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Posted on: July 1, 2008 10:49 PM, by Greg Laden
.... died on this day in 1971.
They were Soviet cosmonauts. A breech in the capsule they were riding in occurred as it was separated from another part of the rocket during the initial phases of re-entry. The capsule depressurized and they were killed. Apparently, no one knew this had happened initially. The capsule landed as expected, and the three were found dead by the recovery crew.
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