - the NASA article states that the valve in question failed 723 seconds after retrofire, but the module did not re-enter the Earth's atmosphere until 1640 seconds. I am unsure know how long exactly they could've survived, but this article states their hearts stopped within 110 seconds.
– Semaphore♦
20 hours ago
2
Damn... did the landing craft have recordings, something like a blackbox, or is there more info, like communication recordings? Such a death is one of the worst i can imagine, especially because they were the first and probably had no idea what exactly will happen - by the way, wikipedia speaks of 40 seconds until cardiac arrest, and "fatality" within seconds
– Flying Thunder
17 hours ago
2
@seven-phases-max my question was edited for brevity. If you check out the edit history, I make it more clear I mean while in orbit of earth or beyond. However, there is also the needless detail, so I kept the edit.
– NonCreature0714
15 hours ago
2
@seven-phases-max They died due to exposure to an extreme natural vacuum. I think that would count as "dying in space". (Also, their death was qualitatively different then what is caused by uncontrolled decompression in aircraft.)
– PyRulez
3 hours ago
add a comment |
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Yes, the three crew members of Soyuz 11: Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev.
On 29 June 1971, their spacecraft undocked from Salyut 1, the first space station, to return to Earth. In the process, however, a breathing ventilation valve between the Soyuz's orbital and descent modules was accidentally loosened. This caused a fatal decompression at ~168km above earth's surface, killing all three cosmonauts within a matter of minutes.
They remain the only humans known to have died in outer space (conventionally defined to begin at 100km above sea level).
answered 23 hours ago
Semaphore♦Semaphore
76.2k14287331
Yes, the three crew members of Soyuz 11: Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev.
On 29 June 1971, their spacecraft undocked from Salyut 1, the first space station, to return to Earth. In the process, however, a breathing ventilation valve between the Soyuz's orbital and descent modules was accidentally loosened. This caused a fatal decompression at ~168km above earth's surface, killing all three cosmonauts within a matter of minutes.
They remain the only humans known to have died in outer space (conventionally defined to begin at 100km above sea level).
answered 23 hours ago
Semaphore♦Semaphore
76.2k14287331
edited 22 hours ago
answered 23 hours ago
Semaphore♦Semaphore
76.2k14287331
answered 23 hours ago
Semaphore♦Semaphore
76.2k14287331
answered 23 hours ago
Semaphore♦Semaphore
76.2k14287331
76.2k14287331
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Though to be honest "a matter of minutes" could make them to be actually dead only below the 100km point (I'm sorry if my English is weird enough to not express it politely). Either way, taking the Q literally: yes, formally they were yet in space at ~168km, but in the "spirit" of the Q: do we count "died while landing" as "died in space"? I wonder what the OP actually had in mind.
– seven-phases-max
20 hours ago
13
@seven-phases-max It's not so much "die while landing" as it is they passed away and then autopilot landed them. The cosmonauts spent over 11 minutes in vacuum, so in all likelihood perished well before exiting space - the NASA article states that the valve in question failed 723 seconds after retrofire, but the module did not re-enter the Earth's atmosphere until 1640 seconds. I am unsure know how long exactly they could've survived, but this article states their hearts stopped within 110 seconds.
– Semaphore♦
20 hours ago
2
Damn... did the landing craft have recordings, something like a blackbox, or is there more info, like communication recordings? Such a death is one of the worst i can imagine, especially because they were the first and probably had no idea what exactly will happen - by the way, wikipedia speaks of 40 seconds until cardiac arrest, and "fatality" within seconds
– Flying Thunder
17 hours ago
2
@seven-phases-max my question was edited for brevity. If you check out the edit history, I make it more clear I mean while in orbit of earth or beyond. However, there is also the needless detail, so I kept the edit.
– NonCreature0714
15 hours ago
2
@seven-phases-max They died due to exposure to an extreme natural vacuum. I think that would count as "dying in space". (Also, their death was qualitatively different then what is caused by uncontrolled decompression in aircraft.)
– PyRulez
3 hours ago
add a comment |
3
Though to be honest "a matter of minutes" could make them to be actually dead only below the 100km point (I'm sorry if my English is weird enough to not express it politely). Either way, taking the Q literally: yes, formally they were yet in space at ~168km, but in the "spirit" of the Q: do we count "died while landing" as "died in space"? I wonder what the OP actually had in mind.
– seven-phases-max
20 hours ago
13
@seven-phases-max It's not so much "die while landing" as it is they passed away and then autopilot landed them. The cosmonauts spent over 11 minutes in vacuum, so in all likelihood perished well before exiting space - the NASA article states that the valve in question failed 723 seconds after retrofire, but the module did not re-enter the Earth's atmosphere until 1640 seconds. I am unsure know how long exactly they could've survived, but this article states their hearts stopped within 110 seconds.
– Semaphore♦
20 hours ago
2
Damn... did the landing craft have recordings, something like a blackbox, or is there more info, like communication recordings? Such a death is one of the worst i can imagine, especially because they were the first and probably had no idea what exactly will happen - by the way, wikipedia speaks of 40 seconds until cardiac arrest, and "fatality" within seconds
– Flying Thunder
17 hours ago
2
@seven-phases-max my question was edited for brevity. If you check out the edit history, I make it more clear I mean while in orbit of earth or beyond. However, there is also the needless detail, so I kept the edit.
– NonCreature0714
15 hours ago
2
@seven-phases-max They died due to exposure to an extreme natural vacuum. I think that would count as "dying in space". (Also, their death was qualitatively different then what is caused by uncontrolled decompression in aircraft.)
– PyRulez
3 hours ago
3
3
Though to be honest "a matter of minutes" could make them to be actually dead only below the 100km point (I'm sorry if my English is weird enough to not express it politely). Either way, taking the Q literally: yes, formally they were yet in space at ~168km, but in the "spirit" of the Q: do we count "died while landing" as "died in space"? I wonder what the OP actually had in mind.
– seven-phases-max
20 hours ago
Though to be honest "a matter of minutes" could make them to be actually dead only below the 100km point (I'm sorry if my English is weird enough to not express it politely). Either way, taking the Q literally: yes, formally they were yet in space at ~168km, but in the "spirit" of the Q: do we count "died while landing" as "died in space"? I wonder what the OP actually had in mind.
– seven-phases-max
20 hours ago
13
13
@seven-phases-max It's not so much "die while landing" as it is they passed away and then autopilot landed them. The cosmonauts spent over 11 minutes in vacuum, so in all likelihood perished well before exiting space - the NASA article states that the valve in question failed 723 seconds after retrofire, but the module did not re-enter the Earth's atmosphere until 1640 seconds. I am unsure know how long exactly they could've survived, but this article states their hearts stopped within 110 seconds.
– Semaphore♦
20 hours ago
@seven-phases-max It's not so much "die while landing" as it is they passed away and then autopilot landed them. The cosmonauts spent over 11 minutes in vacuum, so in all likelihood perished well before exiting space - the NASA article states that the valve in question failed 723 seconds after retrofire, but the module did not re-enter the Earth's atmosphere until 1640 seconds. I am unsure know how long exactly they could've survived, but this article states their hearts stopped within 110 seconds.
– Semaphore♦
20 hours ago
2
2
Damn... did the landing craft have recordings, something like a blackbox, or is there more info, like communication recordings? Such a death is one of the worst i can imagine, especially because they were the first and probably had no idea what exactly will happen - by the way, wikipedia speaks of 40 seconds until cardiac arrest, and "fatality" within seconds
– Flying Thunder
17 hours ago
Damn... did the landing craft have recordings, something like a blackbox, or is there more info, like communication recordings? Such a death is one of the worst i can imagine, especially because they were the first and probably had no idea what exactly will happen - by the way, wikipedia speaks of 40 seconds until cardiac arrest, and "fatality" within seconds
– Flying Thunder
17 hours ago
2
2
@seven-phases-max my question was edited for brevity. If you check out the edit history, I make it more clear I mean while in orbit of earth or beyond. However, there is also the needless detail, so I kept the edit.
– NonCreature0714
15 hours ago
@seven-phases-max my question was edited for brevity. If you check out the edit history, I make it more clear I mean while in orbit of earth or beyond. However, there is also the needless detail, so I kept the edit.
– NonCreature0714
15 hours ago
2
2
@seven-phases-max They died due to exposure to an extreme natural vacuum. I think that would count as "dying in space". (Also, their death was qualitatively different then what is caused by uncontrolled decompression in aircraft.)
– PyRulez
3 hours ago
@seven-phases-max They died due to exposure to an extreme natural vacuum. I think that would count as "dying in space". (Also, their death was qualitatively different then what is caused by uncontrolled decompression in aircraft.)
– PyRulez
3 hours ago
add a comment |
14
The only astronauts who have ever died in space are the crew of Soyuz 11: Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev. This took place in 1971. Perhaps that you are thinking about the legend of the lost cosmonauts.
answered 23 hours ago
José Carlos SantosJosé Carlos Santos
1,0601326
3
Hmmm. I'll admit I had heard a variant of that legend myself (and bought it. Silly me)
– T.E.D.♦
16 hours ago
add a comment |
14
The only astronauts who have ever died in space are the crew of Soyuz 11: Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev. This took place in 1971. Perhaps that you are thinking about the legend of the lost cosmonauts.
answered 23 hours ago
José Carlos SantosJosé Carlos Santos
1,0601326
3
Hmmm. I'll admit I had heard a variant of that legend myself (and bought it. Silly me)
– T.E.D.♦
16 hours ago
add a comment |
14
14
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The only astronauts who have ever died in space are the crew of Soyuz 11: Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev. This took place in 1971. Perhaps that you are thinking about the legend of the lost cosmonauts.
answered 23 hours ago
José Carlos SantosJosé Carlos Santos
1,0601326
The only astronauts who have ever died in space are the crew of Soyuz 11: Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev. This took place in 1971. Perhaps that you are thinking about the legend of the lost cosmonauts.
answered 23 hours ago
José Carlos SantosJosé Carlos Santos
1,0601326
edited 23 hours ago
answered 23 hours ago
José Carlos SantosJosé Carlos Santos
1,0601326
answered 23 hours ago
José Carlos SantosJosé Carlos Santos
1,0601326
answered 23 hours ago
José Carlos SantosJosé Carlos Santos
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1,0601326
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Hmmm. I'll admit I had heard a variant of that legend myself (and bought it. Silly me)
– T.E.D.♦
16 hours ago
add a comment |
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Hmmm. I'll admit I had heard a variant of that legend myself (and bought it. Silly me)
– T.E.D.♦
16 hours ago
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3
Hmmm. I'll admit I had heard a variant of that legend myself (and bought it. Silly me)
– T.E.D.♦
16 hours ago
Hmmm. I'll admit I had heard a variant of that legend myself (and bought it. Silly me)
– T.E.D.♦
16 hours ago
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It is not clear what area you asking. Death from natural causes like for example heart attack ? As far as I know, no such deaths are being recorded, because cosmonauts/astronauts are thoroughly screened for their health.
– rs.29
23 hours ago
27
It's pretty clear what he's asking. At least to me.
– Italian Philosopher
23 hours ago
1
Why not Columbia?
– edc65
9 hours ago
4
@edc65 The boundary of space, called the Karman line, is generally drawn at 100 km, although the USAF draws it at 50 mi (80 km). Columbia was destroyed on re-entry at about 60 km altitude, while Challenger was destroyed on ascent at 15 km and even the forward momentum of the cabin did not carry it higher than 20 km. Neither were in space by either definition.
– Iwillnotexist Idonotexist
8 hours ago
@rs.29 I don't see why you think there would be a distinction. Has there been ANY death (natural or otherwise) beyond the border of space? Can't get any clearer than that.
– user32121
2 hours ago