KAugsburger t1_j5uy1y2 wrote on January 25, 2023 at 7:14 PM 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. Permalink Parent 34
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.