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KAugsburger t1_j5uy1y2 wrote

Reply to comment by akriti12_ in In 1971, three cosmonauts Dobrovolski, Volkov, and Patsayev passed away due to a valve malfunction in the Soyuz 11 capsule. They remain the only people who have passed away above the Kármán Line - the defining line of space. by sciencekenyon

They died of asphyxiation when the cabin depressurized. When the capsule was recovered they were dead and efforts to resuscitate them were unsuccessful.

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akriti12_ t1_j606wkq wrote

So they must've been forced to let the air out of their lungs out, or rupture of lungs? Terrible way to die, seeing life get sucked out of you and your mates

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