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TIL That only 3 people have died in space. Russian astronauts: Georgy Dobrovolsky, Viktor Patsayev, Vladislav Volkov were all killed at the same time due to an undocking malfunction in 1971. Whilst there have been fatalities during take-off and re-entry, those 3 are the only to die IN space.

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